Job Opportunities at PepsiCo

Job Description

Responsibilities

• Investigate and reconcile the suspense accounts on a daily basis.
• Track and monitor variances and locked inventory in the Warehouse.
• Manage, plan and organise the warehouse cycle counts.
• Analyze the Parow Service Centre Stock Account (55150) on a monthly basis by investigating all overspends and compile a detailed report by category and communicate findings to the Finance Department.
• Control the receipt and despatch of stock (at Receiving/Despatch Area) to ensure all stock items are accounted for at all times.
• Develop and maintain the pre and post cycle count procedures.
• Manage the Inventory Checkers to be able to monitor inventory locations at all times.
• Use the Inventory reports to manage and maintain the inventory in the warehouse.
• Ensure that the Inventory Checkers check inventory in the locked locations to make inventory available for picking on a continuous basis.
• Rectify the warehouse inventory by ensuring that incorrect inventory in the pick face is checked on an on-going and daily basis.
• Manage stock freshness in the Warehouse to avoid Warehouse stock write-off daily.
• Provide the number of pick exceptions to the Inventory Checkers on a continuous basis.
• Communicate weekly with the Commercial team to deal out aging stock before it expires.
• Ensure Stock with 4 weeks to expire is transferred and locked at the Obsolete Location.
• Monitor and improve the stock control processes – check and report variances on a weekly and periodic basis as may be required from time to time.
• Assist Storemen and Inventory Checkers as and when needed to resolve any hindrance that prevents them from successfully completing the task given by carrying out the subsequent system alteration/transaction.

Qualifications

• Matric with a relevant tertiary qualification in Inventory Management/ Supply Chain/ Logistics or a relevant commercial qualification.
• 3 years experience and knowledge of Warehouse Inventory (preferably, within the FMCG industry).
• Compile and report on warehouse statistics (Warehouse stock variances, deliveries by Suppliers, staff productivity etc).
• Computer literacy (MS Word, MS Excel and Outlook) and knowledge/experience of a Warehouse Management System would be an advantage.
• Supervisory skills – (Manage a team of Inventory Checkers, Storemen and other warehouse front line staff).
• Ability to influence and implement changes regarding inventory management in the Service Centre.
• The ability to successfully communicate with people on all levels of the organisation.

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Job Description

Overview

• This role will be responsible to establish E2E procurement Digitalization strategy, design and develop new digital capabilities for Global Procurement in AMESA and drive digital transformation impacting nearly $4B of managed spend with annual productivity of neartly $67MM
• Lead digital transomfration across 7 step sourcing processes by implementing new procurement solutions/tools/systems (e.g. myBUY/Ariba, strategic sourcing, Tableau, myContracts, Cirtuo, SpendHQ, Huron, RPA) and actively contribute in creting future fit GP capabilities
• Build srong raport and collaboration with GP Global Capabilities team and Global IT teams, Global S&T teams, and PGT Team to ensure AMESA GP requirements are captured and delivered in the Global digitalization initiatives as well as sector implemantations
• Drive change management, lead adoption of next tools and technology and build digital acumen across AMESA GP Organization

Responsibilities

Detect new Capabilities to be developed

• Market research at all levels, internally and externally to identify, propose and align digitalization initiatives for GP AMESA
• Explore usage of new capabilities, for example, Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, BlockChain, Automation in 7 step sourcing process
• Continuous improvement: analyse current sourcing procedures to detect improvement opportunities
• Develop Reports solutions using technological tools and softwares (e.g. BI and others )
• Test and build Business Case to filter valid proposals to digitalize perocurement value streams.

Development of new capabilities

• Overall leadership and supervision of implementation of digitalization projects across GP AMESA

Value capture

• Manage link with broader Global Procurement Team, PGT Team, S&T Team and GP team in AMESA to capture the value of new capabilities, included transformation of Data in actionable Insights Sustain
• Manage link with IT organization to ensure solutions developed are properly maintained and new Functionality of these tools implemented

General

• Define business requirements for AMESA
• Ensure business cases for digitalization puruits are robust and aligned with category lead
• Prioritize and identify potential solutions (taking into account latest market trends)
• Define pipeline for upcoming year
• Build and maintain connection with Global Capabilities team and Global IT, PGT Team, S&T Team
• Ensure user satisfaction level and develop plans for improvements

On the job duties:

• Define business requirements for AMESA
• Identify & align opportunities with GP leadership for value creation across the procurement 7 step sourcing cycle for GP AMESA(Business and Market Intelligence, Supplier Performance Management, Contract Governance etc.)
• Lead the overall agenda & introduce Business Intelligence (coverage nearly $ 4Bn) in AMESA for directs and Indirects and identify new value creation opportunities. Data Analytics strategy
• Ensure business cases are robust and aligned with category lead
• Ensure the team is understanding the process, gathering information on the time required to complete the task and estimate benefits of the potential solutio
• Prioritize and identify potential solutions (taking into account latest market trends)
• Introduces and champions to GP new digital tools such as descriptive, predictive and prescriptive analytics, data science methods, Robotics Process Automation, data lakes, Artificial Intelligence Digital technologies
• Connects and benchmarks externally to bring the outside in with most modern tools and solutions on the market
• Define pipeline for upcoming year
• Lead transformation of data of GP in insights /actions that add value for sourcing team New Dashboards Development
• Maintain connection with Global Capabilities team and Global IT
• Support the development of global BI tools and capabilities as a contributor for AMESA for his/ her respective area with the purpose of driving productivity, customer satisfaction, and compliance (e.g. Spend Visibility, HURON etc.)
• Lead customer satisfaction survey for his/her respective area, follows up on the results and develops plans for continuous improvement

Qualifications

Leadership Capabilities

• Executive maturity
• Networking & influencing
• Strong grasp of general business economics & key cost & quality drivers
• Strategic thinking with ability to lead toward strategy execution
• Extremely high level of business acumen
• Highly effective interpersonal skills – excellent negotiator and strong communication and influencing skills to all organizational levels and particularly at executive level. Demonstrated ability to develop credible business relationships with IT team, GP Team and other functions. Proven track record of successful change management.
• Developing and managing own agenda
• Strong sense of ownership and commitment
• Managing ambiguity – redefine a complex, current operating model and bringing together teams with different perspectives and lead to conclusions towards one, common future way of working
• Strong communication skills, especially verbal and presentation
• Interacting with senior management – internal & external
• Ability to lead business process workshops ,ensuring participants are engaged and focused on the task in hand
• Ability to translate complex situations into simple messages for Exec level communication
• Ability to lead large teams based in different locations, many people using English as a second language
• Results orientated – comfortable setting and delivering against bold, stretch targets
• Comfortable working within complex matrix organization Technical-Functional Knowledge
• Digitalization, especially in Procurement
• Strong understanding of the Procurement business process
• Operational experience in the business function within PepsiCo or another CPG company
• Excellent understanding of industry Best practices and ability to apply these to develop business processes
• Excellent understanding of how procurement tools can support business processes
• Strong analytical & financial skills
• Strong experience in application of Continuous Improvement / Business Process Improvement methodologies within a purchasing/finance environment
• Proven project management skills and ability to resolve issues and drive convergence in policies and processes
• SAP/Ariba experience
• Degree in Business Management, Finance and/or Purchasing and/or Accounting or relevant.
• Procurement Operations experience

Business Experience

• Minimum of 12 years’ experience in a business environment, preferably in Procurement Languages
• Fluent English
• Educational Background
• Bachelor degree, MBA preferred