Director, Global IT E2E Supply Chain: ARIBA-IBP Vendor Collaboration

Location(s):

United States of America

City/Cities:

Atlanta

Travel Required:

00% - 25%

Relocation Provided:

No

Job Posting End Date:

March 15, 2024

Shift:

Job Description Summary:

The Coca-Cola Company is expanding on the digital transformation of our E2E SAP and related Supply Chain processes and systems. This role is primarily focused on our Concentrate CPS business (Commercial Product Supply), but it reaches across our other organizational units and business partners (vendors, Bottling customers). 

We are looking for a Director in the SAP ARIBA and Vendor Collaboration Procurement function to lead activities in our new transformation project. This role is responsible thought-leadership, design, delivery, and deployment activities towards this multi-year initiative.  The role will be based in Atlanta. 

Visa/work sponsorship will not be considered (H1B transfers potentially considered for highly qualified candidates).

What You’ll Do for Us

• This role will work closely with our global CPS Supply Chain business team to understand the ERP (SAP S/4), SAP Ariba, and Planning (SAP IBP) system functionalities, as well as related interfaced systems.
• This role will drive and design our vendor collaboration functionality (commitment processes) leveraging SAP ARIBA and SAP IBP and will work with our project Consulting partners in the process and solution design, testing, training, and implementation.
• This role will work on additional improvement initiatives in our material planning processes, including vendor lead-time analysis and automation, and other Purchase Order process improvement activities.
• This role will work with our consulting partners to enable Autonomous Planning (low/no-touch), as related to the Procurement and vendor collaboration function.
• This role will work and collaborate with the other project transformation functional teams (Supply Planning, Demand, Inventory, Production Scheduling, ATP/Allocations).
• This role will have responsibilities and require expertise in project management, change management, resource utilization, and system deployments.

• This role will work collaboratively with our software vendors and research ways to leverage the software capabilities.

Qualifications & Requirements

Functional Skills and Knowledge:

• Experience in SAP Procurement and Supply Chain Planning (Supply and Production Planning, Planning Master Data, Inventory Planning, Demand Planning) is critical.
• At least one prior implementation of SAP Ariba in a vendor collaboration model is critical.
• Experience with SAP ECC, SAP S/4, and SAP IBP is critical. 
• Experience with large digital transformation projects in the E2E SC Planning area is preferred.
• Experience or familiarity with SAP IBP processes is helpful.
• Understanding of Coca-Cola CPS and NAOU processes, or experience with large beverage or consumer products companies, is helpful.
• Experience with Autonomous Planning (low-touch, no-touch) is helpful.
• Appropriate communication skills.
• Ability to lead highly complex and cross-functional initiatives.

Minimum Educational Requirement

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent work experience

Years of Experience:

• Minimum of 3+ years of diversified SAP Procurement, SAP Ariba and Supply Chain systems, business process, and operational knowledge

Skills:

SAP ARIBA, SAP ERP (SAP S/4 and ECC), SAP IBP, Transformative Thinking, Project Management, Communication, System Automation, Collaboration, Problem Solving

What We’ll Do for You

• Career Growth: We are committed to your professional development, offering opportunities for growth and advancement.
• Innovation: We embrace a culture of experimentation and innovation, providing you the opportunity to contribute to new, different, or better ways of doing things.
• Agile Work Environment: We embrace agile with management that believes in removing barriers, so you are empowered to experiment, iterate, and innovate.

Skills:

Agile Methodology, Application Development, Business Processes, Business Value Creation, Change Management, Influencing, Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Office, Negotiation, Process Improvement Plans, Project Management, Risk Mitigation Strategies, Software Development, Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Strategic IT, Vendor Management

Pay Range:

$159,300 - $184,700

Base pay offered may vary depending on geography, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. A full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the position, is offered.

Annual Incentive Reference Value Percentage:

30

Annual