Job Overview
Location
US – REMOTE
Job Type
Full-time
Category
Operations
Date Posted
May 2, 2026
Full Job Description
đź“‹ Description
- • The Director, Franchise Operations - Advanced Hydration role at The Coca-Cola Company is critical to driving brand growth and operational excellence across the North American foodservice distributor network by leading strategic partnerships, managing supply chain initiatives, and activating category innovations like Freestyle and Fairlife.
- • Day to day, the person will manage collaborative business planning with strategic goals, develop and execute partnership initiatives and category programs, visit customers to identify growth opportunities, create Account Business Plans, build relationships with internal and external decision makers, collaborate with bottling partners and distributors to enhance sales capability, develop direct supply chain strategies for efficiencies, monitor competitive activities, lead stewardship routines with distributors, activate category innovations at national and local levels, and champion change by eliminating service barriers to ensure superior distributor customer service.
- • The Coca-Cola Company is a global leader in beverages with a vision of loved brands done sustainably for a better shared future, known for cutting-edge excellence in ingredients, innovation, design, and marketing, operating with a growth mindset and inclusive culture grounded in purpose-driven behaviors like curiosity, empowerment, inclusion, and agility.
- • In this role, the person can learn to lead complex cross-functional initiatives, deepen expertise in foodservice supply chain and distributor management, drive brand activation through innovation, influence national sales strategy, and grow as a strategic leader within one of the world’s most iconic companies while contributing to sustainable brand growth and operational stewardship.
🎯 Requirements
- • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience
- • 5+ years of national sales experience within the beverage or CPG industries
- • Ability to lead, prioritize, collaborate, and execute complex projects
- • Relationship management knowledge of suppliers, contractors, and bottlers, including third-party supplier/contractor culture and core competencies
- • Knowledge of supplier capabilities and performance to enhance and manage relationships, specifically with foodservice distributor suppliers
- • Supply chain operations and transportation expertise, including understanding of transportation planning and management of DPU, Intermodal, and Over-the-Road carrier networks
- • Ability to seek alternatives and recommend best solutions that gain all parties’ support and lead to win-win results
🏖️ Benefits
- • Opportunity to work with iconic and innovative brands including Coca-Cola, Simply, Fairlife, and Topo Chico
- • Engagement with an expansive and diverse customer base across retail, grocery, theme parks, movie theatres, restaurants, and more
- • Competitive base pay range of $126,200 - $147,000
- • Annual incentive reference value of 30% of base pay
- • Comprehensive medical, financial, and other benefits package
- • Remote work flexibility with 0-25% travel required
- • Access to a purpose-driven culture focused on growth, inclusion, curiosity, and agility
- • Equal Opportunity Employer commitment to diversity and inclusion
Skills & Technologies
About The Coca-Cola Company
Global beverage corporation founded in 1892, headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. Manufactures, markets, and distributes nonalcoholic beverage concentrates and syrups, including Coca-Cola, Sprite, Fanta, Minute Maid, Powerade, and Dasani. Operates in over 200 countries with a portfolio of more than 200 brands. Generates revenue through concentrate sales to bottling partners and finished product sales. Focuses on sparkling soft drinks, water, sports drinks, juice, dairy, and plant-based beverages. Committed to sustainability, community initiatives, and reducing environmental impact across its supply chain and packaging operations worldwide.
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