Job Description: Senior Director, CPS Capabilities
CPS (Commercial Products Supply) is a key part of the Technical, Innovation, & Supply Chain function of The Coca-Cola Company. CPS manufactures concentrates and beverage bases for sale to bottling partners all over the world. This global organization manages a network of nineteen manufacturing plants in eighteen different countries.
As the Senior Director of CPS Capabilities, you will design, lead, and implement the capabilities strategy for CPS. This role directs work across digital capabilities, technical capabilities focused on Production, Engineering, Maintenance and QSE (Quality, Safety, Environment) and contributes to the Future of Work journey. The Senior Director will require a visionary mindset, practical and technical experience to build and implement programs that meet CPS business needs. Strong candidates will have an exceptional growth mindset and passion for change management and culture awareness for long‑term success, as well as strong business acumen to collaborate with senior stakeholders and partners.
What You Will Do For Us
Capabilities Strategy, Programs and Leadership
Lead CPS Capabilities Strategy in digital, technical, change management and global supply chain capabilities. Flagship programs and offerings include Digital Academy, Supply Chain University, Engineering Edge, and QSE Institute.
Lead the Capabilities suite of TISC Global Supply Chain programs including Supply Chain Leadership Academy (SCLX) and Supply Chain Rising (SCR).
Lead a team of functional experts and SMEs to deliver technical capabilities across strategic CPS functions of Operations, Supply Chain, Engineering and QSE and across global supply chain functions.
Strategic program development and implementation including Digital Academy for CPS‑wide, cohort‑driven programs for technical learning, and change management/adoption programs for strategic initiatives.
Build and deploy a strong competency/skill framework to define required skills at all levels of the organization. Support Future of Work initiatives including but not limited to future work skills strategy.
Collaborate with senior executive leadership to align capabilities needs for the organization, including strong partnership with People & Culture to build an end‑to‑end coherent strategy for CPS teams.
Key Collaborations & Change Management
Integrate and implement a comprehensive skills and capabilities roadmap for CPS, including solutions from TISC, OU, Bottler and external peer network.
Direct strategic priorities, program areas, and implementation for influencer network across all 19 plants to drive change adoption.
Lead a cross‑functional community of practice, including best practices, training needs analysis norms, and programs at scale for CPS Global L&D across all 19 plants.
Support CPS change‑management strategy, including playbook and execution of CPS change‑management program tools, change story and pre‑and‑post initiative analysis.
Metrics, Systems and Partner Management
Own global digital capability metrics for Digital Academy Tier 1 metrics across all 19 plants.
Lead management of CPS LMS and all related integrations with enterprise/functional tools.
Evaluate and monitor capability vendor relationships and internal and external partnerships to enable transformation goals.
Lead strategic agenda and delivery for annual Transformation Leader Summits to accelerate transformation strategy development, delivery and best‑practice sharing.
Digital Acceleration & New Technologies
Drive initiatives to accelerate change adoption of new systems and processes through integrated business cases of digital, operations and organizational capabilities.
Design ways of working and onboarding for integrated global digital capabilities roadmap for Greenfields, including onboarding to global capabilities programs and Learning Management System (LMS).
Evaluate digital capabilities priorities for scale, including but not limited to GenAI, AR/VR and simulated environments as led by business priorities.
Preferred Candidate Has
10+ years in leading strategic people and program initiatives – degree or equivalent work experience in a global matrixed organization.
5+ years in digital transformation leadership and cross‑functional global teams, with experience in training/learning & development/capabilities design.
Bachelor’s degree or advanced degree in Industrial‑Organizational Psychology, Human Resources, Business Management or Technical Management.
Manufacturing experience including knowledge of food/beverage processing and related technical domain such as quality or engineering.
Proven success in developing and scaling new products, programs and teams.
Strong data‑driven and critical thinking skills, with knowledge of practical implementation.
Senior stakeholder management and ability to create direction and alignment from ambiguity.
Preferably demonstrated experience in competency modelling, skill assessment, instructional design and learning development programs at both individual contributor and management levels.
Awareness and advocacy of Industry 4.0 and 5.0 opportunities and experience implementing use cases in a digital environment.
Ability to navigate ambiguity with a growth mindset focused on translating strategy to implementation.
Detail‑oriented, analytical, and creative thinker with passion to improve and digitize work processes.
Excellent project management, planning and organization skills with ability to deliver to specified deadlines.
Ability to thrive in diverse cultural environments.
Skilled in managing by influence and experienced in communicating with senior stakeholders and business and functional leaders.
Ability to travel as needed to CPS locations, 15–20 %.
What We Can Do For You
Iconic & Innovative Brands: Our portfolio includes some of the world’s most recognized brands, over 250 products.
Purpose Driven: A purpose‑driven team and approach that provides employees with tools and resources to succeed.
Outsized Impact and Influence: A global organization at the forefront of industry developments, allowing you to shape impactful solutions that scale through The Coca‑Cola Company.
Community of belonging: An environment that continuously grows and nurtures the right atmosphere where people feel inspired, empowered, and engaged.
Key Skills
Engineering Quality
Food Safety
Food/Beverage manufacturing, processes, TPM
Digital capabilities, Talent development and planning, Training program development
Change Management and Culture, Project Management, Problem Solving, Data and analytics
Communication and influence, Stakeholder management
Reporting
Senior Director, QSE
Locations
Atlanta Office Center (AOC), Global CPS lighthouse locations – Singapore, Liberia, Costa Rica, Ballina/Dublin, Ireland
The Coca‑Cola Company will not offer sponsorship for employment status (including but not limited to H1‑B visa status and other employment‑based nonimmigrant visas) for this position. Accordingly, all applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full‑time basis and must not require The Coca‑Cola Company's sponsorship to continue to work legally in the United States.
Pay Range
United States of America: 170,000 USD – 193,000 USD
Base pay offered may vary depending on geography, job‑related knowledge, skills, and experience. A full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the position, is offered.
Travel Required
0 % – 25 %
Relocation Provided
No
Job Posting End Date
June 18, 2026
Our Purpose and Growth Culture
We are taking deliberate action to nurture an inclusive culture grounded in our company purpose, to refresh the world and make a difference. We act with a growth mindset, an expansive approach to what’s possible, and believe in continuous learning to improve our business and ourselves. We focus on four key behaviors – curious, empowered, inclusive, and agile – and value how we work as much as what we achieve. We believe that our culture is one of the reasons our company continues to thrive after 130 + years.
Equal Opportunity Employer
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do 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. When we collect your personal information as part of a job application or offer of employment, we do so in accordance with industry standards and best practices and in compliance with applicable privacy laws.
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