Director - Planning, Commercial Operations

Director - Planning, Commercial Operations
Tampa, FL, USA

Job Description
Posted Tuesday, May 26, 2026 at 4:00 AM

Who We Are:

Coca-Cola Beverages Florida, LLC (Coke Florida) is a family-owned independent Coca-Cola bottler that is the third largestprivately-heldand 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.

In 2025, for the 4th year in a row, Coke Florida was named as a 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 10 company paid holidays*

Tuition reimbursement

Employee Assistance Programs (EAP)

Competitive compensation

Coke Florida is looking for a Director, Planning, Commercial Operations to work our of our Tampa HQ location.

What You Will Do
The Director- Planning, Commercial Operations has a leadership role in the integration of strategy and execution for the field operations in an end to end view to enable optimized internal and external customer service. Functions include Supply, Transportation, Sales/Distribution Route Planning, Equipment Planning and Dispatching.

As a key leader on the Planning, Commercial Operations team, the Director will need to embrace the team’s principles of:

Manage integrated business processes ofplanning to effectively deliver desired customer value propositions

Enable execution of segmented customer and consumer service models with effective program design

Allocate resources to optimize Coke Florida’s business outcomes, while managing trade-offs and investment decisions

Create “one” consensus forecast, an agreed upon single source of truth to which all are accountable enabled through cross functional team input, technology and business insights

Planning, Commercial Operations strives to support Coke Florida in making its next best decision with end to end thinking to deliver disciplined and sustained profitable growth

Roles and Responsibilities

Collaborate with all key commercial and operational leaders on the strategic design of Coke Florida’s route to market for the optimal service model

Leader of leader role to translate strategy to executional direction to effective supply chain and commercial operations processes that creates accountability based on Coke Florida strategic priorities and initiatives

Manage business processes and system enablement to allow for effective and efficient demand forecast processes that feed into supply network planning to enable Coke Florida to maximize growth with produced & purchased products

Enables integration points that will allow Coke Florida to support a collaborative operating model at the right cost and service segmentation. Proactively looks for business process improvements that enhances total team performance

Able to take the organizational vision into action that will provide the right work processes and workflows

Lead the team to the right option/decision based on available data and insights that supports total system thinking

Provide short, mid, and long-term view of supply needs with the foresight to manage resource constraint balance with servicing the needs of Coke Florida customers and consumers

Works collaboratively with key business leaders and peer group to deliver the needed business solutions and processes

Innovative thought leadership while working through others to achieve the needed business outcomes

Lead and implement new Transportation initiatives through RFP and other negotiations with transportation/bottling/NAOU partners

Oversee all aspects of Alternative Delivery Modes from orders to end use customers

Other assigned duties supporting Coke Florida business needs

For this role, you will need

Bachelor's degree preferred in Supply Chain Management, Finance, Operations Management, or Engineering disciplines

Entrepreneurial business experience with proven business and people leadership is highly preferred

Ten (10) plus years of operational experience with strong preference with supply chain, field operations with management of multiple functions and teams

People leadership experience required with role and scope progression

Specific experience in SAP APO or Blue Yonder highly preferred

Strong adoption of the Coke Florida norms of positivity, respect, commitment, responsibility, teamwork, safety, results & integrity

Must have strong end to end business understanding and capabilities

Must be a problem solver & solutions oriented

Strong self-motivation to improve capabilities of self and others through various means of learning methods

Strong communicator verbally & written. Must be able to present well in front of groups

Highly business process oriented

Must be strong in entrepreneurial business acumen

Must be courageous in thinking with the ability to weigh the available options considering the risk and rewards of the options

A team builder who leverages team and teammates strengths

Proven cross functional team collaboration at all levels of business

Demonstrate the ability to use various tool sets available to resolve complex business situations. I.e. SAP, Blue Yonder, Microsoft Office Suite, Tableau, Access, SQL, Power BI, Margin Minder, etc. (Strong Excel skills needed)

Willingness to work outside normal business hours as needs arise

Must be willing to travel up to 30% of the time

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.

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