Responsibilities

We are currently looking for a Procurement Buyer to join our Procurement team in Little Island on a perm basis.

We are the concentrate team in PepsiCo (PGCS) working across the Beverage, Nutrition and Snacks categories to deliver concentrate for many of PepsiCo’s mega brands including Gatorade, 7Up and Pepsi. We are at the heart of PepsiCo products, sourcing ingredients to manufacture more than 1,200 recipes for our brands. We are a global organisation, situated in 15 locations across 8 countries offering careers in various functions from Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Procurement, Quality, Finance, R&D, HR and IT. We want team members who can collaborate in our fast paced global organisation and are passionate about creating and delivering much-loved household brands to markets across the world.

The Procurement Buyer will manage a portfolio of over 175 materials (Ingredients and Packaging) across 60 vendors, covering approximately $5 million of spend annually. Key strategic responsibilities will be to drive significant cost, cash, compliance, quality, and service benefits for the business.

Primary Accountabilities:

Cost Management

• Perform local sourcing activities, including competitive bidding and contract management
• Identify & deliver productivity commitment against spend managed in role
• Assist with preparation of Annual Operating Plan and Quarterly Forecasts
• Create and maintain key metrics and reports
• Ensure compliance with Procurement policy and perform GCS controls

Vendor Management

• Build / maintain sustainable supplier relationships
• Support the supplier Non-Conformance Reporting (NCR) process and work with suppliers and plant staff to resolve issues
• Evaluate supplier performance and provide key information to Procurement Manager and Global Procurement team for vendor performance evaluation
• Support new product innovations by gathering data from suppliers and supporting system set-ups

Category Sourcing Strategy

• Evaluate spend, market and business analysis
• Identify business continuity supply risks and implement plans to mitigate
• Develop sourcing strategies and preferred suppliers leveraging the PepsiCo organization
• Collaborate with Quality and R&D functions to qualify new vendor sites in line with Pepsico standards and specifications

Qualifications

Essential Criteria:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business or equivalent preferred, with a proven ability for excellence in numeracy
• Experience in a Procurement or Supply Chain role, with exposure to Procurement policies and process management in a multinational environment
• Excellent systems and analytical skills, with a proven ability to problem solve and make quick decisions
• Excellent communication and relationship building skills with the ability to collaborate effectively in a cross-functional and matrix environment
• Proven ability to execute and deliver on commitments and problem solving in a time sensitive environment

Desired Skills:

• SAP Experience
• Advanced excel skills.

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 $70 billion in net revenue in 2020, driven by a complementary beverage and convenient foods portfolio that includes Lays, 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 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.

For the purposes of external advertising we have called this role a Procurement Buyer. However please note that the internal job title the successful candidate will have will be Global Proc Asst Analyst.
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