Senior Manager, IT Procurement

Overview

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 $86 billion in net revenue in 2022, 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.

Our Global Procurement associates are committed to delivering value across the PepsiCo enterprise by their flawless execution of the defined procurement process and responsive business partnering. We operate as an integrated global function with both globally sourced categories leveraging the scale of PepsiCo's enterprise, and sector categories to deliver in market local supply.

This is a hybrid role located in Plano, TX

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Responsibilities

• Develop and implement comprehensive supplier and sourcing strategies for the Global Enterprise Hardware and Telecom category (total spend Sr. Manager is accountable for is approximately $100MM) that continually improve quality, cost, and service across all PepsiCo business operations.

• Drive the sourcing process, lead sourcing, support Master Services Agreements, SaaS, Statement of Work development, and analyze/evaluate rates to optimize supplier engagements.

• Track record of successfully sourcing with a variety of suppliers (e.g., HP, Cisco, Lenovo, Dell, IBM, Symantec, Microsoft, Amazon, Google etc.).

• Lead cross-divisional business teams including Global and Divisional IT teams, Legal, and Finance in the successful implementation of strategies, contract negotiations, and project planning.

• Achieve annual productivity targets within the Global Procurement productivity framework.

• Proactively manage the category by tracking spend by vendor; and developing preferred supplier analysis, with a goal of optimizing the number of suppliers while maximizing year over year savings.

• Work with PepsiCo and industry specialists leading RFP, RFQ, RFI, competitive bids, maintenance renewals, and miscellaneous projects.

• Drive process efficiencies and eliminate waste

• Ensure use of PepsiCo's policies as well as terms and conditions to ensure best in class economics and minimized risk.

• Manage supplier performance against key metrics to drive continuous improvement.

• Research and implement industry best practices.

• Encourage use of MWBE suppliers by stakeholders whenever possible; enlist suppliers for second tier spend reporting.

• Success in role can lead to various other positions across the global Procurement function.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Business, IT or related field.
• 8+ years' work experience in Procurement, Finance, or IT, with a history of success in a breadth of prior challenging experiences

Preferred Qualifications:

• Ideally, experience with procurement of Enterprise Hardware solutions and tools (capital purchase, lease/loan purchases) and IT services.

• Ideally, experience with procurement of Enterprise Telecommunications and mobility solutions (network transport, circuits, infrastructure, and mobile plans) and IT services.

• Strong collaboration, communication, and influencing skills.

• Strong strategic, analytical, and project management skills.

• Won't compromise values to get results.

• Eager to embrace and lead change, ability to manage in PepsiCo's ambiguous matrixed environment.

• Can persevere and is resilient in the pursuit of objectives, willing to take on new challenges; and works to resolve tough issues.

• Comfortable with and effective communicator (verbal and written) with all stakeholders, across global markets.

• Works well with others and can inform Procurement, internal stakeholders, and suppliers to deliver results.

• Treats all people with respect and fairness; open is to and respectful of others' opinions and points of view.

• Takes initiative to find ways to get better results, seeks and takes advantage of ideas, best practices and solutions.

EEO Statement

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status.

PepsiCo is an Equal Opportunity Employer: Female / Minority / Disability / Protected Veteran / Sexual Orientation / Gender Identity

If you'd like more information about your EEO rights as an applicant under the law, please download the available EEO is the Law & EEO is the Law Supplement documents. View PepsiCo EEO Policy.

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