Unattended Retail Program Manager - Coca-Cola Beverages Florida

Unattended Retail Program Manager

Tampa, FL, USA Req #43015

Friday, August 2, 2024

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 searching for an Unattended Retail Manager. This role can be based out of our Tampa area office.

What you will do:

The Unattended Retail (UR) Manager will be responsible for leading the implementation and execution of the unattended retail space within our Vending Services Team. This role will become a Subject Matter Expert (SME) for the InstaMarket concept and vending management software (Parlevel). The UR Manager will provide executive leadership with analytics and insights needed to run the day-to-day business within the unattended retail space. This role will help create and sustain a culture of continuous improvement and will provide our vending field teams with the necessary support to drive improvement.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Plan financial objectives by forecasting requirements, preparing an annual budget, scheduling expenditures and analyzing variances for all unattended retail elements
• Leads projects within the unattended retail space
• Deliver results on time and within budget while managing execution and operational risk
• Develops, coordinates and monitors SOPs for the InstaMarket Brand
• Be a change agent, continue to evaluate process, systems and help with process improvement
• Collaborate with key stakeholders to identify and evaluate key drivers to accelerate business
• Defines and influences the process for customer segmentation ensuring the appropriate products and services are provides to appreciate customers to drive sales growth, customer value, satisfaction and retention
• Analyze SKU productivity and make recommendations that will improve sales and/or drive efficiencies through assortment optimization
• Manage a wide range of analytics support-related task involving the research, document creation, Sops and master data adjustments

For this role you will need:

• Previous experience (at least 7 years) including a minimum of 3 years' experience as a manager in Customer of Field Sales
• Previous experience leading a team, with the proven ability to build relationships and work effectively in a matrixed organization
• Previous experience with sales and negotiations
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• 2+ years of project management experience desired
• Experience working with ERP systems (preferably SAP) and Vending Management Systems (preferably Parlevel)
• Strong experience working with MS Excel
• Valid driver's license and driving record within MVR policy guidelines
• Expect to travel up to 40% of the time

Additional qualifications that will make you successful in this role:

• Bachelor's Degree highly desired
• Direct Store Delivery (DSD) and Beverage category experience preferred
• Data mining/data analysis experience desired
• Prior CPG sales leadership experience
• Passionate, results-oriented, collaborative and self-motivated
• Strong presentation and facilitation skills and can communication effectively to small and large audiences

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 Vending Operations
• Pay Type Salary

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initStaticMap(true); Coke Florida is searching for an Unattended Retail Manager. This role can be based out of our Tampa area office. What you will do: The Unattended Retail (UR) Manager will be responsible for leading the implementation and execution of the unattended retail space within our Vending Services Team. This role will become a Subject Matter Expert (SME) for the InstaMarket concept and vending management software (Parlevel). The UR Manager will provide executive leadership with analytics and insights needed to run the day-to-day business within the unattended retail space. This role will help create and sustain a culture of continuous improvement and will provide our vending field teams with the necessary support to drive improvement. Roles and Responsibilities: Plan financial objectives by forecasting requirements, preparing an annual budget, scheduling expenditures and analyzing variances for all unattended retail elements Leads projects within the unattended retail space Deliver results on time and within budget while managing execution and operational risk Develops, coordinates and monitors SOPs for the InstaMarket Brand Be a change agent, continue to evaluate process, systems and help with process improvement Collaborate with key stakeholders to identify and evaluate key drivers to accelerate business Defines and influences the process for customer segmentation ensuring the appropriate products and services are provides to appreciate customers to drive sales growth, customer value, satisfaction and retention Analyze SKU productivity and make recommendations that will improve sales and/or drive efficiencies through assortment optimization Manage a wide range of analytics support-related task involving the research, document creation, Sops and master data adjustments For this role you will need: Previous experience (at least 7 years) including a minimum of 3 years' experience as a manager in Customer of Field Sales Previous experience leading a team, with the proven ability to build relationships and work effectively in a matrixed organization Previous experience with sales and negotiations Excellent written and verbal communication skills 2+ years of project management experience desired Experience working with ERP systems (preferably SAP) and Vending Management Systems (preferably Parlevel) Strong experience working with MS Excel Valid driver's license and driving record within MVR policy guidelines Expect to travel up to 40% of the time Additional qualifications that will make you successful in this role: Bachelor's Degree highly desired Direct Store Delivery (DSD) and Beverage category experience preferred Data mining/data analysis experience desired Prior CPG sales leadership experience Passionate, results-oriented, collaborative and self-motivated Strong presentation and facilitation skills and can communication effectively to small and large audiences

• Tampa, FL, USA