Sustainability (Water) Senior Manager

We’re seeking a Senior Manager – Sustainability (Water) to guide and grow our water stewardship, nature strategy, and beyond-value-chain mitigation work across our markets. This is a high impact role at a pivotal time, ideal for someone who blends technical sustainability expertise with strategic thinking, partnership-building, and a desire to create measurable change.

About the Role:

As Senior Manager – Sustainability (Water), you will:

• Lead CCEP’s water and nature sustainability agenda, ensuring strong alignment with our “This is Forward” commitments and The Coca Cola Company’s global water security strategy.
• Shape and deliver a long term water replenishment and nature positive strategy, prioritising high risk locations across Europe and APS.
• Provide subject matter expertise and thought leadership, partnering closely with colleagues across QESH, Supply Chain, Procurement, our Business Units and TCCC.
• Manage and evaluate a portfolio of water replenishment and nature projects, supporting markets with planning, funding and delivery.
• Track, assure, and report water- and nature related performance data for internal and external disclosure (e.g., Integrated Report, CDP).
• Build internal capability through education and engagement on CCEP’s water and nature strategies.
• Represent CCEP externally with global partners and networks such as WWF, The Nature Conservancy, Alliance for Water Stewardship, CEO Water Mandate, and others.
• Support supplier engagement programmes and regenerative agriculture partnerships that deliver water, climate and nature benefits.
• Chair the Climate and Water Resilience Group, helping markets identify risks and develop climate adaptation plans.

This is a highly collaborative role with a combination of strategic responsibility, technical insight, and hands on programme leadership.

What You’ll Bring:

We’re looking for someone who is passionate, curious, collaborative and proactive — someone who thrives on solving complex sustainability challenges with rigour and creativity.

Experience & Skills:

• Strong background in water stewardship, water replenishment, nature restoration, and/or carbon sequestration projects.
• Knowledge of water, biodiversity and sustainable agriculture issues, plus key disclosure frameworks such as CDP Water, CDP Forests, TNFD, and ideally SBTi and BVCM methodologies.
• Experience in corporate sustainability reporting and disclosure.
• Skilled in managing and interpreting large datasets using digital tools.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English; additional European languages are a plus.
• Strong influencing, stakeholder engagement and project management skills, ideally gained in a complex matrix environment.

Technical Skills:

• Proficiency in Excel, Word and PowerPoint and digital tools for data management/visualisation.
• Strong organisational skills and comfort managing large or complex datasets.
• Knowledge of global water risks and hydrogeology is an advantage.

Behavioural Competencies:

• Relationship driven and collaborative.
• Clear, confident communicator.
• Self starter with a proactive, solution focused approach.