Overview

The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE: KO) is the world’s largest beverage company, refreshing consumers with more than 500 sparkling and still brands. At The Coca-Cola Company, you can cultivate your career in a challenging and dynamic environment. We are the largest manufacturer and distributor of nonalcoholic drinks in the world-selling more than 1 billion drinks a day. Unlock your full potential with a future-focused company that is known and respected throughout the world.

Job Position: International Leadership Trainee
Location: Lagos

About the job

  1. Join our top-notch trainee program that will fast-track your international career.
  2. The International Leadership Trainee Program is for high-calibre talents at the beginning of their professional journey.
  3. This program is built to fast-track your international career and prepare you to become a leader of tomorrow. The program starts in April 2026.

Job Responsibilities

International on-the-job experience:

  1. You will discover our fast-paced business through a series of job assignments, including international rotations.
  2. You will develop your strategic view through joining cross-country projects in diverse teams. You will handle cross-functional projects.

Accelerated development towards leadership roles:

  1. You will get hands-on experience in the market from the very beginning – from understanding our Field Sales to learning how to create a partnership with our customers.
  2. You will learn a lot about finance, e-commerce, data analytics, and digital. You learn by doing and through formal training.

Senior Leaders support on your way:

  1. You will meet amazing people, peers, and colleagues, who will always be there for you.
  2. During the whole journey, you can count on support from our Senior Leaders, who will mentor you and sponsor your career.
  3. You will be assigned a buddy from local operations, but also feel part of the International Leadership Trainee community.

Learn and develop your capabilities:

  1. This is a tailor-made learning journey to cover your key developmental needs, based on your career aspirations.
  2. It is delivered by a world-class business school, combined with Coca-Cola HBC functional academies.

Bring your own magic:

  1. Bring your own magic – talent, personality and curiosity – to influence and make an impact in a fast-paced, diverse environment.
  2. After successful completion of the program, you will be on the path to becoming a successful commercial leader with operational and strategic expertise.

Qualifications

We are interested in seeing your leadership potential, so share with us your experience leading others: on the job, in student associations, NGOs, sports teams, start-ups or any other field.

See if this fits you:

  1. You have 1-3 years of work experience in any business-related area
  2. You have a university degree, or you are in your last year at university and are able to commit full-time (40 hours/ week)
  3. You want to gain experience in a high-performance environment (e.g. sales, digital commerce, commercial finance, logistics)
  4. You are determined, curious and self-driven
  5. You enjoy assignments that provide variety, intensive collaboration and challenge
  6. You are open to different people and perspectives
  7. You are ambitious to lead change, projects and people
  8. You are open to relocating to another country to accelerate your career
  9. You are fluent in English
  10. You have a conversational level of the local language for the country you want to apply to
  11. You are legally eligible to work in the country for which you apply.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Tagged as: Management Trainee

Apply for job