HR Assistant

Coca-Cola; Everett (WA); On-site; USD 87,000 - 118,000; Full time

Job summary

Coca-Cola is seeking an HR Assistant in Everett to blend detective work with diplomacy. You’ll drive budget cycles, defend spending targets, and guide headcount growth while translating field realities into strategic plans.

This role partners with leaders to ensure sponsor alignment and efficient resource allocation. As a trusted teammate, you’ll mentor mid-level staff, demonstrate reliability, and use strong listening to keep communication clear.

Qualifications

• Strong data interpretation to inform leadership decisions.
• Experience guiding mid-level teams and mentors.
• Ability to align budgeting with business goals.
• Familiarity with large-scale workflows.
• Excellent written communication.

Responsibilities

• Oversee budgeting cycles and hold teams accountable to spending targets.
• Maintain the Everett headcount plan and scale as the team grows.
• Translate field team realities in WA into the planning room.
• Identify initiatives lacking sponsor and secure support.
• Reallocate spend to effective business channels.
• Prioritize the backlog when many items are marked urgent.

Skills

Decision making

Succession planning

Mentoring

Active listening

Reliability

Stakeholder communication

Job description

Think of this HR Assistant role as part detective, part diplomat: find the truth in the data, then sell it to Coca-Cola's leaders. This HR Assistant role at Coca-Cola rewards initiative with $87,000 - $118,000, real decision-making power, and steady career advancement.

Key Responsibilities

• Oversee budgeting cycles and hold teams accountable to spending targets
• Keep the operating model from breaking as Everett headcount doubles
• Pull the WA field team's reality into the planning room
• Spot when a mid-level initiative has quietly lost its sponsor
• Reallocate spend toward whatever business channel is actually working
• Prioritize the backlog when everything is labeled urgent by someone

What You'll Bring

• Equal parts Decision Making depth and Succession Planning curiosity
• Hands-on command of Resilience, with Succession Planning as a close second
• The kind of reliability that earns you the hard assignments
• The kind of listening that makes the other person feel heard
• Demonstrated capacity to mentor or support mid-level teammates
• Familiarity with Coca-Cola-scale workflows, or the appetite to reach them

Coca-Cola was founded in Everett, WA on the idea that business should be powerful yet refreshingly values-led. We value clear writing and honest conversation over status games and politics.

Pair your Headcount Planning with our $87,000 - $118,000, our mentors, our benefits, and our flexible Everett, WA culture, and the math works in your favor.

Right now in Everett, the HR Assistant chair sits open and the door is unlocked.