Director, Dispensed Innovation

Overview

Location(s): United States of America

City/Cities: Atlanta

Travel Required: 26% - 50%

Relocation Provided: No

Job Posting End Date: January 30, 2026

Job Description

Summary:

The Director, Dispensed Innovation will play a critical role leading the NAOU FSOP Innovation pipeline. This role will be responsible for working across category/brand teams on targeted Innovation opportunities for the FSOP organization and customer teams on specific, high impact consumer opportunities. This role will be the conduit between FSOP, commercial, customer and category to prioritize product and package innovation.

• FSOP Innovation – Represent FSOP voice of customer and proper translation of brand innovation strategies across food service/on premise channels.
• Use data and insights to identify trends to support innovation strategy.
• Partner with the category teams and key cross-functional stakeholders on product/package innovation (scalable & customer specific).
• Serve as the innovation SME with the customer teams including code 10/5s.

• Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Business, or another related field.
• 5+ years of experience, preferably in the consumer goods/beverages industry.
• Leadership and experience working in Food service/On Premise channels.
• Experience in brand and category management.
• Demonstrates strong business acumen through the ability to create a 1-3-year business plan for brand/category and a path to achieve that vision, anticipating future trends and needs in the marketplace and business; demonstrates innovation/creativity.
• Demonstrate the ability to effectively communicate and build relationships at all organizational levels; communicates long-term vision and shorter-term opportunities through clear & simple messages.
• Project leadership/management – specifically, managing virtual teams and influencing multiple stakeholders with different priorities.
• Strong track record of leadership across cross-functional teams.

• Unique Culture – a great place to work where people are inspired to be the best they can be
• Challenging Work – our unique global system offers constant opportunities to develop world-class skills and a truly international career
• Work Life Balance – our Company works diligently to help ensure this is a reality for our associates

The Coca-Cola Company will not offer sponsorship for employment status (including, but not limited to, H1-B visa status and other employment-based nonimmigrant visas) for this position. Accordingly, all applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis and must not require The Coca-Cola Company's sponsorship to continue to work legally in the United States.

Alteryx, Branding, Channels Strategy, Conversion Rate, Customer Data, Customer Engagement, Customer Insights, Demand Generation, Digital Advertising, Google Analytics, Key Performance Indicators (KPI), Leadership, Marketing Campaigns, Marketing Insights, Marketing Strategies, Market Segmentation, Media Buying, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Power BI, Product Commercialization, Sales Channel Development, Social Media, Strategy Development, Structured Query Language (SQL), Tableau (Software)

$169,000 - $200,000

Base pay offered may vary depending on geography, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. A full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the position, is offered.

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Annual Incentive reference value is a market-based competitive value for your role. It falls in the middle of the range for your role, indicating performance at target.

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.

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