Location: Atlanta,GA, USA
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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), and 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. The supply chain team is staffed with internal technical, operational, and network management resources equipped with world class tools required for world class supply chain management. The supply chain team must balance daily operational responsibility (product production and order fulfillment) with cost basis management, innovation support, and infrastructure/capability evolution in order to maintain competitive advantage for the North America Operating Unit.The Supply Chain Strategy team focuses on strategic supply chain related questions (e.g., infrastructure/network design, production partnership strategy, and transformational capability enhancement) in North America (US, Canada, and Mexican exports to US). The team consists of a VP, 5 Senior Directors, 1 Director, and 1 Manager (along with partially dedicated internal support resources for various functions and external support resources as required). The team typically has 5-7 separate transformation projects/initiatives advancing in parallel, which are each led by a team member.The Director - 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, or enhancement to network management control tower capabilities. Initiatives leadership typically entails strategy development (identification of opportunity, options, evaluations, analysis, recommendations), stakeholder alignment, decision making support (e.g., steering committee stewardship, business case development/representation), and handoff to execution team (at point of completed legal agreements negotiated/finalized with co-manufacturers, final internal decisions made/approved, etc) with continued supporting role 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.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.What You'll Do for Us
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