Chief Sustainability Officer

We are seeking a strategic leader to drive our sustainability agenda across Latin America markets.

This role involves defining and executing the investment roadmap, displaying franchise leadership, and collaborating with bottling partners and cross-functional teams to accelerate progress toward our ambitious sustainability goals.

Main Responsibilities

1. Sustainability Moonshot Leadership: Develop the Operating Unit business case and co-develop an investment roadmap through 2035. Influence system decision makers, remove bottlenecks, and spearhead steps to accelerate execution toward long-term sustainability goals.
2. Cross-Functional Team Leadership: Take an agile approach to leading the Moonshot cross-functional team, capitalizing on subject-matter expertise from areas such as Public Affairs, Communication & Sustainability (PACS) SMEs, Technical, Finance, Strategy, and Operations. Foster collaboration and alignment across disciplines to drive success.
3. Strategic and Operational Alignment: Integrate sustainability goals into market-by-market strategic (long-range) and operational (annual) business plans. Prioritize market risks and opportunities in alignment with business objectives, defining clear processes, accountabilities, and metrics.
4. Knowledge Sharing and Scaling Best Practices: Leverage global insights to enable the exchange of information, sharing best practices, and scaling effective solutions across markets for faster, impactful execution.
5. Governance Development: Establish and lead efficient/effective Governance frameworks, ensuring alignment on priorities, investments, and progress tracking across OU, Zone, and Country levels. Facilitate productive collaboration with our bottling partners.
6. Metrics and Reporting Oversight: Serve as the central point for tracking and reporting sustainability progress across all pillars (Water, Packaging, and Climate). Ensure consistent, transparent, and action-oriented reporting of performance metrics.
7. Bottler and Zone Support: Support zones in negotiations with bottlers, business case development, and alignment with local teams to ensure sustainability plans are effectively implemented in every market. Build partnerships to align system-wide resources around shared goals and commitments.

Qualifications and Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field, such as Business Administration, Engineering, Sustainability or Environmental Science. Advanced degrees preferred.
• Minimum of 10 years of experience in commercialization, operations, franchise leadership, and background in financial planning, or strategy-related roles within large, complex organizations.
• Strong track record of driving initiatives with measurable outcomes by connecting strategic vision to disciplined execution, ideally in a multi-market or franchise business setting.
• Basic understanding of sustainability concepts (e.g., climate change, water stewardship, packaging innovations) to ensure effective collaboration and alignment with internal and external subject-matter experts.
• Demonstrated ability to influence senior stakeholders, manage competing priorities across multiple teams, and build lasting partnerships internally and externally.
• Experience working with bottling/franchise models and/or multi-tiered governance structures highly preferred.

About this Opportunity

Join a purpose-driven organization that empowers its people to protect the environment and communities we serve while delivering safe and quality products. Our culture is one of inclusivity, growth, and continuous learning. We believe in refreshing the world and making a difference.