Commercial Planning Manager (Sydney)

Coca-Cola; Sydney; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners is seeking a Commercial Planning Manager for its North Sydney head office. This permanent full-time role leads the Commercial Planning Cycle, translating strategy into actionable plans and ensuring governance supports decision-making across the Commercial function.

The role partners with Commercial leaders to coordinate planning, monitor progress, and provide insights to drive business objectives.

Qualifications

• 5-8 years' experience in commercial planning, business planning, PMO, strategy execution, business operations or performance management.
• Experience coordinating business planning cycles, governance forums and stakeholder engagement activities.
• Strong project coordination, reporting and performance-tracking capability.
• Ability to influence senior stakeholders and drive outcomes without direct authority.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capability.
• Experience working within large, complex and fast-moving environments.
• A degree in Business, Commerce, Economics, Finance, Management or a related discipline.

Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end Commercial Planning Cycle, ensuring milestones, deliverables and timelines are achieved.
• Translate strategic priorities into actionable business plans with clear ownership and measures of success.
• Coordinate planning activities across Commercial teams to drive alignment and consistency.
• Manage governance forums, planning reviews and decision-making processes.
• Monitor progress against strategic priorities and identify risks, dependencies and delivery gaps.
• Provide reporting, insights and recommendations that support better business decisions.
• Build strong relationships across Commercial, Finance, Marketing, Category and Strategy teams.
• Drive continuous improvement in planning processes, governance and ways of working.

Skills

Commercial planning

Stakeholder engagement

Project coordination

Reporting and performance tracking

Analytical thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business/Commerce/Finance (or related)

Job description

1d ago , from Coca-Cola European Partners

We are Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP). We have 39,000 people serving 4 million customers in 31 markets. We combine the strength andscaleof a large, multi-national business withanexpert, local knowledge of the customers we serve and communities we support. We invest, employ, manufacture, and distribute locally.

In Australia, our portfolio includes the Coca-Cola family of products and well-loved brands such as Sprite, Fanta, Monster and Mother Energy, Mount Franklin, Powerade, Billson's, and Grinders Coffee.

Role Purpose

The Commercial Planning Manager is responsible for leading the Commercial Planning Cycle (CPC), ensuring strategic priorities are translated into actionable plans, performance is monitored, and governance processes support effective decision-making across the Commercial function.

The role partners with Commercial leaders to coordinate planning activities, track progress against agreed commitments, identify risks and dependencies, and provide insights that support delivery of business objectives. The Commercial Planning Manager drives planning discipline, accountability and alignment across Commercial teams through effective governance, reporting and stakeholder engagement.

This is a permanent full-time role based in our North Sydney head office.

Key responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end Commercial Planning Cycle, ensuring milestones, deliverables and timelines are achieved.
• Translate strategic priorities into actionable business plans with clear ownership and measures of success.
• Coordinate planning activities across Commercial teams to drive alignment and consistency.
• Manage governance forums, planning reviews and decision-making processes.
• Monitor progress against strategic priorities and identify risks, dependencies and delivery gaps.
• Provide reporting, insights and recommendations that support better business decisions.
• Build strong relationships across Commercial, Finance, Marketing, Category and Strategy teams.
• Drive continuous improvement in planning processes, governance and ways of working.

Key stakeholders

• Internal: Commercial Leadership, Category & Insights, Marketing, Commercial Finance, Revenue Growth Management, Strategy Teams, Project Teams and Transformation Office
• External: Strategic business partners,Key suppliers and vendors,External consultants and advisory partners,Planning and performance technology providers

About you

You are a highly organised and commercially minded planning professional who can connect strategy with execution.

You'll bring:

• 5-8 years' experience in commercial planning, business planning, PMO, strategy execution, business operations or performance management.
• Experience coordinating business planning cycles, governance forums and stakeholder engagement activities.
• Strong project coordination, reporting and performance-tracking capability.
• The ability to influence senior stakeholders and drive outcomes without direct authority.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capability.
• Experience working within large, complex and fast-moving environments.
• A degree in Business, Commerce, Economics, Finance, Management or a related discipline.

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners is committed to an inclusive, equitable and safe workplace where everyone is supported. If you need any accessibility adjustments during the process, please let us know. Your wellbeing matters to us.

When you join CCEP, you're stepping into a global organisation known for developing exceptional talent. We invest deeply in learning, mobility and long term growth, creating an environment where your ambition is backed and your career can thrive.

This role is subject to standard preemployment checks, which may include references, working rights, background checks and/or medical assessments.