Description
Summary
Are you ready to make a splash in your marketing career? Join The Coca-Cola Company, a brand that has been refreshing the world for more than 139 years. We are seeking a Director, Marketing – Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) to lead end-to-end marketing performance for one of our most strategic and fast-growing markets.
This role sits at the heart of Coca-Cola’s Operating Unit–Market operating model, combining local consumer intimacy with the scale and power of global platforms. You will be accountable for brand growth, innovation delivery, integrated execution, and capability building , working in close partnership with the KSA Operations team and bottling partner to translate strategy into measurable, in-market impact.
What You’ll Do for Us
Strategic Leadership & System Integration
- Act as the Marketing Lead for KSA, accountable for end-to-end marketing performance, brand growth, innovation delivery, and system alignment within the Middle East Franchise.
- Partner very closely with the KSA Operations team to ensure marketing strategies are operationally feasible, prioritized, and embedded into market execution plans.
- Lead Annual Business Plan (ABP) portfolio choices and marketing calendar, influencing longer-term plans and ensuring disciplined execution with clear ROI.
- Drive vertical integration from brand strategy to actionable and measurable activation plans across consumer and shopper marketing.
Brand, Innovation & Execution Excellence
- Own end-to-end local brand and innovation plans, including flywheel execution, performance tracking, and course correction, in collaboration with Operations and bottlers.
- Drive system-wide alignment and oversee the execution of national, regional, channel, and customer-specific campaigns across KSA.
- Lead Integrated Marketing (IMX) locally in line with OU (Operating Unit) strategy, including media, content, digital, social, influencers, Studio X assets, labels, and experiences.
- Champion local consumer, shopper, and cultural insights, ensuring they inform strategy articulation, creative development, and activation planning.
Bottler, Operations & Customer Leadership
- Work in tight partnership with bottling partner and the KSA Operations team to align on priorities, system investments, activation plans, and execution calendars.
- Lead bottler alignment across marketing campaigns and innovations, ensuring clarity on objectives, roles, timelines, and success metrics.
- Oversee field-level brand activation-of-sale, promotions, experiential marketing, and events, in close coordination with bottlers and Operations.
- Support the system’s Customer & Shopper Marketing agenda, maintaining strong relationships with key customers, bottlers, and partners.
Financial & Performance Accountability
- Own direct marketing expense management, ensuring strong governance, due diligence, and value delivery.
- Apply brand analytics and performance insights to identify risks, opportunities, and growth levers across brands, channels, and the overall KSA business.
People, Capabilities & Ways of Working
- Lead and develop a local marketing leadership team with multiple direct reports, fostering strong collaboration across Marketing, Operations, and the bottling system.
- Deploy and scale modern marketing capabilities, data- and tech-enabled ways of working, and agile execution models.
- Build a culture of growth mindset, creative excellence, inclusivity, and servant leadership.
What Success Looks Like
- Strong, consistent brand growth and innovation impact in KSA
- Seamless Marketing–Operations–Bottler integration driving execution excellence
- Confident, capable local marketing leadership team
- OU strategies translated into real, in-market results
- Deep consumer intimacy converted into commercial impact
Qualifications & Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Business, or related field; MBA preferred
- 12+ years of progressive marketing and leadership experience, ideally in FMCG / consumer goods, with frontline or market marketing exposure in KSA
- Proven experience partnering closely with Operations and bottling organizations
- Strong background across brand strategy, innovation, creative development, connections, media, and integrated campaigns
- Strong commercial, financial, and P&L acumen
- Track record of leading cross-functional, cross-geographical teams
- Demonstrated ability to leverage data, digital, and analytics as competitive advantages
- Experience operating effectively within matrixed, system-based organizations
- Excellent communication, storytelling, and influencing skills
- Ability to navigate complex, fast-changing environments
- Fluency in English and Arabic
- Saudi Nationals strongly preferred
Skills
Analytical Thinking, Brand Management, Brand Marketing, Brand Storytelling, Brand Strategy, Business Planning, Campaign Development, Competitor Analysis, Cross-Functional Integration, Demand Generation, Leadership, Long Term Planning, Marketing Communications (MarCom), Marketing Mix, Marketing Strategies, Market Innovation, Microsoft Office, Profit and Loss (P&L) Management, Shopper Marketing