Job Description

About Us

Proudly Canadian and Independently Owned, we are Coke Canada Bottling!
Coke Canada Bottling is Canada\'s premier bottling company. We are an independently owned business encompassing over 5,800 associates, more than 50 sales and distribution centres, and five production facilities nationwide.
We have a 120-year heritage of manufacturing, marketing, selling, and distributing the major branded ready-to-drink products Canadians love. We pride ourselves on building diverse and sustainable relationships with our customers, consumers, stakeholders, and communities through our shared values: lead with an entrepreneurial mindset, collaboration, integrity, accountability, quality and safety.
Our brands include: Coca-Cola\xc2\xae, Diet Coke\xc2\xae, Coca-Cola\xc2\xae Zero Sugar, Coca-Cola Life\xe2\x84\xa2, Sprite\xc2\xae, Fanta\xc2\xae, Barq\'s\xc2\xae, NESTEA\xc2\xae, POWERADE\xc2\xae, Minute Maid\xc2\xae, DASANI\xc2\xae and vitaminwater\xc2\xae; and our partner brands: Canada Dry\xc2\xae, Monster Energy\xc2\xae, and A&W\xc2\xae.
About This Opportunity
Identify, articulate, and commercialize key category growth ideas and opportunities to maximize our retailers\xe2\x80\x99 category growth potential while creating value for The Coca-Cola Bottling Limited and it\xe2\x80\x99s business partners. Be the industry, channel & category subject matter expert to facilitate retailers\xe2\x80\x99 choice to select Coca-Cola as their key strategic partner.
Responsibilities

• Deliver impartial and objective total store and beverage solutions for the retailer by providing differentiated, timely, relevant, and actionable insights.
• Lead fact-based category interactions with account and customer team to address key business questions and build strategies and tactics designed for future category growth.
• Provide business situation assessment and support joint business plan development with key stakeholders.
• Develop and inspire a cross functional team towards building effective category growth recommendations focused on the customer\xe2\x80\x99s needs and strategic priorities.
• Support the creation of shopper insights enhancing both Coca-Cola Canada Bottling Limited and the retailer\xe2\x80\x99s understanding of the consumer.
• Working collaboratively with the retailer, deliver a space strategy plans that enables category growth while maintaining fundamental space principles and aligns to the channel/brand standards of Coca-Cola Bottling Limited and it\xe2\x80\x99s partner.
• Cultivate relationships within retailer\xe2\x80\x99s merchandising team and throughout the broader organization.
• Ensure best and current customer-oriented thinking is utilized.

Qualifications

• 
  Bachelor\xe2\x80\x99s degree in Business, Marketing, Economics, or a related field and/or equivalent work experience
• 3+ Years in CPG Industry.
• Capability to combine qualitative and qualitative elements into a single story.
• Ability to multi-task cross functional workstreams, while managing high attention to detail.
• Proven experience delivering results in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong business acumen.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Excellent presentation skills.
• Strong negotiation and influencing abilities.