Director, Supply Chain Strategy

Job Description Summary:

About The Coca-Cola North America Supply Chain:

The Coca-Cola North America supply chain is responsible for producing and delivering finished beverage products to our bottlers and customers across the US and Canada. These products include:

• Hydration bottle/can products (e.g., Dasani, Powerade, smartwater, vitaminwater, Gold Peak, etc)

• Chilled products (e.g., Simply, Minute Maid, Honest branded refrigerated products)

• Foodservice “syrup” products (e.g., Coca-Cola and all other brands available at beverage dispensers at foodservice restaurants).

The Coca-Cola North America supply chain consists of owned manufacturing assets and contracted manufacturing partnerships with external “co-manufacturing” parties along with a network of ambient and chilled warehouses and contracted freight carriers.

Supply Chain Team:

Comprised of internal technical, operational, and network management resources equipped with world class tools required for world class supply chain management. 

• Balances daily operational responsibility (product production and order fulfillment) with:
  - Cost basis management
  - Innovation support
  ​- Infrastructure/capability evolution in order to maintain competitive advantage for the North America Operating Unit. 

Supply Chain - Strategy Team:

Focuses on strategic supply chain related questions in North America (US, Canada, and Mexican exports to US). Focus areas include:

• Network and infrastructure design

• Production partnership strategy

• Transformational capability enhancement

• Each team member typically leads or supports 2-3 major projects at a time along with ongoing advisory and strategy support for a business segment.

Role Scope:

The Director of Supply Chain Strategy will typically lead a medium-complexity transformation initiative while serving as supporting member for other initiatives led by teammates. These initiatives may involve:

• Production facility footprint changes (e.g., plant closures/consolidations/expansions)

• New co-manufacturing partnerships

• Major changes in product design or innovation support capabilities

• Sustainability strategy

• Enhancement to network management “control tower” capabilities.

Leadership initiatives typically include:

• Strategy development (identification of opportunity, options, evaluations, analysis, recommendations)

• Stakeholder alignment

• Decision making support (e.g., steering committee stewardship, business case development/representation)

• Handoff to execution team (at point of completed legal agreements negotiated/finalized with co-manufacturers, final internal decisions made/approved, etc)

• Ongoing support through implementation as appropriate. 

New responsibilities/initiatives will be taken on as capacity permits with most initiatives expected to take 12-18 months of majority-capacity leadership by The Director – Supply Chain Strategy. 

What You’ll Do for Us

• Supply chain strategy project leadership/management – Own major transformation initiatives from ideation through final decision alignment and handoff to execution team

• Organizational alignment – Cross functional team leadership (non-reporting relationship – managing through influence), harnessing expertise of various SMEs as needed while creating materials required to align senior leadership on key decisions

• Supporting analysis – Financial and operational analysis (Excel based); defining, interpreting, and utilizing analyses performed by other SMEs as required

• Negotiation management - External deal negotiations involvement (including leadership) of large production contracts and M&A transactions may be required

• Business Partnership - Partner with internal supply chain operations, technical, brand, commercial, customer, and bottler teams as required to develop solutions optimized for total system impact  

What You’ll Need

The ideal candidate has a “consulting skillset” – able to quickly learn opportunities/constraints/consideration factors for each part of the business required. 

• Must be able to break down complex problems with pragmatic structures, enabling broad working team to effectively engage the problem and advance the work. 

• Must have ability to lead through influence (vs direct authority) while maintaining a broad “general management” purview. 

• Core requirements include advanced financial/analytical acumen and concise/executive communication skills. 

• Supply chain experience is preferred but not required. This role is not software/IT focused so experience in this space is a minor consideration only.    

Qualifications & Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree required/Post-graduate degree preferred

• Strategy and project management experience (consultant background strongly preferred)

• 5+ years of diversified operating and PMO experience

• Complex program management / implementation, influencing and communication skills

• Advanced quantitative ability (Excel modeling) and financial acumen

What We Can Do For You

• Iconic Brand: Work on the most recognized brand in the world and be part of developing the brands next chapter. 

• Exposure to World Class Leaders: Availability to global marketing leaders that will expand your network and exposure you to emerging digital platforms and marketing insights. 

• Learning Culture: Access to resources such as Coke University, LinkedIn Learning and management programs that give you the resources to continually develop your skills and knowledge.

The Coca-Cola Company will not offer sponsorship for employment status (including, but not limited to, H1-B visa status and other employment-based nonimmigrant visas) for this position. Accordingly, all applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis and must not require The Coca-Cola Company's sponsorship to continue to work legally in the United States.

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Pay Range:

Base pay offered may vary depending on geography, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. A full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the position, is offered.

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Our Purpose and Growth Culture:

We are taking deliberate action to nurture an inclusive culture that is grounded in our company purpose, to refresh the world and make a difference. We act with a growth mindset, take an expansive approach to what’s possible and believe in continuous learning to improve our business and ourselves. We focus on four key behaviors – curious, empowered, inclusive and agile – and value how we work as much as what we achieve. We believe that our culture is one of the reasons our company continues to thrive after 130+ years. Visit Our Purpose and Vision to learn more about these behaviors and how you can bring them to life in your next role at Coca-Cola.

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