Healthy and Sustainable Diets Manager

Salary: Competitive Plus Benefits

Location: Holborn Store Support Centre and Home, London, EC1N 2HT
Contract type: Permanent
Business area: Marketing
Closing date: 26 November 2024
Requisition ID: 273851

We’d all like amazing work to do, and real work-life balance. That’s waiting for you at Sainsbury’s. We’re one of the biggest supermarkets in the UK with one of the largest websites. So marketing here really happens at scale. We move a lot faster than you’d think too, across Brand Planning, Brand Comms and Creative, Digital Marketing, CRM and Loyalty, Nectar 360, Insights, and Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability.

Joining Sainsbury's as a Healthy and Sustainable Diets Manager means being part of a dynamic team that is committed to delivering on the core value of Good Food for All of Us. Healthy and sustainable diets is central to our strategy and driving healthier purchases is integral to our business priorities; we're on a serious mission to drive healthier choices for our customers and you'll be at the heart of driving positive change.

What you'll do:

As the Healthy and Sustainable Diets Manager at Sainsbury's, you will be responsible for helping to lead and deliver the company's healthy and sustainable diets strategy, ensuring key internal and external health targets and milestones are met. You will help provide nutrition leadership and direction to internal and external partners, act as a voice for Sainsbury’s and help guide our strategic priorities – both the strategy and its implementation – in areas that are often leading and ambiguous.

Additionally, you may be asked to lead government health consultation responses – including the internal business engagement on regulatory changes, and support others in the team on research projects, and health-related trials, while identifying opportunities for the business to align with its healthy and sustainable diets ambitions. Your role will also involve owning the development of nutrition policies and standards, working closely with data teams to track progress including reporting against relevant investor benchmarks alongside coaching and mentoring team members as needed.

Who you are:

You are a highly qualified and experienced professional in nutrition and food science. You will hold a Degree in Nutrition or related science or post – Graduate qualification along with a significant proven track record in the food industry. Your ability to navigate complex projects and legislative frameworks, while balancing scientific credibility with commercial needs, showcases your critical thinking skills and adaptability in delivering evidence-based solutions at pace.

We are committed to being a truly inclusive retailer, so you’ll be welcomed whoever you are and wherever you work. Around here, there’s always the chance to try something new - whether that’s as part of an evolving team or somewhere else across the business - and we take development seriously and promise to support you. We also recognise and celebrate colleagues when they go the extra mile and, where possible, offer flexible working.

Here are some of our benefits:
Starting off with colleague discount, you'll be able to get 10% off at Sainsbury's, Argos, TU and Habitat after 4 weeks. This increases to 15% off at Sainsbury’s every Friday and Saturday and 15% off at Argos every pay day. We've also got you covered for your future with our pensions scheme and life cover. You'll also be able to share in our success as you may be eligible for a performance-related bonus of up to 20% of salary, depending on how we perform.

Your wellbeing is important to us too. You'll receive an annual holiday allowance, and you can buy additional holiday. We also offer other benefits that will help your money go further such as season ticket loans, interest free car loan of up to £10k, cycle to work scheme, health cash plans, pay advance (where you can access some of your pay before pay day) as well access to a great range of discounts from hundreds of other retailers. And if you ever need it there is also an Employee Assistance Programme, you will also be eligible for private healthcare too.

Moments that matter are as important to us as they are to you which is why we give up to 26 weeks’ pay for maternity or adoption leave and up to 4 weeks’ pay for paternity leave.