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**ROLE LOCATION:** Atlanta, GA (hybrid - in office 3 days/week)

**Estimated Travel:** 50%

The Coca-Cola Company's world-class marketing organization has an exciting position available within the Global Nutrition Category! In this role, you'll be a part of Networked Marketing Community committed to sustainably crafting the brands and choice of drinks that people love, to refresh them in body and spirit. Together, we shall make a difference in people's lives, communities, and our planet!

THE GLOBAL CATEGORY TEAM SCOPE

+ Create vision and strategic direction for the nutrition category

+ Drive innovation by stewarding the brand portfolio and innovation pipeline

+ Scale regional and local brands within our Growth Portfolio and reapply like never before

+ In partnership with Operating Units, optimize DME resource allocation, marketing effectiveness and efficiency

+ Orchestrate engaging campaigns / initiatives for global brands to grow revenues and weekly+ drinkers

+ Co-create with global marketing leadership the future of marketing in The Coca-Cola Company

+ Accountable for overall engagement and inspiration of the global marketing community

JOINING THE TEAM - WHAT'S IN IT FOR YOU?

+ Being at the forefront of re-imagining the next-stage of category growth for the company

+ Continuous learning to support upskilling

+ Cross cultural/operating unit experience

+ Owning the narrative - global category / global brands

Focus, Scope, & Impact:

+ Nutrition Innovation Resource will:

+ Recommend and oversee the development of the innovation pipeline for the Nutrition Category (including Juice, Dairy, Plant, and Protein beverages) based on clear consumer insights and strategically aligned category opportunities

+ Collaborate with the network to support the development of the Global Category Strategy and specifically define innovation strategy to support long term Global Category Strategy.

+ Work with Global Category Strategy and Creative resources to define brand vision and develop brand growth strategy, shaped by innovation pipeline.

+ Oversee regional brand innovation pipeline developed by OUs utilizing gate process to ensure efficiency, effectiveness, and scale

+ Collaborate with Marketing Performance on developing the right innovation-related metrics and research protocols

+ Collaborate with Human Insights and R&D to identify innovation trends and opportunities

+ Collaborate with innovation global and OU network to work effectively as a community

+ Global Category teams comprise of teams of 7-9 reporting into category president, of which Innovation Director will be one

KEY SUCCESS PARAMETERS

Experience

+ 5+ years of experience in roles related to innovation, brand management, and brand strategy and growth

+ Direct experience with new product development and innovation pipeline management across several brands and geographies

+ Experience collaborating with cross-regional and cross-functional teams

+ TCCC experience preferred

Work Focus

+ Ability to collaborate across the network to understand market trends, consumer opportunities, competitive landscape, and system capabilities

+ Deep consumer understanding to unlock insights on motivations, behaviors, and attitudes

+ Lead the development and obtain approval for the global category innovation pipeline

+ Ability to manage innovation pipelines at the global and OU level including the coordination of the global gate 1 process for scaled and new initiatives

+ Ability to oversee and lead efforts on innovation development, alignment, execution, and activation

+ Ability to work in Agile project-based teams and drive process improvements and speed to shelf

+ Ability to manage project budgets to ensure effective and efficient use of funds and assets

+ Knowledge of:

+ Innovation processes

+ Consumer insights/ future-back trends

+ Innovation tracking and implementation

+ Business / commercial acumen

Communication Focus

+ Role will require frequent communication with Global Category President and their direct reports as well as other Global Innovation resources, OU Innovation resources, and other Global and OU Marketing sub-functions

+ Must be comfortable driving and communicating innovation and future focused approaches to brand/category development and building buy-in across key internal stakeholders processes

+ May be required to communicate innovation pipeline or individual initiatives to Bottlers and Customers

Skills:

Category Strategy; Innovation; Brand Strategy; Future Trends; Influencing; Brand Growth; Global Category Management

Pay Range:$189,000 - $217,000

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.

Annual Incentive Reference Value Percentage:30

Annual Incentive reference value is a market-based competitive value for your role. It falls in the middle of the range for your role, indicating performance at target.

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.