Group Director Coca-Cola Freestyle & Food Service Innovation
Job description
The Group Director Coca-Cola Freestyle & Food Service Innovation will be responsible for driving the strategic agenda and direction for equipment, product and categories for the foodservice channel. This leader must be a highly collaborative, strategic leader with the ability to collaborate across numerous stakeholders across the Global, NAOU systems, as well as our key customer partners. This role will require the leader to zoom in to the day to day, but also zoom out to see what is coming and how we will be prepared as a System to be well positioned to retain our edge in Foodservice.
What You’ll Do for Us:
Typically manages department, business unit, small sub-function within a geography or line of business. Establishes and implements strategies that have short to mid-term (1-3 years) impact on business results. Develops short to mid-term (1-3 years) plans for optimizing the organization and the talent required to execute strategies in job area
As a people manager provides leadership through managers and senior managers.
Problems and issues faced can be complex and may require broad-based consideration of variables that impact multiple areas of the organization
Responsible for improving upon existing processes and systems using significant conceptualizing, reasoning and interpretation. Solutions are novel and unique and drawing upon best practices based on expertise
Extensively analyzes problems to seek understanding of the root cause of the problem
Requires ability to convince others within and outside of the organization to agree/accept new concepts, practices, and approaches impacting sub-functional/business strategy
Qualifications & Requirements:
Typically requires a University Degree (Master or MBA ideally) or equivalent experience
Typically requires 10 to 12 years of prior relevant experience
Recognized thought leader mastering professional discipline
What We Can Do for You:
Iconic & Innovative Brands: Our portfolio represents over 250 products with some of the most popular brands in the world, including Coca-Cola, Simply, Fairlife & Topo Chico.
Expansive & Diverse Customers: We work with a diversified group of customers which range from retail & grocery outlets, theme parks, movie theatres, restaurants, and many more each day.
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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