Space Manager Food Benelux

Overview
At Pepsi Co, we’re more than just iconic brands — we’re a team of 2,000+ passionate people across 11 countries, working together to deliver great-tasting products that consumers enjoy every day. With over 70 years in the region, we operate from 7 key locations — including 4 headquarters and 4 production sites — and offer a portfolio of 16 brands, from global icons like Pepsi and Lay’s to local favorites like Duyvis and Schwip Schwap.

We’re committed to sustainability, innovation, and community impact. If you’re looking to grow your career with purpose, we’d love to hear from you.

The Space Manager plays a critical role in translating category, shopper and retailer insights into winning shelf solutions across the Benelux market.

As the central point of contact for all Retail, Discount and Away-from-home channels, this role ensures that the category vision, innovation pipeline and commercial ambitions are effectively brought to life at shelf level.

By combining analytical expertise, category thinking and stakeholder management, the Space Management Lead delivers data-driven shelf recommendations that drive category growth, improve shopper experience and strengthen Pepsi Co's position as a trusted category partner.

In addition, the role acts as the Benelux project lead for space management activities, coordinating planogram development, workload prioritization and collaboration with the Global Capability Centre (GCC).

Responsibilities
Project management:

Lead all Benelux space management projects in collaboration with GCC.

Manage planning, prioritization and workload allocation across the Benelux Space Management team.

Ensure timely delivery of planograms, range reviews and strategic initiatives.

Drive continuous improvements in space management processes, tools and ways of working.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

Act as the first point of contact for brand marketing regarding product dimensions, packaging changes and visual assets.

Advise internal stakeholders on the potential shelf impact of portfolio, packaging and innovation decisions.

Collaborate closely with Category Management, Sales, Marketing and the wider DX organization on growth projects.

Planogram Excellence

Own the development and quality of planogram recommendations for priority Benelux customers.

Translate assortment optimization outputs and rankings into effective shelf solutions.

Continuously improve planogram proposals based on retailer feedback and market learnings.

Ensure data accuracy through ongoing database maintenance within Nielsen and Spaceman.

Category & Space Strategy

Develop and execute a future-focused Space Management Vision for the Food categories across Benelux.

Translate category, shopper and retailer insights into actionable shelf recommendations.

Identify category growth opportunities through advanced space and assortment analysis.

Ensure marketing innovations, portfolio changes and packaging developments are optimally represented on shelf.

Provide strategic recommendations on assortment, shelf allocation, facings and merchandising principles.

Retail Partnership

Acts as a credible counterpart to priority retailer Space Management, Merchandising and Category teams during shelf reset projects and range reviews (incl. live building sessions).

Understands retailer shelf planning processes, constraints and objectives, and can translate these into commercially relevant recommendations.

Confidently presents planogram proposals, assortment recommendations and category insights to both customers and internal stakeholders.

Builds strong relationships with (top
3) customer Space Management teams to ensure successful implementation of shelf recommendations.

Qualifications
Experience & Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in…