Director, Apac Meetings & Events

Director, *Meetings & Events - Asia-Pacific* (Individual Contributor Role)**

Locations: Singapore

The Coca-Cola Company is a 135+ years old total beverage company, offering over 500 brands in more than 200 countries and territories. We’re constantly transforming our portfolio, from reducing sugar in our drinks to bringing innovative new products to market. We’re also working to reduce our environmental impact by replenishing water and promoting recycling. With our bottling partners, we employ more than 700,000 people, helping bring economic opportunity to local communities worldwide.

Position Overview

In this role the Director, Asia-Pacific (APAC) Meetings and Events will serve as the key strategy partner with business leaders and stakeholders across the Asia-Pacific functions to support strategic management of their meetings and events. In this role you will be responsible for prioritizing and operationalizing complex programs to deliver consistent service that align with organizational goals in a dynamic environment. You will be responsible for the development, design, and delivery of these programs by aligning resources (external business partners/suppliers) and networking with team members within The Coca-Cola Company System while considering the standard and policies for this region. This position reports to the Global Meetings & Events Director and will manage a high performing team of Coca-Cola associates, suppliers, and will work with team members within the broader Coca-Cola Company system.

What *You’ll Do for Us*

• Managing the strategic and tactical operations across the geography while ensuring compliance, efficiencies, and supporting adherence to internal policies and guidelines
• Building relationships with business leaders to proactively assess future needs and opportunities for strategic alignment
• Deliver event financials including forecasting and reporting to drive business decisions
• Prioritize and operationalize shifts in strategy to drive key business objectives
• Program Management - Develop and manage program strategic project plan with established milestones and critical path to optimize planning process efficiencies - including, and not limited to cultivating teams of program managers, event planners, production services, vendors, and outsourced agencies across the various event portfolios. Specify actions, time frames and performance measurement needed to achieve goals.

Qualifications and Requirements

• University / Bachelor degree is required
• 8-10 Years of relevant work experience
• Proven / Strong people management experience
• Critical thinking and the ability to prioritize and operationalize changes to strategy
• Operational experience with service delivery - measuring success and identifying opportunities for continuous improvement
• Experience in managing and building diverse teams
• Leadership skills
• Proven financial and budget management skills
• Proven ability to read, edit, negotiate, and interpret contractual documentation, including the ability to manage performance to contracts and agreements

Functional Skills

• Innovative and strategic thinker
• Highly developed project management, leadership, and team management skills
• Develop and maintain partnerships with senior management stakeholders (e.g., senior management) to influence business decision-making
• Ability to delegate - strong time management skills
• Ability to initiate and manage multiple complex projects in-flight and prioritize key deliverables
• Client focused with the ability to understand business strategies, client needs and deliver solutions / products that meet and / or exceed expectations
• Strong written, verbal communication and presentation skills with the ability to provide relevant information to various levels of the business
• Negotiation and management of project supplier agreements
• Assess current & future business environment to determine if changes in strategy/objectives is required
• Create and communicate a business point of view to influence the decision making of clients, peers, and other key internal stakeholders
• Financial and budget management skills

Travel

• Up to 25% travel may be required
• Weekend and evening work will be required depending on events being supported.

What We Can Do *For You*

You will be part of the Finance Hub team where teams are the new heroes and our leaders are expected to be role models, set the agenda and help people bring their best. We are delivering against our global purpose, of refreshing the world and making a difference.

We offer:

• Career growth and development: Leveraging our boundaryless network, we provide access to educational platforms and provide coaching, mentoring and feedback, as a part of our Leadership & Development process.
• Diverse and inclusive culture: You’ll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs. We want to make our cu