Procurement Capex Specialist - Cape Town at PepsiCo

Responsibilities

What we’re looking for:

The SSA GP Capital Specialist main responsibilities will be to lead SSA Cluster GP Capital projects (spend range $0.5MM and Above) across PepsiCo Beverage & Food Operating Companies, managing within the cluster a total spend of ~ $50MM, through (1) Define and execute the different category strategies: Risk Management, Supplier Relationship Management, Innovation and Productivity, (2) measuring and Improving Performance, (3) Achieving Annual Plans and Delivering Productivity, (4) and Value creation for Capex projects.

Total annual spend is given under the scope below and covers ~ 120 projects per annum.

Work to provide input to CoEs on market requirements, support negotiations of important contracts as well as developments with key suppliers, align BU stakeholders on category decisions, implement Sector & Cluster Procurement aligned mission and strategy, deliver BU procurement annual and long-term strategic targets, lead P&L Savings & Productivity initiatives, ensure supply security and ensure full compliance to GP Policies & Proceudres. 

• Manage (in close collaboration with the SSA GP Capex Manager) implementation of the SSA CLUSTER wide Procurement vision, mission and strategy.
• Manage Capital categories on a cluster level leveraging PepsiCo’s OpCo’s footprint in SSA CLUSTER.
• Work closely with SSA GP Capex Manager and GP COE to:
• Monitor sourcing Productivity / Savings for Capital categories (for the current year and over PSP).
• Lead improvement initiatives from procurement side for categories in scope.
• Evaluate & evolve sourcing strategies based on changing market conditions and provide inputs during strategic sourcing activities, including internal and external analysis and negotiations.
• Ensure implementation of sourcing strategies / plans, compliance monitored, and benefits tracked (in close collaboration with the Transactional Procurement Team)  in line with the procurement policies, SOA and Procurement practices
• Lead supplier diversity plans.
• Deliver on pep+ & sustainability as related to strategy requirements.
• Manage (in close collaboration with the SSA GP Capex Manager) implementation of the SSA CLUSTER wide Procurement vision, mission and strategy.
• Manage Capital categories on a cluster level leveraging PepsiCo’s OpCo’s footprint in SSA CLUSTER.

Work closely with SSA GP Capex Manager and GP COE to:

• Monitor sourcing Productivity / Savings for Capital categories (for the current year and over PSP).

Qualifications

What will qualify you for the role:

• Relevant B-Degree
• +7 years proven procurement experience in the engineering and construction categories
• Experience in procurement in a decentralized company
• Experience in working in a regional procurement organization
• Experience in strategically sourcing categories in scope
• Be a recognised leader of change
• Skilled in managing across a dispersed team of business stakeholders; strong selling skills
• Procurement professional (CIPS or equivalent)
• Multilingual a plus