Director of Global Logistics Network Optimization and Digitization

Coca-Cola; Georgia; On-site; USD 200,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Coca-Cola is seeking an accomplished Senior Director of Global Logistics Network Optimization & Digitization. You will lead enterprise capabilities to design, source, optimize, digitize, and govern logistics networks globally.

This role drives strategic roadmaps, analytics, and governance models across procurement, logistics, and technology to deliver measurable value in a complex supply chain.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Industrial Engineering, Operations Research, Business, Analytics, Computer Science, or related field.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute the strategic roadmap for logistics optimization, digitization, analytics, and capability development across global and regional stakeholders.
• Lead transportation and logistics network modeling to improve flows, facility footprints, service models, inventory positioning, modal strategies, and network design.
• Define the digitization strategy for transportation sourcing, rate management, scenario analysis, supplier assessment, reporting, and workflow processes.
• Develop logistics data, analytics, and market intelligence capabilities to improve visibility, data quality, supplier insights, and decision making.
• Partner with logistics category leaders and regional procurement teams to strengthen transportation sourcing, RFIs, RFPs, and supplier evaluation.

Skills

Logistics optimization

Data analytics

Strategic leadership

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management or related field

Job description

Job Description Summary:

We are seeking an accomplished leader to serve as Senior Director, Global Logistics Network Optimization & Digitization within Global Logistics Services and Global Procurement. This role leads enterprise capabilities that improve how logistics networks are designed, sourced, optimized, digitized, and governed across a complex global supply chain.

Enterprise Strategy and Leadership

Define and execute the strategic roadmap for logistics optimization, digitization, analytics, and capability development across global and regional stakeholders.

Translate business objectives into scalable transformation initiatives, governance models, investment priorities, and measurable value-delivery plans.

Serve as a trusted advisor to procurement, supply chain, logistics, technology, and business leaders on network, sourcing, and digital capability decisions.

Network Optimization

Lead transportation and logistics network modeling to improve flows, facility footprints, service models, inventory positioning, modal strategies, and network design.

Evaluate tradeoffs among cost, service, capacity, resilience, sustainability, and operational feasibility to shape practical recommendations.

Develop business cases, implementation roadmaps, and repeatable methodologies that convert analytical insights into measurable results.

Digitization and Technology

Define and advance the digitization strategy for transportation sourcing, rate management, scenario analysis, supplier assessment, reporting, and workflow processes.

Identify opportunities to streamline manual activities through technology, automation, artificial intelligence, advanced analytics, and process redesign.

Champion adoption of scalable, user-centered tools through effective stakeholder engagement, governance, change management, and alignment with enterprise technology standards.

Data, Analytics, and Market Intelligence

Develop logistics data, analytics, and market intelligence capabilities that improve visibility, data quality, sourcing strategy, supplier insights, and business decision-making.

Build dashboards, executive reporting, analytical products, and decision-support tools that translate complex data into clear business recommendations.

Establish standards for data ownership, governance, taxonomy, definitions, and reusable analytical approaches across logistics teams.

Sourcing Capability and Value Delivery

Partner with logistics category leaders and regional procurement teams to strengthen transportation sourcing, RFIs, RFPs, annual bids, mini-bids, supplier evaluation, and award recommendations.

Apply network, supplier, market, demand, and cost intelligence to improve sourcing decisions while respecting category ownership and decision rights.

Build and maintain a pipeline of optimization, sourcing, digitization, productivity, risk mitigation, and value-realization opportunities.

Stakeholder and Change Leadership

Partner effectively with procurement, supply chain, transportation, finance, technology, data, suppliers, and operating unit leaders in a global matrixed environment.

Define project scope, governance, decision frameworks, deliverables, and stakeholder expectations while navigating ambiguity and evolving business needs.

Communicate complex analytical findings in concise, executive-ready language and build alignment through credibility, collaboration, and practical problem-solving.

People Leadership

Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing team of logistics, optimization, sourcing, analytics, and digitization professionals.

Establish clear priorities, accountability, development plans, succession readiness, and a culture of curiosity, collaboration, inclusion, and continuous learning.

Manage relationships with external consultants, technology providers, analytics partners, and solution vendors as needed.

Success Measures

Deliver measurable logistics value through optimization, sourcing, analytics, digitization, productivity, and risk-reduction initiatives.

Improve logistics network performance while balancing cost, service, resilience, sustainability, and operational feasibility.

Increase adoption and effectiveness of digital tools, analytical capabilities, decision-support solutions, and reusable enterprise frameworks.

Strengthen data quality, market intelligence, sourcing effectiveness, stakeholder confidence, team capability, and succession readiness.

Required Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Industrial Engineering, Operations Research, Business, Analytics, Computer Science, or