The CocaCola Company Hiring for Sr. Director, Global IT E2E Supply Chain Lead – NAOU at Atlanta Full Time

The Coca-Cola Company is embarking on a comprehensive digital transformation, focusing on revolutionizing our End-to-End (E2E) SAP and Supply Chain processes and systems. We’re on the hunt for an innovative and experienced Sr. Director IT – Global IT Supply Chain Lead.

As a Sr. Director, you will be the cornerstone for program management across E2E Supply chain process, shouldering the task of crafting and delivering end-to-end solutions that bolster our business operations and achieve strategic objectives. You’ll take the lead on Architecture and Operations within Technical & Supply Chain, steering the development and synchronization of our technology roadmaps, and capably guiding a proficient global team, inclusive of approximately 10 KO associates and additional Contingency Workers.

Your hands-on leadership will be critical in constructing, validating, and deploying the S/4 Hana solution for master data, ensuring a resilient supply chain process flow. As a key figure, you’ll have the charge of seamlessly weaving together the various threads of Supply Planning, Demand and Inventory Planning, Automation and Orchestration, and SAP ARIBA Procurement functions, catalyzing groundbreaking initiatives that forge the path of our digital evolution.

From Atlanta, the nexus of this transformation, you’re expected to bring forward a wide-angle perspective, blending a comprehensive background in the mentioned functional areas with a stellar record in steering large-scale transformation projects. Your proven ability to mobilize teams, articulate complex strategies clearly, and bring forward strong, scalable results will be pivotal to your success.

The Coca-Cola Company highlights this Atlanta-based Sr. Director role as a prominent driver of change, reshaping the future of our supply chain and procurement operations globally.

What You’ll Do for Us

The Role has multiple responsibilities to own and support

• Directs the planning and delivery of TI&SC projects and services to the NAOU business and manages the relationship between TI&SC and NAOU leadership.

• Directs the business demand process by anticipating, identifying, influencing, and prioritizing business needs for IT services and technologies in assigned business areas and functions.

• Establishes and manages strategic relationships between TI&SC and NAOU business partners to ensure TI&SC plans and development efforts are aligned with business goals.

• Collaborates with IT leadership peers in the definition, development, and maintenance of IT strategic and operational plans that support the company mission, values, and business objectives

• Builds and enables a team of managers who establish effective and trusting working relationships with all their business and IT partners

• Builds and manages a TI&SC Support organization to minimize NAOU supply chain disruptions

• Maintains an expert knowledge of business processes, industry trends, and IT systems to better communicate IT capabilities and support IT solutions development

• Propose technology for NAOU Contract Manufacturing and NAOU plants in alignment with TI&SC and NAOU strategy

• Oversees the communication, development, and management of the TI&SC project portfolio in areas of responsibility

• Plans and conducts regular governance meetings with business leadership to review IT initiatives and ensure clear communication of business demand and service delivery capabilities

• Educates the assigned business area members as needed on IT processes, methodologies, constraints, and capabilities

• Proactively identifies project risks and issues; helps determine necessary escalation, mitigation, and resolution steps

• Prepares project roadmaps, directs the planning and approval phases of IT projects, and manages the IT project portfolio for the assigned business areas and functions

• Participate in Annual Business Planning for all NAOU TI&SC

• Define TI&SC strategy for onboarding of future Solution Integrators and partners

• Manage multiple Solution Integrators and partners across development, support and implementation projects

Prioritized Responsibilities

• Provides strategic planning to support future business growth. Set direction & strategy to the Supply Chain Businesses and determine & allocate resources to achieve the goals.

• Provide management of a virtual support and consulting organization to ensure successful delivery and stable operations of business applications. Develops plans to ensure that the team has the right skills and competencies to enable them to achieve the business strategies and goals.

• Accountable for team results and alignment of the team’s objectives with Supply chain businesses objectives and Business Plan – Key results: Client partner satisfaction, Effective Demand Planning, World Class Program & Project Execution, Efficient Delivery of Services (Quality, Value for money), Efficient and Effective Solution Delivery Process, Promote Continuous Improvement

• Prepares and controls operating expense budgets and capital plans within appropriate Chart of Authority levels.

• Build close partnerships with Corporate and Regional Supply Chain Organizations to ensure Project delivery and ongoing service operations.

• Engage with leadership teams in existing Supply Chain facilities to identify and run exploitation programs.

• Responsibility for compliance with Information Risk management procedures including IT audit requirements, Disaster Recovery Procedure and IT Business Continuity Plan, Information Protection Policy communication.

Qualifications & Requirements

• Minimum: 5-7 years’ experience in IT Supply chain solutions and program management.

• Preferred: 8 – 10 years’ experience in IT services, operations and handling projects.

• University/Bachelor’s degree required.

• SAP Certification in Supply chain management

• Project Management Certification

Preferred Key Experiences

• Business Expertise – Business Process Expertise across multiple functional areas

• Functional Expertise – Building a business case and calculating realized benefits; Managing complex projects with diverse stakeholder structures, both in the technology and business applications area; Change and continuous improvement management. Client relationship management across multiple constituencies; contract negotiation.

• Fluent in English

• Building strategic relationships and networks, by preference in a customer facing role

• Strategy building and execution.

• Budget preparation

• Business Process knowledge

• IT program and change management.

• Operational excellence

• Leveraging vendors/internal service providers and matrix organizations for program execution

• Deep experience in ARIBA – CIG,, SCC, Sourcing and Contracts

• SAP Integration experience – RFC, IDOCs, ALE

10-25% travel will be varied including domestic and international travel.

What We Can Do for You

• Inclusive Workplace: The Coca-Cola Company is committed to fostering an inclusive workplace. We value and celebrate diversity, which leads to a stronger, more competitive company that can better serve our customers and communities.

• Career Development: The Coca-Cola Company offers a wide range of resources and programs to support your career development, including global learning programs and leadership development programs.

• Health and Well-being: The Coca-Cola Company provides comprehensive health benefits and well-being programs to help keep you and your family healthy, feel good and thrive.

Skills SAP Ariba Sourcing; SAP MM Module; SAP Master Data Management; SAP Ariba; Ariba P2P; SAP Ariba Contracts

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