Sector IT Analyst FTC - Paarl at PepsiCo

Overview

The main objective of the role is to lead the end-to-end demand, delivery, deployment, and maintenance of business digitalization initiatives which span Finance, Control and Reporting, Procurement, HR, Legal, Corporate Affairs and Communications(all grouped and known as Enabling Functions) from business case creation to deployment in coordination with the local, AMESA Sector and Global IT teams. A Key responsibility is to provide leadership, ownership, and accountability for the relationships between IT, and the Enabling functions departments.

Responsibilities

• Establishes relationships with senior business leadership in the Enabling functions to shape digitalisation demand.
• Actively engage the relevant stakeholders and recommend technology solutions to meet the business processes requirements.
• Be the first point of contact for business on new initiatives in terms of being a consultant to business for automation.
• Translate business direction in firm action points and ensure alignment with IT strategy at local and sector levels.This includes shaping the requirements, proposal creation, business alignment on funding, owning the product end to end for business delivery, adoption and value realization by working with various stakeholders.
• Identify and assess PepsiCo Global and Sector platforms and where relevant, leverage these digital technologies in order to increase productivity and/or provide new capabilities.
• Manage E2E delivery of the projects/initiatives as covered by the AOP (annual operating plan) as well as the many other initiatives which are prioritised throughout the year and provide business updates as required.
• The role also includes working with the internal IT team including Supply Chain planning, Go to Market, Portfolio Management, Infrastructure and Operations and Information and Security resources during the various phases of a project to ensure the deliverables are met per business expectation and aligned with existing business processes. Where business processes are required to change, the role ensures that proper Change Management takes place as part of the project/initiative.
• Seek continuous improvement in the related business solutions and processes based on effective management of incidents and problems within the application stack and increase of business value realization from IT automation.
• Managing the relevant financial aspects of the different projects and initiatives and ensure compliance with relevant IT control standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelors dgree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• 10+ years’ experience within the Enabling functions area.
• 10+ years in core IT field with a focus on Solution Design and Business Analysis.
• Multinational FMCG corporate experience in similar role preferred.
• Strong Business Relationship Experience, comfortably and confidently interacting with senior leadership.
• Strong experience in Business Analysis, Solution Design and Product Management.
• Proficient in the Agile Delivery methodology with an ability to handle multiple large-scale deliverables concurrently.
• Advanced deployment planning and execution experience with the ability to drive processes and implement within business constraints.
• Very Good Knowledge of IT Capabilities in the Enabling functions as well as an in depth understanding of the associated business processes and good understanding of risk management and controls.
• People and Vendor Management skills.
• Able to exploit the global company technological capabilities whilst understanding the local market’s business strategies and propose value adding solutions.
• Very good collaboration skills within the Business Units’s, Sector and Global IT enabling functions, as well as external parties.
• Results orientated while balancing long term and short-term priorities.
• Able to influence and manage internal and external stakeholders with strong networking skills, and ability to align multiple stakeholders on competing priorities.
• Ability to understand the inter dependencies between solutions.
• Excellent conceptual articulation and communication skills.