Finished Goods, Move, Assets Control Lead

Overview

FG and Move

• Finished Goods and Move Lead role in Pepsi Co SA is to provide support to the SP&L function through:
• Partnering with key stakeholders to provide insights into business operations
• Providing visibility on spend
• Ensuring accurate reporting
• Identifying areas of waste
• Effectively safeguard company resources
• Lead the SA Finished Goods and Move agenda to assist the Supply Chain Controller to achieve set objectives (business and control)
• Responsibility for the application of policy and governance over Finished Goods and Move processes including but not limited to cost management (risks and opportunities) and financial statement accuracy (P&L and Balance Sheet)

Fixed Assets and G&A

• Fixed Assets Lead role in Pepsi Co SSA is to provide support to all business functions and more specifically G&A through:
• Partnering with key stakeholders to provide insights into business operations.
• Providing visibility on spend and compliance.
• Ensuring accurate reporting.
• Identifying areas of cost savings, risk and concerns.
• Effectively recording and reporting of financial information.
• Effectively safeguard company assets.
• Responsibility for the application of policy and governance over owned processes including risks and opportunities and financial statement accuracy (P&L and Balance Sheet).
• Responsible for all Operational Control related accounting and reporting SOX and GCS controls for Businesses within portfolio.
• Support the Supply Chain Controller to achieve set objectives (business & control) by delivering the SA Fixed Asset agenda as detailed in the SA Must Win Battle.
• Responsible and lead the Fixed Asset cycle execution, policy adherence and opportunity identification which includes root cause analysis, problem solving with key stakeholders and implementation of actions to mitigate these risks.
• First layer of mandatory Control approval for all CAPEX investment requests

General

• Lead specific work streams to asssit the Supply Chain Controller in meeting month-end objectives - including but not limited to:
  
  Perfoming month-end distribution cycles across all BU`sCompilation of Flash files for presentations
  
  Review and approve any journal entries pertaining to the portfolio

Inventory

• Partner with Supply Chain leadership to facilitate effective management of Finished Goods
• Ownership of Finished Goods inventory related Balance Sheet accounts reconciliations and reporting
• Ownership for stock provisions (such as Finished Goods and related ad-hoc provisions as applicable) in line with Pepsi Co requirements
• Custodian of Inventory Policy
• Cash Flow optimization in line with company targets (P&L based)
• Oversee / co-ordinate independent counts as applicable (KPMG, annual independent count as per Pepsi Co policy and surprise counts)
• Harmonise, standerside and implement policies and procedures
• Deep dive / operational reviews in collaboration with Compliance Control

Move

• Responsible for accurate and timely reporting of the Move portfolio in line with Pepsi Co Policy (P&L and Balance Sheet)
• Lead the co-ordination of monthly per site reviews comparing actual versus AOP / Latest forecast
• Liase with SCF and SCL teams to gain understanding of inputs within forecast / AOP and provide insights to actuals on month end closure
• Design input schedules to critically assess validity and accuracy of inputs received from operational sites
• Build control processes & tools to enhance efficiency & responsiveness of the flash roll up process
• Perform trend analysis and interpretation
• Review and present monthly Move costs variance analysis report for inputs
• Present monthly cause of change for Flash submission to leadership

Governance & Business Partnering

• Control business partner to SCF and SP&L providing ongoing support and guidance for governance and financial related matters
• Continue to work closely with the leadership of SCF and SP&L to navigate the business and deliver performance against AOP (performance/trend analysis and interpretation, opportunity/risk management)

General FG and Move

• Lead the Finished Goods and Move agenda to ensure accurate and timely management of accounts on a periodic, quarterly and annual basis including balance sheet
• Identify…