What does a typical career at Coca-Cola look like?

Question

Hello Recruitment Team, 
I have recently applied for a Sales Executive role in the Sheffield region and am eagerly awaiting a response.  In the meantime could you give me a little information as to how long the average career is with Coca-Cola? Also, do employees tend to stay with similar roles in the company as their careers grow and develop?

Anonymous · Answer

Hi James, Thank you for your question!Careers at CCEP are completely dependant on the individual. We have lots of employees who have been here for 10/15/20 years +.At CCEP we encourage our employees to own their own development and career paths, so if a long term career in sales is what you're after then you could look to progress through into an Account Executive role / National accounts, or move into management as a Sales Manager. However we also have opportunities to move cross function. As an example I myself started in field sales as a sales rep, but moved across into HR where I developed from a HR Admin role into Recruitment.

Eve B. · Answer

Hi, I have worked at CCEP for 29 years, joining straight from school on a degree scheme. I have worked as an Away from Home rep, a Retail rep, a Grocery Account Executive and a Team Leader and then 2.5 years ago I joined Commercial Operations and I have just started my second role there. Both roles have been supporting the field sales teams with tools and technology and in designing artwork for bespoke point of sale.

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