Associate Director, Business Resilience (Europe)

As Associate Director, Business Resilience, you'll lead the development and deployment of our Business Continuity and Resilience programme across Europe.

•    Bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline or equivalent professional experience.
•    Professional certifications such as CBCI, MBCI, CISM, ISO 22301 Lead Implementer/Auditor, or similar.
•    Experience working within complex multinational organisations.
•    Knowledge of resilience challenges related to cyber security, digital transformation, supply chain disruption, climate risks, and geopolitical event.

At CCEP, we're committed to creating an environment where everyone can thrive, grow, and make an impact.
You'll have the opportunity to:
•    Shape resilience strategy across one of the world's largest consumer goods organisations.
•    Influence senior decision-making and work on high-profile business priorities.
•    Collaborate with talented colleagues across Europe and globally.
•    Lead meaningful work that protects our people, operations, and customers.
•    Grow your career in an inclusive, supportive, and development-focused environment.

At Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP), resilience is about more than responding to disruption. It's about ensuring our people, customers, operations, and communities can thrive in an increasingly complex world.

We're looking for an experienced Associate Director, Business Resilience to lead and evolve our Business Continuity and Resilience strategy across Europe. This is a highly visible role where you'll partner with senior leaders, operational teams, and external stakeholders to strengthen organisational resilience, support effective crisis management, and help ensure we're prepared for whatever comes next.

If you're passionate about operational resilience, business continuity, crisis management, and creating meaningful impact at scale, we'd love to hear from you.

•    Drive strategic resilience initiatives across multiple countries, functions, manufacturing sites, warehouses, shared service centres, and corporate offices.
•    Partner with leaders across Supply Chain, Technology, Finance, Risk, Security, People & Culture, and The Coca-Cola Company to strengthen resilience and preparedness.
•    Lead second-line oversight of disruption risks, developing meaningful metrics, insights, and reporting that drive action.
•    Support the delivery of operational resilience capabilities and regulatory requirements across the business.
•    Act as a trusted advisor during incidents and crises, helping teams prepare, respond, recover, and learn.
•    Lead crisis management exercises, simulations, and leadership training programmes.
•    Conduct horizon scanning and risk assessments to identify emerging threats and vulnerabilities.
•    Build strong networks across Europe, engaging Business Continuity champions and stakeholders to embed resilience into everyday decision-making.
•    Promote continuous improvement, innovation, and best practice across resilience, continuity, and crisis management processes.
•    Support ISO 22301 certification activities and wider resilience-related programmes.
•    Provide leadership during critical incidents as part of a 24/7 crisis response capability.

We're looking for someone who combines strategic thinking with practical delivery and can influence across all levels of a complex international organisation.

•    Significant experience in Business Continuity, Operational Resilience, Crisis Management, Risk Management, or a related discipline.
•    Proven success leading large-scale resilience programmes across multiple countries, functions, or business units.
•    Strong knowledge of business continuity frameworks, crisis management practices, and operational resilience principles.
•    Experience conducting risk assessments, business impact analyses, and resilience planning activities.
•    Exceptional stakeholder management skills, with the ability to engage and influence from frontline teams through to senior executives.
•    Experience leading teams through high-pressure incidents and business disruptions.
•    Strong project and programme management capabilities.
•    Excellent communication, facilitation, and presentation skills.
•    A collaborative mindset and the ability to work effectively across cultures, geographies, and diverse stakeholder groups.
•    Fluency in English and willingness to travel across Europe as required.