Job Description
Why Greencore?
Following the combination with Bakkavor in January 2026, we're one of the UK's leading creators of convenience food, driven by a simple purpose: to make everyday taste better.
As a vibrant and fast-moving business, we're proud to employ over 28,000 talented colleagues across 36 manufacturing sites and 21 distribution depots in the UK and the US. Together, we bring delicious food to life. Our products cover every meal occasion from breakfast through to dinner and dessert, with lunch and snacking in between. In FY25, our shared passion helped us achieve combined revenues of approximately 4bn.
Our extensive direct to store (DTS) network, with 17 depots across the UK, allows us to deliver fresh and frozen food both our own and from trusted partners to thousands of stores every day, ensuring consumers enjoy the very best, whenever and wherever they shop.
Role Purpose
This is a high-profile, high-visibility role at a pivotal moment for the business. The Sustainability & Reporting Lead is the senior voice for how Greencore's sustainability performance is measured, verified and communicated.
You'll own our annual sustainability reporting, including the sustainability content of the Annual Report and Accounts (ARA), and our submissions to major external bodies including CDP, Sustainalytics, Manufacture2030/Secaro and WRAP. You'll prepare reporting packs for the Executive, attend Board meetings to present progress, and lead the verification of our key disclosures with our independent assurance provider. You'll also be a central figure in our response to incoming European and UK sustainability regulation, including CSRD and UKSRS, which is critical work that will shape how the business grows and develops for years to come.
This is a role for someone who wants their work to be visible and consequential, and it gives you the chance to shape how one of the UK's largest food manufacturers approaches sustainability reporting, and how it is understood by key stakeholders, both internally and externally.
This role could be based in commuting distance of London or Leeds.
Key Accountabilities
Essential
What you'll get in return:
Following the combination with Bakkavor in January 2026, we're one of the UK's leading creators of convenience food, driven by a simple purpose: to make everyday taste better.
As a vibrant and fast-moving business, we're proud to employ over 28,000 talented colleagues across 36 manufacturing sites and 21 distribution depots in the UK and the US. Together, we bring delicious food to life. Our products cover every meal occasion from breakfast through to dinner and dessert, with lunch and snacking in between. In FY25, our shared passion helped us achieve combined revenues of approximately 4bn.
Our extensive direct to store (DTS) network, with 17 depots across the UK, allows us to deliver fresh and frozen food both our own and from trusted partners to thousands of stores every day, ensuring consumers enjoy the very best, whenever and wherever they shop.
Role Purpose
This is a high-profile, high-visibility role at a pivotal moment for the business. The Sustainability & Reporting Lead is the senior voice for how Greencore's sustainability performance is measured, verified and communicated.
You'll own our annual sustainability reporting, including the sustainability content of the Annual Report and Accounts (ARA), and our submissions to major external bodies including CDP, Sustainalytics, Manufacture2030/Secaro and WRAP. You'll prepare reporting packs for the Executive, attend Board meetings to present progress, and lead the verification of our key disclosures with our independent assurance provider. You'll also be a central figure in our response to incoming European and UK sustainability regulation, including CSRD and UKSRS, which is critical work that will shape how the business grows and develops for years to come.
This is a role for someone who wants their work to be visible and consequential, and it gives you the chance to shape how one of the UK's largest food manufacturers approaches sustainability reporting, and how it is understood by key stakeholders, both internally and externally.
This role could be based in commuting distance of London or Leeds.
Key Accountabilities
- Lead the delivery of the annual sustainability disclosures and the sustainability section of the Annual Financial Report
- Lead on framework reporting including CDP, Sustainalytics, UK SRS and WRAP food waste reporting
- Drive the deployment and delivery of the Transparency Roadmap, our multi-year path through incoming regulation and changing reporting requirements, including CSRD
- Establish and continuously improve KPI dashboards, supporting the Head of Sustainability and the Chief Sustainability and Corporate Affairs Officer with monthly performance reporting
- Prepare reporting packs and briefings for the Executive and the Sustainability Committee of the Board
- Own the verification of key data points for major disclosures, working with our independent assurance provider
- Provide sustainability input for Board, senior management and customer-facing presentations on our Better Future Plan
- Analyse business sustainability data to identify trends, risks and opportunities that inform tactical and strategic decision-making
- Provide data and reporting support to our sustainability plan owners across areas including Energy, Food Waste, Packaging and Healthy and Sustainable Diets
- Build strong working relationships across business functions to ensure timely, high-quality sustainability data flows into central reporting
Essential
- Demonstrable experience in a similar sustainability reporting role, ideally within food manufacturing, FMCG or retail
- Strong working knowledge of sustainability reporting frameworks and standards such as CSRD, TCFD and SBTi
- Track record of leading external disclosure submissions (e.g. CDP, Sustainalytics)
- Proven experience in sustainability data management-methodologies, analysis, verification and reporting
- Intermediate to advanced Excel skills, including data analysis and modelling
- Strong project management, organisational and problem-solving capability
- Confident communicator, able to translate complex and often uncertain technical information for senior stakeholders up to and including Board level
- Resilience and flexibility in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
- Flexibility to travel around the Greencore network as needed
- High attention to detail and a commitment to accuracy in data that will be externally reported and assured
- Experience of preparing for or delivering against new sustainability reporting requirements, such as CSRD
- Experience working with independent assurance providers on sustainability data
- Experience supporting sustainability-linked finance reporting
- Experience navigating organisational integration or post-merger environments
- Undergraduate degree or higher in a relevant field (e.g. Environmental Science, Food Nutrition, Packaging, Energy)
What you'll get in return:
- Competitive salary and job-related benefits
- 25 days Holiday
- Competitive matched pension contributions
- Company share save scheme
- Greencore Qualifications
- Exclusive Greencore employee discount platform
- Access to a full Wellbeing Centre platform
About Greencore