Director Strategy & Business Development (FSI) - Central Zone

Location(s):

Colombia

City/Cities:

Bogota

Travel Required:

00% - 25%

Relocation Provided:

No

Job Posting End Date:

October 5, 2025

Shift:

Job Description Summary:

We’re accelerating our momentum as the fastest growing large consumer goods company in Latin America. People are our focus when we’re collaborating with our diverse network of locally connected bottling partners, and when we’re returning every drop of water we use to communities and nature. We empower our employees to challenge the status quo, make bold recommendations, experiment, and adapt, so we can grow together and make a great business even better.

This role is about becoming the lighthouse for the Zone. Providing relevant industry trends, opportunities identification, channel changes, competitors analysis, strategy and business tracking / course correcting. Lead of the business plan end-to-end process for Central Zone.

What You’ll Do for Us:

• Performance tracking to generate insights to accelerate zones´ results delivery.

• Lead/Support zone Annual Business Planning (ABP), Long-Range Planning (LRP) & Moonshots Processes. The goal is a high degree of alignment and cascading down of the Operating Unit (OU) plans/targets to zones/countries ensuring Strategy deployment. This must be done by acting as a network person linking between functions and systems.

• Routines management (bottlers alignments, T2T, Monthly Decision Points) with adequate data/insights to guarantee focus on strategy pillars and short-term alignment to company targets.

• Work with Insights team and platform services team to identify and manage syndicated data sources for the countries and categories to identify market and executional opportunities to accelerate value capture.

• Usage of fact-based, strategic approach to identify the insights, strategies and leading-edge solutions to boost local/granular strategy with actionable levers.

• Manage uncertainty and multiple stakeholders.

• Strategic projects: support and/or lead strategic/confidential projects.

Qualification & Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Economy, Industrial Engineering, Marketing or similar.

• MBA and consulting experience are a plus.

• +10 years of experience in Business Development roles, such as Strategy, Planning, Insights, Consulting, Investment Banking, among others.

• Proven trajectory of collaborating and influencing multifunctional peers, and experience interacting and influencing senior management roles.

• Able to work in a diverse cultural environment, efficient communicator and influencer. 

• Ability to work in high pressure situations, and dealing with ambiguity.

• English is required. Spanish-speaking candidates are highly desirable due to the bottler network.

Functional Skills:

Mastery Of (Required)

• Strategic thinking: integrate diverse business insights and connecting the dots to develop holistic approach.  

• Problem framing & solving ability, to structure and coordinate / lead cross functional complex analysis, initiatives, or efforts.

• Industry and competitive assessment: business and execution strategy.

• Solid business acumen skills: to translate data and insights to help inform key business decisions. It is a must to have solid hard skills on data tools.

• Systemic thinking: Experience with large-scale organizational change efforts and global capabilities implementation. Being comfortable with ambiguity and willingness to challenge the status quo

Broad Expertise In (Good To Have): 

• Synthesis and storytelling: Communicate, influence and convince stakeholders through a structured, fact base and action-oriented storytelling. 

• Innovation and taking different approaches. 

• Organization and focus: prioritize through a pragmatic fact-based approach, handling trade-offs, balancing immediate and long-term priorities. 

• Stakeholder management: identify, influence, align and engage key stakeholders.

• Deep experience with multifunctional projects impacting a larger system. 

• Strategic consulting experience and or experience with agile ways of working.

Communication focus:

• Multiple interactions and negotiations with management team members of KO system.  

• Negotiation, influence and communication skills to align strategies as well as build value-based relationships through numerous sensitive situations (typically with bottlers) are essential. 

• Write and present effectively; adjust to fit the audience with appropriate and relevant messaging.

What We Can Do For You 

• Iconic & Innovative Brands: Our portfolio represents over 250 products with some of the most popular brands in the world, including Coca-Cola, Sprite, Fanta, Powerade, Fuze tea and more! 

• Expansive & Diverse Customers: We work with a diversified group of customers which range from retail & grocery outlets, theme parks, movie theatres, and restaurants. 

• Purpose Driven: Purpose driven approach that empowers our people to protect the environment and communities we serve while delivering safe & quality products.   

• Global Connections: Allows you to develop, enhance and maintain global connections that allow us to move faster and learn from others.   

• Community of Belonging: We’re an organization that believes our ability to continually grow and build the right atmosphere where people feel safe and empowered.

Skills:

Analytics Software, Business, Communication, Competitor Analysis, Consulting, Customer Insights, Data Mining, Financial Analysis, Financial Modeling, Influencing, Key Performance Indicators (KPI), Long Term Planning, Microsoft Office, Professional Presentation, Relationship Building, Risk Mitigation Strategies, Stakeholder Management, Storytelling, Strategic Thinking, Tactical Planning, Waterfall Model

Our Purpose and Growth Culture:

We are taking deliberate action to nurture an inclusive culture that is grounded in our company purpose, to refresh the world and make a difference. We act with a growth mindset, take an expansive approach to what’s possible and believe in continuous learning to improve our business and ourselves. We focus on four key behaviors – curious, empowered, inclusive and agile – and value how we work as much as what we achieve. We believe that our culture is one of the reasons our company continues to thrive after 130+ years. Visit Our Purpose and Vision to learn more about these behaviors and how you can bring them to life in your next role at Coca-Cola.