Sr. Director Strategy, Amesa
1 week ago
**Auto req ID**: 270076BR
**Sr. Director Strategy, AMESA (Africa, Middle East, South Asia)**
**Position Location: South Africa, Location free**
**Scope: AMESA Sector**
**Global Strategy Function at PepsiCo**
The Global Strategy function plays a critical role in charting PepsiCo’s long-term growth and portfolio development, driving both the future of the company and shaping the industry landscape. We are tasked with ensuring the company invests in the assets and capabilities needed to stay ahead of the competition and maintain market leadership. This entails developing actionable solutions for some of the most challenging issues facing the company.
To bring fresh and disruptive thinking to the ever-changing macro-environment, we have Strategists aligned to each of our Sectors, Global Businesses, and to PepsiCo Corporate. Joining PepsiCo’s Global Strategy function will enable you to experience the breadth and depth of PepsiCo’s global portfolio and build a deep understanding of both the business and the industry. Whether you decide to remain in Strategy or pursue a leadership position in another function, the experience provides incredible possibilities for a dynamic career at PepsiCo.
- As the Senior Director of Strategy for the $6B revenue AMESA Sector (Africa, Middle East, South Asia), run strategic projects for the Senior Vice President of Strategy for AMESA.
- The Senior Director of Strategy will play a lead strategic, advisory and implementation role on a broad range of strategic initiatives for AMESA. This leader will create innovative solutions to complex business issues that have a significant impact on the P&L performance and shareholder value
- Lead select strategy projects for the AMESA Sector to support the strategic direction and priorities for the overall sector. These projects typically include portfolio prioritization or expansion in the Sector, new channel strategies (e.g., Modern Trade or eCommerce), new capabilities development (e.g., Digitization, Revenue Management), competitive analysis of key players in our categories, or M&A assessment. Typical projects include secondary research, data gathering & analysis to build recommendations, cross-functional workshops, and stakeholder management and alignment with AMESA leadership.
**Key Responsibilities**:
- Partner with AMESA strategy team to lead the thinking on the collective PepsiCo Strategic Planning process (Strategic Deep Dives) with AMESA SVP Finance & Strategy & AMESA Executive team and translate that into AOP for AMESA
- Identify and define business questions and issues related to the PMF business and develop strategic, analytical and financial frameworks to capture the size of the opportunities (including business portfolio agenda, e.g. M&A, divestitures)
- Demonstrate a strong understanding of the local business realities and macro-trends to identify both top-line and bottom-line growth opportunities for the region
- Provide thought leadership to business partners, including the Executive Committee, and other operating leaders on a broad range of business-critical topics
- Identify and deconstruct business issues and develop strategic, analytical, and financial frameworks to conduct analyses
- Demonstrate strong leadership and significant influence management skills with the ability to gain credibility with Sr Leadership while challenging the status quo
- Build “Executive ready” project deliverables
- Assist in the planning and execution of the Global Strategic Planning Process
- Lead project teams comprised of Analysts and Managers; oversee data analytics processes to ensure conclusions are grounded in fact
- Execute against time-sensitive requests from the EVP-Global Strategy and cross-functional business partners
- Maintain an external mindset, including staying on top of consumer, competitive, and macroeconomic / geopolitical trends
- Manage project teams, working with analysts & managers to drive outcomes
- Lead the agenda for a key capability area for the entire Global Strategy function (e.g., Recruiting, Training, Knowledge Management, etc)
**As a Strategy lead, hold the primary responsibility of defining the Strategic direction & medium-to-long term priorities for AMESA PepsiCo**:
- Define the strategic direction for the business, working closely with the CFO, CEO, Global Strategy team and key stakeholders. Lead the team of strategy resources to conduct independent strategic deepdives/projects and diagnose the issues with the existing business, evaluate new business opportunities, assess competitive landscape and business model choices, and recommend the right strategy for the business. These projects should include workshops and working sessions with large cross-functional teams to build a cohesive point-of-view, as well as analysis of other companies and their business models. Strategy includes category and portfolio choices to prioritize/deprioritize, business tactics to win with Consumers & Customers (e.
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