Senior Manager Finance Operations Alcohol Beverage

For 135+ years The Coca-Cola Company has grown to become the most recognizable brand in the world. In 2020 we launched the Flavored Alcohol Beverage brand Topo Chico Hard Seltzer in Latin America. Due to the category growth, we are expanding our product innovation and looking for pioneers that know how to expand their thinking and bring new ideas to life.
In this role you will be responsible for creating and executing a strong finance strategy within the Zone/Franchise to drive growth and profitability. This is an exciting opportunity for a _Senior Manager Finance Operations for Alcohol Beverage in South Cone_ to act as an intrapreneur to build and lead a "start-up" in Latin America with the resources and backing of The Coca-Cola Company.
This is an Individual Contributor role and could be based in Argentina, Brazil and Chile.
**What You'll Do For Us**
- Manage Flavored Alcohol Beverages Category _**_(FAB)_**_, co-owned brands & distribution agreements: budget, price and performance management (PPM)._
- Support end-to-end FAB business planning:_
- Co-packer verticalization assessment
- Bottler Investment sharing negotiation
- Partner with FAB Finance Operations Lead to support Franchise team and bottlers activities with financial expertise at the Franchise Unit level, to drive alignment across multiple stakeholders, and to develop the key insights needed to inform strategic priorities, including:_
- Manage franchise (bottlers) and customer relationships at the local level
- Support insights and brainstorm with bottlers on local business issues
- Rebate and deduction negotiations with external parties
- Prepare & support internal stakeholders on on-going negotiations
- Quantitative and qualitative local Bottler/Customer info
- Assess Financial implications and models on new ARTM and optimization of current value chain (use of third party, plant closure, among other)
- DME breakdown
- Manage all Business Models and Margins within the Franchise, including:_
- Execution of business models optimization and system top line growth
- Assessment and segmentation by Franchise Unit (Fixed vs hybrid vs incidence)
- Incidence Pricing 2.0 negotiations at Franchise level
- Develop, implement Margin optimization strategy across the entire value chain
- Bring margins discipline to operational business decisions
- Track margins objectives at Franchise level
- Leverage the network and execute locally Global margin strategy
- Manage Revenue growth Management:_
- Lead the financial implementation of new business models
- Main point of contact for legal/Tax/Treasury at Franchise Legal Entity level
- Support Financially all RGM initiatives deployment at Franchise level
- Determine pricing strategy and objectives
- Provide Financial input into new product / service development process
- Analyze and Support Working Capital and Cash Management:
- Support Working Capital Optimization initiatives at Legal Entity / Franchise level
- Cash management optimization Analyses
- Support Optimization actions
- Interact with local stakeholders (I.e.: Franchise general Managers)
**Qualifications and Requirements**
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Business, or related. An MBA or related master's degree preferred.
- +7 years of leadership experience in senior financial planning or senior commercial finance roles
- Leadership and management experience.
- Previous Spirits / Beer Industry experience is a strong requirement for this role
- Ability to work in a complex and matrixed network across Latin America
- Ability to understand and anticipate the impacts of business strategies across the Coca-Cola system
- Strong communication skills (story telling) evidenced by good verbal/written presentation and ability to partner and influence effectively with stakeholders.
- Must be fluent in English; Spanish is also highly preferred
**What We Can Do For You**
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Iconic & Innovative Brands**: Our portfolio represents over 20 different billion-dollar brands such as Coca-Cola, Sprite, Fanta, Powerade, and more. We believe the Alcohol category will become a billion-dollar category for the Company. This is your opportunity to be a leader building that category across Latin America
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Creative Team Culture**:Be inspired by the best brand leaders and agencies in the world, which creates a creative culture that supports taking risks and innovation.
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Exposure to World Class Leaders**:Availability to global marketing leaders that will expand your network and exposure you to emerging digital platforms and marketing insights.
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Community of Belonging**: We're an organization that believes our ability to continually grow and build the right atmosphere where people feel safe and empowered, lets you bring your best self to work.
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Purpose Driven**: Purpose driven approach that empowers our people to protect the environment and communities we serve while delivering safe & quality products**.**
**Skills**
Leadership; Portfolio Manage

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