The Coca-Cola Company currently recruits for the poition of a suitable and qualified Strategic Manager. We are an American multinational beverage corporation and manufacturer, retailer and marketer of nonalcoholic beverage concentrates and syrups, which is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.
Coca-Cola Nigeria is recruiting to fill the below job position;
Job Title: Strategy Manager
Job ID: 28761
Location: Lagos
Job Summary
- Strategy: Determine where we want to be in the future and how we will get there – includes industry forecasting, identification of growth options, defining decision-making criteria, opportunity prioritization, and communicating strategy to stakeholders
- Macroeconomic & Competitive Intelligence: Become the centre of excellence within the CEWA organization for the development and communication of compelling insights & implications of macroeconomic trends and competitive activity
- Special Strategic Projects: Support business and organizational decision-making activities by providing problem solving expertise, methodologies and analytics for the CEWA Leadership Team
- Conduct, organize and execute necessary research to collect relevant information that supports key decision making
- Support the BUP Office in communicating strategy to key stakeholders as required
- Lead, motivate and develop capabilities of the Strategy Team (where applicable).
Key Duties/Responsibilities
- Lead research and develop insights, both quantitative and qualitative, analyse data to develop an understanding of the business environment.
- Evaluate and define competitive landscape for new and existing competitors.
- Package the insights in charts / reports / presentations and other outputs to communicate findings to key stakeholders.
- Identify key business opportunities within the BU, articulate the business case and develop relevant solutions to solve complex problems across the BU.
- Assist BUPO in preparation of key stakeholder meetings by providing relevant information and preparing presentations as required e.g. Bottler Conference, Annual Kick Offs, Senior Group/ Corporate official visits.
- Build value based and strategic "win-win" relationships with key stakeholders at all levels.
- Lead capability building initiatives within KO targeted at analysts, country teams on strategic thinking.
- Coach and develop direct report (s) to maximize full and current potential.
Communication Complexities:
Extensive High Level Strategic / Operational Interaction with:
- Franchise /Function Heads- CEWABU Leadership Team
- Strategy & Business Planning Team
- Franchise/In-Country Teams
- Knowledge and Insights
- BUPO
- Strategy Teams at Group and Corporate level
- Bottler Leadership Teams
Nature and Purpose of the Interaction:
- Develop deep understanding of strategy issues across the BU
- Gather information and insights
- Problem solving
- Coach Country Teams in helping them build their strategic thinking
- Influence organization towards improved strategy thinking
Analysis:
- Bottlers issues: full spectrum - some big sophisticated Bottler to small – individually owned
- Marketing including pricing and packaging growth / expansion to new ventures
- Innovation
- Supply chain redesign
- Value Chain Analyses
- Research Application: Ability to leverage research results into actionable business needs
Judgment and Decision Making:
- High impact job whose output influences major strategic decisions and direction potentially accelerating growth of business
Innovation:
- Same as above.
Qualifications / Competencies / Skills
Technical Skills:
- Strong data gathering skills - internally and externally with ability to probe all relevant resources to maximize results
- Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills
- Ability to perform complex analysis (excel modelling skills) and clearly and concisely communicate results to a broad audience
- Ability to work and influence cross functionally with multiple stakeholders at different levels
- Ability to collaborate with key stakeholders to proactively assess opportunities for further growth
- In depth understanding of consumers and trade research design
- Ability to work in a fluid organization setting where the focus is the initiative (work); ability to quickly establish oneself in a new project team; ability to move from one team to another quickly and work in multiple teams at the same time.
- Project Management Skills.
- Advanced MS Office (Excel, Powerpoint).
Generic Competencies: Leader of Others
- Drives Innovative Business Improvements
- Balances immediate and long term priorities
- Delivers results
- Imports and exports good ideas
- Develops and Inspires others
- Lives the values
Required Experience
- 7-9 years of relevant experience with strong focus on qualitative and quantitative analysis. Variety of experiences is more critical than number of years.
- Consulting experience preferably from top tier consulting firms.
- Fluent in English. French or Portuguese an added advantage.
- Solid communication skills.
Educational Requirements
- University/Bachelor's degree.
- Postgraduate/Master's degree.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree required - strong emphasis on quantitative analysis, economics and business courses. MBA is strongly preferred.
Cultural Diversity:
- Ability to work in a variety of different cultures as the job will span several different countries on the African continent.
- Ability to deal with several layers inside the organization at the same time.
- Fluent in English. French /Portuguese an added advantage
Travel Requirements:
- Approximately 15% and often requiring overnight stays.
Application Closing Date
3rd June, 2014.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
