Coke Florida: Vice President, Planning – Commercial Operations

Coca-Cola Beverages Florida, LLC has announced the promotion of Jeremie Hayford to Vice President, Planning - Commercial Operations.

Hayford has nearly 20 years of experience in the Coca-Cola System with expertise and capabilities in operations planning, forecasting, project management, and logistics and operations management. He joined Coke Florida, the sixth largest Coca-Cola bottler in the United States with 21 million consumers across 47 Florida counties, in 2017.

In the Vice President, Planning - Commercial Operations role, Hayford will work to optimize customer service and improve resource productivity, quality, and the efficiency of commercial operations through a modern, digital-first planning framework. He will also help align the executional objectives of demand planning, transportation, dispatching, and inventory management with Coke Florida’s commercial strategy.

Before joining Coke Florida, Hayford worked across the Coke system in areas including business process engineering, DSD planning, distribution, and end-to-end planning. His most recent role with Coke Florida was as the Director, Manufacturing and Supply Systems, where he provided strategic oversight for transformation projects and support of new and existing applications across Coke Florida’s supply chain.