Plant General Manager, Northampton MA

The Coca-Cola Company (TCCC). Our vision is 'Loved Brands Done Sustainably, for a Better Shared Future.' It's an exciting time to work in The Coca-Cola Company's flagship market. We're accelerating our momentum as the fastest-growing large consumer goods company in North America by putting people at the heart of our business and everything we do!

Our Northampton Plant is slated for closure in approximately 1 Year. We are seeking a leader to oversee and manage various operational aspects such as production, maintenance, warehousing, quality, and continuous improvement through the decommissioning of the Plant. The selected candidate will help to maintain positive employee morale and cultivate an atmosphere of operational excellence, collaborative teamwork, all within a customer-centric framework.

Position Related Activities and Key Role Responsibilities

• Play a key role as a leader of the Local Leadership Team implementing the long-term strategy, vision and mission
• Provide leadership and strategic direction for the Plant, in all areas of Plant Management, Production, Engineering, Supply Chain, QSE, Finance, HR and Operational Excellence. A key part of this will be to increase flexibility (in line with the changing portfolio of TCCC) and productivity for now and for the future.
• Act as the site leader with local legal entity responsibility, including local regulatory, authority relationship and management.
• Be responsible for ensuring that the Plant achieves its annual business plan, implementation of key programs, compliance with all TCCC Standards and local regulations. This will require extensive use of standardized procedures, processes, technologies and equipment and will require close collaboration with other members of the Local Leadership Teams implementing agreed strategies in the Plant.
• Ensure that the Plant is working collaboratively with key stakeholders (including Operating Units, Local Technical Functions and Bottlers) with a very customer-focused mind-set to satisfy our customers with continuous supply at the optimum cost, with the highest levels of quality and service.
• As a member of the General Manager community, ensure alignment and standardization across all sites on a number of strategic matters.
• Lead and manage a team of direct reports while also providing inspirational leadership to a large number of indirect reports to maintain and further enhance employee engagement. Will ensure that the right level of capability is developed and maintained within the Plant for now and for the future. Will also identify, develop and grow the next generation of Local leaders through active performance management, coaching, feedback and the People Development Forum (PDF) process.

• Act as a steward of Customer Relationships, ensuring all related communication avenues and routines are in place.
• Ensure understanding and support of Regions or OU's goals and business objectives.
• Ensure strategies are jointly developed to fulfil current and future business needs and facilitate the implementation of related activities to meet CX and OU's goals.
• Liaise with Supply Chain to lead or participate in S&OP meetings with OU.
• Facilitate Senior Review meetings with key stakeholders.
• Follow-up on specific or special requests from the bottlers or OU's on any aspect.
• Interact with distributors / bottlers in order to ensure their business needs are fulfilled in terms of supply, cost, quality and service, as well as in any other strategic requirement for the Company.
• Ensure key timely information is provided to the Region and OU's to support their decision-making process

• Track record of executing business results including people and change management in a supply chain environment.
• Previous experience in multiple functions (including operations).
• Business acumen and P&L management experience.
• Strong interpersonal skills and experience managing relationships with diverse stakeholders.
• Strategy development.
• Executing in a complex portfolio / matrixed business.

• Operating Unit and/or Bottler experience within The Coca-Cola Company or equivalent organization.
• Technical qualifications in Engineering, Supply Chain or Quality.

• University Degree Required.
• Minimum 3 years' Plant Manager experience.
• Minimum 10 years' related experience.
• Direct Technical and Operational Leadership roles in Manufacturing Operations in a Food, Pharmaceutical, Chemical or similar applicable industry experience.