Lifecycle Manager (Finance)

Lifecycle Manager

Tampa, FL, USA Req #45417

Friday, January 10, 2025

Who We Are:

• Coca-Cola Beverages Florida, LLC (Coke Florida) is a family-owned independent Coca-Cola bottler that is the third largest privately-held and the sixth largest independent Coca-Cola bottler in the United States.
• Coke Florida sells, markets, manufactures and distributes over 600 products of The Coca-Cola Company and other partner companies including Monster Beverage Corporation and BODYARMOR.
• In 2024, for the 3rd year in a row, Coke Florida was named as a US Best Managed Company by Deloitte Private and The Wall Street Journal. This program recognizes outstanding U.S. private companies and the achievements of their management teams in four key areas: strategy, ability to execute, corporate culture, and governance/financial performance.

What We Offer:
Eligible full time Coke Florida Associates can participate in our Total Rewards Program which includes:

• Total Wellness Programs including health, dental and vision plans
• 401K program with healthy company match
• Supplemental Life Insurance
• Three weeks of vacation pay, and 11 company paid holidays*
• Tuition reimbursement
• Employee Assistance Programs (EAP)
• Competitive compensation

Coke Florida is looking for a Lifecycle Manager based out of our Tampa location. We're currently looking for 8:00AM to 5:00PM shift, working Monday through Friday.

What You Will Do:

The Lifecycle Manager will take the lead for overall product lifecycle processes. They will incorporate the inputs from commercial team on new, promotional and exiting of products in collaboration with supply planning, procurement, commercial teams.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Develop the work plan to bring in new product, product re-formulations, product re-launch or production deletion process after alignment has been obtained to execute.
• Early assessment and modelling of feasibility of product innovations based on brand marketing insights, external industry trends and Coke Florida business values
• Facilitate and document the discussions and communications of all product introduction, product deletion to all relevant stakeholders
• Evaluate forecast quality using trend analysis of like products, past product introductions learnings, commercial input, etc.
• Proactively manage and evaluate the effectiveness of new product introductions with recommendations on measures of success by applying business logic and executional priorities..
• Lead the SKU optimization process with recommendation of product deletions after taking into consideration all customer, commercial inputs using a standard modeling methodology.
• Facilitate the flow of product to ensure that we have the needed product for launch or reduction of inventory with exiting products.
• Proactively and timely evaluation of risks in product lifecycle, this would include finished products, raw material as part of ongoing routine to senior planning leaders.
• Manage the lifecycle process within JDA process with the appropriate forecast, migration of product demand needs. This would also include the forecast submission to all planning systems i.e. Anaplan.
• Collaborate with other planners (bottler to bottler, deployment, production, transportation) as needed to enable an integrated planning activities and processes.
• Provide communication and direction to master data including authorized material list for all incoming and outgoing products.
• Provide innovation and long-range forecast needs for promotional packaging to support demand planning, production and procurement activities/communication
• Provide feedback and recommendations for ongoing continuous improvement needed to make our Commercial Lifecycle process more effective
• Support all related lifecycle demand forecast requirements and or other assigned projects
• Clearly present information to large groups of associates on a regular basis
• Foster collaboration with the Customer Management, Field Sales and Marketing Leadership Teams to gain alignment on forecast recommendations
• The ability to influence others through teamwork & positivity
• Very detailed & strong communication skills
• Demonstrates Coke Florida cultural norms on a daily basis

For this role you will need:

• Bachelor's degree preferably in Supply Chain Management, Finance, Operations Management or Engineering disciplines; or applicable supply chain experience.
• APICS certification is a plus
• Five (5) plus years' experience in area of Supply Chain, Marketing, Finance, Procurement, or Operations required.
• Product lifecycle experience highly preferred
• Shown progressive role progression and scope of responsibilities
• Specific experience with JDA, statistical modeling and demand planning experience is highly preferred
• The ability to learn/use Company reporting sources to provide reliable data to make fact based decisions and after action reviews (Salient Margin Minder & Dashboards
• End to end business understanding
• Business process oriented
• Demonstrates business acumen
• Ability to provide business insights based on various data points
• Proven cross functional team collaboration at all levels of business

This job description is not an exhaustive list of all functions that the employee may be required to perform, and the employee may be required to perform additional functions. Coke Florida reserves the right to revise the job description at any time and to assign additional duties and responsibilities as needed.

Employment with Coke Florida is at-will. The employee must be able to perform the essential functions of the position satisfactorily and, if requested, reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions of their job, absent undue hardship.

Coca-Cola Beverages Florida is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class.

Other details

• Job Family Commercial Leadership
• Job Function Enterprise Planning
• Pay Type Salary

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initStaticMap(true); Coke Florida is looking for a Lifecycle Manager based out of our Tampa location. We're currently looking for 8:00AM to 5:00PM shift, working Monday through Friday. What You Will Do: The Lifecycle Manager will take the lead for overall product lifecycle processes. They will incorporate the inputs from commercial team on new, promotional and exiting of products in collaboration with supply planning, procurement, commercial teams. Roles and Responsibilities: Develop the work plan to bring in new product, product re-formulations, product re-launch or production deletion process after alignment has been obtained to execute. Early assessment and modelling of feasibility of product innovations based on brand marketing insights, external industry trends and Coke Florida business values Facilitate and document the discussions and communications of all product introduction, product deletion to all relevant stakeholders Evaluate forecast quality using trend analysis of like products, past product introductions learnings, commercial input, etc. Proactively manage and evaluate the effectiveness of new product introductions with recommendations on measures of success by applying business logic and executional priorities.. Lead the SKU optimization process with recommendation of product deletions after taking into consideration all customer, commercial inputs using a standard modeling methodology. Facilitate the flow of product to ensure that we have the needed product for launch or reduction of inventory with exiting products. Proactively and timely evaluation of risks in product lifecycle, this would include finished products, raw material as part of ongoing routine to senior planning leaders. Manage the lifecycle process within JDA process with the appropriate forecast, migration of product demand needs. This would also include the forecast submission to all planning systems i.e. Anaplan. Collaborate with other planners (bottler to bottler, deployment, production, transportation) as needed to enable an integrated planning activities and processes. Provide communication and direction to master data including authorized material list for all incoming and outgoing products. Provide innovation and long-range forecast needs for promotional packaging to support demand planning, production and procurement activities/communication Provide feedback and recommendations for ongoing continuous improvement needed to make our Commercial Lifecycle process more effective Support all related lifecycle demand forecast requirements and or other assigned projects Clearly present information to large groups of associates on a regular basis Foster collaboration with the Customer Management, Field Sales and Marketing Leadership Teams to gain alignment on forecast recommendations The ability to influence others through teamwork & positivity Very detailed & strong communication skills Demonstrates Coke Florida cultural norms on a daily basis For this role you will need: Bachelor's degree preferably in Supply Chain Management, Finance, Operations Management or Engineering disciplines; or applicable supply chain experience. APICS certification is a plus Five (5) plus years' experience in area of Supply Chain, Marketing, Finance, Procurement, or Operations required. Product lifecycle experience highly preferred Shown progressive role progression and scope of responsibilities Specific experience with JDA, statistical modeling and demand planning experience is highly preferred The ability to learn/use Company reporting sources to provide reliable data to make fact based decisions and after action reviews (Salient Margin Minder & Dashboards End to end business understanding Business process oriented Demonstrates business acumen Ability to provide business insights based on various data points Proven cross functional team collaboration at all levels of business

• Tampa, FL, USA