Regenerative Farming Data & Analytics Manager

So, what will I be doing?

At Yeo Valley, we're more than just an organic dairy company – we're a community rooted in the land, committed to sustainability, and passionate about producing quality food that nurtures people and planet.

Our purpose is to Nurture & Nourish People & Planet by Making Great Food the Right Way. Forever. We believe it is possible to farm in harmony with nature, producing natural, healthy food whilst protecting and restoring the environment, and we want to prove it.

In this role, you will manage the data needed to demonstrate that we are both climate and nature positive, evidencing the inherent benefits of our farming approach across the four pillars of our progressive standards – Animal health & welfare, Climate, Biodiversity, and the Farming community, leading to increased resilience and ecosystem services.

You will lead, with support from the Regenerative Farming Manager and wider Responsible Business team, our work with external experts ensuring we adopt market leading, scalable measurement, reporting and verification (MRV) methodologies which are robust, comprehensive and aligned to our business needs and targets.

You will partner with the Digital & Technology team to securely collate and store all data, designing reporting mechanisms and dashboards to transform complex datasets into clear evidence and actionable insights that support decision-making across multiple stakeholders from farm to fork.

Key responsibilities

• Identify and articulate clearly the needs of internal and external data users including our farmers, co-owners and customers to enable and demonstrate improvement across a wide range of metrics.
• Business Partner the data team within the Digital and Technology function to develop connections and systems which enable the collation, management and analysis of data, evidencing the outcomes of our farmer groups across the four pillars of animal health & welfare, climate, biodiversity, and the farming community.
• Make recommendations on best practice measurement and data collection methodologies ensuring we are leading in our approach and anticipate future business needs
• Lead our relationships with external MRV providers
• Ensure we are able to prove that regenerative organic farming is carbon positive by managing data collection and interpretation from farms within our milk pools for both emissions and removals.
• Enable the delivery of wider business projects such as working with external researchers to prove the benefits of our farming approach through the effective management and provision of appropriate data as appropriate.
• Communicate our project work, data, and evidence to diverse audiences through presentations or reports to showcase our brands and farming approach, clearly demonstrating positive outcomes. This will include farmers, co-owners, customers and other external stakeholders.
• Play a key role in the ongoing development and evolution of our farming standards.
• Co-ordinate the independent third party verification of key evidence and data to support onward claims.
• Provide data analysis to meet customer needs in support of the Head of Responsible Business or Regenerative Farming Manager.
• Partner with the Regenerative Farming Manager and Data team to ensure relevant information is shared with, analysed by and received from the Centre for Soil Dynamics, in line with agreed project workstreams.

Sounds interesting, what do I need?

Essential

• Experience with GIS / spatial data packages (ArcGIS/QGIS)
• Significant in-depth knowledge of data management and analysis particularly in relation to farm management, environmental and spatial data.
• Knowledge of data management architecture and warehouse structure
• Knowledge of farm sustainability assessment particularly around carbon emissions and removals.
• Ability to communicate confidently and clearly in both written and verbal contexts.
• Comfortable presenting and reporting insights arising from analysis.

Desirable

• Degree level qualification or higher and/or considerable experience in the field.
• Knowledge of organic and regenerative farming systems
• Knowledge of greenhouse gas emissions and removals across farming systems (IPCC LSRS/LSRG – SBTi FLAG) and MRV systems.
• Knowledge of ecology and water quality assessment tools (e.g. BNG / Nutrient Footprinting)

Why should I join the family?

We’re independent, British and proud to be making the highest quality yogurts, desserts and ice cream under the Yeo Valley brand and for many of the UK’s major retailers. Operating from four dairies and two logistics centres in Somerset and Devon, we employ over 1900 staff and produce more than 25% of the UK’s packaged yogurt.

We’re sure you don’t need convincing, but there’s a whole host of benefits that we offer. It goes without saying that you'll have access to free parking. You'll also receive the following:

• Competitive holiday allowance
• non-contributory pension scheme
• life cover
• healthcare cash back plan
• cycle to work scheme
• subsidised Yeo Valley products and services
• preferential rates with our partners
• learning and development opportunities; we’re committed to ensuring all of our employees have the chance to grow

Unfortunately, we’re not able to provide employment sponsorship to candidates at this moment in time.

Please note that Yeo Valley do not accept speculative agency applications; we will only accept applications from preferred suppliers that have been submitted to us via our recruitment portal at the point of instruction.