Director, Technical Operations & Commercialization – Japan
Core
Leading end-to-end innovation, reformulation, and supply continuity for product and packaging across the Coca-Cola Japan system, ensuring alignment with global standards while balancing speed, cost, quality, and sustainability.
Role type
Director, Technical Operations & Commercialization
Builds
New product launches, optimized supply chains, and compliant commercialization strategies for the Japan KO System.
Domain
FMCG / Beverage Industry / Technical Operations
Deliverable
product features
Required skills
Strategic leadership, technical governance, cross-functional stakeholder management, risk management, advanced problem solving, project management, supply chain optimization, regulatory affairs expertise, financial modeling, team capability planning.
Preferred skills
Experience with Workfront, PICASSO, and PAR processes.
Technologies
Workfront, PICASSO
Responsibilities
Lead the innovation pipeline commercialization and new product launches; manage interactions among GDI, CPS, Procurement, Marketing, Finance, and Bottling partners; own technical risk management and business continuity plans; lead complex cross-system troubleshooting for quality and supply issues; drive root cause analysis and corrective actions; ensure QMS compliance and formula management; support marketing strategies and bottler implementation of NPD.
Seniority
Director, strategic leadership & system-wide initiative ownership