Overview The role plays a critical role in managing the procurement and contract management processes for capital projects. The primary focus of this role is to streamline and optimize the entire sourcing process—from identifying needs and suppliers to the finalization of contracts—ensuring that capital expenditure projects are executed efficiently, within budget, and in compliance with organizational goals and legal requirements. Responsibilities Expand preferred suppliers list plus market intelligence assessment to categorise and group like suppliers for tendering invites Execute and support TPDD process to liaise and facilitate handling of docs and process with controls and compliance. Market Intelligence team: perform standard investigations for suppliers (mostly civils/construction) – work with consultants, other companies/peers. Track and report SLA/KPI’s/Savings as per agreed methodology Support the Engineering and GP team with the Supply market scan - identify potential supply base / prepare short-list Gather requirements for Rfx Collection, tracking, analysis, rank if evaluation matrix, summary & reporting for RFx/competitive bidding process across contractual requirements, cost, service, quality, sustainability, and innovation Gather supplier questions and share responses to all suppliers Partner with the suppliers to ensure Rfx process is 100% correctly completed Support supplier financial checks and reference checks Ensure complete and correct local/global reports and analysis provided to support Ariba eSourcing process Prepares and delivers training to suppliers on using Ariba eSourcing/eauction tool Manages and leads NDA process with Legal, suppliers and category managers and regional leads Analyze data and Reports and offer recommendations for improvements to Reports, eSourcing Tools, processes, data collection, and sourcing plans Provide input on automation, standardization, and simplification in the GBS contract processes Follow the process around measurement and metrics for contract creation, execution, and maintenance. Review all contract requisitions are aligned to PepsiCo & GP policies & procedures. Work with legal, supplier to develop Contract incl SLA’s for final approval. Once approved upload to Selectica contract mgt tool and track signature process in time. Qualifications MBA or B.Tech Min 7 years experience in procurement admin of technical/non commercial items. Proficiency in English (written and spoken) Technical knowledge and understanding of engineering works, services, assets and equipments demonstrated by a suitable College degree in either Civil, Mechanical or Chemical Engineering Working knowledge of SAP MM module, Buying plaforms (ie Ariba), Power Apps and BI Excel & Office package knowledge