Director, Franchise Operations - AH

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** Job Description

Summary:

**** Director, Franchise Operations
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* Location:

** Tampa or Orlando FL;

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* Reports To:

** Vice President, Franchise Leadership    The
** Director, Franchise Operations
** serves as the senior franchise leader for Coca‐Cola Florida’s Advanced Hydration portfolio with full accountability for driving system alignment, execution excellence, and growth across Coca-Cola Florida’s territory. This role is highly strategic and executionally focused, operating at the intersection of brand leadership, bottler partnership, commercial execution, and enterprise influence to unlock accelerated growth across the Advanced Hydration portfolio.  The role balances hands‐on operational leadership with long‐term strategic vision, translating enterprise priorities into flawless marketplace execution across the Advanced Hydration portfolio.

** What You’ll Do for Us*
* ** Franchise & Bottler Leadership
*** Serve as the franchise leader for the Coke Florida, aligning Coca‐Cola, bottlers, and customers around shared growth priorities
* Energize and enable bottling partners through clear direction, strong governance, and disciplined execution
* Build trusted, high‐impact relationships across the Regions and Sales Center levels
* Act as a strategic advisor to bottler leadership, supporting volume, revenue, profitability, and executional excellence
** Market Execution & Operations
*** Own end‐to‐end market execution across channels, ensuring national strategies are translated into local success
* Drive excellence across sales, merchandising, innovation launches, customer activation, and operational readiness
* Monitor and manage volume, revenue, gross profit, transaction incidence, and share performance
* Identify execution gaps, root causes, and corrective actions to improve marketplace results
* Ensure alignment across marketing, shopper, supply chain, finance, and operations teams
** Strategic Planning & Growth Agenda*
* * Lead development and activation of the Coke Florida business plan, aligned with NAOU, Coke Florida, and The Coca Cola Company priorities
* Translate national and regional strategies into market‐specific plans that deliver sustainable growth
* Champion portfolio transformation
* Identify white‐space opportunities and pilot initiatives that can scale across the system
** Brand, Marketing & Customer Leadership
*** Serve as the market steward for Coca‐Cola’s brands, ensuring flawless brand execution and relevance
* Partner with marketing and PACS (Public Affairs, Communications and Sustainability) to activate brand strategies, innovation, and campaigns in market
* Lead customer‐centric strategies that strengthen relationships with key on‐premise and off‐premise customers
* Ensure Coke Florida consistently reflects Coca‐Cola’s highest standards of brand presence and execution
** People & Organizational Leadership
*** Be a Role Model for our high‐performing team, fostering accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement
* Build strong cross‐functional partnerships across Coca‐Cola system stakeholders
* Share best practices, elevate talent, and contribute to enterprise capability building
* Create a culture of results, curiosity, learning, inclusion, and ownership
** Requirements & Qualifications*
* * Bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing, Management, or related field
* Minimum 7+ years of experience in Consumer Packaged Goods, franchise leadership, sales, operations, or general management
* Demonstrated success leading complex, multi‐stakeholder organizations
* Proven experience driving P&L performance, executional excellence, and growth
* Strong executive presence with the ability to influence at senior…