Product Sustainability Analyst

Department: CSR & Sustainability

Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: Head Office, Chelsea House

Reporting To: Eva Grundon

As a Product Sustainability Analyst, you will combine expertise in sustainable product development and environmental impact with strong data analytics skills to support River Island's sustainability goals.

Working closely with internal cross functional teams and our supply chain, you will collect, validate, analyse, and interpret sustainability data across the product lifecycle. You will ensure the accuracy of supplier and product data, provide insights to inform sourcing and material decisions, and help drive improvements in environmental performance.

You will design and automate dashboards and reports to track performance against targets and environmental footprint. Your ability to translate complex sustainability and product data into actionable insights will play a critical role in shaping River Islands sustainability initiatives and strategy.

The role will support a range of sustainability priorities and projects, with responsibilities evolving in line with River Island's sustainability strategy and business priorities.

Responsibilities:

• Lead data collection and analysis to support sustainability performance and KPIs.
• Develop and maintain dashboards and reports to track progress across key sustainability areas including supply chain transparency, human rights, carbon emissions, water usage, materials, fabrics and packaging data.
• Ensure data quality through regular assessments, improving data integrity and reporting techniques.
• Engage with cross-functional teams to develop and maintain dashboards and progress against targets. Encourage progress with our buying teams and suppliers, identifying risks and opportunities and supporting improvement actions.
• Monitor regulatory requirements (e.g., EPR, Waste, EUDR, CBAM) and support the business in understanding and responding to relevant requirements, including accurate tax calculations and submissions.
• Own engagement with some of our partners such as BCI, ZDHC and help determine key priorities and implementation actions for River Island
• Support collaborative cross functional work streams internally and externally with suppliers, and customers to develop engaging decarbonisation plans.
• Support the implementation of sustainability initiatives through stakeholder engagement and data insight.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align sustainability goals with business strategy. Deliver data in different formats across the business and supply chain
• Train and support suppliers in sustainability data collection and reporting processes aligning them with both the sustainability and supplier strategies.
• Use data analysis to identify improvement actions and drive progress against sustainability strategy.
• Contribute to other sustainability, data and reporting projects as required, in line with evolving business priorities.

Skills:

• Strong background in data analysis and reporting, with expertise in Excel (including pivot tables, macros), Power Query, and PowerBI.
• Proficient in Python and SQL for data manipulation and reporting.
• Analytical and logical thinker with a problem-solving mindset and a drive to improve data accuracy, reliability and progress
• Background in sustainability with a good understanding of sustainable product and retail ways of working
• Able to manage priorities in a fast-paced environment and flex across multiple projects. Confident in managing deadlines and conversations independently
• Ability to interpret and present data clearly to inform business decisions across audiences
• Highly self-motivated, organised and detail oriented.
• Flexible and adaptable, with the ability to take…