Director, Franchise Sparkling, CCPB

Location(s): South Africa

City/Cities: Johannesburg

Travel Required: 00% - 25%

Relocation Provided: No

Job Posting End Date: March 19, 2026

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Reports to: Senior Director, Franchise Operations, CCPB

Location: Cape Town

A successful Director, Franchise Operations Sparkling is one who can lead a system agenda, across organizational levels and execute plans which enables business growth, volume share growth and enhance profitability within their country/area/region for the sparkling category.

• Lead elevation of business in the Sparkling Category towards long term vision/strategy as per LRP/ABP objectives/metrics.
• Lead bottler relationships in their country/area/region across functions and levels of organization and represent system agenda/narrative.
• Assess overall business performance in their country/area/region and collaborate across systems to assess commercial and marketing strategies plans and investments and opportunities to drive profitable and balanced growth, with strong focus on Volume, Revenue, and Market Share.
• Implement, execute and measure the plans for the sparkling category to drive excellence.
• Develop Best Practices on sparkling initiatives to share across the Franchise.
• Drive system readiness with marketing and commercial execution teams to lead execution of business plans within their region, including go to market, commercial and OBPPC strategies and plans.
• Sense and provide intel on execution challenges and areas where channel/commercial plans needs to pivot based on market needs. Be present in stores and with bottler teams to coach and identify areas of capability/plan/tool improvements needed to execute with excellence.

• Bachelor degree in business or related fields
• 5+ years of leadership experience in senior commercial or operational roles. Operational roles are advantageous
• Leadership and management experience, as a highly efficient communicator and influencer at all levels
• Experience within the CPG industry is an added advantage

• Strong Leadership, Influence and communication at senior levels and within complex matrix network
• Strategic Thinking
• Solid end to end Commercial / operational Acumen
• Strong Data Driven Decision Making
• Agility and Resilience

• Leverage our BOUNDERLESS NETWORK
• Make our CUTURE Code inevitable
• Build strong CAPABILTIES
• Change the DNA of our organization to becoming ADAPTABLE

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.