Next Talent Future Leaders Program 2027

About the Program

CCI describes Next Talent as a structured development journey that immerses young talent in its business. Through hands-on projects and on-the-job learning, Next Talents gain practical experience, build leadership capabilities and develop expertise across key business functions.

What you can expect

• Work for a leading brand in a high growth environment
• Accelerated professional development across key functions
• Mentorship from CCI leaders
• A chance to show your talent in Sales, Finance, Human Resources or Supply Chain

Functions and Job Locations

For Supply Chain, CCI prefers Chemical Engineering, Food Engineering, Microbiology or any relevant field. Every function asks you to be open to relocation.

Eligibility Criteria

• A bachelor’s degree in Business Management, Social Sciences or Engineering
• Or a final year bachelor’s student expected to graduate by December 2026, including all coursework, examinations and internship requirements
• Maximum 1 year of work experience after graduation
• Available to work full-time from 1 January 2027
• Open to relocation

How the Next Talent Program Works

The Bangladesh circular does not state the programme length, rotations, salary or number of seats. Here is what CCI has published for the same programme elsewhere, so you know what to expect:

• Pakistan: CCI runs Next Talent as a 12-month structured development journey across Sales, Finance, HR, Marketing and Supply Chain, with the same eligibility wording as Bangladesh.
• Türkiye: a part-time version for 4th year students, now in its 8th edition, working three weekdays a week at the Istanbul head office or at plants.
• Bangladesh before CCI: the earlier ASPIRE Future Leaders Program at Coca-Cola Bangladesh hired in the same four functions (Commercial Sales, Supply Chain, Finance, HR). Its 2022 batch ran for 24 months with four functional rotations.

Treat these as a guide, not a promise. The 2027 Bangladesh terms will be the ones CCI confirms during selection.

What the Selection Process Usually Looks Like

CCI has not published the Bangladesh selection steps. In other CCI countries the Next Talent process has followed this pattern:

1. Online application on the CCI careers portal, where your CV is screened along with your answers.
2. Online assessments: Pakistan used a gamified assessment inside the application, and Türkiye added general ability and English tests.
3. Video interview for shortlisted candidates (reported in Türkiye).
4. Assessment centre or case study: a case study at a CCI plant in Pakistan, and a gamified assessment centre with a group project presentation to leadership in Türkiye.
5. Final interviews with the functional and HR leaders.

One candidate’s account from Türkiye says around 2,000 people applied for a few seats. Expect strong competition in Bangladesh too, which is why the first screen, your CV, matters so much.

How to Prepare

1. Know CCI and Coca-Cola in Bangladesh

• CCI completed its US$130 million acquisition of Coca-Cola Bangladesh Beverages Ltd in February 2024.
• At the time, the business had a bottling plant at Bhaluka, Mymensingh, around 500 distributors and about 3 lakh points of sale.
• CCI operates in 12 countries with more than 10,000 people, 33 bottling plants and 3 fruit processing plants.

2. Learn the values and show them in stories

CCI says its people work as One Team around passion, integrity, accountability and teamwork, and its hiring page says it looks for culture fit and value fit. Prepare two or three short stories (club work, internship, thesis, part-time job) that show each value with a result.

3. Practise the tests

• Numerical and logical reasoning, plus short English comprehension
• Gamified assessments reward focus and consistency, so do them in a quiet place with a stable connection

4. Prepare for a business case

• Sales: think about distribution, retail outlets and how a beverage brand grows in a district
• Supply Chain: production planning, quality, warehousing and cost
• Finance: margins, budgeting and simple ratio analysis
• HR: hiring, engagement and diversity (CCI is EQUAL-SALARY certified and has public 2030 gender targets)

5. Be ready to say yes to relocation

Sales is field based and Supply Chain sits at the Mymensingh plant. Interviewers may ask how you feel about moving, so decide your answer before you apply.

Why Your CV Needs to Be ATS Friendly

Graduate programmes like Next Talent receive thousands of applications through an online portal. Before a recruiter reads anything, your CV is parsed and screened. A CV that the system cannot read properly, or that misses the words in the circular, can be rejected without a human ever seeing it.

• Use a clean single column layout with standard headings such as Education, Experience, Projects and Skills
• Mirror the circular’s language where it is true for you: Sales, Supply Chain, Finance, Human Resources, leadership, teamwork, relocation
• Put your expected graduation month and year clearly, because the December 2026 cut-off is a hard filter
• Show internships, club roles and projects with numbers (team size, targets, savings, results)
• Avoid tables, text boxes, icons and photos of text that parsers often misread
• Tailor one version of your CV to the function you choose instead of sending a generic one

Job Summary

• Program2027 Next Talent Future Leaders Program
• CompanyCoca-Cola İçecek (CCI), Bangladesh
• FunctionsSales, Supply Chain, Finance, Human Resources
• LocationBangladesh (Sales in the field, Supply Chain at CCI Plant, Mymensingh)
• Employment TypeFull-Time
• Start Date1 January 2027
• ExperienceFresh graduate, up to 1 year
• EducationBachelor’s in Business, Social Sciences or Engineering
• SalaryNot mentioned
• DeadlineNot mentioned, apply early

Quick Checklist

• Graduating by December 2026, or graduated with up to 1 year of experience
• CV tailored to one function
• Values stories ready
• Reasoning and English practice done
• Comfortable with relocation

Sources

Official circular: careerscci.com. Other countries and past intakes: CCI careers pages, university recruitment notices (Pakistan, Türkiye), The Daily Star and cci.com.tr. Details may change; the official circular is final.