Sr Director Customer Experience

Heartland Coca-Cola Bottling Company, LLC; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) match

Health coverage

Employee stock purchase plan

Job summary

Heartland Coca-Cola Bottling Company, LLC in Charlotte, NC seeks a Sr. Director, Customer Experience to lead the Customer Connection Hub across four lines of business, driving service, digital engagement, loyalty, and self-service growth.

You will align senior leaders across Sales, Operations, Finance, and Technology to deliver growth and exceptional customer outcomes. This role oversees Equipment Service, Customer Service, Customer Excellence, and Customer Experience, guiding team development,

Qualifications

• Three or more years leading a team, including mentoring managers and directors.
• Ten or more years progressive leadership experience in customer experience, customer operations, field operations, contact center, digital commerce, or related areas in consumer goods or direct service environments.
• Experience with MS Office 365, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

Responsibilities

• Own enterprise Customer Experience and Service Operations performance, establishing strategies and priorities to drive revenue growth, profitability, retention, and service commitments.
• Lead workforce planning across functions, directing operating plans, organizational design, resource allocation, and talent strategy.
• Drive customer service and equipment service excellence, optimizing delivery, field execution, and issue resolution.
• Champion customer excellence and continuous improvement using analytics and cross-functional collaboration.
• Lead enterprise customer experience, digital commerce, and loyalty strategy to advance self-service and engagement.

Skills

DSD experience

Cross-functional leadership

Analytical & problem solving

Budget management

Communication skills

MS Office 365

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, Marketing, Business Management, Communications, Operations, or Human Resources

Tools

MS Office 365

Job description

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• Career Growth: Clear pathways to advance and develop your career
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Job Overview

The Sr. Director, Customer Experience leads the Customer Connection Hub’s customer-facing service, digital engagement, and customer excellence organization across four integrated lines of business: Equipment Service, Customer Service, Customer Excellence, and Customer Experience. This role is accountable for the service and digital capabilities that support revenue growth, profitability, and customer satisfaction, while overseeing the resources, organizational design, headcount, and operating expenses required to deliver results. The position directs a multi-layered organization and ensures performance objectives, service levels, and operational metrics are consistently achieved through effective leadership, coaching, and talent development.

In partnership with the Vice President, Customer Connection Hub, the Sr. Director drives business results by enhancing service execution across Region Sales and Equipment Services while collaborating closely with Technology, Transformation & Capabilities, Business Process & Systems, Coke One North America (CONA), and Data & Analytics teams. The role advances automation, digital adoption, and process improvement initiatives that improve field effectiveness and customer outcomes. This leader also works directly with customers to remove operational barriers, strengthen service delivery, and foster a culture that engages, develops, and inspires teammates.

The Sr. Director has direct accountability for Equipment Service operations, Customer Service resolution and contact center performance, Customer Excellence capabilities, and Customer Experience strategy, including digital commerce, loyalty, and self‑service growth. Collectively, these functions own the end‑to‑end customer connection experience across service, human support, and digital channels. The role is responsible for integrating these capabilities to deliver consistent, efficient, and automation‑enabled customer experience while continuously improving service quality, operational standards, and business performance.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Own enterprise Customer Experience and Service Operations performance, establishing strategies and priorities that drive revenue growth, profitability, customer retention, operational excellence, and achievement of service commitments.
• Lead business and workforce planning across all functions, directing operating plans, organizational design, resource allocation, talent strategy, and investment decisions to ensure scalability, efficiency, and long‑term business success.
• Drive customer service and equipment service excellence, partnering across operations to optimize service delivery, field execution, responsiveness, reliability, and resolution of critical customer and business issues.
• Champion customer excellence and continuous improvement, leveraging analytics, root‑cause problem solving, and cross‑functional collaboration to remove operational barriers, improve customer outcomes, and enhance business processes.
• Lead the enterprise customer experience, digital commerce, and loyalty strategy, advancing digital adoption, self‑service capabilities, innovation, and customer engagement to strengthen growth and customer relationships.
• Influence and align enterprise‑wide execution, building partnerships across Sales, Operations, Supply Chain, Finance, Technology, and Equipment Services to drive transformation, automation, accountability, and strategic business results.
• Develop high‑performing leaders and teams, fostering a culture of accountability, engagement, development, and results while ensuring strong succession planning and organizational effectiveness.
• Other duties as assigned

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities

• Experience with a DSD environment and an understanding of CCCI go‑to‑market strategies for Sales and Equipment Service Operations.
• Demonstrated ability to influence cross‑functional leaders and customers at all organizational levels to drive action through teams the role does not directly control.
• Strong analytical and root‑cause problem‑solving skills, with the ability to interpret customer and operational data to drive decision‑making.
• Demonstrated success managing budgets, expense plans, and investment portfolios.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, with transparent communication when making critical decisions that impact teammates, the contact center, customers, and business partners.
• Five or more years of experience with MS Office 365, specifically Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, Marketing, Business Management, Communications, Operations, or Human Resources.
• Ten or more years of progressive leadership experience in customer experience, customer operations, field operations, contact center, digital commerce, or commercial strategy with consumer‑packaged goods or direct service delivery environments.
• Three or more years leading a team, including demonstrated success developing manager‑level and director‑level leaders.

Preferred Qualifications

• 10+ years in consumer‑packaged goods, retail, distribution, foodservice, or B2B commerce environments.
• Expertise in process optimization, customer journey mapping, and operational excellence methodologies.
• Experience with digital commerce platforms, loyalty platforms, customer analytics, and Voice of Customer programs
• Experience with call center working knowledge of workforce management, quality, and productivity metrics
• Experience leading equipment or field service scheduling and dispatch operations.
• Experience collaborating with Transformation and Capabilities teams on enterprise initiatives, evaluating business processes, systems, and tools, and designing scalable business solutions

In office environment, based in Charlotte, NC, with travel to Market Units, Regional Operations Centers, and customer locations as business needs require. 20% travel.

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.