Location(s):

China

City/Cities:

Shanghai

Travel Required:

Relocation Provided:

Job Posting End Date:

April 30, 2025

Shift:

Job Description Summary:

Position Overview

The Strategic Growth Director play a critical role in driving business growth of Great China and Mongolia through Long-Range Plan (LRP) and strategic projects in collaboration with Marketing (MKT), Customer & Commercial Leadership (C&CL), Finance, Supply Chain, R&D, HR, PACS, and in partnership with bottling groups.

Key Responsibilities

LRP: Localize the global growth strategy, identify long-term growth opportunities and challenges, orchestrate LRP co-creation process and develop LRP documents with focus on mainland China.ABP: Partner with Finance during annual budgeting exercise, lead ABP co-creation process, ensure quality of the business case and its consistency with LRP.Portfolio Strategy: Drive Still category growth with strategic inputs, leveraging analytic view on macro, consumer, channel, competitor and internal benchmarks.In-house consultant: Bring LRP/ABP paper to life, lead or participate in strategic project, structuring its ways of working, facilitating content building, driving implementation and iteration.Communication: Effectively communicate strategic insights and plans with system stakeholders, using compelling storytelling whitepaper and visual aids (PPT).

Requirements

Experience: Minimum of 8 years’ experience in Strategy, Consulting, Business Planning, Marketing, or Finance roles with proven records in driving growth through strategic planning and implementation. FMCG experience is a must.Skills:Strategic Thinking: Ability to synthesize diverse business insights to develop holistic business approaches.Cross-functional Knowledge: Broad understanding of multiple business functions.Storytelling: Skilled in crafting compelling narratives and strategic papers/designs in PPT or Word format.Resilience and Multi-tasking: Ability to manage multiple tasks with resilience and adapt to changing priorities.Team Collaboration: Proven team player capable of managing stakeholder opinions and driving consensus.Communication Skills: Exceptional written and oral communication skills in both English and Chinese, capable of navigating differing viewpoints and building alignment across opinion leaders..

This role is key to molding the strategic direction and planning process, ensuring that the company is set on a successful path to achieve its long-term growth. The ideal candidate will be a strategic thinker with a holistic view of business and the ability to communicate effectively, to lead change management collaboratively to drive growth initiatives.

Reporting To: Senior Strategic Growth Director

Impact:

Direct involvement in strategic planning and development processes.Regular interaction with functional leaders in Marketing, Finance, C&CL and Bottler business owners.

Skills:

Agile Methodology, Business Processes, Business Transformation, Collaborative Leadership, Communication, Continual Improvement Process, Corporate Storytelling, Customer Experience (CX), Industry Networking, Influencing, Long Term Planning, Microsoft Office, Process Management, Trend Analysis, Waterfall Model

Our Purpose and Growth Culture:

We are taking deliberate action to nurture an inclusive culture that is grounded in our company purpose, to refresh the world and make a difference. We act with a growth mindset, take an expansive approach to what’s possible and believe in continuous learning to improve our business and ourselves. We focus on four key behaviors – curious, empowered, inclusive and agile – and value how we work as much as what we achieve. We believe that our culture is one of the reasons our company continues to thrive after 130+ years. Visit Our Purpose and Vision to learn more about these behaviors and how you can bring them to life in your next role at Coca-Cola.