Senior Director, Corporate Strategy

The Coca-Cola Company • Atlanta, GA

1d • Onsite

About The Position

This role involves acting as an objective, in-house strategy consultant to help set strategic priorities with leadership, architect mid/long-term strategic solutions, solve pressing performance challenges, and align/mobilize change across the System. The Senior Director will partner and collaborate with Strategy leadership, the Strategy team, Functions/OUs/Platform Services based on enterprise and department priorities. For identified priorities, the role drives projects to deliver high-quality outcomes and impact, overseeing end-to-end problem-solving, leading cross-functional teams, identifying issues and offering solutions, and synthesizing findings for senior stakeholders. The position requires presenting to senior stakeholders, demonstrating an understanding of functional priorities, and proactively identifying opportunities. It also involves helping manage Corporate Strategy Managers by providing direction and guidance during projects.

Requirements

• 10-15 years of business experience, with experience in strategy, finance, or other general management fields
• Graduate Degree in business, strategy or a related field
• Ability to work in a diverse cultural environment
• Highly efficient communicator and influencer at all levels
• Ability to partner with leaders of the Corporate Strategy team as well as the network of OUs/Functions/Platform Services
• Exceptional problem solving - ability to be hypothesis-driven, drive from analysis to insights and implications, be comfortable taking in data and input from a variety of different sources, and to be structured and logical in thinking
• Strong project management skills and ownership mindset – drive work-planning, stakeholder engagement, upward management and team management effectively; is proactive and uses own initiative effectively
• Analytical with attention to detail but at the same time able to be 80:20, prioritize appropriately and to be comfortable with a certain amount of ambiguity
• Ability to rotate across priorities and multi-task effectively, leverage relationships with key business partners, comfortable in working closely with OUs/Functions/Platform Services with strong stakeholder management capabilities
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment
• Outstanding communication skills (both written and verbal) – ability to synthesize effectively, pull disparate analyses together into a single narrative, identify and call out key sensitivities as well as tailor communication style to different audiences
• Proficiency in both Microsoft Excel (for analysis) and PowerPoint (for visual communication)
• Critical Thinking
• Data Analysis & Insights
• Process Management & Improvement
• Business Acumen
• Networking & Influencing
• Comfort with ambiguity

Responsibilities

• Act as objective, in-house strategy consultant to help set our strategic priorities with leadership
• Architect mid/long-term strategic solutions
• Solve our most pressing performance challenges
• Align/mobilize change across the System
• Partner and collaborate inside the department with Strategy leadership and Strategy team as well as Functions/OUs/Platform Services based on the priorities of the enterprise and the department
• Create and drive projects to deliver high-quality outcomes and impact for the enterprise
• Oversee and drive end-to-end problem-solving within projects, including leveraging analysis and insights produced by PS/OUs/Functions
• Lead cross-functional teams (e.g., strategy, marketing, finance, OUs) to solve complex problems together
• Proactively identify any issues and roadblocks along the way and offer initial solutions to resolve
• Synthesize findings, insights and recommendations in a compelling manner to allow for the appropriate strategic dialogue and discussion to occur amongst senior stakeholders
• Present to senior stakeholders to support rotating priorities
• Demonstrate good understanding of the priorities of the function and take the initiative to surface opportunities to achieve them
• Help manage the Corporate Strategy Managers, by providing direction and guidance during projects

Benefits

• A full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the position, is offered
• Annual Incentive
• Relocation Provided
• Nurture an inclusive culture that is grounded in our company purpose, to refresh the world and make a difference
• Growth mindset, take an expansive approach to what’s possible and believe in continuous learning to improve our business and ourselves
• Support the financial and personal well-being of our employees
• Empower each and every one of our employees across the globe to prioritize their career development by building capabilities, developing new skills, and leaning into new experiences

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees