Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt Ltd (HCCB), the bottling arm of Coca-Cola India Pvt Ltd, has elevated Dinesh Jadhav as Executive Director and Head of Supply Chain.

He succeeds Sanjay Sharma, who after serving the company for nearly 19 years, has decided to pursue opportunities outside the organisation.

Prior to this, Jadhav, who has been a part of the company for over two decades, served as the Vice-President of Manufacturing Operations at HCCB.

He has also served as the General Manager of the company’s Sri Lanka operations for a year. Before HCCB, he worked at Larsen & Toubro.

Commenting on his new role, Christina Ruggiero, CEO, HCCB, said: “We are excited to have Dinesh Jadhav take on this role and am confident that he will leverage his rich experience of over two decades to usher in a culture of agility and innovation.”

“We are transforming ourselves into a total beverage company that has expertise in producing a variety of beverages, is digitally savvy, nimble and is integrated with the local community,” added Ruggeiro, who has relocated from the company headquarters in Atlanta to Bengaluru to become the first woman CEO of the company.

HCCB recently relocated its corporate headquarters to Bengaluru from Gurugram to focus on its South India business which contributes 40 per cent of the company’s volumes. One of India’s largest FMCG manufacturing and distribution companies, HCCB is responsible for the manufacture, package, sale and distribution of beverages under the trademarks of The Coca-Cola Company.

The company owns and operates 21 factories. It also sources from and supports 11 contract packers’ plants.

A network of 4,000 distributors and over two million retail outlets distribute the beverages manufactured by Hindustan Coca-Cola.