Pepsi Co Jobs SPL Lead

November 11, 2023 admin

Pepsi Co Jobs SPL Lead:

Organization: Pepsi Co

Position: SPL Lead

Overview

Partner with Transport & Warehousing stakeholders to deliver YoY cost improvements from the spend, improve operating free cash flow (inventory), and flexibility to business needs.

Responsibilities

Partner with Transport & Warehousing stakeholders to deliver 7% YoY cost improvements from the spend, improve operating free cash flow (inventory), and flexibility to business needs.
Significantly improve overall visibility of productivity pipeline and the way Procurement impacts overall budget set up, suppliers’ selection and commercial negotiations
Develop a sourcing strategy aligned with business needs, build preferred supplier base, competitive rate cards, contracts and enable leverage of PepsiCo scale and knowledge.
Understand key cost drivers, industry trends and best practices (today and in the future) to shape the sourcing strategies
Manage executive level, cross functional priorities & relationships to deliver sustainable year on year efficiencies
Lead supplier performance and contract compliance – providing regular productivity, service and quality forecasts to Transport & Warehousing and relevant business leaders
Work closely with all stakeholders (incl sector & region) and DC’s / warehouses to ensure deep understanding of functional needs and ensure maximum business value is generated by Procurement
Enable effective execution of Global strategies and commercial agreements through influencing and working closely with key leads in regions / plants without direct reporting relations
Apart from the above, the employee is expected to perform other accountabilities, time to time assigned by the manager.

Qualifications

Master’s in business administration from a reputable University
Excellent Functional knowledge (5-7 years+ in category management /procurement roles)
Effective interpersonal skills – excellent negotiator and strong communication and influencing skills to all organizational levels and particularly at executive level.
Demonstrated ability to develop credible business relationships with Logistics, Supply Chain / Operations
Strong grasp of general business economics & key cost & quality drivers
Strong analytical & financial skills
Political & commercial savvy
Ability to translate complex situations into simple messages for Exec level communication
Results and action orientated – comfortable setting and delivering against bold, stretch targets
Excellent language skills – English essential, both verbal and in writing.
Comfortable working within complex matrix organization
Able to communicate business strategies to suppliers as well as internal stakeholders.
Understands and manages key business drivers