Warehouse Senior Manager – AMESA Sector HQ at PepsiCo

Job Description

At PepsiCo Africa Middle East and South Asia (AMESA), people from different backgrounds and experiences eagerly roll up their sleeves, pitch in and get to work. We share a desire to succeed, and to win! We get great satisfaction knowing that our ideas are not only championed, but they are acted upon and brought to life.

Our commitment to creating the best consumer products begins with our people.

The role is location free, and the candidate should be based in one of these locations with PEP offices: South Africa, Egypt, India, Pak and Lebanon . No relocation will be available for this role.

Main Purpose:

The role will lead the Warehousing capability agenda for AMENA, providing functional subject matter expertise, capability development, and the strategic roadmap development of the Logistics chain, to drive AMENA MOVE productivity delivery of 7%+ in AOP, long-term productivity pipeline development, and across all Warehousing operations. The role will focus on;

• Overall delivery of Quality in Warehousing, Customer Service delivery, and Operational Efficiency,

• Warehousing Strategy Roadmap execution

• Developing and sustaining standardized capability in people and process,

• Leading and coordinate facility layout and flow optimization projects and workstreams,

• Driving efficiency in labor management, Warehousing tools & systems (WMS, YMS, Vision, Labour Planning etc) and peak season capacity strategies.

• Build the rolling 10 year automation glide path for AMENA Warehousing

• Build & lead the execution of the AMESA Logistics systems capability & integration strategy, to support the Digitized Value Chain agenda.

Key Accountabilities:

• Serve as sector lead to enable 7%+ annual productivity for the Warehousing spend, ensuring best practice tools and deep dive results are built into plans and providing adhoc support to fill gaps.

• Lead the qualification and deployment of Global logistics best practice tools to all applicable AMESA markets, including;

  • Deploy the Warehouse Affordability framework to qualify mechanization and automation opportunities for applicable sites.

  • Sustain and govern the Slot 3D & CLASS simulation software capabilities and usage across AMESA markets

  • Deploy affordable WMS to gain efficiency and productivity in WHs across AMESA markets

• Co-own the delivery and improvement of the key Warehousing metrics and performance indicators with BU LD&T leads that drive operational costs, service, and quality

• Own the warehouse deep dives process, continuously improving the process, executing aligned deep dives and governing execution of action plans.

• Owns the Warehousing mapping & elements in Network Optimization baseline mapping sustainment, and scenario building concepts

• Own the Warehousing Sustainability agenda, specifically Scope 2 & 3, for the AMESA sector

• Coaching and development of Business Unit LD&T leads, field Logistics Managers and new field Logistics Experts.

  • Develop formal Logistics Expert capability framework , including content and certification program and lead roll out of the program across the sector

• Ownership of the AMENA Warehousing performance and productivity, including the reporting data, metrics, benchmarking, and reporting platform maintenance (partnered with AMESA Performance team)

• Lead the Warehousing elements of financial tracking/management of MOVE spend visibility

• Partner with Global Procurement to define and incorporate operational standards and efficiency parameters in 3PL contracts and supports to audit and sustain capability.

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Qualifications/Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, or Mathematical Sciences (i.e. Operations Research)

• 14+ years experience in physical operations experience (Warehousing, Transportation, Distribution, Express), or at least 5 years in a field and multi-country regional capability development role

• Experience with both PepsiCo Food and Beverage operations advantage, FMCG required

• Logistics systems savvy across industry platforms – WMS, TMS, YMS, ERP

• Experience in transportation fleets in a dedicated or owned operation, with proven expertise leading innovation and operational efficiency agendas.

• Project Management experience, with certification preferred