Sustainability & Responsible Sourcing Technologist
Manor Fresh Ltd
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Why this role matters
How close this job is to real sourcing and menu decisions.
This role sits close to the machinery of supplier due diligence: SEDEX, SMETA and BRCGS audits, retailer compliance requirements, environmental and human rights checks. Someone here would help decide what gets flagged when a supplier falls short. But Manor Fresh's supply chain, as described, is fresh produce and agriculture, not meat, dairy, eggs or seafood, so nothing in this specific seat currently touches those categories. The real value here is what it builds: fluent, hands-on experience with the exact standards and audit language that govern supplier assurance across UK retail. Someone who spends two or three years mastering supplier assurance in this setting is well placed to move into a responsible sourcing seat at a business buying meat, dairy or seafood, where the same skills bear directly on the standards suppliers are held to, and on wider questions of sustainability, labour conditions and animal welfare. Treat this one as the training ground, not the lever itself.
Where this role can take you
What this job teaches you, and the jobs it can lead to.
What you'd build
- SEDEX/SMETA audit literacy
- BRCGS standards familiarity
- Supplier due diligence experience
- Retailer compliance requirements knowledge
- Sustainability data reporting
Where it can lead
- Responsible Sourcing Manager
- Ethical Trade Manager
- Technical Manager
Roles like these hold direct authority over supplier standards and audit requirements across categories that include meat, dairy, eggs and seafood, deciding what suppliers are actually held to.
About the role
Manor Fresh Ltd is hiring a Sustainability & Responsible Sourcing Technologist to support its sustainability, ethical sourcing and supply chain due diligence programmes, based on-site in Holbeach. The role supports supplier due diligence, approval and compliance programmes across the supply chain, supports environmental management, sustainability and responsible sourcing initiatives, collects and reports sustainability data to measure business performance, and builds relationships with suppliers, customers and stakeholders to support sustainability objectives, ensuring compliance with customer, legal and industry requirements. Essential requirements are a strong understanding of food supply chains, farming systems and supplier assurance; knowledge of sustainability, ethical trading, human rights or environmental compliance principles; understanding of industry standards and schemes including SEDEX, SMETA, BRCGS and retailer requirements; and good data analysis and reporting skills. Desirable experience includes work within fresh produce, agriculture or FMCG supply chains, prior experience supporting sustainability, ethical trading or responsible sourcing programmes, knowledge of carbon accounting, food waste reduction or environmental management systems, experience working with retailer sustainability requirements including M&S, and a qualification in Agriculture, Environmental Science, Sustainability or a related discipline. The advert states a competitive salary and lists benefits including food events and competitions, bereavement leave, casual dress, cycle to work scheme, employee discount, free parking, health and wellbeing programme and life insurance.
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Key terms to include in your CV and cover letter
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- supplier due diligence
- supplier approval
- ethical trading
- SEDEX
- SMETA
- BRCGS
- environmental compliance
- sustainability data reporting
- supplier assurance
- stakeholder engagement
- human rights compliance
- carbon accounting
- food waste reduction
- environmental management systems
- food supply chain knowledge
How to position yourself
The language that works with hiring managers for this kind of job.
Frame your interest around supply-chain risk and compliance resilience: due diligence programmes protect the business against reputational and regulatory exposure on human rights and environmental standards, and strong supplier assurance data reduces audit failures and retailer delisting risk. Build and cite fluency in SEDEX and SMETA scoring, BRCGS requirements and retailer-specific sustainability schemes (the advert names M&S) as your core credential for this track.
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