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The Coca-Cola Company

Country Manager Ukraine

The Coca-Cola Company
Ukraine · Full-time · Not Applicable

This leadership role is responsible for aligning Company & Bottler under a common destination, growth plan and end-end local execution plan.

What You’ll Do For Us

  • Lead the Ukrainian & Moldovan Franchise Operations with full end-to-end responsibility including setting the short/long term destination, growth ambition, portfolio management, RGM & commercial execution, internal & external stakeholder management.
  • Deliver Ukraine & Moldova Business Plan commitments – lead annual business planning together with the local bottling partner (Coc-Cola Hellenic), manage ongoing business, decide on corrective actions or acceleration plans to ensure results are delivered
  • Manage the 50/50 and local brands’ P&L
  • Deliver the commercial development agenda, focus on “big wins” which offer transformational change to the financial performance of the system – RGM, OBPPC, Shopper Marketing
  • Lead the Country Operations team leverage the multi-functional resources in the network
  • Clearly and consistently understand the anatomy of our business and the competition to provide execution support to Bottler senior management and strengthen KO-Bottler partnership within Ukraine and Moldova.
  • Primary responsible for improving competitive position at the designated countries.
  • Responsible for KO P&L for the designated country/territory
  • Drive the execution of the strategic agenda integrating System partners and the network around a holistic strategy and plan
  • Govern system business routines (Performance weekly & quarterly, financial, Quality, CIF etc.) around key business indicators to assess evolution and adjust plans
  • Support external stakeholder management with representation of the company in Ukraine where relevant.
  • Lead office engagement plans and ensure a highly motivated and engaged team

Qualifications & Requirements

  • 15 years of Business and/or functional experience in Operation/Strategy related areas
  • Proven trajectory as leader of leaders and influencing a senior leadership team
  • People manager with excellent leadership capability, able to work in a diverse cultural environment, highly efficient communicator and influencer at all levels
  • Must have robust understanding of system dynamics, business strategy, portfolio management and end-end execution
  • Must be a master in the extraction of actionable commercial insights and development of competitive strategies and initiatives
  • Have solid risk management and contingency planning skills
  • Lead end to end alignment of country integrated execution plan process with Bottling partners
  • Capture and network best practices, import and export good ideas
  • Role model the “Leadership in the Network” definition
  • Multiple top-level interactions with senior management team members of KO system
  • Strong negotiation, influence and communication skills to align strategies as well as build value-based relationships through numerous sensitive situations (typically with bottler) are essential
  • Ability to lead cross functional teams with non-hierarchical networks with strong collaboration and communication skills

Travel Requirements

  • 10% of travel required

Annual Incentive Reference Value Percentage:30

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Posted
May 24, 2025
Type
Full-time
Level
Not Applicable
Location
Kyiv

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