Job Description Summary:
At The Coca‑Cola Company, we refresh the world and make a difference through our brands, partnerships, and the relationships that connect people to the beverages they love. Walmart represents one of our most significant and dynamic retail partnerships—spanning stores, digital commerce, and evolving consumer engagement opportunities. The Senior Manager, Sales – Walmart drives growth across Coca‑Cola’s beverage portfolio by developing collaborative, data‑driven strategies that strengthen category performance both in-store and online.
This role combines customer leadership, insight application, and cross‑functional collaboration to deliver omnichannel success across Walmart’s extensive retail ecosystem. The ideal candidate will bring proven experience in account management, e-commerce strategy, and joint business planning within consumer goods, translating insights into commercially executable plans. Working closely with merchants across beverage categories, Coca‑Cola brand leaders, and bottling partners, you will help shape the future of how our brands connect with shoppers wherever they choose to purchase.
What You’ll Do for Us
- Manage The Coca‑Cola Company’s beverage portfolio across Walmart’s Future Consumption, Immediate Consumption, and e-commerce segments, ensuring alignment and execution of growth plans.
- Develop and implement a shopper‑centric omnichannel strategy focused on winning the first moment of truth through optimized assortment, pricing, content, and digital engagement.
- Partner with Coca‑Cola cross‑functional teams—including Marketing, Supply Chain, Commercial, RGM, and Data & Analytics—to deliver unified solutions that enhance category performance and customer satisfaction.
- Execute the joint business plan in collaboration with Walmart buyers and Coca‑Cola system stakeholders, aligning priorities across merchandising, promotion, delivery, and fulfillment channels.
- Drive growth in existing brands and categories while accelerating penetration of new products, formats, and packaging offerings that meet consumer demands.
- Translate shopper insights, e-commerce trends, and price‑package planning into value propositions that expand category share and strengthen the Coca‑Cola partnership.
- Leverage advanced analytics and data storytelling to uncover opportunities for conversion, efficiency, and profitability across omnichannel touchpoints.
- Build trusted relationships with Walmart merchant teams and cross‑functional partners to drive mutual business value and influence decision-making.
- Identify productivity and supply chain optimization opportunities that deliver measurable improvements in speed, sustainability, and customer experience.
- Champion innovation, digital marketing activation, and development of new capabilities that advance our commercial strategy and system readiness.
- Lead organizational change through clear vision, collaborative execution, and insight‑based leadership, enabling the team to adapt to future business requirements.
Requirements & Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing, or related field required.
- Minimum of 5 years of sales experience; 7+ years preferred, ideally in consumer packaged goods or beverage industries.
- Proven success developing and executing joint business plans with large national retailers; experience with Walmart or similar customers a strong plus.
- Deep understanding of omnichannel strategies, including e-commerce, digital marketing, fulfillment, and the intersection between physical and digital retail.
- Ability to apply shopper insights and consumer data to shape commercial decisions and influence customer alignment.
- Strong analytical capabilities with experience interpreting large data sets and making strategic recommendations for category growth.
- Demonstrated skill in influencing, negotiating, and executing customer programs across cross‑functional teams.
- Excellent communication and storytelling skills with the ability to present complex information clearly to both internal and customer executives.
- Commercial acumen in pricing, promotion, trade investment, and mix optimization to achieve profitability targets.
- Exceptional collaboration and relationship management skills across matrixed environments and systems.
- High digital and AI fluency; ease in leveraging analytics platforms and emerging technologies to improve planning and execution outcomes.
What We’ll Do for You
- Create a platform for leadership and partnership with one of Coca‑Cola’s largest and most strategic global customers.
- Enable you with advanced analytical tools, omnichannel capabilities, and technology resources to build insight‑driven business strategies.
- Provide opportunities to collaborate across Retail, Marketing, Digital, and Supply Chain teams to shape holistic growth plans.
- Empower you to drive innovation and new category expansion within a fast‑moving retail environment that values sustainability and consumer connectivity.
The Coca-Cola Company will not offer sponsorship for employment status (including, but not limited to, H1-B visa status and other employment-based nonimmigrant visas) for this position. Accordingly, all applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis and must not require The Coca-Cola Company's sponsorship to continue to work legally in the United States.
Skills:
Commercial Acumen, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Data Analytics, Influencing, Joint Business Planning, Leadership, National Account Management, Negotiation, Omnichannel Strategy, Portfolio Growth, Shopper Marketing
Pay Range:
United States: 119,000 - 145,800 USD

Base pay offered may vary depending on geography, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. A full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the position, is offered.
Annual Incentive Reference Value Percentage:
15
Annual 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.
Location(s):
United States of America
City/Cities:
Rogers
Travel Required:
00% - 25%
Relocation Provided:
No
Job Posting End Date:
October 30, 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 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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