HR Manager: West, East, Central, Africa Corporate, Franchise & Market Development Functions at PepsiCo

Responsibilities

• Leads organisational development initiatives within and between the country’s HR teams such as change management, projects, organisation effectiveness, career development, talent management, JVs, expansion programs etc.
• Establishing and building all HR Capabilities i.e. systems, processes and act as a coach for the WECA HR Team
• Driving and Collating HR Metrics providing insights based on metrics to drive business decisions
• Activate culture engagement programs/celebrations by partnering with LT and country HR teams
• Conducts regular in-market audits to ensure sound governance and GCS compliance and identify areas for improvement and focus.
• Drives day-to-day HR support for Corporate Office employees across WECA.
• Understands the culture within teams and proactively works on developing the culture and engagement across all stakeholders
• Builds and develops strong relationships within the broader Bottler and Distributor HR communities to diagnose capability gaps and provide SME advice in closing the gaps.
• Identify Market opportunities to partner and build African talent.
• Leads HR transformation capability projects within bottlers to develop African Talent
• Monitors the effectiveness of the programs and takes action to ensure key objectives and overall goals are met for both Pepsico and Bottler teams.
• Ensure Line Management development programs including Bottlers and distributors as per business agreements.
• Engage and communicate with key stakeholders on organisational change, support in dealing with uncertainty and ambiguity and contribute to ensure appropriate cascading. 
• Build strong trusting relationships and communication channels within the business and HR community.
• Contribute to managing PPP at the market level (within key African Markets) and submit inputs to execute outcomes
• Leading and supporting key HR transformation projects across WECA
• Monitor and track the completion of Global Survey Administration and handle internal escalations
• Coordinate all reward and recognition programs for WECA

Qualifications

• Related Tertiary Qualification
• Minimum of 8 year’s working experience in HR, preferable in matrixed FMCG environment
• Proven and credible HR business partnering experience at senior business leader levels
• Strong knowledge of HR (best) practices
• Experienced in a matrixed environment
• Strong communication skills and interpersonal influencing skills
• Agile, inquisitive approach focused on continuous improvement
• Experience working across African geographies and cultures
• Proven change Management Experience