Job Openings at The Coca-Cola Company

Position Overview:

• Provides leadership in local and regional industry organizations and trade associations to help advance the Company’s Scientific and regulatory agenda. Implement initiatives to address safety of ingredients, packages and products that will positively impact the reputation of The Coca-Cola Company . Regulatory stakeholder mapping, relationship building and advocacy. Role includes identification of innovations and competitive advantage opportunities. Managing product approval and regulatory compliance to meet new product development timelines through working with various stakeholders – R&D, marketing, food law, Public Affairs and Communication, regulatory authorities, bottler, etc.. Managing protection of The Coca-Cola Company trade secrets (product formulations and flavor information) while dealing with regulatory authorities.

What You will Do for Us:

• Identify potential regulatory risks and opportunities and ensure tracking of local, regional and global regulatory issues and emerging trends that impact the reputation of our ingredients, products, packaging, brands, etc. 
• Implement globally aligned regulatory advocacy strategies to mitigate current risks and future headwinds that may impact our ingredients, products, packaging, claims, labeling, communication, marketing, etc.   
• Build, maintain, enhance and develop relationships/networks with external experts, government agencies, NGOs and other stakeholders on issues relating to food regulations, food safety, nutrition and health, etc to advance The Coca-Cola Company strategy, growth agenda and positions.   
• Lead and engage in industry/trade associations and food standards bodies so as to advocate industry/company positions to protect our business and enable growth. 
• Provide regulatory affairs expertise and guidance to the system to identify solutions to regulatory issues that affect our products, ingredients, nutrition regulations or labeling. 
• Establish regulatory strategies to gain government approvals and international standards (e.g., Codex) for new ingredients, products, labeling, or packaging to support innovation collaborating with internal and external stakeholders such as the global Scientific & Regulatory Affairs team, R&D, Legal, and trade associations. 
• Where appropriate, represent the Company at appropriate global industry organizations and international food standards bodies (e.g., Codex) and provide leadership to external stakeholders such as global food and beverage industry groups to influence outcomes and support our regulatory strategies. 
• Proactively work with Public Affairs & Communication, Marketing, Legal and Governmental Affairs areas to enable the credibility and reputation of our brands and company. 
• Provide expert support on issues related to Crisis Management (IMCR).
• Ensure that all ingredients, formulas, products, labels, food contact materials, packaging, promotional materials and marketing communications comply with all the relevant local regulations and The Coca-Cola Company’s policies and guidelines.  
• Support innovation and commercialization compliance by providing scientific and regulatory expertise on new product concept/new ingredients. 
• Manage ingredient, formula, product, package, label, claims and communication approvals using various compliance related tools EG., Picasso, CokeWorks, etc. 
• Develop and manage internal processes, databases and tools to facilitate regulatory compliance processes.  
• Support and lead the development and implementation of efficient and effective regulatory compliance systems, process and tools including considering digitization, outsourcing to 3rd parties or bottlers. 
• Engage with regulatory authorities as appropriate to support new product/package launches including efficient sanitary registrations. 
• Develop and manage internal processes, databases and tools to facilitate regulatory compliance processes.  
• Participate in Scientific & Regulatory related Incident Management Crisis Resolution.

Role Requirement:

• Bachelor degree
• 6-8 years of experience in food industry, government or related industry in similar roles.
• Demonstrated advocacy experience and leadership roles in related external organizations/committees/boards. 
• Excellent interpersonal and written and oral communication skills and must be fluent in English and fluency in other international/relevant languages in the Operating Unit. 

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Job Description    

• Coca-Cola Beverages Africa (CCBA) has an exciting opportunity in our Integrated Business Services Department. We are looking for a talented individual with relevant skills and experience for an Inventory Management and Process Specialist role, specifically in the MRO Spares environment. The successful candidate will report directly to the Process Optimisation Tower Lead Forecast-To-Deploy (FTD) / Inventory Management (IM).
• The applicant/s may reside in any of the CCBA footprint of countries: South Africa, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Ghana, Mozambique, Botswana, Malawi, Namibia & Zambia.
• The purpose of the role of Inventory and Process Specialist is to achieve an optimal balance between availability of spares and related goods against minimal working capital and operational costs, by means of accurate stock planning, optimisation of processes and continuous improvement of materials flow and performance reporting. The role requires a high level of analytics, commercial acumen and analysis, attention to detail and proactive communication on various levels. This role will support the institutions necessary controls aligned to governance requirements by implementing documented processes.
• CCBA is the largest African Coca-Cola bottler, accounting for 40% of all Coca-Cola volumes on the continent. CCBA is a Non-Alcoholic Ready to Drink (NARTD) market leader with an extensive footprint in Africa, employing over 17 000 employees and serving a combined population of over 300 million people across the continent. CCBA’s vision is to “refresh Africa every day and make the continent a better place for all”, growing successfully as a business and creating a better shared future for our people, customers, consumers, communities, planet and shareholders. We conduct ourselves with the utmost integrity for shared value and the greater good. We are a world class, customer-orientated, socially, and environmentally conscious fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) company that is driven by engaged, motivated and inspired employees.

Key Duties & Responsibilities    

• Review quality of master data on a periodic basis
• Implement phase in and phase out strategies for parts / stock
• Report to management on master data quality
• Execute process to classify spares and define assortment strategies
• Periodically evaluate/update the classification and the assortment strategies with Asset Management, Production and Procurement
• Report on updates to management
• Execute processes to conduct pro-active forecasting and demand planning
• Take an active role in the annual shut or long-term material planning and act as liaison between Supply Chain and Asset Management
• Execute policies to include criticality in spares decisions
• Simulate balance between service level, working capital and operational costs, to ensure stock availability targets are met
• Share analysis and recommendations with Supply Chain Management and Asset Management
• Manage appropriate and differentiated service levels for the various stock categories
• Develop and execute processes to review and update demand forecast and stocking parameters
• Take an advisory role to inventory analysts in case they intend to deviate from preset re-order quantities
• Measure inventory analysts’ compliance to preset re-order quantities, report to management and pro-actively advise on interventions
• Minimise slow-moving & obsolete stocks
• Set up Key Performance Indicators for Inventory Management; implement KPI changes in KPI dashboard,
• Operate the KPI dashboard and identify root causes in those areas/activities that cause stock outs, poor stock turns and/or operational costs
• Report to management on KPI’s root causes and actions initiated
• Deploy actions in the supply chain to solve the root causes and monitor progress on these actions
• Report to management on the progress and obstacles
• Implement and manage working together principles and introduce cross-departmental improvement philosophy (Asset Management, Production, Supply Chain & Procurement)
• Measure total supply chain performance using a Supply chain dashboard and communicate measurements & findings with process owners
• Conduct analyses on request by other supply chain process owners and management
• Keep up with supply chain literature & best practices and advise Management on Supply Chain innovations,
• Review work of Stores teams, coach and mentor them on inventory control
• Spares Stock Count Compliance Validation
• Adherence to Stores Standards validation and escalation to management
• FFT PO analysis and investigation and escalation of non-compliance to Procurement Policy and RACM STP requirements
• Review and address Bad Actors
• Review available provisions and ensure write-off processes are followed as per policy
• Provide commentary on Working Capital
• Overseeing the implementation of revised company processes and workflows
• Monitoring the efficacy and compliance to updated workflows

Skills, Experience & Education    
Qualifications:

• Degree in Bachelor of Commerce, Industrial Engineering / related fields or equivalent

Experience:

• Minimum Six Sigma Greenbelt
• Knowledge and experience on Inventory Management strategies, models and related IT tools
• Technical knowledge of spare parts is a requirement
• Maintenance planning experience an advantage
• Knowledge and experience of supply chain analytics, supported by means of e.g. Excel and Access or any similar programs
• Knowledge and experience on ERP systems
• Knowledge of SA / Microsoft Dynamics as an added advantage
• Knowledge of Microsoft Visio a must

General  

•  The advert has minimum requirements listed.
• Management reserves the right to use additional or relevant information as criteria for short-listing.

Deadline: 20th August 2023