Sustainable Agricultural Lead

About the Role

The Sustainable Agricultural Lead (SAL) plays a central role in structuring, coordinating and steering Pernod Ricard’s approach to Sustainable Sourcing and Regenerative Agriculture within Procurement. The role ensures that global ambitions are translated into clear priorities, consistent methodologies, measurable KPIs and effective coordination across Procurement, S&R teams and Affiliates. The SAL acts as a functional orchestrator and governance lead, while operational deployment and field execution remain with local Procurement and Terroir teams.

Responsibilities

• Strategy, vision and ambition
  Contribute to the definition of the global vision and ambition for Sustainable Sourcing and Regenerative Agriculture. Ensure that Procurement is properly equipped to support this ambition and acts as a coordinated and aligned function.

• Policies, methodologies and tools
  Translate sustainability ambitions into clear, procurement‑ready policies, methodologies and tools, ensuring alignment with Nature, Climate and CSRD frameworks.

• Terroir mapping and prioritisation
  Coordinate the execution of terroir mapping exercises and structure the prioritisation of key and hotspot terroirs. Ensure clear communication of priorities and implications for Affiliates and Procurement teams.

• Sustainable Sourcing
  Oversee the deployment of Sustainable Sourcing standards across priority agricultural materials. Coordinate monitoring and consolidation of KPIs, and ensure certification and compliance requirements are anticipated at affiliate level.

• Regenerative Agriculture
  Translate regenerative agriculture ambition into clear expectations for Affiliates and suppliers. Coordinate progress tracking, reporting and issue resolution across programs, while ensuring global visibility on progress, risks and bottlenecks.

• Carbon and FLAG alignment
  Contribute to carbon baseline work and alignment of Regenerative Agriculture practices with climate trajectories. Support sourcing and volume allocation scenarios needed to meet FLAG and climate targets.

• CSRD and sustainability reporting
  Coordinate the consolidation and consistency of agriculture‑related sustainability data for CSRD and external reporting. Support readiness for audits and internal governance reviews.

• Affiliates enablement and coordination
  Provide guidance, tools and clarification of expectations to Affiliates. Animate regular reviews on Sustainable Sourcing and Regenerative Agriculture progress, fostering alignment and collaboration.

• Suppliers and partnerships
  Support sustainability‑related supplier engagement frameworks and contribute to commercial discussions when relevant. Coordinate global partnerships linked to sustainable agriculture.

Profile and Mindset

• Solid understanding of Procurement.
• Proven experience in Sustainable Agriculture, Agronomy, Raw Materials or Sustainability.
• Ability to operate in complex, multi‑entity and cross‑functional environments.
• Strong structuring and coordination skills.
• Influence without authority.
• Pragmatic mindset balancing ambition with operational feasibility.