Pursuing a Latticed Career with Coca-Cola’s Dagmar Boggs
Nov 1, 2023
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Dagmar Boggs, an executive at Coca-Cola, discusses building relationships with food service customers, the importance of diverse representation in the workplace, and qualities of effective leadership. The hosts also share curated news stories and announce sponsorship opportunities for women entrepreneurs.
Joining the table with key customers to create value together and drive category expansion through innovation and consumer insights.
Adapting to the challenges and opportunities presented by the pandemic by emphasizing digital platforms, drive-throughs, and delivery innovation in the food service industry.
Effective leadership involves active listening, being a servant leader, fostering high trust within the team, and empowering team members to reach their full potential.
Deep dives
Building Relationships and Joint Solutions in Food Service
Dagmar emphasizes the importance of joining the table with key customers to build solutions and create value together. She focuses on category expansion and understanding consumer behavior by occasion, driving growth through innovation and insights.
Adapting to a Changing Food Service Landscape
Dagmar discusses the challenges and opportunities presented by the pandemic, highlighting the shift in economics and consumer behavior in the food service industry. She emphasizes the importance of digital platforms, drive-throughs, and innovation in delivery.
Key Attributes of Effective Leadership
Dagmar shares her insights on effective leadership, including the importance of active listening, being a servant leader, and fostering high trust within the team. She believes in empowering her team members, enabling them to reach their full potential and achieve better results.
Assembling a Successful Team
Dagmar discusses the key attributes she looks for when building a team, including a strong alignment of values, business acumen, and collaborative problem-solving. She values diverse perspectives and encourages her team members to challenge and support each other.
Next Up and Supporting Women in Business
Dagmar highlights her involvement with Next Up, a platform dedicated to advancing women in business. She shares her passion for empowering women and helping them find their voice in leadership roles, encouraging women to take risks and pursue careers in the CPG retail ecosystem.
It’s women's month on the CPGGGUYS. Every year in November we feature only female executives, startup founders and leaders from CPG brands and retail on the podcast. This is episode one for the cpg guys women’s month 2023. We’re happy to be formal sponsors of NextUp whose mission is to advance all women in business. We are giving away memberships to this prestigious network and organization so drop us a line at contact@cpgguys.com to learn more and take advantage of what NextUp has to offer. The CPGGUYS speak to our sixth guest to come from the iconic CPG manufacturer the Coca-Cola Company, where she has spent the entirety of her professional career since graduating from Rollins College. In her 2+ decade tenure with Coca-Cola, Dagmar Boggs has worked in a number of key leadership positions across North America including Global and National Customers in Retail and Foodservice, Franchise Leadership, and Operations. Earlier roles include North America Chief Customer Officer, President of Global 7-Eleven, Vice President of Global Burger King, Vice President, and Global Customer Strategic Capabilities. Most recently, she served as Chief Customer Officer for North America. At the beginning of this year, she was named President of Foodservice and On-Premise, and if she isn’t already busy enough, she serves as a board member of Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA), Food Marketing Institute (FMI), and Nextup, formerly the Network of Executive Women.
Here's what we asked Dagmar :
Take us through your career journey from Rollins College to retail customer partnerships to President of food service at the world's most beloved beverage Coca-Cola?
What leadership attributes have served you well over the years and championed your career success?
A successful leader builds a good team around them. What do you look for in a team and how do you help build teams?
It's an omnichannel world - how did you adapt over the pandemic and stay abreast of these trends?
Talk to us about your involvement over the years with Nextup and advancing all women in business and now as a board member what are you personally focused on?
The role you have in foodservice leadership is anchored on refreshing beverage satisfaction for consumers. How do you help drive this to deliver for your consumers and retail partners?
What advice do you have for other women wishing to pursue a corporate career in the CPG/Retail industry?
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