Packaging & Sustainability Lead - Europe

JOB DESCRIPTION SUMMARY:

This is a strategically critical role responsible for leading the holistic review and long-term strategy for Pizza Hut’s packaging across the region, ensuring it delivers on brand, cost, and sustainability ambitions. The role owns regional sustainability efforts within supply chain – embedding compliance with evolving environmental regulations into sourcing and reporting – and leads the smallwares category end-to-end.

Sitting at the intersection of commercial, brand, technical, and sustainability agendas, this leader will drive competitive advantage by future-proofing our packaging portfolio, staying ahead of regulatory change, and delivering value across a complex, multi-market franchise system.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Packaging strategy & holistic review:

• Lead the holistic, region-wide review of Pizza Hut’s packaging portfolio, developing a clear multi-year strategy that balances brand experience, cost, functionality, and sustainability.
• Drive specification harmonisation and optimisation across markets in close partnership with regional brand and technical teams, unlocking scale and efficiency without compromising quality or brand standards.
• Build compelling business cases for packaging innovation and redesign that improve franchisee economics, reduce cost, and strengthen the customer experience.

Sustainability & regulatory leadership:

• Own regulatory tracking, readiness, and reporting for packaging and related categories, including EPR / PPWR / plastics and recyclability regulations, ensuring the business stays ahead of and compliant with evolving requirements across markets.
• Partner with technical, legal, and franchise teams to translate regulatory change into practical, commercially sound action plans.

Commercial & stakeholder leadership:

• Own strategic supplier relationships in scope, leading negotiations and building partnerships that make Pizza Hut a customer of choice and unlock value and growth.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to brand, technical, and regional leadership, influencing decisions and challenging the status quo to drive change.
• Drive governance, compliance, and adherence to Pizza Hut standards across all areas of ownership.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• An “own your future” and growth mindset – self-driven, resilient, and continuously seeking to learn, improve, and take ownership of outcomes.
• 6+ years’ experience in supply chain, procurement, or category management, ideally within food, retail, or a related industry.
• Strong experience in packaging, including development, sourcing, or category management, and a solid working knowledge of sustainability and packaging regulation.
• Proven strategic mindset – able to lead a holistic review, set long-term direction, and translate it into action.
• Sharp commercial and financial acumen, with a track record of delivering value through negotiation and supplier partnership.
• Excellent partnership and influencing skills, with the ability to work effectively with brand, technical, and external partners and gain buy-in at all levels.
• Strong analytical skills, comfortable leveraging spend analytics and data-driven decision-making.
• Strong communication skills, including presentation, verbal, and written skills, and high intellectual curiosity.

WORKING RELATIONSHIPS:

• Regional and global supply chain teams
• Regional brand and marketing leaders
• Operations leaders
• Technical / FSQA / food innovation teams
• Sustainability / ESG function
• Finance and strategy leads
• Packaging suppliers, 3rd party partners / consultants

The posted salary range is the expected salary range for this position. Ultimately, in determining pay, we'll consider the successful candidate’s location, experience, and other job-related factors.