Hybrid Senior Director, Procurement – Metals Packaging

at The Coca-Cola Company

• Job title: Senior Director, Procurement – Metals Packaging
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, London, United Kingdom

About the role

• Lead development and execution of Metal Procurement strategies for Coca-Cola within EMEA. Collaborate with stakeholders to optimize supply chain and negotiate contracts.

Responsibilities

• This position will be responsible for the development and execution of Metal Procurement strategies for the The Coca-Cola’s Cross Enterprise Procurement Group (CEPG) – with a specific focus on EMEA.
• Deliver results supporting the System’s profitable growth while maintaining a robust/reliable supply network.
• Lead and influence internal stakeholders to implement Metal strategies on a regional basis, while through collaboration w/ team capture our global buying power of our system.
• Assess current and future business environments to determine if changes in objectives are required.
• Develop Global Procurement Business Plans through leadership and ensure regional alignment and understanding of Business Needs.
• Develop and execute negotiation strategies that deliver value against Coca-Cola System business objectives and achieve sustainable relationships with suppliers.
• Analyze complex business issues associated with contract negotiations using industry analysis and The Coca-Cola Company's historical experience to make business recommendations that mitigate risk.
• Analyze industry trends to proactively identify supply base issues to minimize risk, protect continuity of supply, and exploit emerging opportunities that benefit the Coca-Cola system.
• Lead Supplier Relationship Management partnerships that generate business specific objectives and execute against objectives to generate shared value between organizations, that include continuous cost optimization for the Coca-Cola System.
• Proactively contributes to the development/implementation of CEPG’s sustainable global strategies for Metal Packaging.
• Influence key stakeholders in the bottler system and within the Coca-Cola company up to the SVP/CPO levels.
• Lead a matrixed team of procurement and technical personnel from the bottling community on projects.
• Influence suppliers' manufacturing processes, technology decisions and policies in ways that are mutually beneficial and sustainable for both organizations by leveraging the volume of the Coca-Cola system.
• Build alignment with internal stakeholder groups of the sourcing strategy and procurement process for products/services to identify business needs and to ensure compliance with operational standards.
• Develop relationships with management of strategically important global and regional suppliers to support and enhance the supply strategies of the KO system.
• Influence global suppliers to address critical supply issues that could cause business interruption if not resolved expediently.
• Support regional bottlers teams w/ metal related issues.

Requirements

• Establish productive relationships and work collaboratively with a highly diverse cultural and functional internal and external stakeholder groups, e.g. Bottlers, Suppliers, TCCC leadership, legal, R&D, Marketing, TCCC Business Unit technical and business leadership, etc…
• Build and develop relationships with peers and others to exchange feedback on product/service issues, identify and/or solve problems, assess needs, and/or achieve business results.
• Take continuous action to improve one's own knowledge, development and skills, and demonstrate an ability and passion to quickly learn industry specific fundamentals and value creation levels.
• Determine priorities for one's area of accountability to create clarity about focus and enable work to be completed efficiently.
• Establishing Strategic Direction: Creating a clear view of the destination for the business; helping others understand how and why things need to be different; building commitment and inspiring action toward the destination.
• Leading through Change: Communicates the need for change and a compelling vision of change; makes decisions and priorities consistent with change objectives; takes responsibility for the implementation and acceptance of change within the workplace.
• Attention to Detail: Accomplishing tasks by considering all areas involved, no matter how small; showing concern for all aspects of the job; accurately checking processes and tasks; being watchful over a period of time.
• Metal Packaging and/or Procurement: Knowledge of manufacturing processes and standards.
• Coca-Cola System Knowledge or similar Fortune 500 company: Operational awareness and experience (preferred) of supply chain functions.
• Negotiation skills.
• Experience with a defined sourcing model, (The 7-Step Sourcing process preferred).
• Strong analytical skills.
• Strong communication and presentation skills – including w/ senior suite executives.
• Stakeholder management skills.
• Category specific Sustainability knowledge and passion.
• Contract negotiation.
• Cost Modelling.

Benefits

• We believe a diverse, equitable and inclusive workplace makes us a stronger and more innovative company.
• Supporting the financial and personal well-being of our employees.