Management change at Coca-Cola HBC Romania | Progresiv
Coca-Cola HBC announces Jovan Radosavljevic’s appointment as General Director of Coca-Cola HBC Romania, starting May 1st, 2018. Currently, he runs the operations of Pivara Skopje, a joint venture between Coca-Cola HBC & Heineken, FYROM. He takes over Coca-Cola HBC Romania management from Jaak Mikkel, who has been in Coca-Cola HBC Romania for the last four years, and who will be Coca-Cola HBC Poland's General Director as of May 1st, 2018. 
Jovan Radosavljevic began his career at Coca-Cola HBC more than 16 years ago in Serbia's sales team. Since 1998, he has held numerous positions within the company until 2009 when he became Coca-Cola HBC Serbia's sales director, then expanding his responsibilities in Montenegro in 2010 and in Kosovo in 2011. He has good knowledge of the Romanian market due to the almost three years he spent here as a commercial director, during which he contributed substantially to the redefining of the commercial strategy of Coca-Cola HBC Romania together with the team he led. At present, Jovan Radosavljevic leads a team of 370 people in Pivara Skopje, where he pursued a very clear objective: developing a long-term, efficient company growth strategy that resulted in record volumes and revenues.
"I have gladly received this new mandate in Romania. It is an honor for me to be the general director of Coca-Cola HBC Romania, one of the most important countries in the Group. I look forward to this new professional challenge to continue with the development of my company, along with all my colleagues. I know how involved and professional is the entire team in Romania and I am convinced that in the next period we will succeed in identifying and implementing new growth opportunities", said Jovan Radosavljevic.
Coca-Cola HBC is one of Coca-Cola's biggest bottlers, with sales of more than 2 billion units. The company operates in an expanded geographic area and operates in 28 countries, serving a population of about 590 million people. Coca-Cola HBC offers a wide range of soft drinks such as carbonated drinks, juices, water, energy drinks, tea and coffee.
