Senior Manager, Integrated Ops - North Gujarat

Location - Ahmedabad

Job Description

Role Summary

This role leads the management of INSWA OU's independent franchise bottler across its entire geography, representing a system volume of 45MM UC+. The geography comes with unique market characteristics and transitional challenges, requiring the incumbent to craft a long-term strategic vision while simultaneously driving tactical execution. Success will come from building a networked organization, collaborating across bottler teams, BU functional leaders, and system resources.

The role carries end-to-end P&L responsibility for the assigned geography and demands the ability to influence senior stakeholders-Bottler Owners, Next Gen leaders, senior management, and cross-functional partners-while ensuring sustainable growth for both the system and the OU.

Key Responsibilities

1. Business & Financial Leadership

• Own full P&L accountability for the geography, driving volume, market share, and profitability objectives.

• Lead the development of the Annual Business Plan (BP) in line with BU vision; ensure disciplined execution and continuous course-correction.

• Manage bottler brand mix, optimize pricing/pack/channel strategies (RGM), and maximize revenue opportunities.

• Set up, track, and manage bottler budgets (DME/DFR), ensuring timely claims processing and transparent governance.

• Execute the Franchise and Front-Line Marketing (F&FLM) agenda in their territory in partnership with Regional FLM team, Commercial teams, supporting the translation of brand and portfolio strategies into effective in-market execution.

• Work closely with Commercial Strategy and Bottler Sales teams to support delivery of share, volume, revenue, and profit targets through disciplined marketplace execution and regular performance tracking.

• Support DFR management and BPPC execution by tracking investments, monitoring execution effectiveness, and flagging gaps or risks to relevant stakeholders for timely course correction.

• Ensure consistent Front Line Marketing execution across channels and routes-to-market by monitoring execution KPIs, reviewing market performance, and supporting corrective actions with regional and bottler teams.

• Lead end-to-end local execution of brand and category strategies, ensuring strong alignment with OU priorities, IMX campaigns, and innovation pipelines, while driving high-quality brand activation, POS excellence, experiential marketing, events, promotions, and selective local media execution in close partnership with bottlers and agencies.

• Drive end-to-end execution of label coordination, new launches, and innovation initiatives, ensuring adherence to timelines, execution standards, and quality benchmarks across assigned markets.

• Deliver annual customer & commercial business plans, including local Key Accounts.

• Recommend and deploy long-term brand/price/pack/channel strategies to build system competitiveness.

• Ensure distribution capability, outlet execution, and expansion meet benchmarks aligned with BP/ABP.

• Anticipate and address production capacity needs to meet 3-year BP objectives by pack size.

• Strengthen bottler functional excellence across Market Execution, Marketing, Supply Chain, and HR.

• Drive capability scorecards (RED, Deep RED, etc.), ensuring accountability and performance improvement.

• Build alignment and ensure rapid execution through disciplined decision-making processes.

• Track and analyze key KPIs (volumes, distribution, share, brand health scores), implementing corrective actions where required.

• Monitor market dynamics, competition, and consumer insights to identify opportunities and threats.

• Share actionable intelligence with bottlers, agencies, and internal teams to shape cohesive strategies.

• Strategic Negotiation & Stakeholder Alignment: Balance short-term outcomes with long-term relationships.

• Communicate with Impact: Deliver compelling narratives that align diverse stakeholders.

• Business Integration Acumen: Connect cross-functional efforts to system-wide success.

• Value Chain Economics: Deep understanding of bottler P&Ls and system value sharing.

• Revenue Growth Management: Maximize sustainable revenue via pricing, pack, and channel levers.

• Business Planning Excellence: Translate macro strategies into actionable, market-specific plans.

• Market Dynamics & Consumer Insight: Anticipate shifts to unlock opportunities.

• Execution Excellence: Ensure disciplined execution through bottler and system partners.

• Channel Management Expertise: Innovate and optimize routes-to-market for penetration and profitability.

• Consistently delivering growth against BP objectives in volume, share, and profitability.

• Building high-performing bottler functions that can scale sustainably.

• Navigating ambiguity with structured outcomes in a complex, multi-stakeholder ecosystem.

• Acting as a growth partner to bottlers, fostering long-term collaboration and trust.

• MBA from a reputed institute.

• 8-12 years of progressive experience in FMCG/Beverages, with proven success in managing regional sales operations.

• Strong track record of influencing senior stakeholders and driving results in cross-functional environments