Director Supply Chain Planning

**Why be part of Coca-Cola Latin America?**

We are accelerating our momentum as the fastest growing consumer goods company in Latin America. People are our focus when we collaborate with our diverse network of locally connected manufacturers and when we return every drop of water we use to communities and nature. We empower our employees to challenge the status quo, make bold recommendations, experiment, and adapt, so we can grow together and make a great business even better.

For over 135 years, we have grown to become the most recognized brand in the world. Today, we have hundreds of brands that continue to grow, such as Fanta, Sprite, Aquarius, Fuze and more

**What we expect from you**:

- Lead Supply Chain Strategy implementation in Mexico
- Lead Strategic Supply Chain Initiative roadmap implementation in Mexico
- Lead Strategic Initiative from Business Case Development though Approval and Implementation in Mexico
- Lead Cross Functional Processes to ensure Alignment of Operational and Business Plans across functions and partners
- Serve as Mexican primary point of contact for Supply Chain Network to share and implement best practices locally
- Execute strategic vision of supply chain design and its execution plan, capabilities needed for the present and future business (including technological and digital needs) and expansion of a continuous improvement culture, both internally and towards the System in LATAM
- Route to Growth and Profitability: Enabling operational excellence through benchmarking to run the business and promoting value chain changes to elevate System´s performance. Responsible for establishing and drive a productivity projects pipeline for the assigned territory, and as PMO follow-up implementation with the correspondent directors, VPs, project managers on committed projects, timeframe and expected results, providing directions for fast track and assignment of resource. Responsible to lead a productivity culture road map in Mexico including a process scheme for supply chain processes.
- Develop and implement performance management system and routines to measure and track productivity initiatives and savings achieved, by working cross-functional with the organization, Bottlers and Suppliers. Responsible for development of a productivity scorecard.
- Lead Mexican Contingency and Business Continuity Plans, working in partnership with TI&SC teams (mainly Technical Operations) and commercial teams, sourcing entities, Bottlers and their associations and suppliers.
- In partnership with infrastructure teams, deliver efficient capacity ahead of demand solutions in a E2E SC perspective. Run capacity initiatives connected with long-term capacity plan for all categories with bottlers and Supply Chain partners in Mexico.
- Lead ES&OP and S&OP and S&OE agendas in partnership with CPS, OU multifunctional teams and Bottlers
- Build a local responsive supply chain.
- Be part of a multifunctional team responsible for ESG in Mexico
- Lead a team of 3 Supply Chain Professionals. Considered as a supply chain expert both internally and externally.
- Lead Supply Chain communication with Mexican bottlers, contract manufacturers, suppliers, and other KO Supply Chain teams
- Communicates for influence, action, and decision making with Supply Chain and cross functional partners for resource allocation and decisions
- The role frequently deals with situations where bottlers and partners have shared strategic alignment but frequent operational misalignment

**Qualification & Requirements**
10 + years of Supply Chain experience with depth in one area of Supply Chain and breadth across multiple supply chain experience.

Franchise and Operational Leadership experience preferred

**Mastery of **_(required) _**Supply Chain Planning & supply chain analysis; Product Commercialization; Program Management; franchise leadership; influencing and negotiation; contingency planning and BCP; s&OE, S&OP, E&OP

**Broad expertise in **_(Good to have) _**Strategy development; Infrastructure planning; strategic sourcing and procurement; Team Leadership; financial analysis & productivity; INTEGRATED MANAGENT SYSTEMS & DiGITAL LITERACY; RTM, NETWORK OPTIMIZATION

**What you will find working here**:
**Driven by Purpose**: A purpose-centric approach that empowers our people to protect or people, the environment and the communities we serve, while providing safe, quality products.

**Iconic and Innovative Brands**: Our portfolio represents over 250 products featuring some of the world's most popular brands including Coca-Cola, Sprite, Fanta, Powerade and more

**Global Connections**: Allows you to develop, enhance and maintain global connections that allow us to act faster and learn from people all over the world

**Belonging to a Community**: We are an organization that believes in our ability to continually grow and build the right atmosphere where people feel safe and empowered, allowing everyone to bring their best to work.