Senior Director, Brand Management, Sparkling Flavors
At a glance
Director-level Brand Marketing role at Coca-Cola Company. Berlin · full-time.
Pay not stated Brand Marketing salary
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What you'll do
- Set Germany’s long-range and annual brand direction, using consumer, cultural and market insight to guide growth choices
- Oversee plans covering media, creative, innovation, packaging, shopper work and commercial delivery, then review brand performance
- Guide the innovation pipeline and join IMX, media and creative teams on integrated campaigns and culturally relevant content
- Shape joint plans with bottlers and connect brand priorities to customer strategies across channels
- Lead brand directors and senior managers, while coordinating with global, European and cross-functional teams
What you bring
- A bachelor’s degree is required; a higher degree is preferred
- You bring twelve to fifteen years of progressive brand leadership in FMCG or a related field
- German fluency is essential, alongside experience overseeing major portfolios or several brand teams
- You have led large cross-functional teams and delivered growth through brand strategy, innovation and commercial partnership
Who this fits
This is a senior people-leadership role in Germany, based in Berlin, overseeing directors and senior managers. Travel is listed at up to twenty-five percent, and relocation is not provided.
From the employer
Job Description Summary:
Job Title: Senior Director, Brand Management GERMANY
Location: Germany
Reports To: Vice President, Marketing GERMANY
Role Purpose
The Senior Director, Brand Management GERMANY leads the end-to-end strategy, creation, execution, and evaluation of the brand agenda for the full portfolio of brands in Germany. As one of the most senior roles in the Frontline Marketing organization, this leader is accountable for driving sustainable growth, strengthening brand equity, and delivering market leading performance across all consumer groups, categories, and channels.
This role sets the long-term brand vision, shapes integrated strategies, and ensures worldclass execution across innovation, communication, commercial activation, and total consumer experience. The Senior Director partners directly with global category teams, Europe OU leadership, Franchise partners, bottler executives, and cross functional teams to ensure clarity, alignment, and impactful delivery.
This role also leads a multidisciplinary team of brand leaders and ensures that brand strategies and plans are sharp, insight driven, commercially grounded, and flawlessly executed in the market.
What You’ll Do for Us
1. Brand Leadership & German Strategy
Lead the total brand strategy for Germany, creating longterm and annual plans that deliver brand growth, market share expansion, and consumer relevance.
Build strategic choices based on deep consumer, cultural, and market insight.
Identify opportunities to outpace competition and lead category performance.
Ensure brand strategies are aligned with global direction and OU priorities.
2. Integrated Planning & Performance Management
Oversee development of brand plans that span media, creative, innovation, packaging, customer activation, shopper marketing, and commercial execution.
Lead performance routines with brand teams to track brand health, NSR, GP, equity, and penetration.
Drive continuous improvement across all brand building levers.
3. Innovation, Creative Excellence & IMX Integration
Guide the brand innovation pipeline and ensure relevance, differentiation, and strong execution.
Partner with IMX, Media, and Creative teams to ensure best in class creative platforms and fully integrated IMX activation.
Build culturally resonant platforms, always on content, and full funnel plans that drive measurable brand impact.
4. Commercial & Customer Collaboration
Work closely with the Customer & Commercial Senior Director to ensure brand plans are tightly integrated with customer strategies.
Shape brand and commercial plans that drive execution excellence across all channels and customers.
Support customer selling with compelling brand narratives, category insights, and activation toolkits.
5. System Leadership & Bottler Partnership
Act as the senior brand counterpart to the bottler leadership team, shaping and delivering joint system plans.
Partner with Franchise, Commercial, RGM, Supply Chain, and Finance teams to ensure cohesive system alignment.
Influence bottler decision making on innovation, investment, visibility, and local execution.
6. Cross Functional Leadership & Network Collaboration
Partner with Insights, PACS, RGM, Finance, Legal, IMX, and OU/global marketing teams to deliver aligned, high quality brand work.
Represent Germany in European network forums and contribute to global initiatives with GERMANY market insight.
7. People Leadership, Culture & Capability
Lead a team of Directors and Senior Managers across brand management and key marketing capability areas.
Develop, coach, and inspire high performing teams with clear accountability and strong succession depth.
Foster a culture of creativity, excellence, collaboration, agility, rigor, and consumer obsession.
8. Governance & Operational Excellence
Ensure compliance with brand governance, SRA & claims approval, responsible marketing, and sustainability guidelines.
Drive operational discipline in planning, budgeting, investment decisions, project management, and measurement.
Qualifications & Experience
Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree preferred.
12–15 years of progressive brand leadership experience within FMCG or related industries.
German language essential
Proven experience managing large brand portfolios or multiple brand teams.
Demonstrated success in leading large cross functional teams and delivering growth.
Deep knowledge of brand strategy, insights, innovation, creative development, and IMX integration.
Strong commercial and system leadership experience.
Exceptional communication, influencing, negotiation, and leadership skills.
Experience partnering with bottlers, customers, and global/OU marketing teams.
Ability to lead through complexity and drive transformation.
What We Can Do for You
Strategic Influence: Lead the brand agenda of a major global market.
Cross Functional Impact: Work closely with commercial, media, creative, and bottler leadership.
Development & Growth: Access worldclass global marketing capability programs.
High Visibility: Engage with leaders across the global system and European OU.
Skills:
Analytical Thinking, Brand Architecture, Brand Management, Brand Positioning, Brand Strategy, Channel Management, Competitive Assessments, Consumer Segmentation, Creative Process, Digital Media Strategy, Group Problem Solving, Leadership, Life Cycle Management, Marketing Strategies, Media Planning, Portfolio Management, Quantitative Research, Social Media Strategies, SWOT AnalysisLocation(s):
GermanyCity/Cities:
BERLINTravel Required:
00% - 25%Relocation Provided:
NoJob Posting End Date:
October 13, 2026Our 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.
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