Scientist, Productivity & BC, GDI
Location: Atlanta
Our North America Innovation Center sits at the heart of The Coca-Cola Company’s next chapter of growth. We are committed to transforming and evolving our organization and ambitions — bringing our people closer to the consumer, continuously raising the bar, and embracing digitalization to enable sustainable growth.
We are looking for a highly driven individual contributor who thrives on ownership and impact, and who fuels the innovation pipeline with bold ideas that translate into real-world results. This role is not about maintaining the status quo; it is about challenging assumptions, unlocking opportunity, and personally driving valuable breakthrough innovation.
You will apply deep product development expertise to lead productivity initiatives, contributing to keep our business continuity, bringing efficiencies to the system — accelerating growth and helping shape the future of the organization.
Job Purpose Summary
As Scientist, Productivity & BC, you will bring productivity and business continuity to life through hands-on formulation, testing, and commercialization. You’ll work directly on local and regional projects, applying market insights, and using digital tools to ensure products meet consumer expectations, quality, regulatory requirements, and manufacturing realities. This is an execution-focused role for a technically curious problem-solver who wants to build expertise while contributing to high-impact beverage launches.
What You’ll Do
- Create Prototypes & Formulations – Develop lab-scale recipes driven by consumer insights and technical/supply chain requirements, following GMP and company protocols.
- Test, Learn, Improve – Conduct sensory, analytical, and shelf-life testing together with the Micro and stability teams.
- Scale Up for Market – Support pilot and commercial production trials, ensuring processes and packaging compatibility.
- Collaborate Broadly - Partner with Marketing, SRA, Supply Chain, Packaging, and Quality for seamless delivery under manager supervision; connect with global technical experts to import best practices.
- Maintain Excellence – Over the full process, keep lab equipment in top condition; follow safety, compliance, and documentation standards.
What You’ll Need
- Bachelor’s/Master’s in Food Science, Chemistry, Nutrition, Chemical Engineering, or similar.
- 1–3 years in product development in food or beverages
- Knowledge of beverage formulation, ingredient functionality, and processing basics.
- Familiarity with sensory evaluation, analytical testing, and basic experimental design.
- Ability to
- Connect daily work to project and business goals; anticipates next steps.
- Understand the insights of target consumer/customer and direct competitors.
- Generate new ideas by questioning assumptions and exploring alternatives.
- Apply solid technical expertise to deliver high-quality work independently.
- Analyse problems independently and proposes practical solutions.
- Lead by example and may mentor others informally.
- Make timely decisions within scope, balancing speed, and quality.
- Fluent in English; regional languages a plus.
- Regional travel up to 10–15%.
What We Can Do For You
- Purpose Driven: Purpose driven approach that empowers our people to protect the environment and communities we serve while delivering safe & quality products.
- Global Connections: Allows you to develop, enhance and maintain global connections that allow us to move faster and learn from others.
- Community of Belonging: We’re an organization that believes our ability to continually grow and build the right atmosphere where people feel safe and empowered, lets you bring your best self to work.
SkillsChemistry; Leadership; Product Development; Continual Improvement Process; Sustainability; Environmental Science; Researching; Microbiological Test; Waterfall Model; Food Sciences; Food Technology; Communication; Food Safety and Sanitation; Laboratory Testing; Data Compilation; Quality Control (QC); Green Solutions; Sensory Testing
