Technical Operations Senior Director

Coca-Cola•Atlanta, GA

About The Position

The Coca-Cola Company is seeking a Senior Director, Technical Operations to accelerate the adoption of best-in-class capabilities and technologies across its franchised bottling system. The role translates bottler challenges and opportunities into scalable, practical solutions that drive sustainable productivity improvements, cost savings, stronger operational performance, improved KPIs, and future-ready supply chain capabilities that enable growth. This leader provides enterprise-minded technical leadership across bottling partners and other stakeholders. They build credibility and alignment across a complex network, turning operational insights into measurable improvements in operating margin and value-chain performance. The position combines beverage-industry expertise with collaboration, influencing, and technical leadership. It is based in Atlanta, requires 51%–75% travel, and does not offer employment-visa sponsorship.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or a related technical discipline.
At least 10 years of progressive experience across manufacturing, engineering, or technical operations leadership.
Experience working as an engineer.
Demonstrated success leading high-impact initiatives in a complex, matrixed environment and influencing senior stakeholders, cross-functional teams, and external partners without relying on direct authority.
Strong communication and relationship-building skills, including the ability to create alignment, challenge constructively, and inspire action across diverse audiences.
Deep expertise in beverage production technologies and equipment, with strong working knowledge of digital capabilities, technology assessments, and implementation considerations.
Proven Operational Excellence experience, including structured problem solving, root cause analysis, and resolving operational pain points using methods such as SALT, Lean, Six Sigma, TPM, and SMED.
Strong expertise in statistical process control, process capability studies, and analysis of site and line performance data.
Working knowledge of infrastructure planning, capital strategy, and the CAPEX process.
Ability to balance strategic thinking with hands-on technical problem solving and disciplined execution, with a focus on measurable business outcomes.
Ability to travel 50% as stated in the requirements; the posting also lists travel as 51%–75%.
Must be currently authorized to work full-time in the United States and must not require company sponsorship to continue working legally in the United States.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree.

Responsibilities

Provide visible, enterprise-minded leadership across external bottling partners and other key stakeholders to identify, prioritize, and advance best-in-class capabilities and technologies across the bottling system.
Establish trusted feedback mechanisms, including benchmarking sessions and capability, technology, and digital gap assessments, to identify opportunities and shape fit-for-purpose solutions.
Use bottler feedback, performance data, and external insights to define and refine capability and technology focus areas with the greatest potential for network-wide impact.
Facilitate cross-bottler collaboration and councils for candid exchange of challenges, lessons learned, implementation experience, and replicable best practices.
Lead and support bottlers in diagnosing and resolving complex operational challenges using structured problem solving, root cause analysis, benchmarking insights, and proven best practices.
Evaluate emerging and established technologies for technical robustness, scalability, user experience, implementation readiness, and measurable value across bottlers of varying size and complexity.
Guide technology pilots with bottlers by defining success criteria, measuring outcomes, assessing user experience and realized benefits, and translating learnings into recommendations for broader adoption and continuous improvement.
Champion productivity initiatives, including benchmarking and value-creation workshops, and ensure opportunities become clear actions with accountable ownership and measurable results.