Senior Director, Product Management - Manufacturing and Warehousing

The Coca-Cola Company is transforming how its North America Supply Chain operates, using digital products to enable a supply chain that moves at the speed of the market. Our work connects planning, sourcing, manufacturing, and fulfillment into a responsive, reliable, and continuously improving network-one that must adapt quickly to change while operating at enterprise scale.

Our product organization is built on small, empowered teams with clear ownership and accountability, deeply connected to day-to-day operations and accountable for measurable outcomes. These teams partner closely with the business to turn complex workflows into scalable, outcome-driven digital products-making digital a true source of competitive advantage.

Our supply chain spans company-owned plants, warehouses, co-manufacturing partners, suppliers, and distribution networks. This scale and complexity demand reliable, integrated digital platforms that improve visibility, decision-making, and operational performance for the people running production and storage every day.

About the Role

The Senior Director of Product Management - Manufacturing and Warehousing (North America) owns the portfolio of product domains supporting manufacturing operations, storage and warehouse operations, and co-manufacturing enablement. You set clear product strategy, sequencing, and investment alignment across domains to deliver measurable operational impact.

This role defines the long-term product vision for how digital capabilities improve reliability, throughput, inventory readiness, and performance across production and storage networks-balancing strategic direction with near-term execution. Success requires strong judgment, the ability to operate across functional boundaries, and a practical understanding of real-world supply chain workflows.

You will partner closely with leaders across Manufacturing, Supply Chain Operations, Logistics, Finance, Customer Experience, and Technology to align roadmaps and priorities. You will also build and develop senior product leaders within our Product Operating Model, reinforcing strong product craft, disciplined prioritization, and clear accountability, while contributing to organizational design and capability development across the Digital Enablement organization.

This is a senior leadership role for a product executive who thrives in complex operational environments and is comfortable defining emerging product domains, validating problem spaces through close operational partnership, and building high-performing teams as product maturity evolves.

Responsibilities

Product Vision and Strategy

• Define and communicate a clear multi-year product direction for supply chain manufacturing and warehousing.
  
• Define and evolve product domain boundaries where clarity is still emerging, grounded in operational workflows and outcomes.
  
• Shape portfolio-level investment and prioritization decisions, translate business priorities into structured product roadmaps with clear sequencing and tradeoffs.
  
• Establish strong domain ownership and governance aligned to our Product Operating Model.
  
• Lead capacity planning and resource prioritization across product domains.
  
• Establish outcome-focused goals that guide product teams and measure real impact.
  

Product Leadership and Delivery

• Own product roadmaps across planning, manufacturing, and co manufacturing enablement domains.
  
• Ensure product teams stay closely connected to operational workflows and end-user needs.
  
• Deliver measurable improvements in service, reliability, cost performance, and decision quality across multiple supply chain value streams.
  
• Standardize discovery, prioritization, and delivery practices across domains.
  
• Partner with engineering, design, and data leaders to build reliable, scalable products.
  
• Simplify and rationalize fragmented tools and processes where possible.
  

Product Model and Organizational Leadership

• Contribute to the continued maturation of the Product Operating Model across Supply Chain, refining governance, accountability, and domain boundaries as the organization scales
  
• Help lead the shift from project-based delivery to empowered, outcome-driven product teams.
  
• Encourage teams to learn quickly through prototyping, experimentation, and customer feedback.
  
• Strengthen how teams work with stakeholders by focusing discussions on outcomes and impact.
  

Team Development

• Develop and coach senior product leaders, reinforcing strong product fundamentals and execution discipline.
  
• Raise the standard of product thinking, end user understanding, and decision-making across teams.
  
• Foster a culture of curiosity, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
  

Key Qualifications

• 10+ years of product management experience in complex operational environments (CPG, retail, manufacturing, logistics, or supply chain preferred).
  
• Experience leading multi-domain product portfolios within a matrixed enterprise.
  
• Demonstrated experience contributing to or maturing a Product Operating Model.
  
• Strong understanding of operational performance metrics (service levels, OTIF, cost optimization, network performance).
  
• Proven ability to align cross-functional stakeholders and navigate competing priorities.
  
• Ability to operate effectively in environments balancing transformation with business continuity.
  
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
  
• Bachelor's degree required; advanced degree preferred.
  

Preferred Experience

• Interest in how emerging technologies, including AI, can improve supply chain delivery and workflows.
  
• Experience working within ERP-enabled environments (SAP or similar).
  
• Experience in distributed manufacturing or third-party production networks.
  
• Familiarity with data platforms and analytics-driven operational decision-making.
  
• Experience leading digital transformation within a large enterprise.
  
• Exposure to and experience in manufacturing systems or OT/IT integration such as MES, historians, SCADA, PLC-adjacent systems, and OT/IT cybersecurity considerations
  
• Experience with distinct warehousing operational nuances (e.g., yard, dock, slotting, inventory accuracy, labor management, space utilization, and physical flow constraints)
  
• Experience in regulated or audit-driven environments such as GMP / GFSI / FDA-regulated environments where validation and change control matter
  

Leadership Attributes

• Strategic clarity - Defines a clear long-term vision and makes it easy for teams and stakeholders to understand what matters most and why while managing complexity and tradeoffs.
  
• Enterprise collaboration - Builds alignment across business and technology partners.
  
• Builder mindset - Develops strong product managers, creates confidence and capability, and reinforces a modern product mindset across the organization.
  
• Outcome orientation - Focuses teams on meaningful, measurable impact and guides them to deliver reliable, intuitive products that improve how work gets done.