Mgr, Commercialisation in Brentwood

Are you looking for new challenges and personal growth within Coca-Cola Europacific Partners? Then we have a great opportunity for you! Do you have a personality with the power to influence and connect? Can you sustain the pace to keep on growing? Will you make an impact with your desire to win? This role is a 12 month secondment within the Commercialisation team.

The Commercialisation team work closely with brand owners, CCEP GB teams and Central colleagues to deliver projects across CCEP’s portfolio. We collaborate extensively with The Coca-Cola Company, Commercial Development, Sales, and Finance. Similarly, Engineering & Technology, Planning, Procurement, Manufacturing, and Logistics are key Supply Chain stakeholders.

The Commercialisation team are responsible for project managing business change initiatives across CCEP’s portfolio and work in three areas:

• Cross Franchise – pack and brand innovation with brand owners and R&MGM
• Portfolio – the management of promotions, artwork, branding and reformulation
• Supply Chain – site trials and Supply Chain solutions

Commercialisation Managers are responsible for leading their own projects; ranging in size, complexity and value from artwork changes to impactful manufacturing changes. Managers develop robust relationships with their broad stakeholder group and provide expert counsel to Commercial and Supply Chain colleagues, they are accountable for successful project delivery and leading the project team. This is an exciting, fast paced, and varied role. It will suit an organised, calm, methodical and patient individual who takes pride in developing technical understanding, demonstrates strong attention to detail, has good judgment, and can simplify complex information for a senior audience. It is essential to that you are comfortable with ambiguity and have an accountability mindset.

Key responsibilities

• Gather project teams together and lead meetings
• Facilitate decision making with a focus that balances cost and service
• Provide constructive challenge to colleagues and stakeholders
• Maintain a robust stakeholder management plan
• Achieve alignment across Supply Chain, TCCC and the Commercial Development teams
• Understand and draw attention to interdependences between projects and how they cost and service
• Lead communication on projects: clarifying scope, timelines, challenges, and highlighting risk to enable effective decision making

Commercialisation Managers report to a Commercialisation Senior Manager, and will liaise with: Commercialisation Lead, Brand Owners, Manufacturing, All Planning teams, Warehousing and Customer Logistics, Cold Drinks Operations, Engineering & Technology, Procurement, Finance, QESH (Central, BU and site), Central Commercialisation, TCCC Commercialisation.

What we expect from you

Knowledge, skills and abilities:

• Previous experience in an FMCG environment, typically with experience in either Supply Chain, Procurement, Sales & Marketing or Project Management
• A robust understanding of the bottler model, the relationship between Supply Chain functions, or, a detailed understanding of the Coke System and the interaction with Commercial Development, Sales and Supply Chain functions
• Proven track record in Project Management of complex initiatives projects or a record of managing change and influencing stakeholders across a matrix organisation
• Strong initiative for problem solving and framing alternative solutions
• A willingness to develop at pace
• Lead & Can Do attitude: positively influence others to achieve positive outcomes
• Foster collaboration: work effectively with others to set goals, resolve problems, and make decisions that enhance the organisation
• Plan: determine strategies to move the team forward, set goals, create and implement actions plans, and evaluate the process and results.

If you’d like to find out more, please upload a recent copy of your CV and a member of the Talent Acquisition team will be in touch.

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP) is a major fast-moving consumer goods business and the world’s largest independent Coca-Cola bottler. We’re a dedicated team of 33,200 people, serving 2 million customers in 29 countries. We make, sell and distribute the world’s most loved drinks brands - including Coca-Cola®, Fanta®, Sprite®, Costa Coffee® and Monster®. We’ve also expanded into alcohol with ready to drink Jack Daniel’s and Coca-Cola. We want a workforce that is as diverse as our products – with a culture that fosters belonging and inclusivity. From gender, age and ethnicity to sexual orientation and different abilities, we welcome people from all walks of life and empower unique perspectives.

We recognise we’ve got some way to go, but we’ll get there with the support of our people. It’s them who drive our future growth.

To find out more about what it’s like to work at and our culture we would welcome you to speak to one of our employees on our live chat platform.

We recognise some people prefer not to participate in alcohol related sales, interactions, or promotions. If that’s true for you – please raise this with your talent acquisition contact who will advise you on whether this role includes activities related to our alcohol portfolio.