• Job Description

  Req#: R-94180

  Location(s):

  Ireland

  City/Cities:

  Ballina

  Travel Required:

  00% - 25%

  Relocation Provided:

  No

  Job Posting End Date:

  October 10, 2023

  Shift:

  Job Description Summary:

  This role part of our Strategic Ingredient Supply team will be based at our office in Atlanta or our Ireland offices in Ballina or Drogheda. We are not offering relocation .

  The job involves assessing and choosing suppliers who align with our organization's quality, price, and reliability standards. This includes evaluating bids, tenders, and proposals from suppliers, negotiating prices and delivery terms, interpreting inventory demands, production schedules, etc. It also comprises tracking the status of purchase orders with the suppliers to ensure they are delivered on time.

  Key Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Manage the supply chain for small to medium size suppliers. This includes the development and execution of the supplier strategy to balance overall supply risks, continuity of supply, quality, price, delivered value, and access to innovation.

  • Develop and execute annual negotiations with suppliers by leveraging industry, supplier and product knowledge, market trends, cost models, input costs, volume, quality, and supplier performance to achieve desired results.

  • Develop and maintain partnerships with external senior and middle management in smaller multinational, regional suppliers, and local suppliers in order to influence business decision-making, address critical regulatory, capacity, quality or other supply issues that could cause business interruption if not resolved expediently.

  • Enable supply chain and procurement effectiveness by developing and applying tools and KPIs .

  • The position will be responsible for accurately populating and maintaining all commercial details for their portfolio in the Strategic Ingredient Supply data management tools and for the creation and execution of annual supply agreements.

  Preferred Technical Skills:

  • Proficient in problem resolution
  • Strong analytical abilities, including using data and digital tools to derive valuable insights (productivity, negotiation) and proficiency in technology (Power BI, Excel, etc.
  • Familiar with sourcing plans, supply chain management, manufacturing, R&D, CPS, FM, and QA
  • Proven ability to build and sustain relationships with both internal and external stakeholders
  • Exceptional negotiation capabilities
  • Proven ability to collaborate and communicate effectively within a team-based setting
  • Capable of precise oral and written communication, including the ability to facilitate suitable dialogue at every organizational level
  • Possesses the ability to exert personal influence and foster relationships based on value

  Education Requirements :

  • Undergraduate degree required

  Related Work Experience:

  • Three t o five years of experience in procurement, supply chain, or analytics.

  Leadership and Growth Behaviours:

  • Drive Innovation - Generate new or unique solutions and embrace new ideas that help sustain our business.

  • Collaborate with System, Customers and Other Stakeholders - Develop and leverage relationships with stakeholders to appropriately stretch and impact the System (Company and Bottler)
  • Act like an Owner - Deliver results, creating value for our brands, our System, our customers and key stakeholders.
  • Develop Self and Others - Develop self and support others' development to achieve full potential.
  • Externally Focused – understands the upstream and downstream implications of his or her work
  • Growth Mindset - demonstrates curiosity

  • Demonstrates a Sense of Urgency and Speed
  • Accountable
  • Performance Driven
  • E mpowered – Brings solutions

  Functional Skills:

  • Sourcing and Developing Suppliers
  • Expertise in Negotiation
  • Building and Sustaining Relationships with External Senior and Mid-Level Management
  • Improving Procurement Efficiency through the Use of Tools and Scorecards
  • Data Interpretation and Problem Identification through Financial Analysis with Solution Suggestions
  • Managing Supplier Performance, Inventory, and Financial Reporting

  Skills:

  Communication, Critical Thinking, Customer Service, Database Management, Global SAP, Negotiation, Problem Solving, Sourcing and Procurement, Supply Chain

  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.

• About the company

  The Coca-Cola Company is an American multinational beverage corporation headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.

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