Group Senior Sustainability Manager

Package Description

This is a Selfridges Group vacancy. 

Company Context

We are a collection of four brands that exist to imagine and create a sustainable future for our people and our customers. We do this in a way that respects our world, builds trust, and values creativity and innovation in everything we do. These values guide all our decisions.

Selfridges Group is both global and local; that is our strength and the source of our success. We combine the collective power of the Group with the rich, targeted knowledge of our customers and teams across the UK, Ireland and the Netherlands. That makes us distinctive in our world.

We put our customers and teams at the heart of everything we do. They care deeply about the planet, and we share their hopes and aspirations. That is why sustainability is central to our vision to reinvent retail, through the materials we sell, the business models we use and exploring different mindsets. We believe the future lies in combining creativity and sustainability to deliver exceptional customer experiences.

The Senior Sustainability Manager sits within Group Sustainability and works directly for the Group Sustainability Director in a small but impactful team. Group Sustainability as a function is central to how the Group is run, working seamlessly with colleagues in Creative, Strategy and other teams.  

We focus our efforts around the Five Imperatives:

• Climate: Respond to the climate crisis and becoming a net zero business
• Materials: Switch to environmentally low impact and responsible materials
• Livelihoods: Promote decent work and healthy livelihoods
• Workplace: Create a rewarding and inclusive workplace
• Circular: Mainstream new circular business models

Key Areas of Accountability

• Provide guidance and support to Selfridges Group brands on specific day to day sustainability requirements as per the Group strategy
• Manage Group Sustainability meetings, off sites and conferences providing agendas and minutes and following up on actions
• Support Group sustainability reporting including development of dashboard, monthly, quarterly reports and support on 6-monthly deep dives, gathering and analysing data and providing comprehensive summary commentary
• Support on strategic projects defined as areas for collaboration delivering of group tools and policies and facilitate knowledge sharing on specific material issues
• Work closely with cross-functional teams at Group and banners to embed sustainability into ways of working
• Manage Group Sustainability budget and coordination of split costs against collaborative projects whilst acting as a central point of contact for external networks and trade organisations
• Manage Selfridges Group brand communications and events that have a connection to sustainability

Key Skills & Experience

• Broad understanding of key sustainability areas, with a breadth of skill and interest
• Great at stakeholder management and able to thoughtfully and constructively challenge the people you work with
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Collaborative working style
• Strategic and curious mind
• A self-starter/independent worker with a great deal of persistence
• Experience in retail/fashion industry preferred

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