Responsible Business (Sustainability/Environment) Manager

First, let’s talk careers. When it comes to moving forward, we’ve got your back.

No-one cares more about their food than we do. So it’ll come as no surprise that we want our people to feel the same about their careers. In fact, we want everyone to crave a role here as much as our customers crave our burgers, and we’ve created a workplace that works hard to make that happen.

From day one, our story has been about staying true to who we are. And we’re proud to say that this is a place where the real you can thrive. It’s where you’ll find real opportunities, real careers, real challenges, real thinking, and real lives.

What we’re really trying to say is that you can come and visit us for our burgers any time you like. But if you’re someone who lives for keeping it real, we think you might just want to stay for the careers, too.

We’re growing fast, so we’ll make sure you have everything you need to learn, grow and develop with us.

But that’s only just the beginning. We want you to get a taste of the good stuff too, so you'll also be able to make the most of:

20% discretionary bonus
25 days holiday (plus bank holidays)
£50k critical illness cover
Life insurance
A pension (for when you finally leave us)
Discount vouchers for places you’ll actually want to go to
50% off food and drink for friends and family
Workplace nursery scheme
Cycle to work scheme
Employee Assistance Programme
Wagesteam - access your pay when you need it!

About the opportunity:

As Responsible Business Manager for Burger King UK (BKUK), you’ll be responsible for supporting the delivery of our environmental sustainability strategy and goals for both direct and indirect impacts. You’re comfortable being hands on in creating and delivering innovative projects to reduce our emissions, particularly those from our supply chain.

Reporting into the Head of Responsible Business, you will be working in close collaboration with the Responsible Business and Supply Chain Management teams, as well as our suppliers. This role will be to advocate for the environment throughout the business to ensure environmental considerations are represented at all levels of decision making and business activities.

What you'll do:

Direct Impacts

Supporting scope 1 + 2 reduction activities as a liaison between head office, our restaurant sites and our expert external partners

Collaborate closely with internal BKUK departments to drive their scope 1 + 2 reduction activities, for example supporting the Property team with research on energy saving equipment or development of more sustainable building designs

Monitoring progress and providing accurate, engaging performance reports for internal and external stakeholders

Exploring practical methods/projects of restoring biodiversity and natural capital

Attending industry events to further develop knowledge

Indirect Impacts

Supporting supply chain carbon footprint reporting by creating supplier targets on emissions reductions and working to gather and analyse data to contribute towards our own commitments. Working closely with suppliers and supporting their needs will be a key element of this role

Monitoring progress and providing accurate, engaging performance reports for internal and external stakeholders

Creating baseline supply chain mapping/country risk analysis for specific supply chains

Leading the supply chain team and suppliers in mapping exercises to gain deeper visibility of our supply base, then using the BKUK database, Authenticate, to track and verify supply chain links

Working with a wide range of stakeholders from suppliers and farmers to internal BKUK team

Within the sphere of sustainable agriculture and food systems, promoting and researching realistic, efficient and environmentally responsible forestry and farming practices for BKUK

Exploring practical methods/projects of restoring biodiversity and natural capital

Supporting scope 3 climate mitigation

Assisting suppliers with the collection and submission of data

Working with other UK brands to leverage collaboration on regenerative farming exploration

Attending industry events to further develop knowledge

Technical Skills Required:

A finished degree in agricultural sciences, sustainability, environmental protection or sustainable development (or similar) plus a minimum of 3 years relevant work experience, or

5+ years of relevant work experience in an agribusiness, environmental consultancy, agribusiness project management, climate accounting or a carbon role

Demonstrated interest in the agriculture & food sector, corporate sustainability, disclosure, climate change and/or inclusive approaches to sustainable development

Knowledge on wider environmental and sustainability issues such as UK environmental legislation, including Forest Risk Commodities

Experience of supply chain mapping and management

Experience of project management

Technical Skills – Nice to Have:

Food/hospitality industry experience not mandatory but an understanding of food systems is required

Knowledge of on-farm sustainability practices, farm carbon footprint analysis, data collection tools and GHG reduction technologies/techniques

Understanding of UK and Irish farm assurance schemes

Required Behavioural Skills:

Strong stakeholder management skills including being able to adapt written and verbal communication dependent on audience

Collaborative and open approach to knowledge sharing

Excellent organisational skills

Attention to detail