Sr Manager, Mid-Term Planning Finished Goods (Sofia office)

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners Plc; Sofia (NM); On-site; USD 96,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Shares purchase plan

Hybrid working

Career growth

Learning & leadership development

Job summary

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP) is seeking a Sr Manager, Mid Term Planning Finished Goods for the Sofia HQ. You will lead a cross-country team handling the mid-term planning cycle, coordinating with BU sites, logistics and central teams to ensure optimal stock and service levels.

You will drive 13-week planning, 18-month capacity views, and ensure alignment of short- and mid-term plans. Strong leadership, SAP APO experience, and fluent English are essential for success.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience leading a team of managers.
• Relevant experience in planning network sourcing with end-to-end supply chain planning including S&OP processes.
• Strong people management, coaching and development of direct reports.
• Excellent communication and influencing skills across functions.
• Strong analytical skills and data interpretation with big-picture focus.

Responsibilities

• Lead a diverse Mid Term Planning team across Europe for Finished Goods.
• Oversee 13-week bucket plans and monthly 18-month rough-cut capacity plans.
• Ensure feasibility of production plans and optimize global CCEP and BIJ objectives.
• Support S&OP cycles with weekly and monthly routines across countries.
• Analyze financial impacts of tactical supply plans (service, working capital, costs).
• Link short-term plans with mid-term planning and escalate risks proactively.
• Support BU short-term planning with inventory target setting.
• Coordinate with sites, logistics, and stakeholders to ensure product availability.

Skills

Team leadership

Supply chain planning

S&OP processes

Excel

PowerPoint

SharePoint

SAP APO

English proficiency

Education

Master degree

Tools

SAP APO (PPDS, DP, SNP)

Job description

Sr Manager, Mid-Term Planning Finished Goods (Sofia office)

place Sofia calendar_today 31.10.2026 business Coca-Cola Europacific Partners

We are Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP) - a dedicated team of 42,000 people, serving customers in 31 markets, who work together to make, move and sell some of the world's most loved drinks. We are a global business and one of the leading consumer goods companies in the world.

Senior Manager Mid Term Planning , Finished Goods, reporting to the AD Mid Term Planning Europe.

You will provide leadership and expertise managing a Mid Term Planning Finished Goods team, covering for France, Belgium, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Spain, Portugal and Germany.
The key activities of the this team will be to manage the mid-term planning cycle and govern the results, risks and opportunities through the installed S&OP cycles per country, with the aim to improve business performance by maximizing the scale of CCEP and delivery of process and system improvement projects.

What to expect:

• Lead a diverse team of Mid Term Planning managers across Europe running the Mid Term Planning cycle building a 13 week bucket plan on a weekly basis and a monthly 18 months rough cut capacity plan.
• Deliver the Mid Term production plan to the short term planning team ensuring that the plan is feasible and optimizes the global CCEP as well as the BIJ’s.
• Supply Review (S&OP) responsibility supporting the preparation of the CCEP and BIJ weekly and monthly routines.
• Analyze and quantify the financial impacts of the tactical supply plan (service level / working capital / cost trade-off).
• Ensure linkage of the short term plan with the Mid Term planning team through the weekly S&OP routines, escalating risks & opportunities pro-actively into the wider business.
• Support the BU short term planning teams setting the Inventory targets.
• Build the plan based on existing static data avoiding the creation of residual stocks, taking into account promotions and the agreed change agenda.
• Support the visibility on outstanding levels of stock availability to all the concerned countries.
• Support the annual contingency plan.
• Support the sourcing budget and monthly mid term planning updates variation.
• Collaborate with BU Sites, Logistics, Short Term Manning, Central Copacking, Strategic Planning, and other key stakeholders within the business to ensure high level of product availability to meet customer requirements and deliver best in industry service results.

Skills & Essentials

• 5 years+ experience leading a team of managers
• Relevant experience in planning network sourcing with a strong affinity of the end-to-end supply chain including Sales Operations Planning processes.
• Strong people management skills, including coaching and developing direct reports.
• Excellent communication and influencing skills and the ability to build and sustain a range of working relationships across multiple functions and sites.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to pay attention to detail, the ability to interrogate data and produce detailed outputs as well as keeping the bigger picture.
• Applying a pragmatic approach and capable of conveying complex concepts in simple terms.
• Experience working in a dynamic, complex and fast moving environment Excel (advanced level), PowerPoint, SharePoint; Systems knowledge preferred: SAP APO (eg. PPDS, DP, SNP).
• Degree level : Master Degree or equivalent by experience.
• Fluent English required / proficiency in another European language is an advantage
• Location : Sofia HQ
• Travel requirements 20%

Our employee value proposition:

Being Rewarded

• Annual Compensation & Bonus Cycle
• CCEP Shares Purchase plan & Matching Share
• Everyone's Welcome - Inclusion, Diversity & Equity Culture
• Keep In Touch program - in support of parental care
• Inspiring Office layout with Great beverages and Sofia subsidized canteen
• Referral Program
• Professional Qualifications Support & Sponsorship
• Ninja Community and Lean Six Sigma Certification
• CCEP learning platforms & Leadership training curricula
• Career Growth and Talent Progression
• Recognition program
• Flexible & Hybrid Ways of Working
• Additional days paid leave at start and on top - Birthday, Qualification & Volunteering;
• Wellbeing Community & Initiatives
• Employee Assistance Program
• Social Projects & Community Charity programs
• Participation in Corporate Challenges - marathon, sports, fun
• External life coach speakers and Work-Life balance lectures

We are Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP) - a dedicated team of 42,000 people, serving customers in 31 countries, who work together to make, move and sell some of the world's most loved drinks.

We are a global business and one of the leading consumer goods companies in the world. We help our 2.1 million customers grow, and we are constantly investing in exciting new products, innovative technologies and fresh ideas. This helps us to delight the 600 million people who enjoy our drinks every day.