Career Opportunities at the Coca-Cola Company

Rq ID: R-59594

Job Description Summary

• The Total Rewards Manager for Africa provides SME expertise, analysis and support for compensation and benefits (including Well Being) programs and processes which support the Africa Operating Unit. It also provides support to the Director for Total Rewards (West).
• As a trusted partner to leadership and HR, this position provides rewards thought leadership to support the growth requirements of the business and commercializes the execution of the compensation and benefits strategy in the Africa Operating Unit.  
• The incumbent is responsible for designing and developing local compensation & benefits policies and processes in line with global strategy, governance models & compliance frameworks.
• It serves as a point of escalation on complex cases and partners with People Services - Total Rewards Consultants and Analysts to ensure delivery of compensation transactional services.
• This position is an individual contributor leading the business through consulting and influencing. Key countries in scope are South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya, Côte d'Ivoire, Egypt & Morocco.
• It reports to the Total Rewards Director – West (geographies formerly known as EMEA).

Skills

• Benefits Strategy, Consulting, Design, Employee Compensation and Benefits, Governance Models, Leadership, Total Rewards.

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Rq ID: R-59585
Reports to: Frontline Marketing Senior Director

Focus, Scope, & Impact
OU Front-Line Marketing Region Lead will:

• OU Front-Line Marketing Region Lead will:
  • Drive bottler alignment on the marketing agenda: portfolio priorities, consumer insights and category/brand strategies and plans (objectives, DME investments, execution and success metrics, activity calendars, including Innovation projects and IMX Campaigns) in partnership with C&CL and Franchise Leadership.
  • Provide input on OU-and Market-level portfolio strategy, brand plans (activities, calendars, execution of allocated DME) and local innovation opportunities
  • Provide market input for the development of OU- and market-level IMX campaigns and approve commercialization of Innovation projects and (as applicable)
  • Orchestrate localization and real-time amplification of IMX campaigns within the Franchise unit, providing input to OU IMX team
  • Review and approve the marketing plans and integration of plans in country/region with the relevant bottlers. Oversee plans at local level, including POSM activations, consumer promotions, experiential marketing and events (leveraging mkt assets)
  • Lead franchise marketing preparation and participation in key business System Review meetings. Show case Best Practice models that can scale to other Regions
  • Lead briefing of adhoc requests based on dynamic market needs and Bottler requests linked to key business priorities- working with Category Leads to decide on best response plan
• OU Front-Line Marketing Region Lead will carry out duties through their team (including situational coaching and talent development) ; and interacting regularly with OU Frontline Marketing Lead and Franchise Leadership team to deliver the plan as measured by volume, share and profit.

Experience

• Significant market and leadership experience (12-15 years), including leading large teams (20+ people)
• Direct experience with marketing activation
• Business and commercial acumen, including financial expertise
• Experience working with TCCC external partners (bottlers and customers)
• Experience working with marketing in large regions preferred
• Experience working in cross-functional and cross-geographical teams is preferred.

Work Focus:

• Ability to provide nuanced franchise unit-level input on marketing strategy and plans (e.g. consumer / shopper insights) and other key elements of broader OU / global strategy, as necessary
• Ability to develop relationships with key bottlers and ensure alignment and buy-in on mkt agenda
• Ability to coordinate full details (calendars, resources, metrics) of local activation with Bottlers
• Ability to identify needs for campaign localization or customization as necessary
• Ability to guide media buying (in partnership with Mkt procurement), as necessary.

Communication Focus:

• Role will require frequent communication with OU Marketing Lead, OU Category Leads, OU IMX team, OU C&CL team, PACS/Legal team and Franchise Leadership Team
• Role will also interact frequently with Bottlers and external parties (activation agencies, media).

Key Knowledge Requirements:

• Marketing activation / execution
• Pos and experiential marketing
• Business / commercial acumen
• Relationship management (internal & external stakeholders)
• Team management & leadership
• Market dynamics in franchise unit geo.