Strategy Planning Manager

THE COMPANY

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP) are proud to have been recognised as one of Australia’s Best Places to Work for 2023 as published by the Australian Financial Review and Boss Magazine. Come and join our award-winning team and put some excitement back in your career! 

Our well-known portfolio in Australia includes the Coca-Cola family of products, as well as loved brands like Sprite, Fanta, Mount Franklin, Powerade, Jim Beam, Canadian Club and Grinders Coffee. 

THE ROLE

We currently have an exciting opportunity available for a Strategy Planning Manager, reporting to the Head of Commercial Strategy and sitting in the Commercial Strategy team. This role is based in our Head Office in North Sydney. We are looking for a seasoned professional within the strategy/planning space, who has extensive experience in a similar role. 

As a Strategy Planning Manager, you will be responsible for leading the Annual Business Plan as well as the 5 year Long Range Plan to achieve revenue, profit, and market share objectives. This senior position will be accountable for the management of commercial growth and offering first-class stakeholder experience.  

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Facilitate and manage the annual and long-range planning process to help achieve financial targets, resource allocation and business outcomes.
• Instil a high level of confidence & understanding of CCEP’s strategic initiatives and implementation plans.
• Deliver a seamless and timely annual and long-range planning process that drives strong ALT engagement and alignment across Commercial, Sales, Operations and Finance divisions and across the overall organisation. This role will require collaboration, stakeholder management and influencing across senior leaders.
• Lead the planning and collation of multiple sources of data (e.g., macro-outlook, 5-year P&Ls, industry projections, competitor insights, consumption trends, global best practice, etc.) and synthesizing strategic opportunities and risks into a succinct pack with aligned actionable outcomes.
• Partner with Finance GMs during the budgeting, forecast and commercialisation process.
• Lead the facilitation of CCEP Strategy Day and Australia LRP Kick Off in conjunction with ALT and Finance to articulate clear strategies and project initiatives to meet our commercial execution, resource investment and growth ambitions.
• Define and implement a new Commercial Operating Model to simplify the decision-making process, improve ways of working, execute with excellence, and accelerate speed to market of new initiatives.
• Lead the development of the CCEP Strategic Plan on a page, LRP sprint cycle, API Capital Markets Event, Board Papers, and any ad-hoc tasks required by the ALT and Head of Commercial Strategy.
• Incubate and operationalise strategic programs of work as required, until they are ready to be handed over to operational teams as BAU, including management of external partnerships.
• Manage the framework for the tracking & delivery of strategic priorities.
• Mentor and coach junior team members including Project and Strategy Consultants. 
• Partner with the Head of Commercial Strategy to drive team engagement, training, and development.

ABOUT YOU

• Minimum of 5-10 years’ experience in strategy or planning equivalent role, ideally with at least 3 years in a Top Tier FMCG, Consultancy, Investment Bank, Big 4 Accounting Firm or Corporate Strategy Team.
• Possess a strategic, visionary mindset with strong leadership and influencing skills. 
• Proven experience in building strong relationships, collaborating with senior stakeholders to develop and implement strategic priorities and influence change across the organisation at all levels.
• Broad business acumen, ranging from sales through to finance and supply chain, with an informed view on business opportunities and what challenges we can address to make a significant step change in performance.
• Outstanding relationship management and influencing capability, anticipates challenges in advance and manages conflict; identifies and leverages sources of influence to drive mutually beneficial outcomes; constructively provokes ALT thinking to drive improvement and growth.
• Demonstrated resourcefulness and pro-activeness. A self-starter that can hit the ground running with robust time management and organizational skills. Possesses the ability to multitask under pressure and deadlines.
• Exhibits learning agility, communication, empathy, and persistence. Enjoys dealing with ambiguity and problem solving. 
• Previous exposure to People Leadership or FMCG Industry would be highly regarded.
• Bachelor's degree Qualification in Commerce/Business, Finance, Economics (MBA or CPA/CA/CFA preferred).
• Proficient Microsoft Office skills, including Project, PowerPoint, Excel and Word.

OUR CULTURE:

We are a workforce as diverse as our products – with a culture that fosters belonging and inclusivity. One that enables everyone to be themselves, whatever their background or experience. From gender, age and ethnicity to sexual orientation and different abilities, we welcome people from all walks of life and empower unique perspectives. We recognize we’ve got some way to go, but we’ll get there with the support of our people. It’s them who drive our future growth.

WHATS IN IT FOR YOU?

• Free monthly product allowances and discounted product purchasing to share with family and friends (including Coca-Cola, Mount Franklin, Monster, Rekorderlig Cider and more!).
• Access to additional benefits including Fitness Passport & discounts with our many diverse customers including Apple, JB-HIFI, Telstra & Hertz.
• Free counselling for you and your family via our EAP helpline as part of our commitment to well-being.
• Award-winning training and development that will set you up for future success - who knows where your CCEP career path will lead you?
• Access to our career and self-development program, “DevelopingMe@CCEP” from day one.

Applications close Monday 22nd of January 2024!

It’s important to us that you have the best recruitment experience possible, therefore, please let us know what support we can put in place for you in terms of any accessibility adjustments throughout the recruitment process.

At Coca-Cola Europacific Partners, we are always refreshing the way we work and becoming a more inclusive, diverse and equitable company. If you think this could be the role for you but you aren’t sure if you meet all of the criteria, we’d encourage you to apply so that we can explore this or other opportunities with you.