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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®, Diet Coke®, Coca-Cola® Zero Sugar, Coca-Cola Life™, Sprite®, Fanta®, Barq's®, NESTEA®, POWERADE®, Minute Maid®, DASANI® and vitaminwater®; and our partner brands: Canada Dry®, Monster Energy®, and A&W®.

About This Opportunity

As a Senior Category Manager, you’ll play a critical role in laying the strategic framework that will drive category growth for Coca-Cola and our retail partners. Unlock growth opportunities by turning complex data and trends into clear, concise, actions. Become an indispensable asset to the Coca-Cola Canada Bottling System and our retailers by being their trusted expert on everything related to the consumer.

Responsibilities

• Support the company’s growth ambitions by working directly with internal and external stakeholders. Drive beverage growth across multiple retailers or channels.
• 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’s needs and strategic priorities.
• Lead the delivery and at times the creation of shopper insights enhancing both Coca-Cola’s and the retailer’s 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’s partners.
• Cultivate relationships within retailer’s merchandising team and throughout the broader organization.
• Ensure best and current customer-oriented thinking is utilized.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing, Economics, or a related field and/or equivalent work experience
• 5+ Years in CPG Industry.
• Experience in Category Management or Account Management
• 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.

For more information about Coke Canada Bottling, please visit cokecanada.com