Procurement Director, Indirect

The Coca-Cola Company

• LOCATION:London, United Kingdom – GBR
• POST DATE:4/26/2019
• JOB TYPE:FULL TIME
• JOB LEVEL:01. Regular
• POST END DATE:May 7 – 2019
• TRAVEL REQUIRED:00% – 25%
• RELOCATION PROVIDED:No

Job ID: R-27055UnitedKingdom-London

Job Description Summary

Location(s):

United States of America

City/Cities:

Atlanta

Travel Required:

00% – 25%

Relocation Provided:

No

Job Posting End Date:

May 7, 2019

Shift:

Job Description Summary:

The Procurement Director for Indirect Categories – General & Administration manages strategic sourcing initiatives as part of the Cross-Enterprise Procurement Group, which includes The Coca-Cola Company, Company Owned Bottling Operations, and Franchise Bottling Operations. The role works closely with Bottlers and TCCC stakeholders to identify procurement opportunities, develop sourcing strategies, negotiate global contracts, and help bottlers implement solutions that create business value. This position reports to the Managing Director, Indirect Categories G&A for CEPG, and will be supported by extended team members from bottlers and analytics resources.

Duties

• Lead strategic sourcing initiatives using Collaborative Procurement Model to meet business requirements and maximize value to participants.
• Support business strategies and objectives through effective procurement of goods and services while building robust working relationships with business partners.
• Develop innovative approaches to sourcing while using analytics and processes to determine scenarios, benefits, risks and change management impact of each of those options.
• Provide product and service expertise to the Coca-Cola system that builds bottler relationships, improves collaboration and increases network participation in order to leverage system spend and decrease total costs.
• Develop and maintain relationships with senior management of strategically important global and regional suppliers in order to support and enhance the supply strategies of the Coca-Cola system
• Lead negotiations of global master agreements that result in preferential pricing, terms and conditions for the Coca-Cola system.
• Identify, classify, maintain, and protect files, documentation and sensitive information consistent with record handling and retention requirements.
• Build alignment with internal stakeholder groups about the sourcing strategy and procurement process for products/services in order to identify business needs and to ensure implementation to realize procurement value.
• Analyze industry trends and evolving technology to proactively identify supply base issues to minimize risk, protect continuity of supply, and exploit emerging opportunities that benefit The Coca-Cola System.
• Evaluate supplier core competencies and competitive positioning using industry research and cost models if appropriate.

Education & Experience Required

• Minimum of 7-9 years of work experience in procurement in Indirect – G&A Category;
• Experience working for different countries
• People Management experience
• Bachelor’s Degree
• Preferred: 9+ years supply chain or procurement experience; Master’s Degree; global work experience

Skills & Experience

• Procurement Knowledge: Advanced knowledge of procurement processes and applications to diverse categories to deliver value for the business. Includes the ability to use financial models, industry knowledge, and the client’s business requirements to develop and implement optimized business solutions.
• System Procurement Knowledge: Knowledge of The Coca-Cola Company system global and regional procurement organizations, strategies and priorities to ensure alignment of procurement activity.
• Working as a Global Team: Ability to work as part of a virtual global team to collaborate across geographic and organizational boundaries to deliver better business results and share best practices across a global System.
• Strategic Sourcing Strategy: Knowledge of strategic sourcing strategies by product or service to ensure that formal supplier agreements activate the elements of the sourcing strategy and support delineated performance standards. Includes the ability to create selection criteria to qualify suppliers for the bid process.
• Data and Analytics: Ability to use data and apply robust analytics to model various business scenarios and analyze resulting cost, impact, risks, and benefits to inform and recommend business solutions.
• Best Practices: Knowledge of the category, procurement, industry and business best practices to guide thought leadership and ensure effective procurement strategies. Includes the ability to recognize value creation opportunities within and across Bottlers and Business Units.
• Competitive Analysis: Knowledge of sources for competitive analysis including supplier and industry data to build competitive intelligence, inform business planning and optimize decision-making. Includes the ability to create and analyze industry cost models order to assess suppliers’ competitive capabilities.
• Contracts and Agreements: Ability to read, edit and interpret contractual documentation. Knowledge of contract terms, applications and legal requirements, including the ability to manage performance to contracts and agreements. Ability to explain requirements contained in agreements. Knowledge of the types of agreements and the appropriate usage under various customer circumstances. Ability to explain, at a high level, the legal implications of a contract agreement. Ability to lead the process of completing and compiling agreements. Ability to insert contract language that operationalizes business relationships with suppliers in order to protect Coca-Cola interests and withstand legal challenges.

Location

• Preferably based in Atlanta, but open to other locations if person can reasonably do the role from his/her current location.

Travel

• Estimated 15% global travel annually

Our Growth Culture:

One of the reasons our company continues to thrive after 130+ years is having a company culture that supports and rewards behaviors that lead to growth. Our “Growth Behaviors,” as we call them, are ways of being and working that help to make us successful. Think about how you can bring this to life in your next role at Coca-Cola. ?

Curious

Keep seeking, never settle.  Staying curious about what is outside, and two steps ahead inspires us to challenge the status quo. Having the courage to look and leap is the way we grow. Because asking “what if?” pushes us to the next level as people and as a company.

Empowered

Make it happen. True empowerment is the result of taking responsibility. This means giving yourself permission to see it, say it and do it, and owning the outcomes. Because we move forward faster when we all take action.

Version 1.0, 2.0, 3.0

Push for progress, not perfection. There are very few overnight successes. Greatness is borne of many little victories (and failures). Share v 1.0, test it, and make it better. Then create the next version. Because the moment we think something is perfect, it will be obsolete.

Inclusive

Include, value and trust each other. We are smart alone but together we are genius. This means being inclusive, giving the benefit of the doubt and being responsible for each other. Because, for our company to thrive for the next 100+ years, smart isn’t enough. We need genius.

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