Monday Friday Coca Cola Owner Operator Jobs (NOW HIRING)

The Coca-Cola Company is investing its digital transformation agenda across North America Supply Chain and Commercial Product Supply (CPS) operations,leveragingtechnology, data, automation, artificial intelligence, and modern digital capabilities to drive business growth, operational excellence, supply chain resiliency, and customer value.

The North America Supply Chain ecosystem is strategically an important network within The Coca-Cola Company. It encompasses the finished goods supply chain serving bottling partners and customers across North America, including Coca-Cola-owned manufacturing facilities, third-party copackers, external warehouses, and distribution partnersoperatingat varying levels of integration with enterprise SAP platforms. The scope also includes the supply chains supporting concentrates, sweeteners, ingredients, juices, packaging materials, and other critical componentsrequiredto support bottling operations. It also includes the global Coca-Cola Service Equipment and Parts network.This highly interconnected environment requires seamless collaboration across business functions, operating units, external partners, and technology platforms to ensure reliable, efficient, and scalable operations.

We areseekinga highly experienced Sr. Director, to serve as the strategic technology partner to North America Supply Chain leadership and as the executive leader responsible for delivering large-scale business transformation programs, product initiatives, enterprise technology investments, SAP-enabled digital capabilities. This role will play a critical leadership role in driving business modernization through SAP-centered transformation, enterprise standardization, process simplification, automation, advanced analytics, and emerging AI technologies.

As The Coca-Cola Company evolves toward a Product Operating Model, this leader will help drive the transition from traditional project-based delivery to product-centric, outcome-oriented ways of working. The role will partner with business leaders, Product Managers, Product Owners, Enterprise Architecture teams, and delivery organizations to develop business capabilities, product roadmaps, and value streams that continuously deliver measurable business outcomes. The successful candidate will promote a culture focused on customer value, continuous improvement, innovation, experimentation, and long-term business ownership.

A key focus area of this position will be helping to shape and execute Coca-Cola's Supply Chain AI strategy. This includes evaluating and scaling emergingtechnologiescapabilities. The role willidentifyopportunities to automate business processes, improve user productivity, enhance decision-making, increase supply chain visibility, and generate measurable business value through AI-enabled solutions, whilemaintainingalignment with enterprise architecture, governance, security, and compliance standards.

This role serves as the primary point of engagement between business leadership, Global IT, Product teams, software vendors, systems integrators, consulting partners, and external service providers. The position provides leadership across a diverse portfolio of supply chain capabilities including SAP S/4HANA, Procurement, Planning, Manufacturing, Logistics, Warehouse Management, Transportation Management, Inventory Management, Customer Fulfillment, Data & Analytics, Cloud Platforms, Automation, Artificial Intelligence, Integration Technologies, and emerging digital solutions.

The Sr. Director is accountable for portfolio strategy, PMO governance, product governance, solution architecture oversight, client engagement, vendor management, financial planning, organizational change management, and realization of business outcomes. This leader will ensure technology investments align with strategic business priorities while driving standardization, simplification, operational excellence, innovation, and sustainable value creation across North America operations.

The successful candidate will combine executive leadership, business relationship management, enterprise program management, product-oriented deliveryexpertise, and a deep understanding of SAP and enterprise technologies. Success requires the ability to influence senior executives, navigatehighly complexorganizational environments, lead large matrixed teams, manage strategic vendor relationships, and deliver transformative business outcomes that position Coca-Cola for the future of intelligent, connected, and AI-enabled supply chains.The role will be a people leader.

WhatYou'llDoforUs

Strategic Business Partnering & Client Engagement

• Serve as the primary technology and transformation partner for North America Supply Chain leadership.

• Develop trusted relationships with business executives, functional leaders, and key stakeholders to understand strategic priorities and business challenges.

• Partner with business leaders and Product Owners to define business capabilities, product strategies, and long-term technology roadmaps.

• Translate business strategies into executable transformation programs, product investments, and technology initiatives.

• Facilitate prioritization of investments, product backlogs, resources, and improvements across multiple business functions.

• Drive alignment between global standards, architectural principles, and North America business priorities.

• Establish value realization frameworks and ensure technology investments deliver measurable business outcomes.

• Influence executive decision-making through strategic consulting, fact-based recommendations, and business-focused technology leadership.

Product, Program & Portfolio Leadership

• Lead a portfolio of enterprise-wide programs, products, and strategic initiatives with significant business impact and multi-million-dollar investments.

• Drive adoption and maturation of Product Operating Model principles across Supply Chain technology and business teams.

• Establish governance frameworks supporting both strategic programs and product-based delivery models.

• Develop integrated roadmaps that balance innovation, modernization, technical debt reduction, AI initiatives, and operational priorities.

• Ensure programs and products achieve businessobjectives, quality standards, financial targets, and value realization goals.

• Manage dependencies, risks, issues, resources, and organizational readiness activities across multiple initiatives.

• Partner with Product Managers, Enterprise Architects, and Business Leaders to define success measures, KPIs, and outcome-based metrics.

• Drive delivery excellence through effective PMO governance, execution discipline, transparency, and continuous improvement.

SAP, AI & Enterprise Solution Leadership

• Provide strategic leadership and solution oversight for SAP S/4HANA and related supply chain platforms supporting Procurement, Planning, Manufacturing, Logistics, Warehouse Management, Transportation Management, Inventory Management, and Customer Fulfillment processes.

• Partner with Enterprise Architecture teams to ensure scalable, integrated, resilient, and sustainable solution designs.

• Translate business requirements into technology strategies, enterprise architectures, andimplementationroadmaps.

• Drive adoption of SAP standard capabilities and global template solutions to maximize value and reduce complexity.

• Evaluate emerging technologies including SAP Business AI, SAP Joule, SAP BTP, Generative AI, Predictive Analytics, Intelligent Automation, Machine Learning, and Digital Assistants.

• Lead the identification, development, piloting, and scaling of AI-enabled business capabilities across the Supply Chain landscape.

• Partner with SAP and strategic technology vendors to maximize value from current and future technology investments.

• Support modernizationinitiativesleveragingcloud platforms, data and analytics capabilities, automation technologies, and intelligent business processes.

• Ensure compliance with enterprise architecture standards, cybersecurity requirements, and governance frameworks.

Vendor, Systems Integrator & Consulting Partner Management

• Lead strategic relationships with Systems Integrators (SIs), consulting firms, software providers, and managed service partners.

• Develop sourcing strategies and partner engagement models that support business objectives and delivery commitments.

• Establish governance processes to ensure quality, accountability, performance, and measurable business value from external partners.

• Manage Statements of Work (SOWs), commercial agreements, contract negotiations, performance metrics, and vendor obligations.

• Evaluate partner capabilities, delivery effectiveness, and resource strategies to support strategic initiatives.

• Drive continuous optimization of vendor delivery models and partner performance.

• Ensureappropriate utilizationof vendorexpertiseacross transformational and operational initiatives.

Financial Management & Procurement Governance

• Develop and manage annual operating budgets, project budgets, capital plans, product investments, and long-range financial forecasts.

• Ensure investments are aligned to business priorities and deliver expected business value and ROI.

• Oversee procurement activities for software, consulting services, managed services, and technology investments.

• Manage budget performance, financial reporting, cost optimization opportunities, and capital planning activities.

• Support Annual Business Planning (ABP) and Operational Business Planning (OBP) processes.

• Ensure compliance with financial governance policies, spending controls, andapprovalauthorities.

Change Management & Organizational Readiness

• Lead change management activities supportingnew technologies, business capabilities, organizational structures, and operating models.

• Partner with business leaders to define communication, training, stakeholder engagement, adoption, and readiness plans.

• Support the organization's transition to Product Operating Model principles and product-centric ways of working.

• Drive adoption of AI-enabled capabilities, intelligent automation, and data-driven decision-making across business functions.

• Establishadoptionmetrics and measure achievement of intended business outcomes.

• Promote a culture of continuous learning, innovation, and operational excellence.

Operational Excellence, Innovation & Governance

• Drive standardization, simplification, automation, and process harmonization across the Supply Chain ecosystem.

• Establish governance frameworks that ensureexecutiondiscipline, accountability, transparency, and strategic alignment.

• Promote responsible adoption of Artificial Intelligence technologies throughappropriate governance, security, data quality, compliance, and ethical AI practices.

• Ensure compliance with IT risk management, cybersecurity, audit, business continuity, and disaster recovery requirements.

• Foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, experimentation, and continuous improvement.

• Promote reusable solutions, enterprise standards, and best practices across business and technology organizations.

Qualifications & Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in information technology, Engineering, Supply Chain, Business Administration, Computer Science, ora relatedfield.MBA or master's degree are preferred.

• 12+ years of experience leading large-scale technology, business transformation, or digital transformation programs.

• 8+ years of experience managing enterprise portfolios, PMOs, products, or strategic technology investments.

• Experience leading multiple SAPimplementation, modernization, or transformation programs.

• Experienceoperatingwithin or helping organizations adopt Product Operating Model principles and product-oriented delivery frameworks,including capability-based planning, product management principles, value stream alignment, product roadmaps, outcome-based funding models, and customer-centric delivery approaches.

• Experience leading AI, advanced analytics, intelligent automation, or digital innovation initiatives-evaluatingand implementing emerging technologies including Generative AI, Intelligent Automation, Machine Learning, Predictive Analytics, Digital Assistants, and AI-driven business process optimization.

• Demonstratedexpertisein executive stakeholder management, business consulting, and client engagement.

• Experience managing Systems Integrat...