Global Procurement Senior Manager

Applications are invited for the position of a Global Procurement Senior Manager – a key senior member of the Beverage Flavours and Seasonings Procurement Team for PepsiCo Global Solutions (PGCS). The role reports into the Procurement Director, Flavours & Seasonings and will be based in Cork. 

• →Lead and own the business agenda including commercial and relationship management for assigned high value supplier(s) accounts and/or business units
• →Delivering against PGCS business objectives e.g. budgeting and PPV, productivity and cashflow etc. as well as risk management and speed to market
• →Develop category strategies for assigned vendors / categories, secure stakeholder signoff, and drive implementation of initiatives
• →Work in close collaboration with partner functions (incl. R&D, Supply Chain etc) to develop and implement optimal sourcing strategies and support PepsiCo’s innovation agenda
• →Negotiate and manage the purchase of ingredients, technologies and flavours, ensuring competitive market prices
• →Perform in depth analysis for category spend including understanding of supply sources, supplier capability, industry economics, designs and technology, pricing, and duty/freight barriers
• →Ensure raw materials are sourced in compliance with sourcing standards.  Collaborate with Supplier Quality Assurance & R&D to maintain a Vendor Qualification / Approval Program and determine improvement needs across the supply chain
• →Maintain compliance with all policies and procedures, including financial control execution
• →Lead cross-vendor / cross-team scope areas such as productivity, localisation, BCP, financial planning, energy, supplier annual reviews etc.
• →Lead projects against your strategic deliverables and other functional priorities
• →Lead / develop / mentor others
• →Lead oversight / spend management activities for other PEP entities as applicable

The successful candidate will possess: 

• Excellent communication skills with an ability to build relationships with a wide array of people of different cultural backgrounds, countries of origin, and organizational positions including the ability to manage and align stakeholders within a matrix organisation;
• Ability to distil complex data and/or concepts into succinct messages using appropriate tools to convey business needs, gain alignment and drive change
• Excellent project management skills with proven ability to execute and deliver on commitments;
• Proven ability for excellence in numeracy and strong analytical skills with a high attention to detail;
• Ability to work in matrix organization; handle competing priorities; influence others to meet new product schedule needs;
• Possess strong business/commercial acumen allied with the ability to see bigger picture
• Experience of developing and operating procurement processes, and leveraging procurement technologies to manage sourcing processes and events would be beneficial
• Hold a bachelors’ degree in a numerical discipline e.g. business, accountancy, economics, engineering, scientific discipline
• +10-15 years’ experience in a similar multinational working environment e.g. Procurement, Supply Chain, ideally including experience of the FMCG sector
• Masters in relevant commercial or science area would be beneficial
• Travel requirements: 10-15% of the time – global