Head of Group Sustainability Development

Builders' Merchant Company; West Midlands; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - GBP 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading construction products firm in the UK seeks a Head of Group Sustainability Development. The role focuses on enhancing sustainability in commercial aspects and customer engagement. With a hybrid nature, you will engage externally with stakeholders while managing group sustainability frameworks. Ideal candidates should have experience in technical sales or commercial roles within the construction sector. This position offers significant visibility and the chance to shape a modern sustainability function.

Qualifications

• Experience in a technical sales or commercial role within construction.
• Ability to communicate sustainability topics effectively.
• Existing relationships in social housing or public sector procurement.

Responsibilities

• Lead customer-facing sustainability engagement across multiple brands.
• Support sales teams with sustainability presentations and meetings.
• Engage with housing associations and contractors.
• Translate sustainability strategies into commercial value propositions.
• Represent the business at industry events.
• Oversee compliance and external messaging consistency.

Skills

Customer-facing sustainability knowledge

Expertise in construction products

Strong communication skills

Understanding of procurement and specification

Job description

Head of Group Sustainability Development UK – Midlands preferred (national remit)

3 February, 2026

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A highly successful, privately owned UK manufacturing group operating across multiple construction product brands is seeking to appoint a Head of Group Sustainability Development.

This is a senior, customer-facing sustainability leadership role, designed to use sustainability as a commercial growth lever, not a back-office compliance function.

The Opportunity

This role sits at the intersection of sustainability, sales, and strategic customer engagement.

Approximately 80% of the role is externally focused, working with customers, specifiers, and industry stakeholders to position the Group’s sustainability credentials as a competitive advantage. The remaining 20% focuses on group-level sustainability governance, ensuring credibility, consistency, and alignment across a portfolio of brands.

The successful candidate will act as the public-facing sustainability ambassador for the Group, supporting specification wins, strengthening customer relationships, and reinforcing long-term Net Zero commitments.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead customer-facing sustainability engagement across a multi-brand manufacturing group
• Support sales teams with sustainability-led presentations, meetings, and bid input
• Engage with housing associations, public sector bodies, housebuilders, and contractors
• Translate sustainability strategy into clear commercial value propositions
• Represent the business at industry events, forums, and working groups
• Own the direction and credibility of group sustainability frameworks (Net Zero, SBTi, Scope 1–3)
• Oversee compliance, reporting integrity, and consistency of external messaging
• Coordinate sustainability champions across the Group

This is a hybrid sustainability–commercial leadership role, not a traditional ESG or reporting position.

Candidate Profile

You are likely to have:

• Experience in a customer-facing sustainability, technical sales, or commercial role within construction products, building materials, or related supply chains
• Strong understanding of how sustainability influences procurement and specification decisions
• Confidence operating with customers, senior leadership, and boards
• A pragmatic, commercially minded approach to sustainability
• The ability to communicate complex sustainability topics in plain, credible business language
• Existing relationships within social housing or public sector procurement would be highly advantageous.

Why This Role Stands Out

• Group-level remit with genuine commercial influence
• Long-term investment mindset from a privately owned business
• High external visibility and board-level engagement
• Opportunity to shape and define a modern, commercially driven sustainability function

Applications

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All enquiries will be treated in strict confidence.

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