The Customer & Commercial Leadership function drives growth by delivering exceptional value to our customers, partners, and consumers. We focus on building strong relationships with customers and executing strategies that support Coca-Cola’s market leadership across the globe.
What will you do as a Coca-Cola Blaze Graduate?
Through the Coca-Cola Blaze Graduate Program, we are dedicated to accelerating your career with three key pillars:
Experience
- Embark on a 24-month journey with four rotations designed to fast-track your career, building expertise and leadership skills.
- Lead high-impact projects that shape our business and deliver meaningful results.
- Gain invaluable experiences that will prepare you for rewarding leadership opportunities at Coca-Cola.
Exposure
- Connect and collaborate with leaders, mentors, and peers across our global network, building relationships that will inspire and support your journey.
- Receive personalized coaching and career guidance to fuel your growth, helping you thrive and reach your full potential.
- Represent Coca-Cola as a brand ambassador, sharing your story, inspiring others, and driving meaningful change in our communities and beyond.
Education
- Immerse yourself in real-world learning through hands-on projects, market visits, and global meetings that expand your perspective.
- Engage in world-class development programs designed to sharpen your skills and deepen your expertise.
- Access cutting-edge digital learning tools for flexible, interactive learning – empowering you to grow on your own terms.
Key responsibilities
As a Customer & Commercial Leadership Graduate, you will be exposed to Coca-Cola’s customer-focused strategies. You will help manage customer relationships, optimize sales operations, and ensure Coca-Cola’s products are available and accessible to consumers.
- Assist in managing key customer accounts and relationships.
- Help drive our digital commerce agenda.
- Support the execution of promotional and sales strategies.
- Analyze sales performance data to identify growth opportunities and drive results.
- Collaborate with marketing and supply chain teams to ensure seamless execution.
- Help implement sales training and development programs for field teams.
- Support customer negotiations and contribute to business growth.
Qualifications
- A bachelor’s or master’s degree completed by September 2025.
- Availability to start full-time (36.25 hours/week) on October 1, 2025.
- Legal eligibility to work in the country you are applying for
- No more than 3 years of full-time professional experience.
- Fluent in English with excellent communication and creative problem-solving abilities.
- Demonstrated leadership through roles in academic, extracurricular, or professional settings.
- Desire to lead change, manage complex projects, and collaborate with people in a fast paced, high-performance environment.
- Openness to different perspectives and a proven ability to work effectively with diverse teams.
- Previous internship experience with The Coca-Cola Company or its system partners is an advantage.
- Skills and attributes: Knowledgeable about commercial strategies and digital commerce. Analytical mindset able to translate data into actionable insights. Customer-centric mindset. Strong relationship and negotiation skills.
Graduate Program rewards package
As a Coca-Cola Blaze Graduate, you’ll enjoy a competitive rewards package designed to celebrate your contributions and support your growth as you kick-start your career.
Skills
- Organization
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.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class.
