International Leadership Trainee at Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company

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.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: International Leadership Trainee

Location: Lagos
Job type: Full-time

About the job

• Join our top-notch trainee program that will fast-track your international career.
• The International Leadership Trainee Program is for high caliber talents at the beginning of their professional journey.
• 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.

Is this what you always wanted
International on-the-job experience:

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

Accelerated development towards leadership roles:

• 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.
• 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:

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

Learn and develop your capabilities:

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

Bring your own magic:

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

Are you the one

• 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:

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

Application Closing Date
Not Specified. 

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