The Coca-Cola Company

Director, Supply Chain – Caucasus and Central Asia

The Coca-Cola Company

full-time

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Location Type: Office

Location: Almaty • Kazakhstan

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Lead

About the role

  • Own regional E2E supply chain performance outcomes, including availability, cost, inventory, productivity and resilience
  • Establish a clear “best-looks-like” E2E operating model across bottlers
  • Drive fact-based discussions on service, cost, inventory and risk trade-offs
  • Govern the effectiveness and maturity of S&OP / IBP processes across bottlers
  • Ensure demand, supply, inventory and value chain perspectives are integrated into decision making
  • Elevate planning quality through scenario-based and unconstrained thinking
  • Lead system-level discussions on network design, cross-border flows, capacity allocation and sourcing footprint
  • Challenge and validate bottler proposals using E2E system economics and risk scenarios
  • Align supply chain structures with growth, innovation and route-to-market strategies
  • Build and govern a regional supply chain value pipeline (COGS, logistics , working capital, complexity)
  • Ensure benefits are quantified, finance-validated and transparently tracked
  • Convert operational improvement into tangible business value
  • Enforce standard KPI definitions and objective performance measurement
  • Replace narrative reporting with data-driven scorecards and benchmarks
  • Enable OU and bottler leadership to clearly see performance gaps versus peers and best-in-class
  • Ensure robust business continuity and risk mitigation frameworks across bottlers
  • Stress-test assumptions and challenge perceived readiness
  • Identify continuous improvement opportunities throughout E2E supply chain and take necessary actions to support business.

Requirements

  • 10+ years of progressive supply chain leadership experience in FMCG / CPG environments
  • Proven end-to-end supply chain experience across planning, manufacturing and logistics
  • Strong exposure to Integrated Business Planning (IBP / S&OP) and scenario-based decision making
  • Hands-on experience with planning, manufacturing and logistics tools, such as: Planning / IBP: SAP IBP, SAP APO, Blue Yonder, Kinaxis, o9, or equivalent
  • Manufacturing: SAP S/4HANA or ECC, MES, OEE systems, TPM / CI digital tools
  • Logistics & Network: WMS, TMS, network modeling and cost-to-serve tools
  • Experience operating in matrix or system-based organizations with independent bottlers or franchise models
  • Strong analytical, data-driven mindset with the ability to translate insights into business decisions
  • Executive presence and ability to influence senior stakeholders without direct authority.
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Hard Skills & Tools
end-to-end supply chain managementIntegrated Business Planning (IBP)Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP)scenario-based decision makinglogistics managementmanufacturing processescost-to-serve analysisdata-driven decision makingperformance measurementcontinuous improvement
Soft Skills
leadershipinfluencing stakeholdersanalytical mindsetcommunicationproblem-solvingstrategic thinkingcollaborationadaptabilitycritical thinkingbusiness acumen