Amesa Sourcing

**Responsibilities**:

- Implement AMESA-wide Procurement vision, mission and strategy in the WECA Foods BU (in close collaboration with AMESA S&P Lead / CPO and PepsiCo stakeholders in WECA)
- Ensure business continuity through Supplier Relationship management, commodity Risk management, & supply security of needed materials (Packaging, Raw Material & Indirects including Logistics services (3PL) and MRO, )
- Co-lead with Sector S&P and cross functional stakeholder WECA localization programs to reduce imported materials and step change payment in local currencies
- Implement PEP+ agenda across WECA
- Plan and monitor WECA S&P procurement annual and long-term strategic targets
- Plan and monitor productivity objectives for S&P procurement in WECA
- Lead improvement initiatives in procurement in the WECA
- Select and prioritize strategic sourcing initiatives across categories in scope
- Align stakeholders on category decisions; facilitate achievements of sector S&P targets and goals within the markets
- Development of purchasing contracts and agreements (ultimate responsibility for the contracts) for categories in scope of the WECA category teams
- Support negotiations of important contracts as well as developments with key suppliers
- Sell Procurement to business stakeholders; represent (on the WECA level) S&P internally and externally; promote ideas of (a) segregation of strategic, tactical and operational procurement and (b) joint strategic sourcing initiatives
- Identify requirements for change management and actively implement them
- Recruit, develop and manage the WECA S&P team (in close collaboration with AMESA S&P Lead)
- Supervise and manage direct reports; plan, develop and mentor S&P staff in WECA
- Ensure that PepsiCo WECA purchases all products/ services at the most competitive prices/ best value
- Ensure that best in class processes, procedures and tools for sourcing and request to purchase are implemented
- Liaise with capability & governance to support sharing of best-practices in AMESA
- Align with S&P AMESA Lead to define, design, implement and monitor parameters and main metrics for the WECA ensuring effectiveness and efficiency of S&P (in the WECA)

Qualifications:

- Procurement professional (CIPS or equivalent)
- Degree in Business Management, Finance and/or Purchasing and/or Accounting or relevant Procurement Operations experience. Advanced Degrees (Masters) preferred
- Multilingual is a plus
- Proven results delivering significant business change within a fast-paced cross functional matrix environment
- Very high level of business acumen - must be commercially & organizationally savvy and financially astute
- Outstanding communication skills, ability to influence at all levels and comfortable managing conflict
- Proven Sourcing, Procurement & SC project leadership/management skills
- Strong process thinker committed to driving process efficiency
- Capability builder - ability to build functional teams from scratch & empower diverse cross-functional project teams
- Deep operating knowledge of how to manage large scale initiatives
- Deep knowledge of PepsiCo’s Operating Model, BUY/Make/Move/Sell capability
- Skilled in managing across a dispersed team of business stakeholders; strong selling skills enabling interaction with senior management - internal & external
- Highly effective interpersonal skills - excellent negotiator and strong communication and influencing skills to all organizational levels and particularly at executive level. Proven track record of successful change management
- Managing ambiguity - redefine a complex, current operating model and bringing together teams with different perspectives and lead to conclusions towards one, common future way of working
- Proven project management skills and ability to resolve issues and drive convergence in policies and processes

**“PepsiCo is an Equal Opportunity Employer in line with the Employment Equity Act"