Senior Director, Customer & Commercial, NL
Coca-Cola
- Location
- Netherlands - Rotterdam
- Work model
- On-Site
- Level
- Staff
- H-1B history
- 3 approvals (FY2023)
- Posted
- Aug 18, 2026
About this role
Role
Purpose At The Coca ‑ Cola Company, we are not just refreshing beverages—we are refreshing careers. Join our Customer & Commercial organization and become part of a global system that values innovation, collaboration, and leadership excellence. As a senior member of the FBN Leadership Team, the Senior Director, Customer & Commercial, Netherlands plays a critical enterprise role in shaping the commercial strategy, strengthening system alignment, and delivering sustainable growth across all channels and categories. This leader orchestrates the full commercial engine of the Netherlands business—including RGMX, Channel & Portfolio, AFH/AH development, and commercial operations—ensuring Netherlands delivers strong performance outcomes and market execution excellence. Working closely with the Vice president Benelux , bottler partners, OU stakeholders, and cross-functional teams, the Senior Director drives the end ‑ to ‑ end commercial agenda, helps inform P&L choices, and ensures it maintains a winning position with consumers, customers, and across the broader system. Scope • Geography: Netherlands ; collaboration with Europe OU and Global functions. • System: Works closely with bottler senior leadership and cross-functional KO partners. • Team: Leads a high ‑ performing team of Directors across RGMX, Channel & Portfolio, Operations. • Performance Influence: Significant responsibility for commercial, execution, and value creation KPIs; contributes to country P&L through strategic commercial choices. What You’ll Do for Us Shape and Lead the Commercial Strategy for Netherlands • Define and execute the long ‑ term Customer & Commercial strategy for NL , ensuring alignment with OU priorities and system needs. • Translate strategy into clear, actionable choices across channels, categories, customers, and portfolio priorities. • Provide strategic commercial direction that influences P&L outcomes, system economics, and long ‑ term category value creation. Lead a Unified Commercial System with Bottling Partner(s) • Build and maintain strong, trust-based relationships with bottler senior leadership to drive aligned commercial choices and investment decisions. • Orchestrate joint system planning, including annual commercial plans, channel strategies, customer priorities, and execution frameworks. • Ensure a single, integrated commercial plan is delivered across the Netherlands market. Oversee Integrated RGMX, Channel & Portfolio, and Operational Excellence • Lead the NL RGMX agenda (pricing, OBPPC, pack strategy, promo architecture, mix management) to unlock transactions, NSR, GM% and household penetration. • Oversee Channel & Portfolio strategy—including Modern Trade, AFH, AH, and emerging channels—ensuring channel propositions are differentiated and anchored in consumer/shopper insights. • Guide the commercial operations agenda, strengthening execution routines, PICOS deployment, trade terms excellence, and sales enablement capabilities. Accelerate AFH & AH Commercial Development • Lead the commercial strategy for Away ‑ From ‑ Home (AFH) and At ‑ Home (AH), ensuring channel ‑ specific interventions, tailored portfolio plans, and strong execution with bottlers. • Oversee customer development strategies across foodservice, QSR, on ‑ premise , travel & leisure, institutional, e ‑ commerce , and retail channels. • Support customer negotiations, joint value creation plans, and scaled customer playbooks. Drive Execution Excellence Across Netherlands • Drive commercial performance management with clear accountability for outcomes across revenue, share, transactions, execution KPIs, and customer metrics. •