Sustainability Specialist - Business Integration Specialist (Animal Welfare)
Aldi Recruitment GB · Atherstone
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Aldi buys meat, dairy and eggs at a scale few organisations can match, and this role sits inside the team that turns sustainability commitments into supplier requirements and monitored compliance. The advert names animal welfare reporting, antibiotics use, welfare certification audits and Red Tractor as areas of focus, and the role uses Aldi's product and supplier approval systems to check adherence to standards. That means a person here could be the one flagging where supplier practice falls short of commitments Aldi has already signed up to, and pushing for correction. It also builds real fluency in the regulatory architecture reshaping food supply chains (EUDR, CSRD, UK reformulation targets), which is exactly the vocabulary someone needs to move into more senior supplier-standards or category sustainability seats later. This is not a role that sets Aldi's welfare policy, but it is one where you administer and monitor it in practice, across a supply chain large enough that small shifts in supplier compliance affect what ends up on shelves and the standards behind it, from animal welfare to wider sustainability reporting.
Where this role can take you
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What you'd build
- Sustainability regulatory compliance
- Supplier standards monitoring
- Animal welfare certification exposure
- Cross-functional stakeholder management
- Horizon scanning for emerging legislation
Where it can lead
- Sustainability Business Integration Manager
- Responsible Sourcing Manager
- Animal Welfare Manager
These more senior roles typically set or own the welfare standards and supplier compliance criteria that this role currently monitors and administers.
About the role
Aldi's new Sustainability Business Integration team is responsible for national implementation of sustainability strategies and compliance with national and international sustainability regulation. This Business Integration Specialist role supports the Sustainability Business Integration Manager, the International Central Team, and GB/IE markets with mandatory sustainability reporting and compliance requirements. Responsibilities include monitoring and assessing sustainability regulatory developments and advising on their business impact; coordinating stakeholders and communicating sustainability initiatives, standards and policies; managing sustainability-related supplier engagement to ensure adherence to Aldi standards; using Aldi's product and supplier approval systems to maintain compliance; working with the Sustainability Systems Change team to align activity and avoid duplication; supporting the transition of systems change projects into business-as-usual processes; driving integration of sustainability across multiple business functions; providing expert advice on sustainability regulations and recommending implementation approaches; operating autonomously and contributing to strategy development; managing multiple projects in a fast-paced environment; and conducting horizon scanning on emerging sustainability legislation and trends. Essential requirements are experience working within sustainability, experience with certification schemes (certificates and licence fee payments), strong communication skills, ability to work autonomously, experience with stakeholder management across multiple disciplines, proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint, strong attention to detail, and resilience under pressure. Desirable experience includes animal welfare, animal welfare and reporting, antibiotics, welfare certification audits and Red Tractor, animal welfare policies, industry developments, supplier data and KPIs, and working knowledge of EUDR, EU Taxonomy, CSRD, CSDDD, EMPCO, UK CMA Green Claims Code, UK Sustainability reporting standards and assurance, UK Modern Slavery Act, UK government reformulation targets, CFD, ISO 50001, SECR, ESOS and CCF. The role is a permanent contract based at Atherstone National Office, Monday to Friday 8:00am to 4:00pm, with the opportunity of 2 days a week remote working. Candidates must live within 90 minutes of the main working location, and the role does not fulfil visa sponsorship requirements. Benefits include salary from £37,545 rising to £43,840, 5 weeks' annual leave plus bank holidays, in-office flexi-time, full training, pension scheme, private employee medical insurance after 4 years, company sick pay, maternity/paternity/adoption pay after 1 year, long service rewards, and access to MyBenefits including a bike to work scheme, shopping and cinema discounts, health cash plan, free will, and discounted gym memberships, plus a free 24/7 virtual GP service.
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Key terms to include in your CV and cover letter
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- sustainability compliance
- regulatory horizon scanning
- stakeholder management
- supplier engagement
- supplier approval systems
- certification schemes
- animal welfare reporting
- welfare certification audits
- Red Tractor
- antibiotics use reporting
- EUDR
- CSRD
- UK Modern Slavery Act
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- cross-functional collaboration
How to position yourself
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Frame your interest around regulatory compliance and risk management - Aldi needs this role to keep pace with EUDR, CSRD and UK reporting obligations, and animal welfare KPIs sit within that compliance picture. Lead with experience in certification schemes, supplier data management or stakeholder coordination, and mention any exposure to welfare certification audits, Red Tractor or similar assurance schemes as a direct match to the desirable criteria.
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