Senior Director, Global IT Procurement

The Coca-Cola Company • Atlanta, GA

3d • $162,000 - $188,000 • Onsite

About The Position

The Senior Director, Global IT Procurement is an individual contributor and a key member of the IT Procurement leadership team. The role partners with Global Technology, Digital Services, Cyber Security, Finance, Legal, and operating-unit leaders to support Coca-Cola’s digital and technology transformation while ensuring governance, compliance, and strategic value. It oversees category strategy, strategic sourcing, negotiations, contracting, and supplier relationship management for selected IT products and services categories, and acts as a trusted advisor on procurement strategy and policy. The role also manages strategic IT supplier relationships to secure favorable terms, mitigate risk, and identify innovation. Working with senior IT executives, the position evaluates supplier and technology requests, recommends approvals or rejections, and refines procurement strategies to deliver value, optimize costs, maintain supplier quality and compliance, manage supply risk, and align procurement with business goals.

The position is based in Atlanta, Georgia. Travel is listed at 00%–25%, and relocation assistance is available for eligible domestic relocations within the United States. The company will not sponsor employment status for this position; applicants must be authorized to work full-time in the United States without requiring company sponsorship.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business, Finance, Engineering, Supply Chain, Information Systems, or a related field.
• 10–15 years of progressive procurement or sourcing experience, including extensive IT procurement experience in IT services and software categories.
• Experience leading IT RFPs and negotiations and executing agreements.
• Proven experience leading complex global negotiations and managing large-scale supplier relationships.
• Demonstrated ability to deliver measurable cost optimization and value-creation outcomes.
• Strong understanding of technology markets, vendor ecosystems, and commercial models.
• Experience operating in a large, matrixed, global organization.
• Experience managing internal stakeholders and influencing others, including supplier negotiations at executive level.
• Ability to lead, prioritize, collaborate, and execute complex IT category strategies and strategic sourcing initiatives.
• Effective communication, emotional intelligence, presentation, and executive-level influencing skills.
• Strong relationship management, stakeholder collaboration, alignment, and supplier relationship-building abilities, including interaction with senior leaders of large global suppliers.
• Leadership and cross-functional collaboration experience.
• Ability to translate complex business issues into simple solutions and recommend alternatives that gain support and lead to mutually beneficial outcomes.
• Ability to work in ambiguous situations, manage risk, and respond to uncertainty and market movement.
• Strong analytical and critical-thinking skills, with the ability to deliver results urgently.
• Demonstrates Coca-Cola’s values through words and actions and fosters an environment reflecting those values.
• Applicants must currently be authorized to work full-time in the United States and must not require Coca-Cola sponsorship to continue working legally in the United States.

Nice To Haves

• MBA or advanced degree.
• Experience and understanding of the Coca-Cola system, including bottler relationships.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute global IT sub-category strategies for digital technology services, potentially including IT professional services, cloud, infrastructure, application services, and enterprise software.
• Lead end-to-end sourcing initiatives, including RFIs, RFPs, negotiations, supplier selection, and contract execution.
• Drive total cost of ownership optimization, cost avoidance, and working-capital improvements across the technology portfolio.
• Build long-term partnerships with strategic technology and software suppliers and position Coca-Cola as a customer of choice.
• Co-create supplier roadmaps for transformation, innovation, and outcome-based delivery models.
• Align internal stakeholders and suppliers through change, manage risk, and support continuity while maintaining flexible relationships.
• Partner with Technology leaders on modernization initiatives involving customer and commercial technology, cloud infrastructure, AI, cybersecurity, data and analytics, and enterprise platforms.
• Provide commercial leadership for large-scale technology programs, transformations, and renewals.
• Translate technology roadmaps into sourcing strategies aligned with key business leaders.
• Negotiate and manage complex, multi-year global contracts aligned with corporate mandates, compliance standards, and risk controls.
• Establish and maintain supplier governance routines, such as QBRs and KPIs/SLAs, to manage performance, risk, and compliance.
• Lead financial modeling, benchmarking, and business-case development to inform executive decisions.
• Build relationships with executive stakeholders across Technology, Finance, Legal, Enterprise Services, and Operating Units.
• Provide strategic commercial insights and recommendations for technology and investment decisions; influence senior stakeholders using data-driven insights, clear communication, and commercial judgment.
• Advise on sourcing strategy, market trends, supplier innovation opportunities, and emerging technology considerations.
• Participate in a positive culture of a global procurement team supporting global IT functions.

Benefits

• Relocation assistance is available for eligible domestic relocations within the United States.
• A full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits is offered, depending on the position.
• Annual incentive reference value of 30% at target.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior