Sector: Environment
Role: Senior Manager
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: Full Time
About the Role
At Tesco, we believe in the power of spending more time together, face to face, than apart. During your working week, you can expect to spend 60% of your time in one of our office locations or local sites and the rest remotely. We recognise that life looks different for each of us, and we welcome conversations about flexible working.
We are delighted to share an exciting opportunity within our Quality team for a Head of Sustainable Waste Management.
This role will see the successful candidate lead Tesco's Group sustainable waste management strategy, supporting business cases and decisions while ensuring compliance with relevant waste regulations.
You Will Be Responsible For
* Setting and driving Tesco's sustainable waste management strategy.
* Managing waste streams (excluding food waste), focusing on waste collected in-store, dotcom, or RSU.
* Collection, processing, and finding sustainable markets for various waste streams including packaging and electronics.
* Effective waste supplier management, including contract compliance and standards.
* Leading strategy on PRNs and relevant regulations.
* Introducing innovations to meet our objectives.
* Forecasting and reporting for waste streams, including recycling and contamination tonnages.
* Linking accurate forecasting to spend and compliance expectations.
* Reviewing and improving processes and policies within stores and RSUs.
* Resolving issues related to waste and recycling streams.
* Facilitating collaboration with internal stakeholders.
* Developing mechanisms to track adherence to waste management policies.
* Overseeing business continuity planning for supplier failures.
* Setting up the new waste and recycling team.
* Collaborating with Head of Sustainable Packaging and Food Surplus.
* Contributing to the sustainability leadership team.
You Will Need
* Experience in leading or working in complex NWTs.
* Experience working with external stakeholders.
* Experience in creating and driving strategy as well as delivering plans.
* Deep waste/recycling management experience or regulatory understanding.
* Supplier management experience.
What's In It For You
We're all about the little helps. That's why we ensure our Tesco colleague benefits package takes care of you - both in and out of work.
* Annual bonus scheme of up to 45% of base salary.
* Car Cash Allowance.
* Holiday starting at 25 days plus a personal day (plus Bank holidays).
* Private medical insurance.
* Retirement savings plan - save between 6% - 10% and Tesco will contribute 1.5 times this amount.
* 26 weeks maternity and adoption leave (after 1 year of service) at full pay.
* 6 weeks fully paid paternity leave.
About Us
Our vision at Tesco is to become every customer's favourite way to shop. Our core purpose is 'Serving our customers, communities, and planet a little better every day'. We act as a responsible and sustainable business for all stakeholders.
Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I) at Tesco means that whoever you are, we want you to feel represented and that you can be yourself at work. We're proud to have been accredited Disability Confident Leader and we're committed to providing an inclusive recruitment process. #J-18808-Ljbffr