Sr Manager, QSE KORE Optimization & Systems Governance

The Coca-Cola Company•Atlanta, GA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Senior Manager, QSE KORE Optimization and Systems Governance is accountable for the end‑to‑end KORE optimization, governance, maintenance, change management, and integrity of KORE requirements documentation and mapping within the QSE Quality Management System (QMS). This role ensures that corporate QSE requirements, specifications, and standard methods are current, clear, risk‑based, and fit‑for‑purpose, while remaining aligned to business needs and regulatory expectations. The role serves as the corporate authority for requirements coherence, ensuring that Operating Unit (OU) requirements and Bottler requirements align to corporate KORE expectations, with clear guardrails, controlled deviations, and consistent application across the system. The role enables “freedom within a framework” while protecting enterprise risk, brand integrity, and license‑to‑operate.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Quality, Engineering, Food Science, Environmental Science, Safety, or related discipline.
8+ years of experience in QSE governance, quality systems, standards management, or enterprise management systems.
Demonstrated experience working across corporate, regional/OU, and Bottler environments.
Strong understanding of ISO‑based management systems and regulatory frameworks.
Bold and courageous communication style and competency.
Proficient use of enterprise QMS and requirements management platforms (e.g., structured content libraries, metadata, taxonomy).
Ability to manage version control, traceability, and structured publishing workflows.
Comfort working with data‑enabled insights (usage, adoption, audit trends) to inform requirement optimization.
Ability to translate governance and risk intent into digitally consumable, user‑centric content.
Must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis and must not require The Coca-Cola Company's sponsorship to continue to work legally in the United States.

Nice To Haves

Digital-first thinking applied to governance, Strong appreciation for usability, searchability, and system scalability

Responsibilities

Own the revision, maintenance, and optimization of corporate KORE requirements, specifications, and standard methods across Quality, Food Safety, Environment, and Safety domains.
Owns Document Change Request system & process.
Ensure requirements remain fit‑for‑purpose, risk‑based, and aligned to evolving business models, innovation, and regulatory landscapes.
Lead structured periodic reviews to eliminate duplication, retire obsolete requirements, and simplify requirement language and structure.
Execute KORE optimization and document mapping to strengthen requirements coherence, traceability, and usability across the QSE QMS.
Serve as the corporate governance point for OU requirements, ensuring alignment to KORE while enabling local applicability.
Define and enforce guardrails for OU‑specific requirements, including: What OUs may add vs. what must remain corporate‑controlled, Structure, taxonomy, and traceability back to KORE.
Lead the Document Change Request process for OU Requirement Review of material changes, ensuring transparency, consistency, and risk‑based decision‑making.
Ensure Bottler, Co‑packer, and Contract Manufacturer requirements remain fully aligned to corporate KORE expectations and are not used to bypass corporate standards.
Partner with Legal, Supply Chain, and OU teams to ensure KORE requirements are correctly translated into contractual, authorization, and governance mechanisms.
Maintain clarity on non‑negotiable corporate requirements versus OU execution models.
Own the end‑to‑end publication process for KORE requirements, including approvals, version control, effective dates, and structured change communication.
Ensure governance content hygiene, versioning discipline, and lifecycle management (creation, review cadence, approval, retirement/archiving) across KORE requirements and related governance artifacts.
Lead KORE change management for governance content updates, including stakeholder engagement, release planning, communications, and adoption support.
Ensure clear traceability between: Corporate KORE requirements, OU requirements, Bottler and supplier obligations.
Support audit readiness by ensuring requirements are accurate, current, and consistently referenced across governance documents.
Act as the primary corporate contact for KORE requirements interpretation and governance.
Partner with Governance, Technical Risk, Audit, Digital, and OU leaders to resolve requirement gaps, ambiguities, or overlaps.
Support capability building through guidance, FAQs, and structured interpretation materials.
Own platform analytics, IMCR data integrity, and continuous improvement by monitoring data quality, usage/adoption insights, and governance KPIs to drive targeted optimization actions.