The Coca-Cola Company
The Coca-Cola Company

Director of Global Logistics Network Optimization and Digitization

Atlanta, GA, US • Posted 1 day ago • Updated 5 hours ago
Full Time
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Skills

  • Continuous Improvement
  • Fluency
  • Business Strategy
  • Network Optimization
  • Modeling
  • Inventory
  • Network Design
  • Roadmaps
  • Workflow
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Advanced Analytics
  • Process Reengineering
  • Stakeholder Engagement
  • Change Management
  • Data Analysis
  • Decision-making
  • Dashboard
  • Reporting
  • Taxonomy
  • Microsoft BIDS
  • Evaluation
  • Risk Management
  • Finance
  • Project Scoping
  • Problem Solving
  • Conflict Resolution
  • Leadership
  • Accountability
  • Collaboration
  • Management
  • Network
  • Sustainability
  • Analytical Skill
  • Data Quality
  • Market Intelligence
  • Operations Research
  • Business Analytics
  • Computer Science
  • Procurement
  • Analytics
  • Optimization
  • Business Cases
  • Sourcing
  • Decision Support
  • Supply Chain Management
  • Industrial Engineering
  • Business Administration
  • Curriculum
  • FMCG
  • International Experience
  • Negotiations
  • People Management
  • Project Management
  • Process Mapping
  • Logistics
  • Productivity
  • Communication
  • Team Leadership

Summary

We are seeking an accomplished leader to serve as Senior Director, Global Logistics Network Optimization & Digitization within Global Logistics Services and Global Procurement. This role leads enterprise capabilities that improve how logistics networks are designed, sourced, optimized, digitized, and governed across a complex global supply chain.

The Senior Director will lead a high-performing team responsible for network optimization, transportation sourcing digitization, data and analytics strategy, market intelligence, and continuous improvement. The ideal candidate combines strategic vision, quantitative problem-solving, technology fluency, stakeholder influence, and people leadership to deliver measurable business outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

Enterprise Strategy and Leadership
  • Define and execute the strategic roadmap for logistics optimization, digitization, analytics, and capability development across global and regional stakeholders.
  • Translate business objectives into scalable transformation initiatives, governance models, investment priorities, and measurable value-delivery plans.
  • Serve as a trusted advisor to procurement, supply chain, logistics, technology, and business leaders on network, sourcing, and digital capability decisions.

Network Optimization
  • Lead transportation and logistics network modeling to improve flows, facility footprints, service models, inventory positioning, modal strategies, and network design.
  • Evaluate tradeoffs among cost, service, capacity, resilience, sustainability, and operational feasibility to shape practical recommendations.
  • Develop business cases, implementation roadmaps, and repeatable methodologies that convert analytical insights into measurable results.

Digitization and Technology
  • Define and advance the digitization strategy for transportation sourcing, rate management, scenario analysis, supplier assessment, reporting, and workflow processes.
  • Identify opportunities to streamline manual activities through technology, automation, artificial intelligence, advanced analytics, and process redesign.
  • Champion adoption of scalable, user-centered tools through effective stakeholder engagement, governance, change management, and alignment with enterprise technology standards.

Data, Analytics, and Market Intelligence
  • Develop logistics data, analytics, and market intelligence capabilities that improve visibility, data quality, sourcing strategy, supplier insights, and business decision-making.
  • Build dashboards, executive reporting, analytical products, and decision-support tools that translate complex data into clear business recommendations.
  • Establish standards for data ownership, governance, taxonomy, definitions, and reusable analytical approaches across logistics teams.

Sourcing Capability and Value Delivery
  • Partner with logistics category leaders and regional procurement teams to strengthen transportation sourcing, RFIs, RFPs, annual bids, mini-bids, supplier evaluation, and award recommendations.
  • Apply network, supplier, market, demand, and cost intelligence to improve sourcing decisions while respecting category ownership and decision rights.
  • Build and maintain a pipeline of optimization, sourcing, digitization, productivity, risk mitigation, and value-realization opportunities.

Stakeholder and Change Leadership
  • Partner effectively with procurement, supply chain, transportation, finance, technology, data, suppliers, and operating unit leaders in a global matrixed environment.
  • Define project scope, governance, decision frameworks, deliverables, and stakeholder expectations while navigating ambiguity and evolving business needs.
  • Communicate complex analytical findings in concise, executive-ready language and build alignment through credibility, collaboration, and practical problem-solving.

People Leadership
  • Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing team of logistics, optimization, sourcing, analytics, and digitization professionals.
  • Establish clear priorities, accountability, development plans, succession readiness, and a culture of curiosity, collaboration, inclusion, and continuous learning.
  • Manage relationships with external consultants, technology providers, analytics partners, and solution vendors as needed.

Success Measures
  • Deliver measurable logistics value through optimization, sourcing, analytics, digitization, productivity, and risk-reduction initiatives.
  • Improve logistics network performance while balancing cost, service, resilience, sustainability, and operational feasibility.
  • Increase adoption and effectiveness of digital tools, analytical capabilities, decision-support solutions, and reusable enterprise frameworks.
  • Strengthen data quality, market intelligence, sourcing effectiveness, stakeholder confidence, team capability, and succession readiness.

Required Qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Industrial Engineering, Operations Research, Business, Analytics, Computer Science, or related field; advanced degree preferred.
  • Approximately 10+ years of progressive experience in logistics, supply chain, procurement, analytics, optimization, consulting, digital transformation, or related disciplines.
  • Demonstrated experience leading complex cross-functional initiatives in large, matrixed organizations and developing business cases that drive measurable outcomes.
  • Strong understanding of transportation networks, logistics operations, sourcing strategies, supply chain tradeoffs, and quantitative decision support.
  • Proven ability to lead teams, influence senior stakeholders, communicate clearly, and operate effectively at both strategic and tactical levels in Supply Chain Management, Industrial Engineering, Business Administration or equivalent curriculum. Master's degree or equivalent experience.

Related Work Experience:
  • 10+ years of demonstrated progression with global logistics provider and/or multinational FMCG company.
  • Global experience / Matrixed / Coca-Cola System experience due to the complexities and challenges of the role.
  • Strong communication skills
  • Proven negotiation and influencing skills
  • Exposure to new technologies and trends related to Logistics
  • People management experience
  • Travel Required: up to 50%

Functional Skills:
  • Project Management
  • Process Mapping
  • Logistics and Transportation
  • Proficiency in productivity tools and software
  • Strong collaborative and communication skills
  • Team Leadership
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  • Dice Id: coke
  • Position Id: R-148492
  • Posted 1 day ago

Company Info

About The Coca-Cola Company

On May 8, 1886, Dr. John Pemberton brought his perfected syrup to Jacobs' Pharmacy in downtown Atlanta, where the first glass of Coca‑Cola was poured. In its first year, about nine Coca-Cola drinks were served per day.

Today, The Coca-Cola Company, with numerous brands sold across more than 200 countries and territories, serves 2.2 billion drinks per day. We own 32 billion-dollar brands across several beverage categories worldwide. Our global portfolio of beverage brands includes the following:

• Sparkling Soft Drinks: Coca-Cola, Diet Coke/Coca-Cola Light, Coca-Cola Zero Sugar, Fanta, Fresca, Schweppes (owned by The Coca-Cola Company in certain countries other than the United States), Sprite and Thums Up
• Water, Sports, Coffee and Tea: Aquarius, Ayataka, BODYARMOR, Ciel, Costa, Crystal, Dasani, Fuze Tea, Georgia, glacéau smartwater, glacéau vitaminwater, Gold Peak, I LOHAS, Powerade and Topo Chico
• Juice, Value-Added Dairy and Plant-Based Beverages: Core Power, Del Valle, fairlife, innocent, Maaza, Minute Maid, Minute Maid Pulpy, Santa Clara and Simply

Our strong and stable bottling and distribution system helps us capture growth by manufacturing, distributing and selling existing, enhanced and new innovative products to consumers throughout the world.

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