SC Plng Manager- MOVE Projects & Systems at PepsiCo

Overview

• The role will lead the scouting, ideation, value proposition building, formal business case development, integration, sustainability, implementation & continuous improvement of AMESA’s strategic MOVE systems, primarily gTMS and WMS, providing subject matter expertise and capability development, to drive ISCP Replenishment, gTMS & WMS deployment and sustainment as well as deliver AMESA MOVE productivity, across all Transportation & in-scope Warehousing operations.

Responsibilities

• Deploying & Sustaining ISCP Replenishment Module with integration to transportation planning solutions.
• Deploying & Sustaining transportation planning solutions & warehouse management systems, for productivity programs (roll out gTMS in new markets, deploy change requests in existing markets, COE for gTMS).
• Collaborate with Warehouse & Transportation Managers in Global, GBS, Sector & BUs for vertical strategy cascades, best practices sharing, and new functionalities, across networks, warehousing & transportation optimization,
• Owning & executing the Transportation Planning Strategy, and supporting the WMS and ISCP strategies
• Leading and coordinating asset type, usage, and optimization projects and workstreams in transport, and equipment and labor strategies in warehousing
• Lead scenrio building and modelling exercise across BUs to standardize opportunity identification and enable continuos improvement
• Understanding, interpretation, and application/risk management/mitigation of Transportation regulatory constraints, decrees, and pipeline amendments and modeling to transportation planning accordingly.
• Driving efficiency in Transportation management, transportation asset type, payload optimization, and utilization, and peak season capacity strategies.
• Developing and sustaining standardized capability in people and process,
• Supporting the sector Warehousing, Transportation, and Supply Planning leaders in delivering the overall MOVE & SPL agenda through the strategic systems
• Serve as the sector lead for the business case development, design, deploy & sustain of the low-cost WMS Serve as sector lead for the deploy and sustain transportation planning program which will integrate ISCP and gTMS to optimize End-to-End transportation planning Partner with the ISCP team to enable ISCP success in AMESA from a Transportation & Warehousing perspective, as well as leveraging ISCP to drive Transportation efficiency – Tactical Sourcing opportunities etc Execute the qualification and deployment of WMS & gTMS best practice tools to all applicable AMESA markets, including; Sustain & deploy ISCP replenishment module
• Sustain, deploy, and expand the use & application of gTMS and other transportation management systems & processes
• Provide alternative options for non-gTMS deployed BUs (e.g. Plato)
• Partner & leverage areas of overlap with Go To Market and RoadNet applications/trade-offs
• Sustain, deploy, and expand the use & application of WMS and other warehouse management systems & processes (Miebach, SAP, WCS etc)
• Co-own the delivery and improvement of the key Warehouse & Transportation planning metrics and performance indicators with BU SPL leads that drive operational costs, service, and quality
• Co-Own the warehouse & transport deep dives process, continuously improving the process, executing aligned deep dives and governing execution of action plans.
• Enable analytics through gTMS & WMS output data to create visibility and lead continuous improvement
• Enable optimization and decision-making in Warehouse & Transportation operations through leveraging gTMS and WMS data and scenario modelling to enable productivtity opportunities.
• Execute and deploy optimal solutions for Strategic Warehousing & Transportation sourcing plans per market, including Alternative Model break-even point & opportunity/avoidance models in transportation planning tools, and 3PL management optimization and labor efficiency in warehousing.
• Coaching and development of Business Unit SPL gTMS planners, WMS super users, field Logistics Experts on ISCP, WMS, & gTMS agenda.
• Drive capability in People, Process, Metrics, Bidding, Asset selection/trade-offs Own the Warehousing & Transportation Planning Master Data database for total sector & BU-level for key reporting, analysis and strategy development
• Ownership of the AMESA Warehousing & Transportation performance and productivity, including the reporting data, metrics, benchmarking, and reporting platform maintenance (partnered with AMESA Performance team), where driven by WMS or gTMS
• Lead the Warehousing & Transportation elements of financial tracking/management of MOVE spend visibility

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, or Mathematical Sciences (i.e. Operations Research)
• 3+ years experience in transportation, 3+ years experience in warehousing, with at least 2 years in a field and multi-country regional capability development role – planning and systems implementation experience desireable
• Experience with both PepsiCo Food and Beverage operations, broader portfolios are desireable
• Experience implementing gTMS and or WMS and delivering business benefits
• English Written and oral communication skills.
• Communication & upwards Influencing skills