Global Procurement Senior Manager

Applications are invited for the position of a Global Procurement Senior Manager – a key senior member of the Beverage Flavours and Seasonings Procurement Team for PepsiCo Global Solutions (PGCS). The role reports into the Procurement Director, Flavours & Seasonings and will be based in Cork.

Responsibilities

• Lead and own the business agenda including commercial and relationship management for assigned high value supplier(s) accounts and/or business units
• Delivering against PGCS business objectives e.g. budgeting and PPV, productivity and cashflow etc. as well as risk management and speed to market
• Develop category strategies for assigned vendors / categories, secure stakeholder signoff, and drive implementation of initiatives
• Work in close collaboration with partner functions (incl.
• R&D, Supply Chain etc) to develop and implement optimal sourcing strategies and support PepsiCo’s innovation agenda
• Negotiate and manage the purchase of ingredients, technologies and flavours, ensuring competitive market prices
• Perform in depth analysis for category spend including understanding of supply sources, supplier capability, industry economics, designs and technology, pricing, and duty/freight barriers
• Ensure raw materials are sourced in compliance with sourcing standards.
• Collaborate with Supplier Quality Assurance & R&D to maintain a Vendor Qualification / Approval Program and determine improvement needs across the supply chain
• Maintain compliance with all policies and procedures, including financial control execution Lead cross-vendor / cross-team scope areas such as productivity, localisation, BCP, financial planning, energy, supplier annual reviews etc.
• Lead projects against your strategic deliverables and other functional priorities Lead / develop / mentor others Lead oversight / spend management activities for other PEP entities as applicable

Requirements

• Excellent communication skills with an ability to build relationships with a wide array of people of different cultural backgrounds, countries of origin, and organizational positions including the ability to manage and align stakeholders within a matrix organisation; Ability to distil complex data and/or concepts into succinct messages using appropriate tools to convey business needs, gain alignment and drive change
• Excellent project management skills with proven ability to execute and deliver on commitments; Proven ability for excellence in numeracy and strong analytical skills with a high attention to detail; Ability to work in matrix organization; handle competing priorities; influence others to meet new product schedule needs; Possess strong business/commercial acumen allied with the ability to see bigger picture
• Hold a bachelors’ degree in a numerical discipline e.g. business, accountancy, economics, engineering, scientific discipline +10-15 years’ experience in a similar multinational working environment e.g. Procurement, Supply Chain, ideally including experience of the FMCG sector

Preferred

• Experience of developing and operating procurement processes, and leveraging procurement technologies to manage sourcing processes and events would be beneficial
• Masters in relevant commercial or science area would be beneficial

Travel requirements

10-15% of the time – global