Job Title: F&B Sourcing & Sustainability Manager Salary range: Up to £ 72,055 Contract Type: Permanent Location: Office based 3 days...
- Lead sustainable sourcing policy — Develop, refine and track animal welfare and sustainability policies, ensuring suppliers meet welfare outcome measures and align with organisational standards.
- Drive compliance and performance — Monitor supplier adherence to welfare, commodity and sustainability commitments, improving guest experience, reducing complaints and safeguarding brand reputation.
- Enhance investor‑relevant welfare metrics — Design and implement initiatives to strengthen performance in key benchmarks such as BBFAW, including data collection, KPI management and final reporting.
- Manage stakeholder and NGO engagement — Represent the organisation across industry panels and working groups, maintain positive relationships with investors and NGOs, and navigate emerging welfare expectations.
- Strengthen supply chain integrity — Identify emerging risks (disease, regulatory changes, commodity pressures) and build resilient, ethical supply chains that ensure commercial availability and long‑term sustainability.
- A degree (or equivalent experience) in Agri Food or a related discipline.
- Subject matter expertise in agriculture and detailed knowledge of food supply chain structures and operations.
- Proven track record of working within sourcing and sustainability in F&B supply chains, preferably hospitality or retail with a commercially astute mindset.
- Experience of representing a business at external industry panels and organisations, supporting Investor Relations Team and leading relationships with relevant industry, research, investors, and NGO partners.
- Strong knowledge of the food security risk (Disease/regulation/supply chain challenges) across the different protein categories to ensure commercial/scale availability and able to provide insight and support to manage and mitigate adverse impacts.
- Able to demonstrate strong examples off cross functional project working across agriculture, technical, procurement teams.
- Able to identify opportunities to reduce carbon emissions, environmental risk, and waste in a commercially astute way in the F&B sector.
- Excellent stakeholder management skills with significant experience of dealing with internal, external, and third-party supplier senior-level decision makers up to MD level.
We believe that everyone is unique and there should be no barriers to entry and no limits to ambition. We are committed to being an inclusive organisation that values diversity and welcomes your application whatever your background or situation.
Under-represented groups such as women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities & members of the LGBTQIA+ community (those who identify as lesbian, gay, bi, trans and non-binary or those who use a different LGBTQIA+ term), are strongly encouraged to build a career with us. Speak to us about workplace adjustments, part-time and flexible working. Where possible we will support this.
Job ref: 185584-4492
Advertised: 02 Jul 2026
Application closed: 18 Jul 2026
