Fountain Ops & Channel Development Manager

Fountain Ops & Channel Development Manager

Tampa, FL, USA Req #46611

Friday, May 2, 2025

Who We Are:


* Coca-Cola Beverages Florida, LLC (Coke Florida) is a family-owned independent Coca-Cola bottler that is the third largest privately-held and the sixth largest independent Coca-Cola bottler in the United States.


* Coke Florida sells, markets, manufactures and distributes over 600 products of The Coca-Cola Company and other partner companies including Monster Beverage Corporation and BODYARMOR.


* In 2024, for the 3rd year in a row, Coke Florida was named as a US Best Managed Company by Deloitte Private and The Wall Street Journal.

This program recognizes outstanding U.S.

private companies and the achievements of their management teams in four key areas: strategy, ability to execute, corporate culture, and governance/financial performance.

What We Offer:
Eligible full time Coke Florida Associates can participate in our Total Rewards Program which includes:


* Total Wellness Programs including health, dental and vision plans


* 401K program with healthy company match


* Supplemental Life Insurance


* Three weeks of vacation pay, and 10 company paid holidays

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* Tuition reimbursement


* Employee Assistance Programs (EAP)


* Competitive compensation

Coke Florida is searching for a Fountain Ops & Channel Development Manager to work out of our Tampa area facility, working Monday - Friday with occasional nights and weekends.

What You Will Do:

The Channel Development Manager "CDM" reports to the Director, Fountain Operations & Channel Development.

The main objective is to implement our Business Strategy and develop actionable insights for local market customers across key Food Service On Premise channels.

In addition, a successful Channel Development Manager would leverage a two-prong approach not only developing priorities for the channel but also engaging the field team and building capabilities to support our field team in becoming a world class selling organization.

Roles and Responsibilities:


* Actively manage FSOP principles to achieve annual business plan objectives including: Weekly/Monthly performance management stewardship; Revenue, Gross Profit, Net Outlet growth and FSOP strategic initiatives


* Monitors performance versus execution objectives, re-plans as necessary and provides feedback to key stakeholders


* Have the ability to create both front line and Executive level presentations inclusive but not limited to performance, category insights, marketing programs etc.


* Ability to communicate with C-Suite level executives


* Collaborate with internal Business Partners (PGM, Marketing, Finance) to support the development of programming that will accelerate incremental business and exceed program objectives; where applicable


* Conduct post promotional analysis measuring the success levels of for your designated channel strategies and provide feedback to leader on m...