Director, Procurement - Tea

Company: Coca-Cola HBC
Location: Atlanta
Posted on: March 25, 2025

Job Description:

This is a People Leader rolePosition Overview:Our vision is loved brands, done sustainably, for a better shared future. Our ambition is to double the business and consumers by 2030 (vs situation in 2025). RTD Tea is a $66BN industry. In-scope is all Tea Procurement for the Company, except for Japan South Korea (JSK) and Greater China & Mongolia (GCM) OUs. This individual contributor role (no direct reports) has therefore a strong impact for Gold Peak (North America) and Fuze Tea brands (to lead growth in Europe and developing markets).Function Related Activities/Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and execute global and regional sourcing strategies
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to drive supply assurance, cost management, sustainability, digitization.
• Engage in Long Range Planning and Innovation with Marketing and Technical/R&D teams.
• Conduct competitive bidding process considering multi criteria prior to awarding business to suppliers.
• Maintain sourcing documentation per record retention policies.
• Ensure all tea-ingredients are sustainably sourced.
• Assess and mitigate supply risks.
• Cost unbundling to achieve cost optimization.
• Manage strategic supplier relationships
• Align agenda and priorities for mutual growth and innovation opportunities.
• Assess supplier capabilities for Tea in many forms (powder, liquid, leaf, aroma).
• Facilitate Innovation forums with suppliers and internal KO teams.
• Quarterly routines with all strategic 7-10 suppliers, Top-to-top annual meeting with top 3 suppliers.
• Sustainability leadership involving visits to tea farm in various origins.
• Provide support to NA Food service activity
• Act as an owner for supply assurance, cost management, sustainability.
• Constructively challenge forecast accuracy and management of demand/supply.
• Involvement in strategic initiatives, including development of innovative solutions by suppliers.
• Point of escalation for both the suppliers and internal teams.
• Provide support for customer acquisition and retention.
• Support commercialization.Education Requirements:Bachelor's degree and at least 10 years of work experience.Related Work Experience:Experience of managing Global ag. commodities categories with multiple OUs as beneficiaries.Functional Skills:

• Able to develop Procurement priorities aligned to ABPs and LRPs of HSCT platform.
• Able to recommend best solutions that gain all parties support and lead to win-win results.
• Relationship management (suppliers, contractors, bottlers).Skills:Continual Improvement Process; Global Sourcing; Category Management; Sourcing and Procurement; Analytical Thinking; Competitor Analysis; Procurement Procedures; Budget Management; Contracts; Sourcing (Inactive); Microsoft Office; Group Problem Solving; Communication; Buyer Representation; Supplier Relationship Management; Low Cost Country Sourcing; Marketing Capabilities; Negotiation; Economic Cost Drivers.
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