Business Planning and Events Lead

6 months ago


Remote, United Kingdom Costa Limited Full time

Business Planning and Events Lead - Away from Home
We have an exciting new role within our Strategy and Propositions team to support our Costa Coffee Professional plan. We are seeking someone whose career roots originated in a consultancy environment and who wants to blend their planning and strategy skills with passion for the coffee market. This role will be a unique combination of developing plans and content to materialise the strategy for our ABP process with a sprinkling of assessing performance and deliverables to drive a successful operating rhythm. The Foam on the top will be driving awareness and engagement around Costa Coffee Professional, both internally and externally in the industry, including at key events.

A bit about us...
We’re Costa Coffee, masters of our craft since 1971 when the Costa brothers opened their first Roastery in London. A lot has changed since then. You may know us as the UK’s leading coffee Brand, but we can now be found in over 40 countries across EMENA, APAC and Americas. We’re on a mission like no other as we inspire the world to love great coffee. This is all supported by being part of The Coca-Cola Company.
Along with our leading Retail formats, it’s our ground-breaking FMCG offering and Costa Coffee Professional on-the-go propositions that help us serve our B2B partners across the globe. And as for coffee technology, we’re quite simply trailblazing the industry. Here at Costa, it’s about doing a great job alongside brilliant people who share a passion for growth. And we promise, we’ll always make sure you’re loving your craft.
A bit about the role...
Day to day, you’ll be accountable for shaping the Costa Coffee Professional strategy to support market teams to grow Away From Home propositions at pace and enable a development platform for disruptive future concepts which create a competitive edge. Additionally you will be
- Understand and shaping the Costa Coffee Professional strategy and mission
- Develop plans to materialise the strategy, including collating content for ABP/LRP
- Assess the Platform’s performance, tracking milestones and project updates
- Drive a successful Platform operating rhythm by managing the various forums
- Drive awareness internally around our AFH solutions and development roadmap
- Promote Costa Coffee Professional externally (in collaboration with the AFH marketing manager), identifying key industry events and coordinating participation to them

A bit about you
A passion and understanding of for business planning is just the start of what for. So, what else makes a great Business Planning and Events Lead at Costa?
- Experience gained within Consultancy environment
- Have operated in a strategy, commercial or programme management role
- Business planning, with an ability to prioritise and plan delivery of complex strategic agendas
- Strategic acumen ability to understand insights, competitor / market trends, and set direction
- Proven event planning and execution experience
- Flair for Influencing with the ability to represent and gain buy-in to the strategy and development roadmap with a diverse set of senior stakeholders
- Great written & verbal communication skills
- An abundance of drive and passion, able to operate successfully across matrix management structure to deliver amazing results and engagement
- Proactive and team player - willing to roll sleeves up, comfortable dealing with ambiguity

What we can offer...
We’re on a growth journey like no other; more countries, more propositions, and opportunities to stretch your skills alongside our warm people, so we want you to feel valued and rewarded with, great perks and benefits:

- Car Allowance
- BUPA Healthcare and Babylon GP
- Costa Pension Scheme
- Bonus Scheme
- Group Income Protection and Life Assurance
- 50% staff discount in our equity stores, 25% staff discount in franchise stores
- Access to The Coca-Cola Company Share Incentive Plan
- 25 days Holidays

**Location**: Remote role with the ability to travel to key Costa locations in London and Loudwater on a regular basis
Costa Coffee is made up of true experts and masters of their craft who stretch their limits to what’s possible. It’s why we work so well remotely. We trust our teams and embrace technology to help us collaborate. And if needed, we have offices all over the world for those important connection points. Our remote working allows you to balance your work and personal life, while retaining Costa’s much-loved culture.

**DE&I Statement**:
At the heart of Costa Coffee are our values. We believe in Passion, Warmth, Courage and Trust. You will be part of a genuine and committed team that shares the love for coffee and a desire to deliver great experiences to our customers, committed and people. We celebrate inclusion and equality and believe everyone should bring their true self to work. We advocate collaboration and transparency and embraces differences in all that we do.



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