Recruitment at Coca-Cola HBC

Coca-Cola HBC (Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company) is a bottling partner of The Coca-Cola Company. Coca-Cola HBC is headquartered in Zug, Switzerland and has a premium listing on the London Stock Exchange and secondary listing on the Athens Exchange. The Coca-Cola Company is the world’s largest beverage company and operates in more than 200 countries.

Life at Coca-Cola HBC is fast-paced and challenging, with fair rewards and exciting learning opportunities. We promote an inclusive workplace, value diverse views and opinions and always appoint the best person for the job, ensuring equality in our shortlists and appointments. Take up the challenge. Join us!

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Coffee Ambassador

Location: Nigeria
Category: Sales

Job Summary

• As a Coffee Ambassador, you will be responsible for launching & driving the growth of the coffee business by acquiring outlets across the channels including new Away-from-Home (AH) outlets, engaging customers, and delivering barista training.
• You will play a key role in business development, ensuring high-quality coffee experiences while driving sales, profitability, and market expansion.

Responsibilities

• Presents coffee offer to potential new outlets, mastering product range and professional machine coffee making techniques and barista coffee-related routines
• Has full end to end ownership of NBC Coffee category under his/her area of responsibility
• Creates sales pipeline of potential new outlets based on coffee segmentation guidelines
• Runs contract negotiation and oversees the contract singing and renewal process with Sales channel teams.
• Market development of area/customer of responsibility (volume, growth, revenue, numerical distribution, etc.) & achieves KBIs
• Manages the budget within agreed guidelines and ensures responsible allocation of DME, CAPEX and Repairs and Maintenance of equipment and POS materials
• Performs and monitors customer satisfaction through key KBIs
• Has customer facing responsibilities including, basic technical knowledge of equipment, setting and adjusting coffee equipment, training of all customer stakeholders
• Manages clear communication between customer and internal CCH stakeholders (marketing, coffee experts and technical service)

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing, Food & Beverage Management or a related field.
• Certification in Barista Skills, Coffee Brewing, or Coffee Business Management are a plus
• Experience within Nigeria Coffee category is must:5 years in Coffee Sales, Business Development, Or AFH Channel Activation
• Experience in new customer development relevant categories: proven experience in launching or expanding a coffee brand in Nigeria
• On-Trade Activation experience
• Selling & Negotiation
• Strong analysis & Synthesis skills.
• Presentation skills  & Interpersonal skills.
• Financial Acumen.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Job Title: Maintenance Manager

Location: Nigeria (On-Site)

Job Summary

• The Maintenance Manager is responsible for developing and executing the maintenance strategy of the plant at optimal cost.
• Drives innovation and improvement of lines and assets.
• Manages people and resources to ensure uncompromised safety, availability and quality while minimizing the impact on the environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Establish, monitor & reinforce control on maintenance strategy execution in plant in alignment with country strategy.
• Organize and schedule annual overhaul of production lines and facilities.
• Improve efficiencies by increasing preventive maintenance across the plant and to minimize breakdowns and reduce mean time between failures.
• Develop business plans providing productivity improvement and stretchy targets for cost efficiency
• Prepare and control annual plant maintenance budget ensuring sufficient funds to cover all routines and initiatives reflected in strategy & operational plans.
• Prepare, present, and interpret Maintenance KBI’s, makes recommendations which result in increased productivity and efficiency; reduces cost and improves customer satisfaction.
• Effectively applies business performance review (COBRA, EATB) management routine
• Ensures full use of SAP Plant Maintenance module to be able to monitor cost and execution of spare parts- related and maintenance activities
• Builds maintenance teams’ capabilities through implementation of training and development programs
• Maintains effective systems to ensure products and package quality.

Qualifications

• 5 – 10 years working experience in the field of Production Management or Maintenance in Food or Beverage Industry.
• Experience in budgeting.
• Experience in execution of projects such as: line commissioning, annual maintenance planning.
• Ability to think in terms of functional sustainability rather than short term wins
• Ability to select and assess first-line managers
• Ability to translate function strategy into unit/section’s plan
• Ability to lead and manage change
• Ability to set standards for management performance
• Ability to build relationships to improve results
• Ability to understand what drives peers in other units
• Open-minded and willing to experiment and try new things
• Ability to disseminate and enforce safety, health & environment policy
• Ability to implement quality and health, safety & environment improvements.

Application Closing Date
14th March, 2025.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Job Title: Production Manager

Location: Nigeria (On-Site)

Job Summary

• The Production Manager is responsible for driving the production plans for the Company’s products to the highest quality standards at optimal cost.
• To drive continuous improvement of processes, productivity and efficiency in the plant and manage people resources to deliver.

Key Responsibilities

• Ensures continuous and effective assets management
• Ensures adherence to Food and Beverage Legislation, TCCC Standards, ISO certification, Good Manufacturing Practices, and other internal and external regulatory compliance
• Maintains effective systems to ensure CC Hellenic/TCCC products and package quality
• Ensures all production personnel meet the requirements of Good Housekeeping and Good Manufacturing practices
• Actively participates and ensures the implementation of various infrastructure or process optimization projects in Production
• Effectively applies business performance review (BPMS) management routine
• Ensures production of products with high quality, while providing optimal usage of labor and materials with maximized utilization of production lines
• Prepares, presents, and interprets Production KBI’s, makes recommendations which result in increased productivity and efficiency; reduces cost and improves customer satisfaction while following production plans
• Analyses cost center variances and investigates ways to improve cost performance
• Builds production teams’ capabilities through implementation of training and development programs
• Production strategy is communicated, understood, and accepted by all unit members
• Implements performance management systems with discipline to ensure that all first-line managers deliver full performance
• Promotes process automation and use of technology
• Implements and provides disciplined monitoring and reporting regarding the implementation of labor legislation, certification standards, CC Hellenic/TCCC CSR Practices and international agreements
• Ensure all Health, Safety & Environment policies and procedures are in place in Production and followed.

Qualifications

• University and/or Advanced degree relevant to Manufacturing (engineering, food & beverage processing related)
• 5-8 years working experience in the field of Production Management, Quality Assurance or Maintenance in Food or Beverage Industry
• Coaching direct reports and mentoring others
• Ability to empower and manage change
• Ability to set standards for management performance
• High integrity
• Ability to build relationships to improve results
• Open-minded and willing to experiment and try new things
• Process improvement skills
• Ability to disseminate and enforce safety, health & environment policy
• Ability to implement quality and health, safety & environment improvements
• Experience in people management
• Knowledge of a bottling organization: Planning, Manufacturing, Quality, Environment, Engineering, Health, and Safety
• Effective Delegation skills
• Full Knowledge of Supply Chain strategy
• Understanding of financial impact of decisions
• Knowledge of manufacturing technologies.

Application Closing Date
14th March, 2025.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Job Title: On Trade Account Developer – Premium Spirit

Location: Port Harcourt, Rivers
Work type: On-site
Category: Sales

About the Job

• The successful candidate will be expected to executes sales drivers activities (distribution, visibility, promotion, quality, persuasion) and also run the commercial surveys, analyzes market demand and potential.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Sets daily outlet visit plan based on routing.
• Executes Sales Drivers Activities (Distribution, Visibility, Promotion, Quality, Persuasion)
• Runs the commercial surveys, analyzes market demand and potential
• Drive Sales performance and sets daily targets with On-trade Leader
• Manages POS (permanent and temporary)
• Implements Consumer Promotions/Events according to brand plan
• Drive customer relationships according to priorities & agreed plans and ensures that these are adhered across all agreements and customer interactions.
• Execute the market development of area/customer of responsibility (volume, growth, revenue, market share, etc.) & achieves KBIs.
• Effective selling and negotiation with customers (new products, distribution, etc.)
• Participation to team activities for the achievement of the team’s results (critical KBIs)
• Builds and continuously upgrades customer relationships to drive the Business forward.
• Ensures that relationships are developed with peers across cooperating departments and upwards that lead to alignment of plans and enable delivery of sales results.
• Continuously improves processes and exploits growth opportunities in the market that will bring better results at lower cost.
• Ensures achievement of new launches targets in own area and contributes to total team results.
• Identify and recruit new prospective HORECA accounts.
• Coordinate the implementation and periodic review of security personnel and ensuring a high level.

Is this You?

• Minimum of Three years’ experience in FMCG (Alcoholic Beverage/Premium Spirits Category),
• Commercial & Customer Marketing Experience (Spirits/AFBs)
• Proven experience in On-Trade Activation
• Selling & Negotiation skills
• Strong analysis & synthesis skills
• Presentation skills & Interpersonal skills
• Financial Acumen.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Job Title: Premium Spirits Account Developer – On Trade

Location: Port Harcourt, Rivers
Category: Sales

Job Summary

• The successful candidate will be expected to executes sales drivers activities (distribution, visibility, promotion, quality, persuasion) and also run the commercial surveys, analyzes market demand and potential.

Responsibilities

• Sets daily outlet visit plan based on routing.
• Executes Sales Drivers Activities (Distribution, Visibility, Promotion, Quality, Persuasion)
• Runs the commercial surveys, analyzes market demand and potential
• Drive Sales performance and sets daily targets with On-trade Leader
• Manages POS (permanent and temporary)
• Implements Consumer Promotions/Events according to brand plan
• Drive customer relationships according to priorities & agreed plans and ensures that these are adhered across all agreements and customer interactions.
• Execute the market development of area/customer of responsibility (volume, growth, revenue, market share, etc.) & achieves KBIs.
• Effective selling and negotiation with customers (new products, distribution, etc.)
• Participation to team activities for the achievement of the team’s results (critical KBIs)
• Builds and continuously upgrades customer relationships to drive the Business forward.
• Ensures that relationships are developed with peers across cooperating departments and upwards that lead to alignment of plans and enable delivery of sales results.
• Continuously improves processes and exploits growth opportunities in the market that will bring better results at lower cost.
• Ensures achievement of new launches targets in own area and contributes to total team results.
• Identify and recruit new prospective HORECA accounts.
• Coordinate the implementation and periodic review of security personnel and ensuring a high level.

Requirements

• Minimum of Three years’ experience in FMCG (Alcoholic Beverage/Premium Spirits Category),
• Commercial & Customer Marketing Experience (Spirits/AFBs)
• Proven experience in On-Trade Activation
• Selling & Negotiation skills
• Strong analysis & synthesis skills
• Presentation skills & Interpersonal skills
• Financial Acumen.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Job Title: Premium Spirits Account Leader – On Trade

Location: Abuja
Category: Sales

About the Job

• The successful candidate will be expected to plan and implement consumer promotions/events according to brand plan.
• He/ She will also be expected to lead the market development of area/customer of responsibility (volume, growth, revenue, market share, etc.) & achieves KBIs.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Sets daily outlet visit plan based on routing.
• Executes Sales Drivers Activities (Distribution, Visibility, Promotion, Quality, Persuasion)
• Runs the commercial surveys, analyzes market demand and potential
• Evaluates Sales performance and sets daily targets with On-trade Manager
• Plans and implements consumer promotions/events according to brand plan
• Sets standards of customer relationships according to priorities & agreed plans and ensures that these are adhered across all agreements and customer interactions.
• Leads the market development of area/customer of responsibility (volume, growth, revenue, market share, etc.) & achieves KBIs
• Manages the budget within agreed guidelines and ensures responsible allocation of DME
• Ensures implementation of own IDP
• Contributes to the development of the total team by sharing knowledge to peers and upwards.
• Drives implementation of promotional calendar in own area
• Effective selling and negotiation with customers (new products, distribution, etc. )
• Participation to team activities for the achievement of the team’s results (critical KBIs)
• Builds and continuously upgrades customer relationships to drive the Business forward
• Ensures that relationships are developed with peers across cooperating departments and upwards that lead to alignment of plans and enable delivery of sales results.
• Continuously improves processes and exploits growth opportunities in the market that will bring better results at lower cost
• Ensures achievement of new launches targets in own area and contributes to total team result.
• 100% debts collection from outlets on a month.
• 100% daily collage of outlet for the year- Aligned with the Line manager.

Is this You?

• BA / B. SC or HND in relevant discipline
• Minimum of five years’ experience in FMCG (Alcoholic Beverage/Premium Spirits Category), three (3) of which must have been in the Sales Manager role.
• Commercial & customer marketing experience (Spirits/AFBs)
• Desired candidate must be an excellent communicator and interested in delivering and improving service standards to our esteem customers.
• Proven experience in On-Trade Activation
• Selling & Negotiation Skills
• Strong analysis & Synthesis skills
• Presentation Skills & Interpersonal Skills
• Financial Acumen.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online