Environmental Services Analyst

Allied Bakeries are owned by Associated British Foods. ABF is a diversified international food, ingredients and retail group with sales of £20.1bn and 138,000 employees in 56 countries. It has significant businesses in Europe, Africa, the Americas, Asia and Australia. Our sister companies in ABF UK Grocery produce products under many market-leading household brands, including Jordans, Ryvita, Pataks, Blue Dragon & Silver Spoon.

We are proud of our brands: we make top 10 UK grocery brand Kingsmill as well as Allinson’s, Bürgen and Sunblest. You’ll know us best through our white, wholemeal and seeded market-leading loaves, as well as Kingsmill 50/50, the nation’s favourite Healthier White, and our delicious pancakes, crumpets, hot cross buns and other bakery products.

The success of our business depends on us having the right people on the team. We are incredibly passionate about our business, but it isn’t for the faint-hearted – it’s pacey and demanding so our people need to have a positive attitude and to want to work inclusively. We take massive pride in what we do, not least in how colleagues based in our bakeries and depots have one of the best safety performance records in the industry.

Our Grocery Service Centre, based near Liverpool, is a hub for transactional activity across multiple ABF companies within the ABF Grocery division. Supporting some of our well-known brands such as Kingsmill, Pataks, Blue Dragon, Jordans, Ryvita and Silver Spoon, amongst others. We deliver Shared Service activities across a wide range of disciplines including Customer Services, Consumer Care, Finance, Payroll, HR and IS.

If you’re looking to join a business that is passionate, encourages you to be the best you can be, and values its people, we’d love to hear from you.

Overview Of Role

As Environmental Services Analyst, you will be accountable for the end‑to‑end ownership, governance and continuous improvement

of our D365 security and environment landscape. You will ensure the platform is secure, compliant, performant and scalable, while providing technical leadership across BAU operations and transformation programmes.

Working closely with senior stakeholders, project delivery partners and the wider IS organisation, you will play a key role in the migration of legacy ERP platforms into D365 and the ongoing evolution of the service.

Key Accountabilities

• As part of a team, own and lead the D365 security and environment operating model, ensuring stability, compliance and alignment to Microsoft and ABF standards.
• Act as the technical authority for D365 environments, security design and release governance across all supported businesses.
• Provide leadership and direction to the existing Environment Team and third‑party partners operating within the D365 environment and security space.
• Contribute to the definition and maintenance of an environment strategy, including provisioning, refresh, lifecycle management, release cadence and decommissioning.
• Delivery security design and assurance, including role‑based access control, segregation of duties (SoD), audit readiness and compliance.
• Partner with project teams to provide design authority and assurance for D365 migrations, upgrades and major change initiatives.
• Work closely with implementation partners to shape scope, assumptions, delivery plans and long‑term platform roadmaps.
• Govern release management activities using D365 LCS\PPAC, Azure DevOps and Microsoft release controls, ensuring controlled and predictable change.
• Act as a key escalation point for complex technical issues and cross‑environment incidents.
• Own and continuously improve service documentation, standards, runbooks and knowledge assets across the application portfolio.
• Provide senior technical input and oversight to other applications and platforms where D365 integrations or dependencies exist.