Lifecycle Planner - Coca-Cola Beverages Florida

Lifecycle Planner

Tampa, FL, USA Req #28701

Tuesday, November 28, 2023

Who We Are:

• Coca-Cola Beverages Florida, LLC (Coke Florida) is a family-owned independent Coca-Cola bottler that is the third largest privately-held and the sixth largest independent Coca-Cola bottler in the United States.
• Coke Florida sells, markets, manufactures and distributes over 600 products of The Coca-Cola Company and other partner companies including Monster Beverage Corporation and BODYARMOR.
• Coke Florida was named as a 2023 US Best Managed Company by Deloitte Private and The Wall Street Journal. This program recognizes outstanding U.S. private companies and the achievements of their management teams in four key areas: strategy, ability to execute, corporate culture, and governance/financial performance.

What We Offer:
Eligible full time Coke Florida Associates can participate in our Total Rewards Program which includes:

• Total Wellness Programs including health, dental and vision plans
• 401K program with healthy company match
• Supplemental Life Insurance
• Three weeks of vacation pay, and 11 company paid holidays*
• Tuition reimbursement
• Employee Assistance Programs (EAP)
• Competitive compensation

Coke Florida is looking for a Lifecycle Planner Specialist based out of our Tampa location.

What You Will Do:

The Lifecyle Planner will coordinate the overall product lifecycle process. They incorporate the input from commercial team on new, promotional and exiting of products in collaboration with supply planning, procurement, commercial teams.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• For new or promotional products; coordinates with demand, production and supply planning teams on needs from product movement, raw material requirements, and all other related activities
• Support the early information gathering and assist in understanding of feasibility of product innovations based on brand marketing insights, external industry trends and Coke Florida business values
• Assist in creation of marketing execution plan based on customer segmentation and clustering for all channels
• Review forecast submissions using trend analysis of like products, commercial input, etc
• Execute the SKU optimization process with recommendation of product deletions after taking into consideration all customer, commercial inputs using a standard modeling methodology
• Execute the agreed upon work plan for current product reformulations, relaunch
• Participate in discussion and communication of all product introduction, product deletion to all relevant stakeholders
• Support the lifecycle process within the greater system planning process with forecast, master setup, and authorized material list
• Collaborate with other planners (bottler to bottler, deployment, production, transportation) as needed to enable an integrated planning activities and process
• Support all related lifecycle demand forecast requirements and or other assigned projects

For this role, you will need:

• Bachelor's degree required preferably in Supply Chain Management, Finance, Operations Management or Engineering disciplines
• Two (2) plus years' experience in area of Supply Chain, Marketing, Finance, Procurement, or Operations and/or in lieu of experience, Bachelors degree in Supply Chain Management. Finance, Operation Management or Engineering disciplines

Additional qualifications that will make you successful in this role:

• APICS certification is a plus
• Product lifecycle experience highly preferred
• Specific experience SAP APO and statistical modeling is highly preferred
• Strong analytical skills

This job description is not an exhaustive list of all functions that the employee may be required to perform, and the employee may be required to perform additional functions. Coke Florida reserves the right to revise the job description at any time and to assign additional duties and responsibilities as needed.

Employment with Coke Florida is at-will. The employee must be able to perform the essential functions of the position satisfactorily and, if requested, reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions of their job, absent undue hardship.

Coca-Cola Beverages Florida is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does 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.

Other details

• Job Family Commercial Leadership
• Job Function Enterprise Planning
• Pay Type Salary

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initStaticMap(true); Coke Florida is looking for a Lifecycle Planner Specialist based out of our Tampa location. What You Will Do: The Lifecyle Planner will coordinate the overall product lifecycle process. They incorporate the input from commercial team on new, promotional and exiting of products in collaboration with supply planning, procurement, commercial teams. Roles and Responsibilities: For new or promotional products; coordinates with demand, production and supply planning teams on needs from product movement, raw material requirements, and all other related activities Support the early information gathering and assist in understanding of feasibility of product innovations based on brand marketing insights, external industry trends and Coke Florida business values Assist in creation of marketing execution plan based on customer segmentation and clustering for all channels Review forecast submissions using trend analysis of like products, commercial input, etc Execute the SKU optimization process with recommendation of product deletions after taking into consideration all customer, commercial inputs using a standard modeling methodology Execute the agreed upon work plan for current product reformulations, relaunch Participate in discussion and communication of all product introduction, product deletion to all relevant stakeholders Support the lifecycle process within the greater system planning process with forecast, master setup, and authorized material list Collaborate with other planners (bottler to bottler, deployment, production, transportation) as needed to enable an integrated planning activities and process Support all related lifecycle demand forecast requirements and or other assigned projects For this role, you will need: Bachelor's degree required preferably in Supply Chain Management, Finance, Operations Management or Engineering disciplines Two (2) plus years' experience in area of Supply Chain, Marketing, Finance, Procurement, or Operations and/or in lieu of experience, Bachelors degree in Supply Chain Management. Finance, Operation Management or Engineering disciplines Additional qualifications that will make you successful in this role: APICS certification is a plus Product lifecycle experience highly preferred Specific experience SAP APO and statistical modeling is highly preferred Strong analytical skills

• Tampa, FL, USA