Manager - Technical Operations - East South Central

Location(s):

India

City/Cities:

Mumbai

Travel Required:

26% - 50%

Relocation Provided:

Yes

Job Posting End Date:

January 30, 2024

Shift:

Job Description Summary:

Role Location - Nagpur

Function - TISC - Technical Innovation and Supply Chain Function

Position Overview:

The role is focused on East, South and Central region for India FBO, based at Nagpur and is responsible for the following:

• Provide technical leadership and execution support to the assigned territory, within the franchise units and bottling partners across all TI&SC functional areas.
• Technical Franchise leadership to support specific and challenging goal settings for each bottling plant while supporting an efficient execution.  Key areas at the assigned territory (including performance and execution cups) such as QSE scores, continuity of supply, processes efficiency and performance, timely investments to expand capacity among others
• Lead actions of bottling plants to optimize manufacturing cost and yields to support profitability requirements in the assigned territory.
• Act as the execution arm for TI&SC strategies for the assigned territory
• Leadership and operational support for the Coca-Cola System to build capabilities and capacities of product/package, supply chain and production infrastructure, processes, people and cost optimization solutions in order to drive growth in the specific territory
• Support as necessary the identification and execution of productivity initiatives at the assigned territory levels
• Execute the SC contingency plans and BCPs at the assigned territory level, coordinate demand and supply in alignment with the Supply Chain team and the bottling partners
• Support the development and execution of the specific innovation plans working directly with the bottling partners, CPS, suppliers, other FO functions
• Support the development and execution of the specific Commercialization plans working directly with Corporate, the bottling partners, CPS and other FO functions inside and outside the technical structure
• Act as primary technical contact point for the bottling partners in the assigned territory in relation to troubleshooting, cross-functional corrective action plans and IMCR immediate actions
• This role is an individual contributor, but it is expected to provide guidance and support to other Technical Operations Managers in the team.
• Goals and objectives for the role are mainly focused on the annual business plan delivery for the assigned territory.

Function Related Activities/Key Responsibilities:

• Protects our brands and consumers by the compliance of all Company requirements, standards and policies relating to quality, environment and safety
• Facilitates a Sustainability agenda through by supporting and influencing bottling operations on water, packaging and energy management improvement programs
• Leads initiatives on Sustainability (sustainability packaging, safety, water and energy management) to achieve Live + goals.
• Ensure compliance with KORE requirements to reduce plants on risks and influence the bottlers to evolve the quality maturity continuum
• Ensure the innovation pipeline execution at the Plant/bottler and FO level according to the business plan
• Support the execution of the TI&SC initiatives at the assigned territory level with focus on productivity and complexity reduction while ensuring the QSE/SRA governance is properly maintained
• Ensure continuous improvement at the operational level (plant, country, bottling partner) by driving as necessary, QSE CAP implementation, safety and sustainability goals, new technologies adoption, SC optimization plans
• Support operational efficiency improvement through sharing and enabling execution of successful practices and benchmarking
• Provide PMO/Project Management support for the FO or assigned territory, for initiatives within the TI&SC to implement innovations projects to support business growth.
• Support the Regional Innovation strategy by ensuring an efficient execution in the assigned territory from exploration/ideation to post-launch review
• Collaborate, provide connections, timely support, and responsive solutions to increase value and success of innovations/ commercialization.
• Launch products, packages and technologies on time, at the right quality and viable value chain whilst ensuring compliance to fit-for- purpose governance models and processes based on “smart” risk management, focusing on food safety and legal compliance; as well as TCCC Governance Models.
• Drive fast & agile innovation and commercialization capabilities and partnership with internal stakeholders (R&D, CPS), bottlers and external partners (co-packers, suppliers etc.)
• Embrace and promote the digitalization agenda for our technical systems including Picasso, Coke Works, etc., as well as others per the business processes
• Act as an SME to support development activities focused on increasing the Franchise Leadership skills in other Technical functions.
• Growth Mindset and behaviors role modeling.
• Support manufacturing and warehouses capacities to support business growth and to optimize supply network design for the long term, ensuring that the manufacturing lines, processes and equipment’s have been validated and authorized to fill company products, especially sensitive formulas

Education Requirements:

• Graduate (preferably with engineering background)
• MBA preferred

Related Work Experience:

8-10 years of experience in one (preferably more than one) functional areas within the TI&SC scope: QSE, SRA, Commercialization, Supply Chain, technical franchise leadership, CPS, R&D, food or beverage industry (Manufacturing, QSE, Logistics-Supply Chain, Engineering among others

Functional Skills:

• Very good understanding of technical risk management, technical governance, project management framework and methodologies, QSE metrics and commercialization processes.
• Strong abilities to connect and collaborate with the bottling partners and suppliers and the commercial roles of the FO
• Strong planning and organizing skills to ensure an efficient execution of the commercial/technical projects to be handled
• Strong risk mapping and problem-solving skills to support the assigned bottling operations in the corrective and preventive action definition
• Quality, Safety, and environmental systems implementation and improvement to ensure full compliance with TCCC Governance requirements and local regulations
• Continuous improvement models applied to manufacturing and distribution environments
• Ability to lead the relevant technical communication routines with the bottling plants within the assigned region, key suppliers, and other KO technical teams in the FOs and across the assigned Region.
• Lead the communication routines within the other Technical Functions and the Operations, CC&FL areas at the assigned Region level

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Our Purpose and Growth Culture:

We are taking deliberate action to nurture an inclusive culture that is grounded in our company purpose, to refresh the world and make a difference. We act with a growth mindset, take an expansive approach to what’s possible and believe in continuous learning to improve our business and ourselves. We focus on four key behaviors – curious, empowered, inclusive and agile – and value how we work as much as what we achieve. We believe that our culture is one of the reasons our company continues to thrive after 130+ years. Visit Our Purpose and Vision to learn more about these behaviors and how you can bring them to life in your next role at Coca-Cola.