Senior Director, Distribution and Warehousing

Job Description Summary:

The Coca-Cola Company, a global leader in the beverage industry, is seeking a Senior Director II, Distribution & Warehousing. We empower our employees to challenge the status quo, make bold recommendations, experiment, and adapt, so we can grow together and make a great business even better. This position provides center of excellence leadership and we’re looking for a dynamic leader who thrives in a fast-paced environment and is passionate about optimizing operational goals and service levels.

The Senior Director II of Distribution & Warehousing COE is responsible for establishing and leading an enterprise‑wide Center of Excellence that defines, enables, and governs best‑in‑class warehousing and distribution capabilities across multiple business units.

Each business unit operates its own warehouses (in‑house and/or 3PL‑operated). This role does not own daily operations, but is accountable for establishing the long-term strategy, network design, systems, automation strategy, KPIs, strategic relationship building and capability building to ensure consistent performance, scalability, and ROI across the enterprise.

The COE serves as the owner and partner for business units on warehouse design, new DC builds, automation, WMS logic, and 3PL governance.

The Sr Director II of Distribution & Warehousing is responsible for leading end-to-end distribution, inventory management, and warehouse operations across the network. This leader ensures best-in-class service levels, cost efficiency, safety, and operational excellence while enabling business growth and customer satisfaction.

What You Will Do for Us.

Center of Excellence Leadership

• Establish and lead an enterprise Distribution & Warehousing COE supporting multiple business units.
• Define clear engagement models outlining when and how the COE partners with business units.
• Balance enterprise standardization with business‑unit flexibility.

Enterprise Warehousing Strategy & Standards

• Define the enterprise warehousing vision, principles, and multi‑year roadmap.
• Develop and maintain standardized design, process, and technology frameworks to be deployed across business units.
• Own enterprise warehouse design standards covering:
• Facility layout and capacity
• Slotting and flow strategies
• Labor models and productivity standards
• Health, safety, and compliance

New Distribution Center Builds & Network Expansion Support

• Lead or support multiple greenfield and brownfield DC builds across business units.
• Provide end‑to‑end COE support for:
• Requirements definition and capacity modeling
• Facility and automation design
• Startup planning and go‑live readiness
• Develop repeatable startup playbooks, templates, and readiness checkpoints.
• Ensure lessons learned are captured and institutionalized across the network.
• Partner with Procurement to establish a best in class distribution commercial structure with 3PLs.

Automation & Advanced Fulfillment Enablement

• Own the enterprise warehouse automation strategy, standards, and vendor ecosystem.  External benchmarking will be needed to identify the best options.
• Lead evaluation, selection, and design of automation solutions in partnership with business units.
• Establish business case, ROI, and payback standards for automation investments.
• Ensure automation solutions integrate with WMS and control systems and are scalable across BUs.

Technology, WMS & Systems Architecture

• Define enterprise WMS and warehouse systems standards, including:
• Preferred platforms and configurations
• Standard WMS logic (allocation, waving, cartonization, pick paths)
• Integration patterns with ERP, OMS, TMS, and automation (WCS/WES)
• Partner with IT to govern system changes and ensure interoperability.