Head of Regenerative Business (Impact & Sustainability)

A Little About The Job

At Ooni, we are committed to using business as a force for good. We’re beyond just ‘being less bad’ - we want the world to have great pizza and we want to do it in a way that leaves our planet in a better place for future generations. ​After all, we only have 1 planet to make pizza on, and we believe in our responsibility to protect and restore it through delivering a positive impact. 

We believe becoming a regenerative business can power our growth, and that symbiotically, our growth can power us delivering a regenerative business. That’s where YOU come in. This newly created role will lead our ever-growing Impact Agenda, and report directly to the CEO. With a dedicated team of 3, the Head of Regenerative Business will be responsible for both our environmental and social sustainability, to ensure Ooni pizzas can be enjoyed for generations to come!

About You

You’re probably frustrated in your current role - you’ve heard ‘yes, but…’ too many times, even as our planetary emergency screams in our ears. 

You’re already familiar with circular economy thinking. You’re likely a fan of Kate Raworth’s Doughnut Economics. Maybe you’ve read Daniel Wahl’s Designing Regenerative Cultures, or Flourish: Design Paradigms for Our Planetary Emergency by Sarah Ichioka and Michael Pawlyn. By the time you come for an interview you should certainly be familiar with the work of the New Citizenship Foundation (if you’re not already).

We’re not joking. This is the opportunity of a lifetime to help create a new template for how business engages with the world. As a fast growing, multi-million pound business we are at the scale where what we do matters and we’re ready to take action!

You’ll be used to working at a high level. You’ll be a respected sustainability expert. You’ll be itching to do it properly. You’ll be able to get your hands dirty and make things happen.

We are under no illusions about the challenge ahead for a company of our nature - and you will relish that challenge and be capable of taking it with both hands and running.  

Oh, and you’ll love pizza. Obvs.

You will

• Lead our charge to become a regenerative business. You’ll lead the team to devise a strategic plan to make this a reality. And you’ll execute that plan, with a commitment from our founder shareholders to make it happen. 
• Spearhead our Carbon Footprint reporting, and build and execute plans to reduce our impact as a priority where possible, and develop plans for offset of the remaining emissions. As part of this, you’ll work with our Product Development and Operations teams to create and deliver robust plans, processes and practices for reducing the environmental impact of all of Ooni’s operations, including reviewing Life Cycle Assessments, supporting them to increase the durability and repairability of our products to minimise impact.  
• Manage the Ooni Impact Fund, which donates at least 1% of our annual revenue to good causes, continuing to ensure we create the most impactful impact. 
• Create and analyse annual reporting on our sustainability across the business into meaningful and impactful information for both internal and external stakeholders.
• Build on our current impact policy and continue to find new ways to embed sustainability in to our business operations.
• Ensure we are compliant with any core legislative obligations and look for new best practice approaches.
• Work with our Supply Chain to ensure that our full supply chain is treated in an ethical manner, through a robust supplier audit program. 
• Working closely with the Marketing team to produce communications both internally and externally telling Ooni’s story of using business as a force for good in a transparent, honest manner, that is a proud source of truth rather than corporate green-washing of the facts.  
• Source and champion opportunities to embed ourselves within our communities, including through sharing information openly to inspire other businesses to make positive changes.  

It is essential that you:

• Can demonstrate significant experience in a Sustainability Management role, with responsibility for both environmental and social sustainability, in a business that has made a difference. 
• Have a strong understanding of the legislative landscape around environmental and social responsibilities, and how they impact on business responsibilities.
• Have experience of measuring carbon footprints and implementing reduction and offset strategies. 
• Have excellent relationship building skills, impress us with your network of connections and how you build these both internally and externally.
• Can use those relationship building skills to get internal stakeholders excited and mobilised on sustainability initiatives.
• Are creative and have a hands-on approach to problem solving - we like out of the box thinking!
• Can demonstrate successful project management of sustainability initiatives (showing great leadership, communication, integrity and senior stakeholder management).
• Have excellent analytical skills.
• Have a genuine and compelling passion for great pizza.
• Demonstrate Ooni’s company values: Passion, Rigour, Innovation, Ambition and Kindness.

It would also be really nice if you:

• Had experience in regenerative business practices
• Had experience working within sustainability for a consumer goods company 

The Company

• Go to YouTube and watch “We are Ooni”. That wee video pretty much says it all

The quick version is:

• We make epic pizza ovens that cook awesome pizza in 60 seconds and start from only £249
• We’re now up to over 300 in the whole team. This was 100 at the start of 2021 and only 50 the year before that. And guess what? They are all AWESOME - our culture is core to our whole reason for being
• These are our values: Passion, Rigour, Innovation, Ambition and Kindness. We really do live by them and demand them in everything we do. It ain’t just corporate mumbo jumbo to us. See how they’re capitalised to show how important they are?

Benefits

• Salary depending on experience
• £500 every year to spend on your passion – whatever that may be. 
• Great pizza every single day if you want it. Yep. Every single day. And we’ll teach you to become a pizza pro
• 35 days paid holiday per year (including bank holidays)
• 5 weeks paid sabbatical (added onto your usual holidays) once you’ve been with us for 5 years
• 2 paid volunteers days per year
• £1,000 to spend on Ooni products each year, plus 50% discount on any other Ooni stuff
• Employee Assistance Programme – our people are at the heart of everything we do, so if you’re happy, we’re happy
• Pension scheme, cycle to work scheme, weekly yoga classes. (NamastYAY!)
• Raising money for charity – we’re all about giving back… and having lots of fun in the process!
• Continuing Education - we encourage our employees to use our learning platform to grow here at Ooni

To know more, have a look at our website. Read a bit about our values and products and just have a wee Google. If you like what you see, send in your CV with a cover letter to tell us why you want to come on board. We really like nice letters – especially ones that are personalised just for us!

Closing date: Sunday 11th September  

Having a fantastic culture is really important to all of us at Ooni. We work hard to make it diverse and inclusive, and want everyone to have access to the same opportunities. If you would like this advert in a different format or need an alternative method of applying, please let us know. You can email us at [email removed - click apply for more details].