From studying History to a Business Masters to working at CCEP
1) Professional, Supply Chain Projects (CCEP) - unique opportunity to join CCEP in a role that was split between project management within Manufacturing, and internal supply chain communications for the leadership team. A great way to learn about different aspects of the business!
2) Manager, Commercialisation - Capri-Sun (CCEP) - opportunity to learn about our end-to-end supply chain from idea conception to in-store execution, specifically for all Capri-Sun projects!
3) Manager, Commercialisation - Core 4...Fanta, Sprite, Dr Pepper, Lilt (CCEP) - opportunity to discover a new portfolio with more brands and complexity, along with new stakeholders, to further develop my understanding of the business and project management skills!
My main motivation is the team I'm joining, the leaders I will work under, and the stakeholders I will interact with - I look at a combination of these 3 aspects to ensure I will enjoy the role and learn a lot.
Manager, Commercialisation
We are responsible for leading product innovation and pack change initiatives across CCEP's portfolio of brands. We manage New Product Development (NPD), On-pack Promotions, Product Reformulations, Product Deists, Brand Re-designs and Sustainability initiatives. We lead the full range of project lifecycle activities from project initiation to project closure, interacting with stakeholders across our value chain to deliver innovation and change initiatives that enable CCEP to react to key external trends and market pressures. Importantly, we balance the end-to-end process - the commercial requirements versus the supply chain complexity and costs, to deliver value that is sustainable, We therefore work with a multitude of stakeholders across both CCEP, KO and our Franchisors.
We enable our supply chain to plan, source, make and move our products
My team are at the heart of our operations and we get exposure across the whole business to deliver innovation and change with a variety of stakeholders. The best part of the role is all of our efforts become visible with the end product - e.g. on shelves in customer stores, or through tangible process improvements etc. which we can see the realized business benefits from. Everyday is different and challenging which means we are always busy but that's the fun part of working in a high performance team!
Networking is your friend
Don't be afraid to reach out to people and ask silly questions or want to know more about their role etc. People are always willing to help and therefore don't be shy to ask for it. Having a strong network will not only help in terms of understanding the wider business and can provide you with people to rely on when you need support; but it will also open up new opportunities that may not have been possible.
Also be clear on what kind of roles you enjoy (make take time to figure out) - but understand what gets you out of bed in the morning and then look for roles that have these aspects as part of them. And definitely don't expect to have a lot of the requirements on job descriptions - do not let this put you off applying. After all, if you had all the list, arguably you shouldn't be applying! The point is to show your transferable skills to the role and willingness to learn, and you should then have opportunities in the role to develop particular skills.
Team of the year award 2021
My team won the ICON award for Team of the Year which was a really rewarding moment for all the innovation and change we delivered in 2021, particularly due to the external environment we were operating in (Covid-19) and how busy we were as a team. It was great to celebrate the success together and pause to reflect on what we delivered as a team - and spurs the motivation for all the hard days in the office!
