Global Reliability & Operations Excellence Lead

Coca-Cola; Georgia; On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

The Coca-Cola Company seeks a Senior Manager, Operational Excellence to drive reliability, performance, and cost efficiency across its global beverage equipment fleet. You will lead predictive analytics, automation, and continuous improvement from design through end-of-life.

Collaborate with bottlers and cross-functional teams to embed lifecycle performance, validate endurance, and modernize testing with AI modeling, digital twins, and IoT monitoring.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Reliability, Industrial Engineering or related technical discipline; CRE preferred.
• Significant experience in reliability engineering, equipment development, and accelerated life testing.
• Deep knowledge of reliability methodologies including RCM, FMEA, and root cause analysis; Lean, Six Sigma, TPM experience.

Responsibilities

• Own lifecycle quality and reliability performance for beverage equipment platforms, ensuring durability and uptime targets are met pre- and post-launch.
• Conduct accelerated life and service validation testing with automated lab infrastructure.
• Apply RCM, FMEA, and root cause methodologies to eliminate recurring field failures and design for reliability.
• Define preventive and predictive maintenance standards for global execution through bottler networks.
• Drive continuous improvement by integrating Lean, Six Sigma, and TPM to enhance efficiency and sustain equipment performance.
• Lead modernization of testing capabilities through lab digitalization and automation strategies for data-driven validation workflows.
• Apply AI-enabled reliability modeling tools to predict failure points and shorten validation timelines.
• Leverage IoT-connected monitoring to stream real-time field data and accelerate response times.
• Define, track, and cascade reliability metrics across platforms and regions.
• Collaborate to integrate field learnings into next-gen platform designs and inform decision-making.

Job description

The Coca-Cola Company seeks a Senior Manager, Operational Excellence to drive reliability, performance, and cost efficiency across its global beverage equipment fleet. You will lead predictive analytics, automation, and continuous improvement from design through end-of-life.

Collaborate with bottlers and cross-functional teams to embed lifecycle performance, validate endurance, and modernize testing with AI modeling, digital twins, and IoT monitoring.