Senior Director, Strategy Integration France

As a Strategy Integration Senior Director, you will actively contribute to achieve the Europe Operating Unit (OU) strategy and goals in France while supporting the overall Europe/Global goals. You will specifically be responsible for (1) partnering with the France General Manager and our bottling partners co-creating and delivering our Annual Business Plan (2) driving the longer-term strategic direction of the FU and OU through identifying and leading strategic projects; and (3) identifying, connecting and communicating truly game-changing market and business insights to enable impactful strategies with our Consumers, Customers and Stakeholders. You will demonstrate your great leadership skills as well as your willingness to make a difference in every aspect but most importantly when leading your local team members. The role reports into the West Europe Strategy Integration Senior Director II, and supports the France GM. **What You’ll Do for Us** - Lead the development and coordination of ABP/ LRP and facilitate the collaboration with our bottling partners and TCCC functions - Lead key local KO and system routines with bottler to drive business priorities and aligment - Identify and lead strategic projects/ research in support of the growth goals for the Franchise and managing the Franchise strategic project portfolio, working with local teams and Central functions - Contribute to performance management agenda, leading root-causes analyses on strategic issues and working on defining course-corrective actions with the network. Own key analysis including industry outlook leveraging consumer, shopper and customer knowledge to make the analysis insightful and actionable - Connect the dots by pulling relevant data and insights from Insights Network (Strategy Insights + Human Insights + Platform Services) across the OU and beyond to identify granular opportunities and create actionable initiatives at franchise level - Engage key decision-makers around the opportunities, lead or participate in cross-functional projects to develop respective plans - Lead and manage multiple top-level interactions and negotiations with senior management team members of The Coca-Cola System - Leverage the OU network and import/export best practices and good ideas to address the Franchise Unit business challenges. - Coach and develop 2 direct reports to maximize full and current potential - Role model the “Leadership in the Network” definition - Manage uncertainty and multiple stakeholders **Role Requirements** - Significant Business and/or functional experience in Operation / Strategy related areas. Ex-consulting experience can be advantageous - People management experience with excellent leadership capability, able to work in a diverse cultural environment, efficient communicator, and influencer. - Must be mastered in the development of actionable compelling insights, strategies and initiatives at the market level - Proven ability to manage uncertainty and multiple stakeholders - Role model the “Leadership in the Network” definition - Strong negotiation, influence and communication skills to align strategies as well as build value-based relationships through numerous sensitive situations are essential - Proven ability to write and present effectively; adjust to fit the audience with appropriate and relevant messaging - Solid knowledge about potential data sources available on the market ("market intelligence") - Knowledge about consumer, beverages market, retail and of standard research methodologies - High proficient to build long-term and holistic strategies and plans - Proficient in multifunctional project management - Fluent English is required, along with fluency in French preferred - Travel requirements: 15% **Functional Skills** - ** Problem framing and problem-solving**: Ability to structure and coordinate / lead cross functional complex analysis, initiatives, or efforts. Prioritizing through a pragmatic fact-based approach, managing trade-offs, balancing immediate and long-term priorities. - ** Solid business acumen skills**: to translate data and insights to help inform key business decisions. Integrate diverse business insights and connecting the dots to develop holistic approach. - ** Strategic thinking**: Dual capability to transcend between Big Picture Thinking and Detailed Oriented Approach depending on the problem statement or situation at hand. - ** Stakeholder leadership**: Drive conversations that are centered around trust and strong relations. - ** Storytelling**: Clearly communicate solutions to key stakeholders in well structured, formatted and compelling manner, using a combination of PowerPoint, Microsoft Word and other similar tools - ** Systemic thinking**: Experience with large-scale organizational change efforts and global capabilities implementation. Being comfortable with ambiguity and willingness to challenge the status quo **What We Can Do For You** - ** Iconic & Innovative Brands**:In our portfo