CPS Technical Capabilities Senior Manager

Location(s):

Ireland

City/Cities:

Ballina

Travel Required:

00% - 25%

Relocation Provided:

Job Posting End Date:

May 9, 2025

Shift:

Job Description Summary:

CPS (Commercial Products Supply) is a key part of the Technical, Innovation, & Supply Chain function of The Coca-Cola Company. CPS manufactures concentrates and beverage bases for sale to bottling partners all over the world. This global organization manages a network of nineteen manufacturing plants in eighteen different countries.

As the CPS Technical Capabilities Senior Manager , you will be a part of designing, delivering, and measuring the capabilities strategy for Engineering, Maintenance and QSE (Quality, Safety, Environment) associates in some of the most technologically advanced concentrate plants in the world as a part of the industry 4.0 journey at The Coca-Cola Company. The CPS Technical Capabilities Senior Manager will require a visionary mindset, practical and technical experience to understand and build programs to CPS business needs. Strong candidates will have change management and culture awareness for long-term success, high EQ to operate from a human-centered perspective with skilled cross-functional stakeholder management.

What You will Do for Us

Program development and design

• Develop comprehensive Engineering & QSE capabilities programs to skill and upskill technical associates and deliver value for CPS. Special emphasis on integrating Total Productive Maintenance (TPM), Project Management, EHS and EMS learning journeys and integrating QSE fundamentals in Quality, Sustainability and Health & Safety along with best practices into frontline production (e.g., hygienic design, validation, HACCP, process control).

• Work closely with the global CPS Capabilities Senior Director and Center of Excellence to scale technical capability-building best practices and strategy and ensure alignment with global standards.

• Liaise on the integration of Engineering and QSE onboarding programs to consistently embed capabilities as part of employee experience.

• Bring short and long term strategic experience to meet current requirements for Engineering & QSE capabilities and develop the roadmap for future capabilities, e.g., Future of Work implementation.

• Translate business and functional needs effectively to build skilling programs that leverage on-the-job learning opportunities, peer/cohort learning, and digital and data platforms, e.g., e-learnings.

Collaboration with internal and external partners

• Collaborate closely with internal and external subject matter experts on the ideation, creation, development, and implementation of capability programs.

• Build key partnerships with People & Culture (HR) manager and CPS site managers to scale Engineering and QSE initiatives globally.

• Benchmark externally on the best practices to identify core strategies for up-skilling Engineering & QSE talent.

Stakeholder management and influence

• Cross-functional stakeholder management including but not limited to, enterprise capability leaders, Engineering & QSE leadership, site GMs, and enabling functions like People & Culture for a comprehensive approach to capability building.

• Create and optimize an Engineering & QSE capabilities delivery budget in alignment with CPS Capabilities Senior Director, Engineering and QSE leadership, and other relevant stakeholders.

• Identify and drive the culture, mindsets, and communications required for successful adoption of new ways of working.

Drive impact

• Lead in Engineering & QSE capabilities program assessment including tracking attendance/completions, identifying key effectiveness metrics, identifying gaps, and building programs to close them.

• Analyze data from quality, safety, environmental and engineering/maintenance metrics to inform performance levels and program needs.

• Provide feedback to continuously improve Engineering & QSE capabilities and CPS capability Center of Excellence.

• Design and deliver engaging learning experiences that contribute to the distinctive employee value proposition of The Coca-Cola Company

• Demonstrate and promote the values of The Coca-Cola Company

Qualifications & Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree or other related technical degree in Engin