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Manager Route Planning

Charlotte, NC

Job Description

Requisition ID: 226077

Locations: Charlotte

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Uncap Your Potential at America's Largest Coca-Cola Bottler — Pour Your Passion into Purpose!

We're more than beverages—we're building meaningful careers and vibrant communities. Join our team where your talent meets purpose, and every teammate directly shapes our success.

  • Career Growth: Clear pathways to advance and develop your career
  • Competitive Benefits: 401(k) match + health coverage + employee stock purchase plan
  • Purpose-Driven: Create meaningful impact in the communities you serve
  • Professional Development: Dedicated training + personalized mentorship

Join us - your refreshing new chapter starts here!

Job Overview

The Manager Route Planning has direct responsibility and accountability for the Route Planning department. The Manager Route Planning ensures the productivity of ~1,700 delivery routes is achieved. The Manager Route Planning leads processes, functionality improvements, and defining of business practices regarding daily planning. The Manager Route Planning serves as the subject matter lead regarding tools and processes related to daily planning.

Duties & Responsibilities

  • Ensures effective daily planning to optimize costs that will impact free cash flow. Ensures cross-functional partnerships are effective through deliberate communication and strong relationships
  • Leads and motivates teams to deliver results by communicating company goals and deadlines; engaging and developing teammates through effective performance management, coaching and training; implementing continuous improvement methods and embodying company purpose and values to inspire servant leadership
  • Establish business processes and practices that increase the effectiveness of solutions provided to field partners. Ensure effective collaboration and solicitation of feedback for improvement in daily plans and service level agreements
  • Provide analysis, reporting, and recommendations for improved efficiencies and effectiveness in daily routing

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities

  • Ability to lead and motivate a department; attention to detail; process-oriented
  • Establish collaborative and cross-functional relationships
  • Detailed understanding of sales and DSD principles
  • Effective communication (written and oral) skills; analytical
  • Proficient in Excel, Word, PowerPoint, SAP
  • Effective time management and problem-solving skills
  • Experience with reporting tools, Margin Minder, Tableau, SAP, SharePoint, Master Data

Minimum Qualifications

  • 2 years of education beyond high school in college or technical school
  • Knowledge acquired through 3 to up to 5 years of work experience
  • Valid driver’s license

Preferred Qualifications

  • 2 years of education beyond high school in college or technical school
  • Knowledge acquired through 3 to up to 5 years of work experience
  • Valid driver’s license

Work Environment

Office environment

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Equal Opportunity Employer - All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

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Requisition ID: 226077

Locations: Charlotte

Click here to experience a Day in the Life of our Teammates!

Uncap Your Potential at America's Largest Coca-Cola Bottler — Pour Your Passion into Purpose!

We're more than beverages—we're building meaningful careers and vibrant communities. Join our team where your talent meets purpose, and every teammate directly shapes our success.

  • Career Growth: Clear pathways to advance and develop your career
  • Competitive Benefits: 401(k) match + health coverage + employee stock purchase plan
  • Purpose-Driven: Create meaningful impact in the communities you serve
  • Professional Development: Dedicated training + personalized mentorship

Join us - your refreshing new chapter starts here!

Job Overview

The Manager Route Planning has direct responsibility and accountability for the Route Planning department. The Manager Route Planning ensures the productivity of ~1,700 delivery routes is achieved. The Manager Route Planning leads processes, functionality improvements, and defining of business practices regarding daily planning. The Manager Route Planning serves as the subject matter lead regarding tools and processes related to daily planning.

Duties & Responsibilities

  • Ensures effective daily planning to optimize costs that will impact free cash flow. Ensures cross-functional partnerships are effective through deliberate communication and strong relationships
  • Leads and motivates teams to deliver results by communicating company goals and deadlines; engaging and developing teammates through effective performance management, coaching and training; implementing continuous improvement methods and embodying company purpose and values to inspire servant leadership
  • Establish business processes and practices that increase the effectiveness of solutions provided to field partners. Ensure effective collaboration and solicitation of feedback for improvement in daily plans and service level agreements
  • Provide analysis, reporting, and recommendations for improved efficiencies and effectiveness in daily routing

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities

  • Ability to lead and motivate a department; attention to detail; process-oriented
  • Establish collaborative and cross-functional relationships
  • Detailed understanding of sales and DSD principles
  • Effective communication (written and oral) skills; analytical
  • Proficient in Excel, Word, PowerPoint, SAP
  • Effective time management and problem-solving skills
  • Experience with reporting tools, Margin Minder, Tableau, SAP, SharePoint, Master Data

Minimum Qualifications

  • 2 years of education beyond high school in college or technical school
  • Knowledge acquired through 3 to up to 5 years of work experience
  • Valid driver’s license

Preferred Qualifications

  • 2 years of education beyond high school in college or technical school
  • Knowledge acquired through 3 to up to 5 years of work experience
  • Valid driver’s license

Work Environment

Office environment

#LI-HP1

Equal Opportunity Employer - All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

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About The Coca-Cola Company

The Coca‑Cola Company is a total beverage company with products sold in more than 200 countries and territories. Our company’s purpose is to refresh the world and make a difference. We sell multiple billion-dollar brands across several beverage categories worldwide. 

Our portfolio of sparkling soft drink brands includes Coca‑Cola, Sprite and Fanta. Our water, sports, coffee and tea brands include Dasani, smartwater, vitaminwater, Topo Chico, BODYARMOR, Powerade, Costa, Georgia, Gold Peak and Ayataka. Our juice, value-added dairy and plant-based beverage brands include Minute Maid, Simply, innocent, Del Valle, fairlife and AdeS. We’re constantly transforming our portfolio, from reducing sugar in our drinks to bringing innovative new products to market. 

We seek to positively impact people’s lives, communities and the planet through water replenishment, packaging recycling, sustainable sourcing practices and carbon emissions reductions across our value chain. Together with our bottling partners, we employ more than 700,000 people, helping bring economic opportunity to local communities worldwide.

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