CPS Technical Capabilities Senior Manager

Location(s):

Ireland

City/Cities:

Ballina

Travel Required:

00% - 25%

Relocation Provided:

Job Posting End Date:

May 9, 2025

Shift:

Job Description Summary:

CPS (Commercial Products Supply) is a key part of the Technical, Innovation, & Supply Chain function of The Coca-Cola Company. CPS manufactures concentrates and beverage bases for sale to bottling partners all over the world. This global organization manages a network of nineteen manufacturing plants in eighteen different countries.

As the CPS Technical Capabilities Senior Manager , you will be a part of designing, delivering, and measuring the capabilities strategy for Engineering, Maintenance and QSE (Quality, Safety, Environment) associates in some of the most technologically advanced concentrate plants in the world as a part of the industry 4.0 journey at The Coca-Cola Company. The CPS Technical Capabilities Senior Manager will require a visionary mindset, practical and technical experience to understand and build programs to CPS business needs. Strong candidates will have change management and culture awareness for long-term success, high EQ to operate from a human-centered perspective with skilled cross-functional stakeholder management.

What You will Do for Us

Program development and design

• Develop comprehensive Engineering & QSE capabilities programs to skill and upskill technical associates and deliver value for CPS. Special emphasis on integrating Total Productive Maintenance (TPM), Project Management, EHS and EMS learning journeys and integrating QSE fundamentals in Quality, Sustainability and Health & Safety along with best practices into frontline production (e.g., hygienic design, validation, HACCP, process control).

• Work closely with the global CPS Capabilities Senior Director and Center of Excellence to scale technical capability-building best practices and strategy and ensure alignment with global standards.

• Liaise on the integration of Engineering and QSE onboarding programs to consistently embed capabilities as part of employee experience.

• Bring short and long term strategic experience to meet current requirements for Engineering & QSE capabilities and develop the roadmap for future capabilities, e.g., Future of Work implementation.

• Translate business and functional needs effectively to build skilling programs that leverage on-the-job learning opportunities, peer/cohort learning, and digital and data platforms, e.g., e-learnings.

Collaboration with internal and external partners

• Collaborate closely with internal and external subject matter experts on the ideation, creation, development, and implementation of capability programs.

• Build key partnerships with People & Culture (HR) manager and CPS site managers to scale Engineering and QSE initiatives globally.

• Benchmark externally on the best practices to identify core strategies for up-skilling Engineering & QSE talent.

Stakeholder management and influence

• Cross-functional stakeholder management including but not limited to, enterprise capability leaders, Engineering & QSE leadership, site GMs, and enabling functions like People & Culture for a comprehensive approach to capability building.

• Create and optimize an Engineering & QSE capabilities delivery budget in alignment with CPS Capabilities Senior Director, Engineering and QSE leadership, and other relevant stakeholders.

• Identify and drive the culture, mindsets, and communications required for successful adoption of new ways of working.

Drive impact

• Lead in Engineering & QSE capabilities program assessment including tracking attendance/completions, identifying key effectiveness metrics, identifying gaps, and building programs to close them.

• Analyze data from quality, safety, environmental and engineering/maintenance metrics to inform performance levels and program needs.

• Provide feedback to continuously improve Engineering & QSE capabilities and CPS capability Center of Excellence.

• Design and deliver engaging learning experiences that contribute to the distinctive employee value proposition of The Coca-Cola Company

• Demonstrate and promote the values of The Coca-Cola Company

Qualifications & Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree or other related technical degree in Engineering or QSE or equivalent experience,

• Manufacturing experience including knowledge of food/beverage processing and TPM.

• 6+ years of professional experience, preferably in a global matrixed organization

• Minimum 4 years’ experience in training/learning and development with preference for Engineering and/or QSE capabilities programming

• Preferably demonstrated experience in competency modelling, skill assessment, instructional design and learning development programs both at individual contributor and management levels.

• Awareness and advocate of Industry 4.0 opportunities and experience implementing use cases in a digital environment.

• Ability to navigate ambiguity with a growth mindset with a focus of translating strategy to implementation.

• Detail-oriented, analytical, and creative thinker with passion to improve and digitize work processes.

• Excellent project management, planning and organization skills and ability to deliver to specified deadlines.

• Ability to thrive in diverse cultural environment.

• Skilled in managing by influence and experience communicating with senior stakeholders and business and functional leaders.

• Demonstrated ability to get results in a matrixed organization.

• Seeks and scales internal and external trends and best practices.

• Drives change in a fast-paced environment.

• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite and familiar with LIMS, SAP based maintenance and quality management and other technologies

• Ability to travel as needed to CPS locations, 15-20%

What We Can Do for You

• Iconic & Innovative Brands: Our portfolio has some of the most recognized brands in the world and represents over 250 products, including Coca-Cola, Sprite, Fanta, Powerade, Fuze Tea and more!

• Purpose Driven: Purpose-driven team and approach that believes in providing our employees with the tools and resources to be successful.

• Outsized Impact and Influence: We are a global organization that is on the forefront of developments in our industry and beyond. You will be able to help shape impactful solutions for CPS and which also that scale through The Coca-Cola Company

• Community of belonging: We believe in our ability to continuously grow and build the right atmosphere where people feel inspired, empowered, and engaged to bring their best to work.

Key Skills: Engineering Quality, Food Safety, Food/Beverage manufacturing, processes, TPM, Digital capabilities, Talent development and planning, Training program development, Change Management and Culture, Project Management, Problem Solving, Data and analytics, Communication and influence, Stakeholder management.

Reporting: Senior Director Capabilities, CPS

Location: Global, CPS lighthouse locations – Singapore - Liberia, Costa Rica, Ballina/Dublin Ireland - Atlanta, GA

Skills:

Engineering Disciplines, Engineering Program Management, Food Safety and Sanitation, Influencing, Manufacturing Production, Quality Assurance Engineering

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.