Director: Global Procurement - Indirect

Overview Leads the sourcing of Indirect categories for all PepsiCo divisions in SSA 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 Indirect categories. Responsibilities Delivers maximum value across the entire supply 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 suppliers for assigned commodities. 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 to PepsiCo’s VA & QA global standards and processes. Includes domestic and international travel up to 10% for Business reviews and supplier meetings/audits. Qualifications 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).