Coke Canada Bottling is Canada’s Local Bottler. We’re Made Local.
Proudly independent, we are a Canadian, family-owned business. Coke Canada Bottling makes, distributes, merchandises, and sells the most-loved beverages Canadians enjoy. With over 6,000 diverse employees coast-to-coast, we operate in every province through 50+ sales and distribution centres, and five manufacturing facilities.
Coke Canada supplies some of Canada’s favourite beverage brands, and we want to continue to be the leading beverage partner in Canada, creating a better future and delivering optimism by bringing sustainable value to our employees, customers, consumers, and communities.
Advancing a high-performing, collaborative and inclusive culture is at the core of our vision to be the World’s Greatest Bottler, Built by the Best People, and we’re looking for exceptional talent to help get us there.
For more information about Coke Canada Bottling and our products, visit cokecanada.com/our-product.
Role Details
- Work Location – 335 King St E, Toronto ON M5A 1L1
- Hybrid Environment – 3 days in office
- The full base salary range for this position is from $121,500 - $135,000 annually. The starting base salary offered is based on market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, role complexity, skills, experience, and internal equity.
- Initial Posting Close Date – October 30, 2026
About This Opportunity
This is a unique, high-visibility opportunity to lead the Business Transformation Office project management function for Coke Canada Bottling. The Senior Project Manager will oversee a portfolio of approximately 35 cross-functional initiatives, steward the project governance and approval process, and help ensure projects remain on track and deliver measurable business value. The role also offers the opportunity to directly project manage select high-impact projects as capacity allows.
Working closely with project leads, functional partners and executive leadership, this role will coordinate governance routines, strengthen project management capability across the organization, consolidate financial benefits and project updates, and provide clear executive-level reporting. As the BTO scope continues to evolve, the position may also support additional enterprise management routines and integrated business planning activities.
Responsibilities
Routine and Process Governance
- Lead the BTO project management office and its governance routines.
- Manage the project approval process, coordinate and facilitate monthly steering committee meetings, review presentation content, prepare and circulate pre-read materials, track decisions and follow up on action items.
- Maintain close contact with project leads to support progress and ensure governance requirements are met.
Project Management
- Partner with business leaders to provide project management leadership for high-impact, cross-functional initiatives.
- Develop project charters, objectives, scope, deliverables, timelines and risk mitigation strategies.
- Steward projects through the approval process, hold teams accountable for commitments and deadlines, and support post-implementation reviews.
- Lead select projects directly based on portfolio priorities and available capacity.
Productivity Tracking and Executive Reporting
- Consolidate financial updates and calculated benefits from project teams.
- Provide monthly updates on project status, pipeline health, risks, opportunities and productivity results to the steering committee.
- Prepare clear executive-level materials and quarterly reporting for the Board of Directors.
Pipeline and Value Development
- Partner with functions to establish annual productivity targets and plans.
- Proactively identify opportunities that improve productivity and business value, applying a continuous improvement mindset across the enterprise portfolio.
Qualifications
- 8-10 years of progressive project management experience, ideally supporting large, cross-functional or enterprise-wide initiatives.
- Experience leading project governance, portfolio or PMO routines, including project approvals, steering committee meetings, action tracking and executive reporting.
- Demonstrated ability to lead projects from charter development through implementation and post-implementation review, including scope, timelines, deliverables, risks and issue resolution.
- Strong communication and presentation skills, with the ability to influence internal stakeholders and prepare clear, concise materials for executive audiences.
- Strong process-management capability, with a disciplined and detail-oriented approach to standardization, organization and follow-through.
- Financial acumen, including functional knowledge of P&L statements, budgeting and the calculation or validation of project benefits.
- Advanced proficiency with project management, reporting and presentation software.
- Continuous improvement certification or belt designation is preferred.
- Ability to balance portfolio oversight with direct leadership of selected projects in a changing environment.
Why work with us?
- Join a local, family-owned business that’s part of a globally recognized brand, where you can develop your capabilities, competencies, and career.
- Coke Canada has a culture of learning, and we offer several channels to support your development, including on-the-job training and a library of free courses for just-in-time learning.
- We are committed to offering a comprehensive benefits package designed to help our employees achieve their best physical, mental, financial, and overall health and well-being. This includes a competitive compensation package, access to retirement and saving programs, family and employee assistance program, paid vacation and floater days.
- We have close, local connections with the communities in which we operate across Canada. We’re determined to make a positive difference in our communities; this includes opportunities for employee volunteerism.
- We’re building our business responsibly and our mission is to work Toward a Better Future Together. We have a plan that outlines how we are reducing, reusing, recycling, decreasing our carbon footprint, and using water responsibly. For more information visit cokecanada.com/sustainability/
Coke Canada has been recognized as one of Canada’s Best Employers for Diversity, and we’re committed to fostering a diverse, equitable and inclusive workplace. Together we are creating a workplace culture that values diversity, enables inclusivity and ensures everyone feels like they belong. We are aiming to ensure our diverse workforce is reflective of the communities in which we operate. Research shows that women-identifying and other marginalized individuals often hesitate to apply unless they meet 100% of the listed qualifications. If this role excites you, even if you don’t check every box, we encourage you to apply. Your unique experience and perspective could be what we’re looking for. Unless otherwise specified, this job post is for an existing vacancy.
Our hiring process is human-driven and does not involve AI tools for screening, assessment, or selection. For individuals requiring accommodations or support throughout the recruitment process please call 1-844-383-2653 or email HR@cokecanada.com.
Important – please note
All offers of employment at Coke Canada Bottling are conditional upon a successful background clearance obtained through our contracted third-party vendor. The standard clearance requirements depend on the position and may include some, or all, of the following: criminal clearance, employment verification, education verification and driver's abstract review. Please advise the Talent Acquisition team if you have any questions or concerns once you are contacted for further consideration.
