Job Information
The Coca-Cola Company Senior Manager, Packaging & Equip Innovation, Eurasia & Middle East Operating Unit in Istanbul, Turkey
Eurasia Middle East Operating Unit Marketing is undergoing a step-change to deliver more balanced, sustainable growth, powered by deeper consumer intimacy, stronger integration, accelerated innovation, and data- and tech-enabled precision marketing. The organization is designed to combine local relevance with scale, shift data and technology from experimentation to competitive advantage, and operate through flywheel execution with clear accountability for impact and ROI. All roles operate within a tightly integrated OU-Market model, where the Operating Unit (OU) elevates and enables long-term growth + OU-wide platforms while markets integrate, execute, and track performance with speed and rigor while developing local content, partnership and experiences.
Focus, Scope, & Impact:
Turn pack/equipment innovation into a growth engine by supporting the Innovation Hub lead to strengthening capabilities and present -forward pack/equipment pipeline readiness and excellence
Partner with (Customer and Commercial Leadership) CCL, RGM (Revenue Growth Management). category, XF (Cross-functional), R&D and global innovation teams to turn innovation into a massive and repeatable growth engine across packaging, and equipment for all our categories.
Accelerate proven/ validated/ present-forward pack, and equipment solutions ensuring readiness for the markets.
Incubate and intervene with ready-now innovative solutions that can create immediate market impact.
What Success Looks Like:
Faster, higher-quality innovation launches and performance; Markets feel innovation is sizable, practical and executable; Strong conversion from pipeline to impact; Innovation clearly linked to growth and ROI
Experience & Critical Requirements
Significant leadership experience (8 years+) across relevant CCL/marketing disciplines especially innovation
Led scaled, complex, cross-functional and cross-geographical teams and projects
Led projects and capabilities that leverage Digital/ Data/ AI as edges
Led XF partners (R&D, other functions, ... )
Behaviors: Growth Mindset: someone that is curious, dreams big, does what is hard and has an enterprise mindset. Passionate and uncompromisable commitment to excellence and servant leadership.
Communication focus:
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills; influential skills with senior executives
Ability to build and leverage relationships with key business partners (internally and externally), comfortable in working with senior leaders 
Ability to work in networked teams with full collaboration, especially in highly volatile and ambiguous contexts
Ability to inspire through the power of our marketing and brands
Location(s):
Trkiye
City/Cities:
Istanbul
Travel Required:
00% - 25%
Relocation Provided:
No
Job Posting End Date:
April 17, 2026
Our 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 (https://www.coca-colacompany.com/company/purpose-and-vision) to learn more about these behaviors and how you can bring them to life in your next role at Coca-Cola.
Annual Incentive Reference Value Percentage:15Annual Incentive reference value is a market-based competitive value for your role. It falls in the middle of the range for your role, indicating performance at target.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class.