DC Controller

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.

Guiding PepsiCo is our vision to Be the Global Leader in Beverages and Convenient Foods by Winning with PepsiCo Positive (pep+). pep+ is our strategic end-to-end transformation that puts sustainability and human capital at the centre of how we will create value and growth by operating within planetary boundaries and inspiring positive change for planet and people. For more information, visit

Responsibilities
What we're looking for:

• Inventory Management - responsible for managing inventory levels in the DC and ensuring that stock levels are maintained. Includes ensuring orders are placed for items running low on weeks cover with the customer's Replenishment Planner.
• Order Fulfilment - Involvement in the co-ordination of fulfilment of orders - aligning recovery dates and when orders are placed. Ensuring PO's are still valid and have not fallen off customer system. Feedback to the business for orders rejected and the reasons thereof, missed deliveries and the communication thereof.
• Reporting - daily report on KVI lines and days of cover and when the next order is coming in to ensure KVI lines are always well stocked.
• Promotional activity - a month's forward view on promotional lines and adequate stock to support promotions and call out any risk SKUs that are on upcoming promotion with low stock levels and recovery after promotion has broken

Achievement of Sales Targets:

• Manage sales targets
• Obtain relevant sales information
• Assist with promotional plans and implementation thereof within DC

• Communicate out of stocks to relevant stakeholders regarding:

• Company out of stocks

• DC out of stocks

• Relevant production information and recovery times

• Negotiate bulk orders at DC and Key Franchise stores.

Effective administration:

• Provide management listing, including:

• Ranging

• De-listing
• Item numbers

• NPD listing and activation

• Provide weekly reports to management on the following:

• Allocations

• Late deliveries
• Queries
• Out-of-stock
• Service levels
• Short dated lines
• Overstocks
• Problem stores

• Ranging issues

• Customer and company Liaison

• Assist with arranging of Trade shows to ensure proper representation

• Develop and maintain effective customer relationships
• Develop and maintain effective relations with Franchise Owners & Managers
• Develop and maintain internal company relationships and co-operation
• Meet and liaise with Customer replenishers
• Meet with company KAM`s and customer Buyers
• Meet with company Regional Sales Operations Managers
• Meet with 3rd party sales and merchandising agents

• Meet with Catman Managers

• Effective management and distribution of Company products

• Meet on a regular basis with DC Management Team

• Meet with Customer Buyers on a regular basis
• Supply Operational Team with timely and accurate feedback

• Manage deliveries:

• Booking slots

• Order numbers
• Co-ordination
• Tracking and feedback
• Emergencies and fill in orders
• Order configuration and Truck load mix

• Liaison with Company delivery expeditors

• Follow up on picking slips.

• Ensure effective housekeeping of product categories
• Liaise with call center
• Liaise with DC Management
• Communicate buy-in objectives with 3rd party Field Managers
• Resolve and escalate queries

Effective Teamwork and self-management.

• Follow through to ensure that personal quality and productivity standards are consistently and accurately maintained.
• Demonstrate consistent application of internal procedures
• Plan and prioritize, demonstrating abilities to manage competing demands
• Demonstrate abilities to anticipate, adapt to, and manage change as required
• Demonstrate flexibility in balancing own objectives with understanding and responding to Company objectives

Qualifications
What will qualify you for the role
:

• 3 years related sales and merchandising experience in FMCG Environment
• Relevant National Diploma/NQF level 6 certification
• Teamwork & collaboration
• Relationship building
• Agility
• Performance and results driven
• Continuous growth and improvement
• Resilience and stress management
• Service excellence
• Analysis & problem solving
• Planning and prioritisation
• Quality & detail excellence

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