Overview About PepsiCo PepsiCo products are enjoyed by consumers more than one billion times a day in more than 200 countries and territories around the world. PepsiCo generated more than $79 billion in net revenue in 2021, driven by a complementary beverage and convenient foods portfolio that includes Lay’s, Doritos, Cheetos, Gatorade, Pepsi-Cola, Mountain Dew, Quaker, and SodaStream. PepsiCo's product portfolio includes a wide range of enjoyable foods and beverages, including many iconic brands that generate more than $1 billion each in estimated annual retail sales. Guiding PepsiCo is our vision to Be the Global Leader in Beverages and Convenient Foods by Winning with PepsiCo Positive (pep+). pep+ is our strategic end-to-end transformation that puts sustainability and human capital at the center of how we will create value and growth by operating within planetary boundaries and inspiring positive change for planet and people. For more information, visit www.pepsico.com. Responsibilities What we’re looking for: Leads the sourcing of Packaging categories, with a spend of $160MM, for all PepsiCo divisions in South Africa (Foods, Beverages, Snacks, Grains & Bakeries). Includes the development and execution of advantaged sourcing strategies, supplier selection, negotiations, as well as supplier and contract management. Primary liaison between Market Leads, BUs, Finance, R&D, Marketing, and Legal for procurement of packaging categories. Delivers maximum value across the entire procurement value chain through understanding and analysis of PepsiCo needs (global & locally relevant). Understands price and cost structure and their associated drivers. Optimises Total Cost of Ownership through leveraging internal & external drivers. Assesses the industry, political, economic & agricultural forces at play in order to build advantageous sourcing strategies for PepsiCo. Develops, formalizes & sells to internal stakeholders breakthrough procurement strategies that meet / anticipate Business requirements as well as changes of supply markets and related risks. Stays informed of industry developments, capabilities and market trends. Maintains a solid working knowledge of all laws, duties, taxes and regulations affecting purchase and delivery of assigned commodities. Evaluates supplier offers based on balanced evaluation criteria, i,e, cost, quality, service, innovation, sustainability. Leads negotiations with large suppliers with favoarbale outcomes, bring positive impact beyond pricing, in a complex business environment in packaging space. Develops & maintains balanced supplier evaluation score cards based on quality, cost, service, innovation, sustainability. Responsible for developing price standards for assigned components. Accountable on the same components for forecasting and analysing the Purchase Price Variance, Year over Year and performance versus market/competition. Develops effective communications with operating divisions and departments on commitments, costs, timing and performance of suppliers in regard to Packaging categories. Ensures that all suppliers comply with PepsiCo’s Supplier Code of Conduct and are approved in accordance with PepsiCo’s global standards and processes. Includes domestic and international travel for Business reviews and supplier meetings/audits. Qualifications What will qualify you for the role: Relevant tertiary qualification Seasoned procurement professional with 10+ years of relevant work experience Management experience is advantageous Analytical thinking: Ability to quickly analyse data and transform it into meaningful insights. Strategic thinking: Ability to translate strategies into plans that can be effectively executed. Communication skills: Communicates effectively to win support. Proactively shares information, best practice and ideas with others throughout PepsiCo. People Management skills: Encourages and coaches’ people to build their skills. Fosters a positive and inclusive work environment where people feel respected & valued for their contributions. Functional expertise: Very good knowledge of the blending value chain as well as the constituent juice market (supplier & competitor landscape, market fundamentals, agricultural forces, etc). “PepsiCo is an Equal Opportunity Employer in line with the Employment Equity Act"