General Manager, Lower Mainland

Facility Location- Coquitlam

Work Location –

Posting Locations – Coquitlam

Department – Lower Mainland

Job Function – Sales and Marketing

Employee Type – Regular Employee FT Salaried

Shift/Hours –

About Us

Proudly Canadian and Independently Owned, we are Coke Canada Bottling!

Coke Canada Bottling is Canada’s premier bottling company. We are an independently owned business encompassing over 5,800 associates, more than 50 sales and distribution centres, and five production facilities nationwide.

We have a 120-year heritage of manufacturing, marketing, selling, and distributing the major branded ready-to-drink products Canadians love.

We pride ourselves on building diverse and sustainable relationships with our customers, consumers, stakeholders, and communities through our shared values: lead with an entrepreneurial mindset, collaboration, integrity, accountability, quality and safety.

Our brands include: Coca-Cola®, Diet Coke®, Coca-Cola® Zero Sugar, Sprite®, Fanta®, Barq’s®, NESTEA®, POWERADE®, Minute Maid®, DASANI® and vitaminwater®; and our partner brands: Canada Dry®, Monster Energy®, and A&W®.

About This Opportunity

Reporting to the Vice President, West Operating Unit, The General Manager role is based out of the Lower Mainland region with facilities in Richmond & Coquitlam, BC respectively and supports delivering on growth plans, operational strategies and total P&L management. Full accountability for field sales, distribution, warehousing, merchandising, equipment service, regulatory compliance, H&S, people & performance management, employee relations, product quality assurance, customer service and account management – locally, regionally and cross functional support on national accounts.

Responsibilities

• Manage a team of 7 direct reports who manage a total team of 320 – hiring, development, succession planning, engagement, performance management and terminations
• Foster a high performing, diverse and inclusive culture that delivers results through a growth & entrepreneurial mindset
• Build a strong, diverse & inclusive safety culture with adherence to all H&S standards and processes
• Responsible for Revenue, Gross profit, OPEX, EBITA
• Develop high performing teams, supporting development programs, workforce planning & succession plans connecting talent across all levels of the organization
• Develop and manage strong union relationship with consistency in LR practices to build a high performing, diverse and inclusive team
• Lead communication within Market Unit for key messaging and change management plans
• Establish diversity focused talent recruitment strategies & programs in partnership with Talent Acquisition team through partnerships with schools & not for profit organizations
• Clearly executes POV on marketplace opportunities, barriers, and threats, leveraging cross-category insights to drive growth and defend the leading market share of the territory
• Leverages robust market and competitive intelligence to build and deliver on organizational strategies and plans
• Empowers functional leaders to import, deploy, and drive execution of critical tools, processes, and best practices that produce strong positive results in the market
• Oversees and ensures implementation of consistent processes that enable organization effectiveness/efficiency and drives productivity
• Responsibility for managing Sales, Warehouse & Distribution delivering results through full responsibility of the P&L for the territory (liaise with channel teams)
• Responsible for facility compliance standards of the territory
• Participate in capital investment proposal for the territory
• Builds strong relationships with key customers that result in win-win solutions
• Support & communicate the company’s commitment to active & healthy lifestyles, focus on sustainability platforms and embedding Coca-Cola in the community that we operate within

Qualifications

• Post-secondary education completed preferred in business related field
• Minimum 5-7 years progressive Sales experience with previous operations management experience required
• Experience managing multi-layered teams and multi-faceted business in unionized environment preferred
• Strong business acumen & financial management experience – with a full understanding of P&L, budgets and operating costs
• Demonstrated experience managing high performing teams, inclusive work environment and support workforce diversity
• Proven Results driven through customer focus growing both customer and company revenue and profitability
• Strong communication skills
• Comfort and ability to thrive in a high-change, fasted paced environment
• Proven collaboration skills with the ability to gain consensus through personal influence
• Accomplished team-builder, skilled at inspiring, motivating and developing people
• Ability to travel 25%

Important

All offers of employment at Coca-Cola Canada Bottling Limited (“Coke Canada Bottling”) are conditional upon a successful background clearance obtained through our contracted third-party vendor. The standard clearance requirements depend on the position and may include some or all of the following: criminal clearance, employment verification, education verification and drivers abstract review. Please advise the Talent Acquisition team if you have any questions or concerns in regards to this once you are contacted for further consideration.

Coke Canada Bottling is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workforce with several programs, policies and resources in place to support our people. For individuals requiring accommodations or support throughout the recruitment process please contact our Talent Acquisition Services team by calling 1-844-383-2653 or email [email protected].

For more information about Coke Canada Bottling, please visit cokecanada.com