Environment Business Partner
- Posted 03 March 2026
- LocationLeeds
- Job type Permanent - Full Time
- Discipline Internal
- Reference049588
- Job FunctionOperations
- Expiry date 13 March 2026
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
To lead the environmental improvement agenda within a site, with input into the wider business strategy, maintaining and improving group systems, working with stakeholders to implement functional strategy and policy, to drive and embed a proactive environmental sustainability culture
Key Accountabilities
- Work with the Director of HSE to develop the environmental strategy for the group to ensure an effective and sustained environmental management system and culture
- Through stakeholders, lead effective and consistent implementation plans with business leadership teams to deliver the environmental strategy, including but not limited to relevant environmental policies and procedures, across the Greencore, to enable compliance and continuous improvement
- Provide direction to the business on the implementation of controls to mitigate risks arising from new/changing environmental legislation
- Through internal stakeholder engagement, provide direction and champion programmes with business leadership teams that develop the environment brand, culture and behaviours that underpin the overall Greencore environmental strategy
- Implement, develop and maintain performance management processes that provide business insight, governance, data and key performance indicators to drive improvements and effective risk management
- Provide direction and coaching to develop the environmental capability within the site and grow functional capability and expertise within the HSE team, to maximise performance and potential
- Establish effective relationships between Business Leadership teams and external regulatory bodies, providing support and guidance as required
- Ensure that environment matters are considered in all capex projects in line with business policy and insurance requirements
- Coordinate business environmental audit process to maintain and monitor environmental management systems and provide advice on recommended actions and guide to completion
Knowledge, Skills, Experience
- Ideally educated to degree level or holds a relevant professional qualification in environmental management
- Experience leading environmental management ideally gained in a manufacturing environment
- Experience of process improvement and implementing culture change
- Member of IEMA (PIEMA)
- Good communication skills
- Experience having worked as part of a site leadership team
What you’ll get in return:
- Competitive salary and job-related benefits
- Annual Target Bonus
- Car Allowance
- Pension up to 8% matched
- Life insurance up to 4x salary
- PMI Cover: Individual
- Company share save scheme
- Greencore Qualifications
- Exclusive Greencore employee discount platform
- Access to a full Wellbeing Centre platform
Throughout your time at Greencore, you will be supported with on the job training and development opportunities to further your career.