Northern Europe Strategy Integration Director

As Strategy Integration Director you will report to the Europe Strategy Vice-President and you will be a member of both our Europe Strategy Leadership Team as well as the Northern Europe (NE) Franchise Team. You will work in close collaboration with various NE-based teams, with the Europe Operating Unit (OU) Strategy teams, as well as with our bottling partner Coca-Cola Europacific Partners France (CCEP).

As a Strategy Integration Director, you will actively contribute to achieve the Europe Operating Unit (OU) strategy and goals in Northern Europe while supporting the overall Europe/Global goals. You will specifically be responsible for
- partnering with the NE General Manager to deliver the Business Plan;
- driving the longer term strategic direction through our Long Range Plan (LRP) and Annual Business Plan (ABP) as well as joint-planning with our bottling partners;
- identifying, connecting and communicating truly game-changing market and business insights to enable impactful strategies with our Consumers, Customers and Stakeholders. You will demonstrate your great leadership skills as well as your willingness to make a difference in every aspect but most importantly when leading your local team members.

**What specifically is this role about?**
- Use a fact-based, strategic approach to identify the insights, strategies and leading-edge solutions to boost local/granular commercial strategy, with actionable commercial levers
- Identifying and leading strategic projects in support of the growth goals for the Franchise and managing the Franchise strategic project portfolio, working with local teams and Central functions
- Collaborating with the local team and our Commercial Function to adjust the execution strategy
- Partnering with the NE Leadership Team to lead the end-to-end alignment process with our Bottler
- Capture and network best practices, import and export good ideas (CCEP)
- Multiple top-level interactions and negotiations with senior management team members of The Coca-Cola System

**What we are looking for**:

- Extensive 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 be mastered in the development of actionable compelling commercial insights, strategies and initiatives at the market level
- Proven ability to manage uncertainty and multiple stakeholders
- Role model the “Leadership in the Network” definition
- 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
- Proven ability to write and present effectively; adjust to fit the audience with appropriate and relevant messaging
- Fluency in English written and spoken language
- Travel requirements: 25%

**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.

**Skills**

Influencing Decisions; Microsoft Office; Strategic Planning; Communication; Stakeholder Management; Tactical Planning; Collaborative Leadership; Researching; Process Improvements; Project Management; Key Performance Indicators (KPIs); Storytelling; Agile Methodologies
**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.