The Coca-Cola Company

Country Manager Ukraine

The Coca-Cola Company  •  Kyiv Oblast, UA (Onsite)  •  58 minutes ago
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Job Description

This leadership role is responsible for aligning Company & Bottler under a common destination, growth plan and end-end local execution plan.

What You’ll Do for Us:

  • Lead the Ukrainian& MoldovanFranchise Operations with full end-to-end responsibility including setting the short/long term destination, growth ambition, portfolio management, RGM & commercial execution, internal & external stakeholder management.

  • Deliver Ukraine& MoldovaBusiness Plan commitments – lead annual business planning together with thelocal bottling partner (Coc-Cola Hellenic), manage ongoing business, decide on corrective actionsor acceleration plansto ensure results are delivered

  • Manage the 50/50 and local brands’ P&L

  • Deliver the commercial development agenda, focus on “big wins” which offer transformational change to the financial performance of the system – RGM,OBPPC, Shopper Marketing

· Lead the Country Operations team leverage the multi-functional resources in the network

· Clearly and consistently understand the anatomy of our business and the competition to provide execution support to Bottler senior management and strengthen KO-Bottler partnership withinUkraine and Moldova

· Primary responsible for improving competitive position at the designated countries.

· Responsible forKOP&L for the designated country/territory

· Drive the execution of the strategic agenda integrating System partners and the network around a holistic strategy and plan

· Govern system business routines (Performance weekly & quarterly, financial, Quality, CIF etc.) around key business indicators to assess evolution and adjust plans

· Support external stakeholder management with representation of the company in Ukraine where relevant.

  • Lead office engagement plans and ensure a highly motivated and engaged team

Qualifications & Requirements

  • 15 years of Business and/or functional experience in Operation/Strategy related areas

  • Proven trajectory as leader of leaders and influencing a senior leadership team

  • People manager with excellent leadership capability, able to work in a diverse cultural environment, highly efficient communicator and influencer at all levels

  • Must have robust understanding of system dynamics, business strategy, portfolio management and end-end execution

  • Must be a master in the extraction of actionable commercial insights and development of competitive strategies and initiatives

  • Have solid risk management and contingency planning skills

  • Lead end to end alignment of country integrated execution plan process with Bottling partners

  • Capture and network best practices, import and export good ideas

  • Role model the “Leadership in the Network” definition

  • Multiple top-level interactions with senior management team members of KO system

  • Strong negotiation, influence and communication skills to align strategies as well as build value-based relationships through numerous sensitive situations (typically with bottler) are essential

  • Ability to lead cross functional teams with non-hierarchical networks with strong collaboration and communication skills

Travel requirements:

  • 10% of travel required

Skills:

Location(s):

Ukraine

City/Cities:

St. Kyiv

Travel Required:

00% - 25%

Relocation Provided:

No

Job Posting End Date:

June 20, 2026

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.

The Coca-Cola Company

About The Coca-Cola Company

From our roots at the counter of a local Atlanta pharmacy, to our current portfolio of more than 200 beverages, The Coca-Cola Company is one of the most globally-recognized brands in the world. Today, our lineup features beloved beverage brands, including ​

Coca-Cola, Sprite, Fanta, smartwater, Dasani, Topo Chico, BODYARMOR, Powerade, Costa, Georgia, Goldpeak, Minute Maid, Simply, fairlife and more. ​

The Coca-Cola Company is committed to bringing about real change – to our industry, to our local economies, and to the world around us. Through constant evolution, we continue to reimagine the way we refresh the world and make a difference.​

We're innovating our portfolio with products that give people more varieties that meet our consumers where they are. ​

We're working with global partners to transform our business, and grow it in more sustainable ways. ​

And we're providing jobs and opportunities to the local economies where our people live and work, employing 700,000 people throughout our global system alongside bottling partners.​

If you're a changemaker looking to make a change, come join us in our mission to refresh the world and make a difference.​

Learn more at: www.coca-colacompany.com/careers

Industry
Food & Beverage
Company Size
10,000+ employees
Headquarters
Atlanta, GA
Year Founded
Unknown
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