Manager, Human Resources

Coke Canada Bottling is Canada’s Local Bottler. We’re Made Local.

Proudly independent, we are a Canadian, family-owned business. Coke Canada Bottling makes, distributes, merchandises, and sells the most-loved beverages Canadians enjoy. With over 6,000 diverse employees coast-to-coast, we operate in every province through 50+ sales and distribution centres, and five manufacturing facilities.

Coke Canada supplies some of Canada’s favourite beverage brands, and we want to continue to be the leading beverage partner in Canada, creating a better future and delivering optimism by bringing sustainable value to our employees, customers, consumers, and communities.

Advancing a high-performing, collaborative and inclusive culture is at the core of our vision to be the World’s Greatest Bottler, Built by the Best People, and we’re looking for exceptional talent to help get us there.

For more information about Coke Canada Bottling and our products, visit cokecanada.com/our-product.

Role Details

• Work Location – Toronto, ON
• Hybrid Environment – Three days in the office and two days working from home, subject to change.
• Base salary range: $108,000–$130,000 annually
• Travel: Occasional travel to other facilities across the Greater Toronto Area.
• Initial Posting Close Date – November 26th, 2026
  

About This Opportunity

Shape the people strategy behind Canada’s local bottler

This is an opportunity to influence leaders, strengthen the employee experience and help shape the future of a proudly Canadian, family-owned business.

Reporting to the Director, Human Resources, the Human Resources Business Partner is a trusted advisor to business and executive leaders. You will translate business priorities into practical people strategies across workforce planning, employee relations, talent, organizational effectiveness and change.

You will bring sound judgment, courage and a people-first approach—confidently coaching and challenging leaders while remaining close enough to the business to turn strategy into meaningful action.

Responsibilities

• Build trusted relationships with business and executive leaders, providing strategic advice, coaching and constructive challenge.
• Lead complex employee-relations matters, including performance management, workplace investigations, conflict resolution and terminations.
• Partner with leaders on workforce planning, talent reviews, succession planning, performance management and employee engagement.
• Support organizational change, restructures and workforce transitions with empathy, clarity and appropriate risk management.
• Interpret employment legislation, company policies and HR best practices to guide fair, consistent decisions.
• Use workforce data and insights to identify trends, strengthen talent decisions and improve organizational effectiveness.
• Develop thoughtful change and communication strategies that help employees and leaders navigate business transformation.
• Partner with Talent Acquisition and hiring leaders to support workforce needs and an inclusive, candidate-focused recruitment experience.
• Contribute to HR programs, policies, communications and process improvements that strengthen the employee experience.

Qualifications

• Post-secondary education in Human Resources, Business Administration or a related field.
• Three to five years of progressive HR experience, including meaningful employee-relations and HR business-partnering responsibilities.
• Demonstrated experience directly supporting, advising and influencing executive leaders within an HR role.
• Strong working knowledge of Canadian employment legislation and employee-relations practices.
• Experience coaching leaders through complex, sensitive and high-impact people decisions.
• Ability to balance strategic thinking with practical, hands-on execution.
• Strong communication, relationship-building and influencing skills.
• Sound judgment, discretion and the ability to navigate ambiguity in a fast-moving environment.
  

Assets

• Experience supporting a technology client group.
• Experience working in a unionized environment.
• CHRP or CHRL designation, or progress toward certification.
• French-language capability.
  

Why work with us?

• Join a local, family-owned business that’s part of a globally recognized brand, where you can develop your capabilities, competencies, and career.
• Coke Canada has a culture of learning, and we offer several channels to support your development, including on-the-job training and a library of free courses for just-in-time learning.
• We are committed to offering a comprehensive benefits package designed to help our employees achieve their best physical, mental, financial, and overall health and well-being. This includes a competitive compensation package, access to retirement and saving programs, family and employee assistance program, paid vacation and floater days.
• We have close, local connections with the communities in which we operate across Canada. We’re determined to make a positive difference in our communities; this includes opportunities for employee volunteerism.
• We’re building our business responsibly and our mission is to work Toward a Better Future Together. We have a plan that outlines how we are reducing, reusing, recycling, decreasing our carbon footprint, and using water responsibly. For more information visit cokecanada.com/sustainability/

Coke Canada has been recognized as one of Canada’s Best Employers for Diversity, and we’re committed to fostering a diverse, equitable and inclusive workplace. Together we are creating a workplace culture that values diversity, enables inclusivity and ensures everyone feels like they belong. We are aiming to ensure our diverse workforce is reflective of the communities in which we operate. Research shows that women-identifying and other marginalized individuals often hesitate to apply unless they meet 100% of the listed qualifications. If this role excites you, even if you don’t check every box, we encourage you to apply. Your unique experience and perspective could be what we’re looking for. Unless otherwise specified, this job post is for an existing vacancy.

Our hiring process is human-driven and does not involve AI tools for screening, assessment, or selection. For individuals requiring accommodations or support throughout the recruitment process please call 1-844-383-2653 or email [email protected].

Important – please note

All offers of employment at Coke Canada Bottling are conditional upon a successful background clearance obtained through our contracted third-party vendor. The standard clearance requirements depend on the position and may include some, or all, of the following: criminal clearance, employment verification, education verification and driver's abstract review. Please advise the Talent Acquisition team if you have any questions or concerns once you are contacted for further consideration.