Procurement Specialist

Overview:
**About PepsiCo**

PepsiCo products are enjoyed by consumers more than one billion times a day in more than 200 countries and territories around the world. PepsiCo generated more than $79 billion in net revenue in 2021, driven by a complementary beverage and convenient foods portfolio that includes Lay’s, Doritos, Cheetos, Gatorade, Pepsi-Cola, Mountain Dew, Quaker, and SodaStream. PepsiCo's product portfolio includes a wide range of enjoyable foods and beverages, including many iconic brands that generate more than $1 billion each in estimated annual retail sales.

**Responsibilities**:
**What we’re looking for**:
This role will be responsible for the procurement of Packaging Materials est. $5MM p.a. across SA BU. Sourcing various packaging materials such as flexible packaging, labels, pallet wrap, shrink film, rigid plastics and packaging consumbales.
- Responsible to execute aligned strategy for the SA BU.
- Design and implement specific technical platforms and supplier competitive Tension programs that will deliver further competitive advantage for the PepsiCo MU’s and bring programs to Sector benchmarks.
- Lead evaluation of all pricing offers for global RFP’s, by building sophisticated comparative pricing models and provide recommendations to category leaders.
- Create and implement Value Engineering / Productivity pipeline for SA - leveraging Sector process and program
- To deliver minimum 6% productivity p.a. from the compressible spend portion of $5MM SA spend.
- To develop a pipeline of productivity initiatives with SA in excess of 6% p.a.
- Establish CVA/commodity splits & pricing mechanism for all SA SKUs - isolate commodity pricing in order to create a cost strategy that provides effective risk management.
- Provide PSP / AOP for SA region & track monthly PV analysis.
- Provide technical leadership to the SA supplier base and be a driver of change and performance improvement for the business in line with Commercial and financial priorities. This includes providing capability to respond to the business need for niche & new products, Regional sourcing requirements and the need to comply with regulatory and environmental demands for.
- Co-operation with Legal Department to ensure the most beneficial contract terms for PepsiCo, preparation of the contracts and coordinate signing contracts are met.
- Delivering daily purchasing needs for the category.
- Manage supplier relationships with key strategic and non-strategic suppliers for category.
- Manage and develop project procurement timeline and be key gate-keeper in all the critical Purchasing tasks to ensure on-time plan launch.
- Deveope and implement category BCP to mitigate supply risks.
- Responsibility of productivity project identification and implementation in cooperation with sector Procurement and XFP team;
- Supplier selection in line with purchasing strategy for the scope: Participation in the local and regional supplier evaluation process and negotiation with suppliers
- Participation in preparing the sourcing plans
- Value engineering and productivity projects management and execution
- New Supplier development
- Maintaining the SQA & Sustainability requirements
- Co-operation with Legal Department to ensure the most beneficial contract terms for PepsiCo,preparation of the contracts and coordinate signing contracts
- Manage supplier relationship through scorecard reviews on quarterly basis with key stakeholders.
- Update and cleanse price lists on real time basis. SAP codes/description to be updated/cleansed.
- Lead dispute resolution regarding material supply, quality issues, invoice and payment issues.
- Support in developing new suppliers.
- Represent procurement with cross functional stakelholder such as Marketing/Sales/Supply Chain/ R&D for all innovation and productivity projects.
- Lead Category negotiations and manage contracts with suppliers.
- Create and Maintain SAP contracts.
- Tracking, Reporting and uploading monthly productivity projects in relevant tool.
- Evaluate & evolve sourcing strategy based on changing market conditions and provide inputs during strategic sourcing activities, including internal and external analysis and negotiations.
- Keep close tracking of productivity pipeline to cover any risks to the plan.
- Support commodity reporting; maintain price & inflation/deflation database including internal and external data.
- Supplier liaison for supplier quality assurance program.
- Support developing reports, analysis for and other packaging.

Qualifications:
**What will qualify you for the role**:

- 3 years experience in procurement function leading a similar packaging related category.
- Ability to coordinate multiple cross functional teams to achieve objectives.
- Proactive and able to manage ambiguity effectively.
- Evolvement within international environment and multicultural understanding.
- Excellent communication skills and ability to work within multi-functional teams -- networking,