At Britvic we’re on a journey to become the most dynamic soft drinks company. As one of the UK’s leading players in the FMCG market we pride ourselves on setting high standards, being courageous and pushing ourselves to think outside the bottle.  

We offer consumers a range of family favourite and global premium brands such as Robinsons, Tango, J2O, R. White’s & London Essence. We exist to help people enjoy life’s everyday moments.

About the Role:

Britvic’s corporate reputation is built through the trust and respect of our stakeholders, employees and communities. We always seek to be trusted and respected for all our business practices and hold ourselves accountable to the highest standards of non-financial, as well as financial, performance.  Central to this accountability is our sustainability agenda and ESG practices more broadly.  

Sitting within our broader Strategy and Corporate Affairs function, our sustainable business team is both the architect and guardian of Britvic’s sustainability strategy.   This leadership role plays a critical and integrating part of the global sustainability team, primarily accountable for ESG reporting both internally and externally, as we progress Healthier People, Healthier Planet strategies to become the most dynamic soft drinks company, creating a better tomorrow.

Key to this role is ensuring Britvic is able to comply with current and planned UK, European and International non-financial reporting requirements, including International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS S1 and S2), European Sustainability reporting standards (ESRS), and ESG indices (including CDP, Sustainalytics, MSCI, CDP, EcoVadis).

The internal facing element of this role involves monthly and quarterly reporting of sustainable business performance, equipping and advising key senior stakeholders with the insight and information they need to inform decision making and identify areas of continuous improvement.  The role needs to work cross-functionally with teams from across the global business to develop strategies that create a better tomorrow, supporting brands, business units (BUs) and sites to operational the respective strategies.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Subject matter expert on current and emerging non-financial reporting regulations, working closely with finance colleagues to meet non-financial reporting requirements eg. IFRS S1 & S2, SECR, ESRS
2. Accountable for data management, analysis and reporting of sustainability metrics across the group, working closely with business units to ensure best practice data reporting processes and systems are in place and supporting with solution development where not 
3. Leading the sustainability reporting cycle with monthly, quarterly and annual performance updates and providing accurate and timely data and content for the strategic reports, projects and events 
4. Leading and managing the annual sustainability assurance process
5. Lead the transformation of Britvic’s approach to sustainability planning and reporting across finance, strategy, IT and the broader business.
6. Work with business units and QSE team to set in year non-financial targets.
7. Act as Sustainability champion leading the organisation's drive to improve its sustainability performance across all activities, driving a cultural and behavioural change throughout the organisation
8. Building and leveraging strong relationships with key stakeholders across the business to collect data and insights to inform performance reporting and strategy development. 
9. Leading engagement with rating agencies and other third parties (eg. CDP, MSCI, Sustainalytics, EcoVadis)
10. Reviewing and critiquing our approach to sustainability reporting and make recommendations for continual improvement
11. Work closely with the Sustainable Business Manager to create content for internal and external communications and reports
12. Working closely with corporate relations colleagues to develop engaging communications for internal and external audiences
13. Manage, coach and mentor two direct reports to increase depth and breadth of Britvics sustainable reporting talent.

Knowledge, Skills & Experience Required:

1. Highly numerate
2. Appetite for continuous learning
3. Experience in similar reporting role, within FMCG industry an advantage
4. Strong organisational and project management skills, able to manage multiple on-going assignments
5. Results-driven, collaborative and a ‘can-do’ attitude, a self-starter with a strong bias to action
6. Effective management of matrix teams
7. Ability to cut through and manage well under pressure 
8. Excellent IT skills including Excel and other analytical software; experience in SAP is a plus
9. Sound business acumen and experience of developing business cases
10. Strong ability to frame strategic or complex issues in a clear and compelling way
11. In-depth knowledge of key environmental and social challenges facing the sector.
12. Excellent communicator (written and verbal) and influencer across all levels, functions and business units
13. Ability to deal with ambiguity
14. Highly competent in corporate carbon foot-printing, particularly with Scope 3 analysis
15. Familiarity with Life Cycle Assessment process and systems is a plus 
     

Qualifications:

1. Preferably an academic qualification linked to sustainability or accounting (degree level or above).
2. Ideally language skills, particularly French or Portuguese.

We believe we are stronger together and that’s why we’re committed to providing equal opportunities to all applicants and employees. We know that by building a truly inclusive environment where everyone feels celebrated, safe and respected - diversity and wellbeing will naturally thrive