Procurement Category Flexibles Lead

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 

What we're looking for:

• Support in designing and implementing specific global technical platforms and supplier competitive Tension tools that will deliver further competitive advantage for the PepsiCo OU's and bring programs to Sector benchmarks.
• Review and sign-off evaluation of all Flexible Film RFP's and cover letters, by assessing smart bidding options and utilizing category levers for lowest total cost to business (TCO)
• Lead at all business forums Value Engineering / Productivity ingredients initiatives for South Africa – aligning and utilizing Regional & Global leverage and scale, to deliver minimum run rate productivity and P&L savings
• Establish & Govern CVA / Commodity splits & pricing mechanism for all Ingredients materials – isolate commodity pricing in order to create a cost strategy that provides effective risk management.
• 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.
• Key enabler to Legal Department to ensure the most beneficial contract terms for PepsiCo, preparation of the contracts and coordinate signing contracts are met.
• Manage and develop timelines for transformational projects and be key gatekeeper (Act as owner) in all the critical Purchasing tasks to ensure on-time plan launch.
• Responsibility of productivity project identification and implementation in cooperation with sector Procurement and XFP team.
• Supplier management:
• 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
• Manage supplier relationship through scorecard reviews on quarterly basis with key stakeholders.
• Lead dispute resolution regarding material supply, quality issues, invoice and payment issues.
• Drive and lead supplier diversity program, build strategy, prioritizing category and supply base, participate in supplier diversity roadshows for awareness, and due diligence and vetting process for sustainable supply solutions
• Manage and roll-out commodity risk management buy plan and playbook across ingredients portfolio where applicable.

What will qualify you for the role:

• 13 years of relevant strategic sourcing experience of Flexible Packaging with global organization, involving complex multi-geography supply base and multi-site stakeholders; capability assessed through category relevant questions;
  • At least 6 years as senior manager, with spend accountability of $50MM or above,
  • Verifiable BCP build capability specific to Flexible Film, authentic functional champion to establish alternates and substitutes
  • Established SME on Film Structure/s (PP, PE, PET & OPP; microns, gsm). Deep functional understanding for lowest total cost, Prior ready knowledge of at least 3 years is required for benchmarking
  • Upstream film, sourcing model & understanding of conversion technologies and printing technologies are a must have for this role.
  • 5% productivity delivery of Flexible Film category Year-on-Year.
  • Established leader to steer and persuade accelerated value engineering (without compromising quality and brand image) both for foods and beverages Flexible Film, pipeline value exceeding $10MM annually.
  • Hands-on expertise in sourcing models and levers, specific for unique Flexible Film, for cost optimization. Able to demonstrate capability through real life examples
• 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, influencing & presenting ideas/programs, demonstrably powerful influencer.
• Effective relationship building, development and maintenance with internal stakeholders and external suppliers.
• Excellent analytical skills, ability to clearly communicate with all levels of the PepsiCo Organization's and suppliers
• Ability to work alone and take initiative. Identify potential roadblocks and profile them to Management for clarification and resolution.
• Manage and execute projects in a timely manner. Ability to prioritize.
• Self-starter, ability to work remotely from line manager.
• Desire to become long term Procurement professional.
• Delvelop category strategy and successfully execute the strategy.
• Ability to execute end-to-end category sourcing strategy.
• Fluent in English, high level of computer literacy, strong MS office knowledge & ERP system (Oracle, SAP etc.)
• Literate with e-procurement tools knowledge is an advantage.
• Ability to collaborate with cross functional stakeholders. Ability to adapt and be flexible and agile in a changing business environment.

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