About the Role
Lead all functional teams within a Distribution Center, focusing on sales channels, merchandising, administrative functions, and delivery operations. This role manages frontline leaders and oversees significant revenue, driving process enhancements for cross-enterprise integration and optimizing the Distribution Center cost structure with full P&L accountability. It also involves managing local community relations and partnering with key internal departments.
Responsibilities
- Responsible for Field Sales Execution in all local, regional and national assigned accounts
- Responsible for executing and fulfilling all channel, package and pricing plans provided by the Commercial Leadership
- Provide leadership and guidance to the Distribution Team
- Drives collaboration between supply chain and field sales execution including sales, delivery, warehouse and route planning
- Represents the organization internally and externally at the executive level for all DSD activities
- Responsible of identifying and developing core talent, including stewardship of the Talent Management Review at all levels of the organization
- Coach and develop the team of direct reports while ensuring a culture of learning and development exists throughout the facility in all functions
- Building Customer Relationships with Home Market accounts serving as the connection point with store level leadership
- Accountable for selling in and adherence to calendar marketing agreements, provide feedback to the national customer teams
- Develop world class processes for DSD
- Translate Company business strategy into operational goals with visible metrics
- Enhance intellectual capital through training, rewarding, and retaining the best of the best
- Improve productivity of the workforce through current technology enablement, training, process improvement and identifying best practices (e.g., 5S & Lean methodology)
- Ensure regulatory agency compliance at the Distribution Center level
- Provide a feedback loop to the Director of Sales and Supply Chain Leaders on marketplace conditions (includes competition, channel plans, pricing, architecture)
Requirements
- 5+ years’ of sales management experience leading a sales team required
- 5+ years’ experience in Supply Chain Supervisory or Management role (includes Distribution, Warehouse and Fleet responsibilities in a related industry.
- Experience in Lean/Six Sigma, Continuous Improvement, Operational Excellence and Labor Relations required.
- Knowledge of DOT Regulations required.
Skills
- Lean/Six Sigma
- Continuous Improvement
- Operational Excellence
- Labor Relations
- DOT Regulations
Location
- Austin TX
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Manager
Education Level
- BA/BS or equivalent required
- MS/MA/MBA or equivalent preferred
Benefits
- Relocation assistance provided
About the Company
- Coca-Cola Southwest Beverages LLC
Equal Opportunity
- Coca-Cola Southwest Beverages LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class.
- Applicants with disabilities may be entitled to reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act and certain Texas or local laws. A reasonable accommodation is a change in the way things are normally done which will ensure an equal employment opportunity without imposing undue hardship on Coca-Cola Southwest Beverages. Please inform us at talentacquisition@cocacolaswb.com if you need assistance completing this application or to otherwise participate in the application process.
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