Head of Sustainable Diets - 12 month parental leave contract


Company:	Tesco
Salary:	Competitive
Hours:	Part-time
Location:	Welwyn Garden City, AL7 1GA
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	20 Oct 2026
Closing date:	29 Oct 2026

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Summary

About the role

We have a fantastic opportunity for maternity covering a Head of Sustainable Diets! You will be responsible for building and delivering the UK Sustainable Diets strategy and for crafting and supporting the strategies within other group markets, incl. ROI, CE and Booker. You will work closely with Categories, Customer, Insight and Comms as key stakeholders in the building and communication of the strategy. You’ll also lead the communication and engagement of the strategy across the business, as well as reviewing and measuring progress against goals and commitments. You will report into Group Sustainability Director as a member of the Sustainability Leadership Team.

You will be responsible for

• Developing the short, medium and long term strategy and action plan for sustainable diets alongside the wider Group Planet Plan and Health strategy

• Engagement and communication of strategy across the business.

• Continuing to drive diets shift delivery plans by working with stakeholders such as Health, Commercial, Customer, Insight and Comms teams.

• Influencing across the business to ensure sustainable diets is a key priority where relevant.

• Leading a cross functional team groupwide to deliver our diets strategy and plan.

• Ensuring all teams across the business have access to the information and data they need in order to build, forecast, deliver and measure their plans where relevant.

• Reviewing and communicating progress against the strategy.

• Engaging with external partners regarding our diet shift strategy, plans and progress, eg, investors, charity partners, foundations, academia, industry partners, suppliers.

• Disclosing accurate progress reports against our internal & external commitments where relevant.

• innovation pipeline and the Sustainability Reporting Manager workstream.

• Developing the team in line with the Winning Behaviours.

You will need

• Strong people leadership experience, with a proven ability to build, develop and motivate high-performing teams.

• Experience creating and delivering large-scale strategic plans that drive measurable business and customer outcomes.

• Strong analytical skills, with experience using customer, market and performance data to shape strategy and inform decision-making.

• A track record of successfully leading cross-functional teams and influencing senior stakeholders in a complex organisation.

• Excellent communication and engagement skills, with the ability to bring colleagues on a journey and drive alignment behind a shared vision.

• The ability to balance strategic thinking with practical execution to deliver meaningful impact.

What’s in it for you?

We’re all about the little helps. That’s why we make sure our Tesco colleague benefits package takes care of you – both in and out of work. [1] Click Here to find out more!

• Annual bonus scheme of up to 45% of base salary.

• Car Cash Allowance.

• Holiday starting at 25 days plus a personal day (plus Bank holidays).

• Private medical insurance.

• Retirement savings plan – save between 6% – 10% and Tesco will contribute 1.5 times this amount.

• 26 weeks maternity and adoption leave (12 months service required at the qualifying date) at full pay, followed by 13 weeks of Statutory Maternity Pay or Statutory Adoption Pay, we also offer 6 weeks fully paid paternity leave.

The above information is a shortened summary, refer to our policies for full details

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About Us

You might know us as a supermarket, technology company or even for our award-winning mobile network. Truth is, we’re all of those things, and much more. Our colleagues work with one goal in mind, helping to make every day a little better for our customers, colleagues and communities all over the world. No two customers are the same, neither are our colleagues.

At Tesco, we champion a balance that lets you thrive both in and out of work. Spend 60% of your week collaborating with colleagues at our office locations or local sites and the rest remotely. Whether you’re just kicking off your career, juggling passions, or navigating big life events, we’re here to support you. We always welcome a conversation about flexible working, so talk to us throughout your application about how we can support.

We’re proud to be an accredited Disability Confident Leader, where everyone’s welcome. That’s why we commit to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process. If you need support with your application, [1] click here  for more information. And if you’re interested in joining our team but don’t tick every box, don’t let that hold you back from applying.

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