Director – IT Lead Procurement

Overview This role will own the IT relationship with the Global Procurement’s Indirects team as well as GP Finance (“the backoffice). S/he will own all IT activities including managing capability roadmaps, demand shaping, value recognition and facilitating successful project/program delivery and sustainment through leading and guiding development, operations and devops teams to success. The role will also act as Product Manager for GP’s myBUY solution (Indirect Procurement) globally which comprises existing transactional solutions in most sectors driving $7bn of PEP spend through strategic spending channels and operates ongoing functional and technical operations with 3rd party outsourcers. Role will be responsible for growing the myBUY capability and intergrating transactional procurement with sourcing and contract solutions, also on the Ariba product line. Responsibilities List in priority order the main accountabilities/deliverables of the role. These should be statements of the primary responsibilities of the incumbent. At the end of each statement, identify whether the role is accountable for making decisions, being informed, providing consultation or executing actions relative to the accountability as given below: Provide 5-10 accountability statements in this section. Also note other relevant jobs or groups that are impacted by the accountability. Establish and maintain productive relationships with senior business leaders, peers in the PGT organization as well as the Enterprise Solutions Platform Team, CTO and Support functions and SAP Ariba as well as Accenture and IBM leadership (myBUY outsourcers) Own and support transition of myBUY backoffice support to GBS Own DevSecOps for Procurement, Digital Agriculture, and other in-scope functional areas Accountable for development and delivery of relevant digital solutions for assigned business functions Become a subject matter expert on Procurement business functions, and their supporting solutions, and work with business partners to establish and maintain a 5 year Capabilities Roadmap. Become the PEP expert on SAP Ariba, it’s product stack and business applicability. Evaluate current myBUY ways of working, business objectives and PGT framework to assess changes needed for harmonization; Drive those changes on behalf of IT and the business, where applicable. Lead the myBUY Design Review Council, a governance body of GP, IT and GFSS leads and myBUY global process owners to 1) maintain a consistent codebase and myBUY core model 2) review and assess available quarterly innovations released by Ariba and 3) ensure CRs and ERs raised by the markets are inline with overall myBUY strategies and represent the best of lift/shift opportunities. Help our business convert high level needs into fundable and executable projects by defining scope, requirements, value propositions / business cases, and estimates of IT work required to deliver Keep abreast of both internal technologies and solutions (e.g., new technical solutions being developed by our own innovation teams) and external technologies and solutions relevant to supported business functions Drive the creation of new enterprise technology solutions by leading and partnering with Enterprise Architecure, IT Innovation, and other teams to address unique opportunities identified by our business Act as point of escalation when unexpected issues and/or new requirements are surfaced, and tactfully guide those issues to resolution Coach and develop team members by driving accountability, ownership and PepsiCo IT’s cultural values Qualifications Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, MIS, Business Management, or related field required; Advanced degree preferred 15+ years of related Information Technology and related business experience 7 - 10+ years managing large virtual teams - experience managing large global teams preferred 8 year(s) of experience in corporate sustainability, sustainability consulting field, ESG consulting and/or implementing IT Sustainability solutions focused on enhancing corporate reporting, Program Management with emphasis on Agile Scrum methodology and implementation, and organizational change management (OCM) Bachelor’s Degree in CIS, Business, Engineering, Network Communications Management, Telecommunications or similar background 10+ years defining and deploying enterprise technology solutions/systems Significant influence management and stakeholder engagement skills Strategic Problem Solving: Results-oriented strategic thinker who demonstrates a bias for action with a can-do approach to work and excellent program management skills Strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills Ability to lead across a broad range of BUs and changing agenda autonomously with strong prioritization skills Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including presentation skills (ability to create presentations and present in a clear and succinct manner to senior audiences) Team player with the ability to excel in an agile, collaborative, data-driven environment demonstrating strong people skills, flexibility, and willingness to take on diverse tasks Influence & Communication: Ability to communicate, collaborate, and influence effectively at all levels of the BU & Sector organization and drive business decision Highly self-motivated individual capable of managing multiple initiatives simultaneously Preferred Qualifications: 4+ years Experience working with procurement related IT solutions, including procure to pay systems, up/down stream applications and other related business functions. 8+ years working closely on global and sector level projects, including business case creation, sell-in and project mobilization. Broad understanding of general IT technologies and trends, industry standards, solution architecture, and trends in related technologies. Ability to listen and build rapport and credibility as a strategic partner vertically within the business unit or function, as well as with leadership and functional teams Strategic thinker focused on business value results that utilize technical solutions Ability to set expectations with business partners and effectively use governance for a positive business partner experience Global collaboration skills Packaged application experience