Pepsi Lipton Supply Chain & Commercialization Manager - AMESA at PepsiCo

Main Purpose
The Supply Chain & Commercialization Manager works in close partnership with the AAMESA Supply Chain Director, PepsiCo, Unilever and Bottler Supply Chain teams to ensure the smooth running of the entire supply and distribution network and project implementation across AMESAA, this includes:

• Lead demand planning, forecasting and S&OP alignment processes across markets with bottlers
• Coordinate all supply chain, ordering, and shipping activities in collaboration with our bottling partners to ensure high level of product availability with adequate safety stocks and to support growth ambitions.
• Lead the commercialization agenda across all the markets in the region by coordinating with functional teams on active projects to ensure on time delivery

Responsibilities

Accountabilities
Provides SC leadership to ensure strong business partnership cross-functionally and with bottlers to deliver efficient day-to-day operations and long-term capacity planning across company-owned, franchise or 3P co-pack local GTM partners.

• Leads demand planning, forecasting and S&OP processes across markets to ensure <2% OOS service
• Ensures efficient concentrate kit supply to all bottlers in AMESAA (shipping / importation / regulatory / returns)
• Work with Pepsi global concentrate solutions to manage all kit related issues with bottlers
• Ensures efficiency of supply by leading kit productivity & harmonization initiatives
• Coordinates the AMESA commercialisation (project) agenda through the standard PLI innovation process
• Chairing of bi-weekly project calls with each market to ensure robust project management and implementation
• Sits in on monthly regional calls (MBRs) with senior leadership team to represent SC function
• Supports white market launches by carrying SC feasibility assessments
• Develop key relationships Bottling Partners
• Coordinates with local ops teams (PepsiCo/bottler/co-packer) and ensures adequate support for other technical functions on projects such as Technical Contact Managers (TCMs) and R&D.

Qualifications

Experience/Key Skills Required:

• 8+ Years FMCG Supply Chain & Manufacturing experience preferably in Soft Drinks
• 5+ Years Proven experience across Supply Planning & Logistics including S&OP.
• Strong project management skills and ability to deliver timely, quality results
• Strong business acumen: able to work across regional, global functions and stakeholders clearly communicating across many levels of the organisation
• Strong leadership and people skills: ability to build strong relationships, both internally and externally.
• Proven data-skills: familiarity with SAP, Excel, planning tools and ability to synthesize complex data and communicate to action
• Analytics, Dashboarding & Score carding expertise preferred (Tableau, Power BI, etc..)
• Fluent in English. Preferable additional languages: Arabic & French

Main Interactions

• Pepsi Lipton Supply Chain Director AAMEA
• All bottling partners in AMESAA, including product availability managers, procurement, and Technical/Quality teams
• Pepsi Lipton Concentrate Supply Chain Manager – Cork, Ireland
• PepsiCo Global Concentrate Service – Cork, Ireland
• 3PL partners (Expeditors), Kits making plants Lipton Soft Drinks Ireland (LSDI)
• PLI AMESAA cross functional team members: Franchise Country Managers, Finance, Marketing, TCM’s and R&D
• Pepsi Lipton Global QA, Control, and Finance Teams
• PepsiCo Engineering and Operations teams