Global Procurement Sr Manager – Digitalization Lead, AMESA - Isando at PepsiCo

Job Description

Overview

• This role will be responsible to establish E2E procurement Digitalization strategy, design and develop new digital capabilities for Global Procurement in AMESA and drive digital transformation impacting nearly $4B of managed spend with annual productivity of neartly $67MM
• Lead digital transomfration across 7 step sourcing processes by implementing new procurement solutions/tools/systems (e.g. myBUY/Ariba, strategic sourcing, Tableau, myContracts, Cirtuo, SpendHQ, Huron, RPA) and actively contribute in creting future fit GP capabilities
• Build srong raport and collaboration with GP Global Capabilities team and Global IT teams, Global S&T teams, and PGT Team to ensure AMESA GP requirements are captured and delivered in the Global digitalization initiatives as well as sector implemantations
• Drive change management, lead adoption of next tools and technology and build digital acumen across AMESA GP Organization

Responsibilities

Detect new Capabilities to be developed

• Market research at all levels, internally and externally to identify, propose and align digitalization initiatives for GP AMESA
• Explore usage of new capabilities, for example, Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, BlockChain, Automation in 7 step sourcing process
• Continuous improvement: analyse current sourcing procedures to detect improvement opportunities
• Develop Reports solutions using technological tools and softwares (e.g. BI and others )
• Test and build Business Case to filter valid proposals to digitalize perocurement value streams.

Development of new capabilities

• Overall leadership and supervision of implementation of digitalization projects across GP AMESA

Value capture

• Manage link with broader Global Procurement Team, PGT Team, S&T Team and GP team in AMESA to capture the value of new capabilities, included transformation of Data in actionable Insights Sustain
• Manage link with IT organization to ensure solutions developed are properly maintained and new Functionality of these tools implemented

General

• Define business requirements for AMESA
• Ensure business cases for digitalization puruits are robust and aligned with category lead
• Prioritize and identify potential solutions (taking into account latest market trends)
• Define pipeline for upcoming year
• Build and maintain connection with Global Capabilities team and Global IT, PGT Team, S&T Team
• Ensure user satisfaction level and develop plans for improvements

On the job duties:

• Define business requirements for AMESA
• Identify & align opportunities with GP leadership for value creation across the procurement 7 step sourcing cycle for GP AMESA(Business and Market Intelligence, Supplier Performance Management, Contract Governance etc.)
• Lead the overall agenda & introduce Business Intelligence (coverage nearly $ 4Bn) in AMESA for directs and Indirects and identify new value creation opportunities. Data Analytics strategy
• Ensure business cases are robust and aligned with category lead
• Ensure the team is understanding the process, gathering information on the time required to complete the task and estimate benefits of the potential solutio
• Prioritize and identify potential solutions (taking into account latest market trends)
• Introduces and champions to GP new digital tools such as descriptive, predictive and prescriptive analytics, data science methods, Robotics Process Automation, data lakes, Artificial Intelligence Digital technologies
• Connects and benchmarks externally to bring the outside in with most modern tools and solutions on the market
• Define pipeline for upcoming year
• Lead transformation of data of GP in insights /actions that add value for sourcing team New Dashboards Development
• Maintain connection with Global Capabilities team and Global IT
• Support the development of global BI tools and capabilities as a contributor for AMESA for his/ her respective area with the purpose of driving productivity, customer satisfaction, and compliance (e.g. Spend Visibility, HURON etc.)
• Lead customer satisfaction survey for his/her respective area, follows up on the results and develops plans for continuous improvement

Qualifications

Leadership Capabilities

• Executive maturity
• Networking & influencing
• Strong grasp of general business economics & key cost & quality drivers
• Strategic thinking with ability to lead toward strategy execution
• Extremely high level of business acumen
• Highly effective interpersonal skills – excellent negotiator and strong communication and influencing skills to all organizational levels and particularly at executive level. Demonstrated ability to develop credible business relationships with IT team, GP Team and other functions. Proven track record of successful change management.
• Developing and managing own agenda
• Strong sense of ownership and commitment
• Managing ambiguity – redefine a complex, current operating model and bringing together teams with different perspectives and lead to conclusions towards one, common future way of working
• Strong communication skills, especially verbal and presentation
• Interacting with senior management – internal & external
• Ability to lead business process workshops ,ensuring participants are engaged and focused on the task in hand
• Ability to translate complex situations into simple messages for Exec level communication
• Ability to lead large teams based in different locations, many people using English as a second language
• Results orientated – comfortable setting and delivering against bold, stretch targets
• Comfortable working within complex matrix organization Technical-Functional Knowledge
• Digitalization, especially in Procurement
• Strong understanding of the Procurement business process
• Operational experience in the business function within PepsiCo or another CPG company
• Excellent understanding of industry Best practices and ability to apply these to develop business processes
• Excellent understanding of how procurement tools can support business processes
• Strong analytical & financial skills
• Strong experience in application of Continuous Improvement / Business Process Improvement methodologies within a purchasing/finance environment
• Proven project management skills and ability to resolve issues and drive convergence in policies and processes
• SAP/Ariba experience
• Degree in Business Management, Finance and/or Purchasing and/or Accounting or relevant.
• Procurement Operations experience

Business Experience

• Minimum of 12 years’ experience in a business environment, preferably in Procurement Languages
• Fluent English
• Educational Background
• Bachelor degree, MBA preferred