Director of Technical, Innovation, & Supply Chain - Sustainability

Location(s):
United States of America

City/Cities:
Atlanta

Travel Required:
26% - 50%

Relocation Provided:
No

Job Posting End Date:
April 23, 2024

Shift:
First Shift (United States of America)

Job Description Summary:

Primary Job Location : Atlanta, Georgia

What You'll Do for Us:
The scope of the role is Operating Unit (OU) operational sustainability leadership including water, carbon/climate, and World Without Waste (WWW)/packaging.
The role has direct impact and influence over the development of the most optimum OU sustainability strategy and implementation plan in line with the global sustainability strategy and TCCS sustainability commitments for World Without Waste (WWW).
Connecting end-to-end the design, collect, and partner pillars, set OU goals and roadmap for achieving WWW goals to a multilayer technical sustainability culture and capability development in collaboration as "One Sustainability OU Leadership Team" with Public Affairs, Communications, Sustainability & Strategic Partnerships (PACS) and OU overall Sustainability leads.

Focus Areas:

The Technical, Innovation, & Supply Chain (TI&SC) - Sustainability Director will operate and lead as an indispensable member of the OU TI&SC leadership team. As a sustainability leader role reporting directly to OU Quality, Safety, and Environment (QSE) will also be a member of the OU One Sustainability team with clear responsibility to coordinate the end-to-end technical sustainability agenda cross-functionally across QSE, PACS, and the OU Franchise teams. The following areas define the key focus of the role:

Technical sustainability strategy: As a key member of the OU TI&SC team ensure within the global sustainability strategy and commitments the most optimum and accelerated implementation of the OU sustainability strategy. Define and steward the OU technical sustainability strategy, commitments, initiatives, and prioritization to implement the OU growth agenda. Ensure accelerated progress of sustainability commitments across water, carbon/climate, and WWW/packaging while ensuring OU sustainability-by-design leadership in innovation and across the supply chain. In collaboration with the PACS and OU, sustainability leads influence the global and regional sustainability agenda and investments.
Develop OU TI&SC Sustainability strategy, create governance and controls to implement the strategy, and monitor the internal and external trends.

Determine the OU water risk management framework and priorities, work with businesses to drive water risk assessments, and monitor water risk (global/local)
Implement OU Science Based Targets (SBT) and action plans.
Water strategy for 2030 and beyond
Provide technical guidance on establishing collection schemes in markets.
Contribute to defining recycled polyethylene terephthalate (rPET) End-to-end governance and drive supplier/business development initiatives.

Governance, compliance: Ensure all licenses to operate KORE sustainability requirements, and OU governance are in place in line with the global governance framework requirements.
Innovation: Ensure the technical sustainability innovation pipeline and technical sustainability agenda are in place, drive top and bottom-line growth, and create competitive advantage. Lead the implementation support for all technical operational sustainability aspects that protect and enhance our regional and corporate reputation.
OU sustainability network orchestration: Drive organizational alignment on operational sustainability across OUs-bottling partners and corporate QSE. Active contributor and decision maker in the Global Environmental Council. Champion KO System sustainability and overall QSE Culture and Strategies to enable business growth. Bring the external view in, drive external engagement and benchmarking, and ensure leadership presence in industry associations.

Work Focus
Create the long-term OU technical sustainability vision, drive engagement with the system partners, and lead sustainability planning to achieve goals.
Influence and shape technical sustainability investment plans including complex analysis of cost, infrastructure (e.g.: collection and recycling) developments, and strategic partnerships. Close collaboration with key stakeholders such as Public Affairs, Communications, Sustainability & Strategic Partnerships (PACS), OU- and franchise system leadership teams.
Connect strategically with external and internal networks and stakeholders to drive performance and benchmarking efforts, shape forward-looking strategies, and transform people and organizational capabilities accordingly.
Lead the OU sustainability knowledge sharing.
Develop, implement, and continuously improve the relevant performance models and systems to track risks and global mitigation plans.
Ensure that internal QSE talent is developed to drive key operational sustainability metrics within OU and bottlers.
Ensure correct and accurate reporting of sustainability metrics into a database for internal as well as external reporting.

Qualifications & Requirements
Sustainability leadership experience in leading large-scale transformation programs, and change management.
Proven successful track record in leading diverse teams. Technical/QSE operations > 10 years in key sustainability roles.

Communication Focus

Influence and alignment with stakeholders at most senior levels internally and externally, including Technical Leadership Team (TLT), Franchise Leadership Team, Global Technical, Innovation & Supply Chain (TI&SC) leadership, Bottling partners leadership, Supply Chain partners, Government, and Industry stakeholders.
Work with internal networks:

Research and Development (R&D)
Cross-Enterprise Procurement Group (CEPG)
Scientific and Regulatory Affairs (SRA)
Public Affairs, Communications, Sustainability & Strategic Partnerships (PACS)
Supply Chain (SC).

Define and communicate across the OU and The Coca-Cola System networked organization a sustainability culture with a "Zero is possible" mindset.
Deal predominately with situations where other parties have shared interests or opposing interests related to operational sustainability implementation plans.
Think outside-in and are well connected, involving a broader set of stakeholders in decision-making.
Communication, negotiation, and engagement with multiple key stakeholders to influence and gain alignment on the short- and long-term operational sustainability strategies and investments.
Represent OU TI&SC on external stakeholder forums and industry associations.

Skills:
Chemistry, Communication, Continual Improvement Process, Data Compilation, Environmental Science, Food Safety and Sanitation, Food Sciences, Food Technology, Green Solutions, Laboratory Testing, Leadership, Microbiology Testing, Product Development, Project Management, Quality Control (QC), Researching, Sensory Testing, Sustainability

Pay Range:
$143,000 - $173,000

Base pay offered may vary depending on geography, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. A full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the position, is offered.

Annual Incentive Reference Value Percentage:
30

Annual Incentive reference value is a market-based competitive value for your role. It falls in the middle of the range for your role, indicating performance at target.

Our Purpose and Growth Culture:

We are taking deliberate action to nurture an inclusive culture that is grounded in our company purpose, to refresh the world and make a difference. We act with a growth mindset, take an expansive approach to what's possible and believe in continuous learning to improve our business and ourselves. We focus on four key behaviors - curious, empowered, inclusive and agile - and value how we work as much as what we achieve. We believe that our culture is one of the reasons our company continues to thrive after 130+ years. Visit Our Purpose and Vision to learn more about these behaviors and how you can bring them to life in your next role at Coca-Cola.

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