You will be responsible for:
- Identifying emerging sustainability trends, technologies and business models relevant to Tesco’s sustainability priorities.
- Developing and maintaining a sustainability innovation pipeline across short, medium and long-term horizons.
- Scoping and evaluating innovation opportunities against sustainability impact, customer relevance, commercial value and scalability.
- Leading or supporting innovation projects, pilots and proof-of-concepts from concept through to recommendation/launch.
- Building partnerships with external organisations including suppliers, start-ups, universities and industry bodies.
- Identifying opportunities to accelerate healthier and more sustainable diets through novel ingredients, alternative proteins, reformulation and other food system innovations.
- Developing compelling business cases and recommendations for investment and scaling of successful innovations and measuring and communicating the impact of initiatives.
You will need:
- Experience in sustainability, innovation, strategy, product development, or related disciplines within retail, food, FMCG, agriculture, or consumer goods.
- Proven ability to identify emerging trends and translate insights into commercial opportunities and strategic recommendations.
- Strong stakeholder engagement, partnership, and relationship management skills across diverse audiences.
- Experience developing business cases, strategic proposals, and recommendations to support decision-making.
- Ability to balance sustainability objectives with commercial priorities and business outcomes.
- Experience across food systems, sustainable agriculture, climate, nature, packaging, or related sustainability agendas.
- Knowledge of sustainable diets, nutrition, ingredient innovation, and future food technologies.
- Experience working with start-ups, innovation ecosystems, academic partners, or external collaborators.
- Understanding of environmental and social sustainability frameworks, metrics, and impact assessment.
- Expertise in horizon scanning, trend analysis, and insight generation.
- Experience managing innovation pipelines, portfolios, projects, and programmes.
- Strong strategic thinking, problem-solving, and prioritisation skills.
- Workshop facilitation and ideation experience to drive innovation and collaboration.
- Data analysis skills with the ability to generate actionable insights.
- Excellent written, verbal, and presentation communication skills.
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