Proc Regional Category Mgmt Assoc Manager

Overview

At Pepsi Co, you'll find the opportunity to grow your career, make an impact, and help shape what's next. As one of the world's leading food and beverage companies, our beloved brands - including Gatorade, Lay's, and Quaker - help create smiles with every sip and bite. Behind our products is a connected system that starts with how we source and grow ingredients alongside farmers and extends to how we make, move, and deliver products while driving positive impact for our business and communities.

An exciting opportunity has opened to lead the UK Commercial Potato Procurement Programme growth agenda, through the development and implementation of a sustainable PEP+ aligned potato sourcing strategy, that drives transformational productivity and sets up the potato supply value chain for future growth and success.

Responsibilities

PEP+ aligned potato procurement including commercial negotiations, agreements, supply delivery and optimisation with UK suppliers, including execution of all legal contracts and financial cost management and reporting aspectsAOP and PSP Plan processes for UK potatoes, identifying and delivering transformational productivity and cash-flow initiatives

Lead the Potato Seed Supply Planning for the UK Reporting up-to-date and accurate financial models to report financial forecasts at key reporting milestones; AOP, PSP and monthly financial reporting vs AOPApply Global Control Standards in the processes, comply with GP Policy and other applicable policies as periodically updated and communicated, and ensure correct execution and documentation of controls

Ensure all UK PC plants are seamlessly supplied with Potatoes to the correct quantity and quality 24/7

Manage the relationships with UK suppliers through periodic reviews, key focus on managing supply metrics, forecasting and storage costs, mitigating risks and effective crop planning.

Responsible to provide the business every period with a UK potato scorecard of Cost, Quality & Service KPIs, and keep all key customers and stakeholders up-to-date with developments in potatoes through the year, and ensure continual alignment on performance and programmes Supplier payments, settlements and pre-payment processes, ensuring accurate execution, timely query resolution and compliance with financial controls

Qualifications

Commercial Awareness: requires sound commercial competence & numeracy – must be comfortable with complex financial models and be nimble with figures

Interpersonal

Skills:

must have ability to successfully work cross-functionally with internal customers and stakeholders, but also to maintain and develop relationships with supplier base and external organisations IT Literacy: must be comfortable and able with computers, especially with navigating PGT/ACM data, compiling and managing large Excel spreadsheets, and able to present results and plans clearly using Powerpoint, KPI reports etc Influencing

Skills:

Must be able to effectively align and motivate internal key contact groups and supplier base to support the commercial, quality and service platforms and projects

Demonstrated track record of idea generation and achieving goals and timelines

Functional technical and/or operational knowledge of PC plants and/or potatoes

Salary and benefits:

Competetive salary Company tablet.

Company car Flexible benefits package.
25 days holiday (with the option to buy or sell more) + bank holidays.

Extensive pension scheme. Opportunities:

The opportunities and channels for growth and progression are endless here at Pepsi Co and being a company which strives on enhancing our employees we are positive that you will be able to have incredible and extensive career  are an equal opportunity employer and comply with the Equality Act 2010, we…