Location(s):

South Africa

City/Cities:

Johannesburg

Travel Required:

Relocation Provided:

Job Posting End Date:

April 18, 2025

Shift:

Job Description Summary:

The Coca-Cola Company is poised towards transforming itself into a Total Beverage Company. We are challenging ourselves to think, act and work differently and ensuring that we constantly demonstrate a growth mindset. The people agenda plays a critical role in this transformation and includes transforming the way we attract and retain talent. 

We have a passion for finding and developing talent that will help write the next chapter of our company’s success. This senior individual contributor role requires expertise in attracting various talent profiles across multiple countries while acting as a trusted talent advisor to the business.   Recruitment expertise, team collaboration and proactively delivering against Coca-Cola’s overall talent strategy will be critical in this role.  Our ideal candidate will have a history of building strong relationships with senior level stakeholders, the ability to understand and adapt recruiting strategies in complex markets to generate outstanding results while providing an excellent stakeholder experience. If you have a thirst for leadership and a drive to find great talent, then we would love to meet you.  

What You’ll Do For Us

Responsible for driving the recruitment process for internal and external senior talent in support of business needs today and in the future.   The Director, Talent Acquisition will drive end-to-end recruiting and consultation; including market research, building robust pipelines for critical skills, sourcing, candidate assessment, interview and offer management.  The role will also support senior talent move processes locally. 

Foster and maintain relationships with key partners and leadership to understand business objectives and key skills needed to support company growth.  Provide external insights on the talent market (i.e. demographic trends, employment projections) and develop holistic talent attraction, sourcing and hiring strategies.   

Deliver on recruitment priorities leveraging both internal and external talent channels while collaborating with Talent, HR and Leadership 

Identify, develop, and implement innovative sourcing and talent mapping strategies for key roles and critical skills that result in quality talent pipelines to meet workforce needs aligned to business objectives 

Achieve positive outcomes against talent KPIs; partner with internal teams (local and global) on identifying and executing operational efficiencies  

Support Coca-Cola’s initiatives and objectives by attracting talent through strategic sourcing strategies to ensure Coca-Cola continues to be a top destination for talent 

Utilize data analytics to provide insights and recommendations to the business related to the recruitment process 

Ensure compliance with local legislation 

Qualifications & Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience 

Eight (8) plus years with a history of success recruiting senior level talent in a complex global environment and/or recruitment search firm 

Experience influencing executives across various disciplines, functions and geographies 

Strong sourcing capability and ability to act as a talent ambassador  

Strong operational experience with recruitment tools and processes 

Ability to apply business acumen and drive operational excellence while anticipating and adapting to changing needs of the business 

Strong communication skills, both written and verbal, required 

                                              

What We Can Do For You

Iconic & Innovative Brands: Our portfolio represents over 250 products with some of the most popular brands in the world, including Coca-Cola, Simply, Fairlife & Topo Chico.Expansive & Diverse Customers: We work with a diversified group of customers which range from retail & grocery outlets, theme parks, movie theatres, restaurants, and many more each day.

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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.