Specialist: Global Marketing Procurement: ESP at The Coca-Cola Company

About Job

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The Specialist Global Marketing Procurement ESP supports sourcing initiatives for TCCC as part of the Global Marketing Procurement Organisation. The role works closely with the marketing and finance organisations and is designed to ensure all the day to day activities and pre-work on main contracts are well managed, ensure negotiations are well prepared and structured and supplier performance is delivering upon marketing needs. This role may own responsibility for some contracts and ensures that capability managers are well supported 

The role works very closely with the marketing and IMX organisations at OU levels and supports within the global IMX teams and is the days to day contact with all agencies on the roster. 

The role works with the ESP procurement leadership to support the quest for great partnerships that support our marketing needs and global vision of simplifying and scaling, with outstanding contracts to ensure the ongoing management, optimisation and success of the partnerships. It is a key frontline role requiring highly engaged, active and high energy marketing procurement talent.  

 Organisational Impact: 

• Remit is OU LEVEL but may be required at times to support other OU teams,  
• Manage projects or processes and operational activities and as an individual contributor acts as an experienced professional working independently with guidance in complex situations 
• Work closely with agency partners at OU level  
• Represent the function of marketing procurement internally and externally to support a progressive, modern and dynamic approach to business. 

Innovation & Complexity 

• Supports improvements of processes, systems or products to optimize performance 
• Solve problems by identifying the root cause and modifying solutions applied to similar 
• Able to work well across multi-functions and as part of a global team 
• Competent and comfortable with data and able to represent this in a way that is clearly understood in the business and drives action 

Communication & Influence 

• Communicates with contacts typically within procurement and marketing on matters that require consolidating, explaining, and interpreting information in order to reach agreement  
• Works to justify and gain cooperation of other parties on practices, policies and activities 
• Requires ability to communicate with marketers easily  
• Will be required to partner with other capability specialists 

Behaviors 

• Able to work across functions and teams supporting one TCCC supporting the bigger picture at all times 
• Act Like an Owner: High attention to detail and collaboration to achieve results.   
• Open minded and looking to continuously learn and adapt 
• Able to constructively build robust and trusted relationships  
• Positive mindset, curious, hungry to learn and grow and develop Self & Others. 
• Entrepreneurial: Be able to work at pace and manage several projects simultaneously 

Skills & Experience 

• The candidate will have solid experience across Activation, events or shopper at category procurement level or responsibility for similar at a manager level in an agency or advertiser environment. 
• Strong insight into how the activation and events industry works and strong knowledge of the field and key players. 
• Experience of working closely with marketing teams, partnering to deliver outstanding value driven results 
• Strong commercial, relationship building, negotiation and procurement knowledge:  
• Able to adhere to clear working processes, scopes of work ensuring perfect delivery  
• Able to understand financial models and translate business requirements into implementation plans.  
• Able to work collaboratively as part of a virtual global team to deliver results and share best practices  
• Knowledge of the category, procurement, industry and business best practices to ensure effective procurement solutions.  
• Run cost models, analysis, reports and all supplier performance management. 
• Able to read, edit and interpret contractual documentation and manage contract performance 
• Ability to use data and apply robust analytics to model various business scenarios and analyze resulting cost, impact, risks, and benefits to inform and recommend business solutions.  
• Minimum: 7+ years of work experience in a commercial marketing or procurement or relevant related field.  Knowledge of technical aspects of marketing is highly preferred.  

Travel: Minimal 

• Reporting line: Reports to Global capability tower manager with dotted line performance to OU leader 

Skills:

• Corporate Purchasing; Materials Resource Planning; Database Management; Customer Service; Food And Beverage (F&B); Contracts; Logility; Microsoft Office; Mathematics; Analytical Techniques; Communication; APICS Certification; Procurements; Negotiation; Global SAP; Cost Analysis; Manufacturing Process Controls

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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