Marketing Sustainability Lead UKI

About us

You will be joining at an exciting time as we seek to continue to lead the future for both the planet, people and business. Sustainability is one of the four strategic pillars of Mondelez Vision 2030 and a must‑win battle for the UK & I in 2026. This role leads strategy, prioritisation and planning for the UK across our pillars of packaging, ingredients and local carbon reduction. It partners across categories and functions to deliver ambitions that meet the local customer, consumer and regulatory landscape.

The Role

In short, this is an amazing opportunity to lead, shape and grow the future of our UK sustainability agenda, taking it to the next level in 2026 & beyond. You will set the future direction, including vision and strategic direction across the whole UK business. This role translates the global pillars of sustainability for local adoption, accelerating critical pillars such as packaging and ingredients. You will partner with brand and customer teams to identify and unlock growth opportunities, ensure we’re sufficient to meet our packaging ambitions, reduce virgin plastic and drive circularity, and partner with our Regional Sustainability and Corporate Affairs to ensure we’re ready for regulation. You will lead the UK&I green army, including our cross‑functional Sustainability Working Group and employee‑led org GreenBite. You will also play a key role in driving pride across the organisation by speaking internally and potentially externally about our achievements.

Key Responsibilities

Drive the strategic direction to accelerate implementation in alignment with our 2030 commitments and ambitions across packaging, local carbon reduction and sustainable ingredients.
Partner with brand teams to identify and unlock growth opportunities, focusing on Cadbury and rolling out initiatives across growth brands.
Drive joint value creation with key customer teams, unlock partnership opportunities with retailers and drive our AGS score.
Ensure sufficiency for our virgin plastic reduction pipeline, providing strategic support on lighthouse projects across all categories.
Ensure readiness for key regulations, including local leadership of our evolution in sustainable cocoa sourcing and readiness of the EU’s PPWR (packaging).
Drive pride and understanding of sustainability, focusing on sales but with broader impact across the organisation.
Continue to upskill our wider organisation on sustainability.

Requirements

Experience in driving or embedding sustainability within a business setting, OR passion for sustainability.
Strong marketing experience and ability to connect the dots and provide strategic recommendations for delivering brand growth via sustainability.
Strategic mindset with evidence of commercial acumen and business understanding.
Proven track record of leading through change – bold, brave and willing to do things differently.
Strong influencing skills, including managing senior stakeholders.
Ability to build relationships across functions, enabling delivery of critical projects.
High learning agility.
Excellent communication, storytelling and presentation skills.
Willingness to focus on personal development.

Relocation Support

No relocation support available.

Mondelēz International is an equal‑opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation or preference, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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