About Us

Proudly Canadian and Independently Owned, we are Coke Canada!

Coca-Cola Canada Bottling Limited (Coke Canada) is Canada's premier bottling company. We are an independently owned business encompassing over 5,800 associates, more than 50 sales and distribution centres, and 5 production facilities nationwide.

We have a 120-year heritage of manufacturing, marketing, selling, and distributing the major branded ready-to-drink products Canadians love. 

We pride ourselves on building diverse and sustainable relationships with our customers, consumers, stakeholders, and communities through our shared values: lead with an entrepreneurial mindset, collaboration, integrity, accountability, quality and safety.  

Our brands include: Coca-Cola®, Diet Coke®, Coca-Cola® Zero Sugar, Sprite®, Fanta®, Barq's®, NESTEA®, POWERADE®, Minute Maid®, DASANI® and vitaminwater®; and our partner brands: Canada Dry®, Monster Energy® and A&W®.
 

About This Opportunity

Merchandising Planner is part of the customer excellence team reporting to the Senior Manager, Merchandising & Strategy. The candidate will succesfully collaborate with field supervisors, managers and other stakeholders to ensure that service level goals are achieved, schedules are optimized, and the initiatives/pilots are planned as efficiently as possible.  
 

Responsibilities

•  Work directly with local Merchandising Leads to create weekly schedules that execute strategies to reduce operating expenses and provide optimal customer service. 
•  Assist Merchandising Leads in maximizing manpower and analyze staffing activities.
•  Maintain all data necessary to utilize Merlin, including review and reconciliation of actual vs plan, resource maintenance and all other 'back end' set-ups required within the planning application. 
•  Post analysis of scheduling effectiveness & reconciliation and various ad hoc analysis to support continuous improvement.
•  Open forum communication with assigned Sales Office to analyze business trends, resources and scheduling based on volume, ad activities, inventory turns, and points of interruption.
 

Qualifications

• Highly self-motivated and self-directed with the ability to balance multiple assignments without close supervision and ability to lead change efforts on new initiatives and processes when needed. 
• 2 or more years of experience Merchandising/Planning
• Direct customer selling and/or merchandising experience preferred
• Demonstrated ability to analyse, problem-solve and provide viable solutions based on customer needs and company objectives
• Proven ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing in English, French is an asset. 
• Strong attention to detail and time management skills
• Demonstrated ability to understand policies/guidelines and use them as intended
• Demonstrates flexibility and takes the initiative when appropriate, uses good judgment and make decisions quickly.
• Proficient with PC applications, including MS Office, specifically excel
• Must be able to effectively overcome roadblocks and ensure the highest integrity in the data and tools provided and work collaboratively with the Sales Centre
   

Important

All offers of employment at Coca-Cola Canada Bottling Limited (“Coke Canada”) are conditional upon a successful background clearance obtained through our contracted third-party vendor. The standard clearance requirements depend on the position and may include some or all of the following: criminal clearance, employment verification, education verification, and driver’s abstract review. In addition, all new employees must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and provide Coke Canada with proof of vaccination. Please advise the Talent Acquisition team if you have any questions or concerns in regard to any of the foregoing once you are contacted for further consideration.

Coke Canada Bottling is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workforce with several programs, policies and resources in place to support our people. For individuals requiring accommodations or support throughout the recruitment process please contact our Talent Acquisition Services team by calling 1-844-383-2653