Location
Central London

Hours
Full Time - 37.5 hours per week

Salary
Competitive salary plus benefits

About the Role
The Sustainability Manager at ASDA plays a pivotal role in developing and delivering the company’s sustainable sourcing strategy across both food and non-food product categories. This includes managing forest risk commodities, driving progress on standards, and ensuring compliance with relevant legislation. The role also supports ASDA’s broader nature strategy, collaborating with agriculture teams on water and biodiversity management. A key focus is understanding product supply chains and helping the business implement progressive standards while embedding awareness throughout the supply base.

Key responsibilities include:
- Driving ASDA’s sustainable sourcing strategy forward across food and non-food categories
- Collaborating with suppliers, colleagues, and NGOs to track market developments in standards and regulation, ensuring a proactive stance on key issues
- Developing sourcing policies and projects aligned with ASDA’s ESG strategy and sourcing standards progress
- Working closely with suppliers, commercial, and technical teams to embed understanding and delivery of standards
- Managing project delivery for multi-stakeholder compliance initiatives, particularly related to evolving regulations such as those on forest risk commodities
- Representing ASDA in external groups involving suppliers, retailers, government bodies, and NGOs
- Undertaking reporting and KPI tracking across suppliers to support external reporting and disclosure on key sourcing metrics
- Providing technical and specialist advice to internal and external stakeholders

Experience
- Experience working within a retail or FMCG business in a sustainability, technical, or commercial capacity
- Demonstrable project management experience
- Proven ability to communicate complex issues clearly and concisely to decision makers at all levels
- Experience influencing and working collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders to advance sustainability agendas

About you
- Self-starter who thrives in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
- Strong multitasking and prioritisation skills
- Strategic thinker able to draw insights from diverse sources and metrics to provide big-picture recommendations
- Sustainability expertise with a strong understanding of key environmental issues
- Confident and effective communicator and influencer

Qualifications
Not explicitly stated, but relevant qualifications or experience in sustainability, environmental management, or related fields would be advantageous.