Function: Corporate Affairs & Sustainability
Location: Bucharest
Contract: Permanent
WE ARE A GROWTH-FOCUSED CONSUMER PACKAGED GOODS (CPG) BUSINESS AND STRATEGIC BOTTLING PARTNER OF THE COCA-COLA COMPANY.
Coca-Cola HBC Romania is the leader of the non-alcoholic beverage companies in Romania, top exporter, top employer and most sustainable company as externally recognized for 8 years in a row. Our company employs around 1500 people and serves 8.4 million people with a unique portfolio of quality brands.
We are committed to refresh the world and make a difference. We don’t only build and sell brands that people love, we also focus on social and environmental responsibility to create a better future after us. Are you passionate about driving positive environmental and social change? Come and join us. The suitable candidate has the capacity to think strategically, advance collaboration, simplify complexity and advance human capabilities leading to accelerated business results
If you’re ready to discover and Open Up Your Potential, as part of a cohesive restless team that always wants to raise the bar and lead, join us at Coca-Cola HBC.
We Play to Grow and Win, Do you?
Role Purpose:
The Sustainability & ESG Regulatory Manager is responsible for ensuring the company’s compliance with national and EU-level packaging waste recovery and recycling regulations. This role is integral to our sustainability efforts and compliance with packaging waste regulations. This role covers also operational implementation of packaging recovery systems, performance tracking, and collaboration with internal and external stakeholders to optimize overall environmental impact.
YOUR NEW TASKS:
- Coordinates the companies' advocacy strategy on environmental, packaging and sustainability topics
- sustainability regulatory framework (including but not limited to packaging environment legislation)
- Acts as spokesperson of the company or industry in front of all relevant stakeholders on environmental, packaging and sustainability topics.
- Coordination of internal activities related to sustainability projects
- Acts as a point of contact between the external environment (associations, authorities, DRS system administrator,) and the internal cross-functional team from Supply Chain, Finance, Commercial and Legal departments
- Defines and implements the local strategy transposing the group’s sustainability roadmap and commitments
- Integrates the elements related to the sustainability & waste management policy into the companies' internal procedures
- #NETzeroby40 overarching decarbonization strategy
- Collaboration with the Public & Regulatory Affairs Manager, Customer Partnership Manager, Community Partnership Manager, Corporate Communication and Coca-Cola HBC Central team in the implementation of Sustainability projects
- Leads the external advocacy efforts and strategically designs the internal policy for ESG related legislation compliance with focus but not limited to PPWR, Circular Economy Act, CSRD, CS3D, EU Taxonomy, Green Claims Directive, Water Resilience Strategy
ARE THESE YOUR SECRET INGREDIENTS?
- Min. 3 years in Corporate Affairs & Sustainability
- Min. 1 year of cross-functional team/project management experience
- University degree preferred in political science, communication, environmental/sustainable development, management, economics
- Deep understanding of stakeholders and public views, market trends and practices, local and EU legislation with regards to community policy/ESG/sustainability communications
- Mastery communication skills – public speaking trainings and/or relevant expertise; presentation skills and ability to speak to wide audiences
- Excellent communication skills – both written and oral
- Networking, collaboration and influencing skills
- Customer centric mindset and good understanding of their related interests in sustainability
- Ability to design value-creating opportunities/sustainability projects based on business and financial acumen
- Business & Financial acumen
- Drive to make an impact, track record of achievements
- Strong project management & negotiations skills
- Very good command of oral and written English
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion:
At Coca-Cola HBC, we benefit greatly from the skills, experience and dedication of the diverse people who work with us. We expressly welcome applications from people with disabilities, different genders, ages, different sexual identities and with different ethnic backgrounds. We take a leading role in the area of corporate social responsibility and, with our corporate culture and our diversity & inclusion network, create "come as you are", a working environment that offers the space for diversity and equal opportunities – in the application process and throughout the entire employment relationship.
Sustainability:
Our sustainability strategy has been endorsed at the highest level in our business and is embedded into all our operations.
Our sustainability strategy focuses on seven major areas: climate, packaging, water, ingredients, nutrition, people and communities, and biodiversity. It is underpinned by a set of external commitments known as Mission 2025, further amplified by commitments to achieve a Net Zero carbon footprint by 2040 and net positive biodiversity by 2040.
In 2024, we continued to build our capabilities, collaborate and learn from our experience to build a strong and resilient business that is opening up a more sustainable future.
We are proud to remain global industry leaders in sustainability this year, with leading scores and rankings in ten of the most-recognised ESG ratings. We were ranked as the world’s most sustainable beverage company in the Dow Jones Best-in-Class Indices for the eighth time. We believe our success comes from continuously evolving our business model to deliver growth and taking a strategic approach to sustainability. This approach allows us to both grow and make our business more resilient.
Only eligible candidates will be contacted, in a maximum of 2 weeks. All information will be treated as strictly confidential.
