Senior Manager, Strategy - Johannesburg, South Africa - Coca-Cola

Description

Position Overview

This role supports these essential strategic priorities and leads the organization in developing and providing strategic consultation on company goals and priorities. We're looking for someone with a strategic mindset that wants to make a global impact.

What You'll Do for Us

• Oversees the detailed, quantitative analysis work associated with developing meaningful insights to address business biggest challenges.
• Partners and collaborates inside and outside the department with Functions/Operating Units/Platform Services based on the priorities of the enterprise and the department.
• For priorities identified, support the process to deliver expectations (Enterprise Strategy, Enterprise-Wide Initiatives or Enterprise Learning)
• Leverage analysis and insights produced by Platform Services/Operating Units/Functions and produces ad-hoc analysis required to support rotating priorities (Enterprise Strategy, Enterprise-Wide Initiatives or Enterprise Learning).
• Assist in the development of communication plans designed to ensure transparent communications with key internal and external stakeholders during the strategic planning process.
• Assistance in establishing a strategic planning process structure for how to best receive and incorporate input from leadership and stakeholders on the strategic plan.
• Provide guidance on key elements and structure of the related implementation plan, including performance indicators and accountability systems.
• Identify opportunities and implement recommendations to leverage knowledge sharing.
• Provide recommendations to aid in organizational effectiveness through the strategic planning process and implement approved recommendations to improve the organizational efficiency.

Qualifications & Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Strategy, or related field
• 5+ years' experience focused on Corporate & Business Unit Strategy, Strategic Planning, Growth Strategy, Commercial Strategy, and Business Transformation.
• Experience working with senior executives crafting and implementing strategies for growth and margin improvement at the corporate, business, or brand level.
• Superior critical thinking, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Exceptional interpersonal, team-building, and oral and written communication skills; outstanding integrity, initiative, creativity, and passion.
• Ability to work in an ambiguous environment.
• Problem solving, process mind-set and analytical skills with great attention to detail
• Ability to rotate across priorities, leverage relationships with key business partners, comfortable in working closely with OUs/Functions/Platform Services.
• Outstanding communication skills (both written and verbal).

What We Can Do For You

• Purpose Driven: Purpose driven approach that empowers our people to protect the environment and communities we serve while delivering safe & quality products.
• Global Connections: Allows you to develop, enhance and maintain global connections that allow us to move faster and learn from others.
• Community of Belonging: We're an organization that believes our ability to continually grow and build the right atmosphere where people feel safe and empowered, lets you bring your best self to work.

Skills:

Influencing; Customer Experience (CX); Continual Improvement Process; Business Transformation; Collaborative Leadership; Business Processes; Project Management; Industry Networking; Trend Analysis; Agile Methodology; Microsoft Office; Process Management; Communication; Long Term Planning; Corporate Storytelling

Our Purpose and Growth Culture:
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.

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