Jobs Openings at PepsiCo

Responsibilities

What we’re looking for:

• Manager area sales objectives, drafts and executes area sales plans, manage 3rd party distributors(IDP). Lead and manage a team of sales reps and sales supervisors. Manage key customer relationship, Manage NR, Manager promotion and marketing initiatives

Accountabilities:

• Manage Sales and Operations KZN Both IDP and own Routes
• Customer Relationships
• Analyse regional sales forecasts & competitor activities
• Formulate and managed regional plans ie. volume, price & promotions
• Negotiate and managed trading terms, price, shelf space & promotions
• Manage Sales in vs Sales out
• Manage all Orders
• Manage Order Department Processes
• Manage route to Market Data Extraction
• Manage Agents Numeric Distribution
• Manage Agents Promotion Distribution
• Manage Expiring and Expired Stock and Damages
• Manage Logistics / Deliveries / Scheduling / Confirmation
• Manage OOS Internal and External
• Manage Sub - Agents Promotion / Stock / Pricing / Deliveries
• Manage promotional assets & equipment
• Manage internal/ key account/ 3rd party/ agents performance
• Manage regional promotional grids & logistics
• Control working capital items e.g. debtors day & product returns
• Approve functional plan Promotions and Funds
• Manage performance of own team Brand Ambassadors
• Manage talent plan of own team Brand Ambassadors
• Achieve Sales volume Targets
• Implement functional plan and projects
• Utilise SAP functionality
• Utilisation of functional resources
• Managed functional projects
• Maintained external stakeholder relations
• Established functional network
• Utilise service provider network
• Maintain interdepartmental relations
• Manage change processes
• Initiate continuous improvement
• Consumer Marketing Data Extracts and Sharing
• Customer Key Market Information to phase growth

Qualifications

What will qualify you for the role

• +5 Years Sales and Operations Management in FMCG
• +5 Years Key Accounting in FMCG
• Knowledge and Experience of the Industry , this includes customer knowledge based on Top end right through to Bottom end.
• Consumer Knowledge and behavior patterns
• Market data and planning experience
• Strong Mathematical Skills ( ROI Experience)
• Negotiation Skills

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Responsibilities

• Job Overview:As a fitter you will be required to perform preventive, predictive, corrective and emergency/breakdown maintenance. Reduce breakdown and perform repairs within strict budget constraints. Perform callout and standby on a rotational basis shared with members of the maintenance team. Be able to work independently and under pressure. Comfortable working in a team to achieve maximum plant efficiency.
• Fitter and turner's roles include fabricating, assembling and installing machinery components.
• Maintenance and repairs on various machines.
•  Using technical skills to interpret blueprints, measure materials and operate tools like lathes and milling machines.
• Identify the root cause of mechanical faults and troubleshoot issues during operation.
•  Use hand tools like files, chisels and grinders to make fine adjustments to parts for a perfect fit.
• Perform alignment of v belt pulleys, chains and couplings. Always maintaining/improving safety standards.

Qualifications

• Matric.
• Mechanical Trade Test certificate.
• 5 years’ experience (FMCG experience will be an added advantage).
• Must also possess welding knowledge.
• Must have leadership experience and capabilities through previous roles performed.
• Proven problem-solving skills with a focus on innovation and practical outcomes.

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Responsibilities

What we’re looking for:

• Inventory Management – responsible for managing inventory levels in the DC and ensuring that stock levels are maintained. Includes ensuring orders are placed for items running low on weeks cover with the customer’s Replenishment Planner. 
• Order Fulfilment – Involvement in the co-ordination of fulfilment of orders – aligning recovery dates and when orders are placed. Ensuring PO’s are still valid and have not fallen off customer system.  Feedback to the business for orders rejected and the reasons thereof, missed deliveries and the communication thereof.
• Reporting – daily report on KVI lines and days of cover and when the next order is coming in to ensure KVI lines are always well stocked.
• Promotional activity – a month’s forward view on promotional lines and adequate stock to support promotions and call out any risk SKUs that are on upcoming promotion with low stock levels and recovery after promotion has broken

Achievement of Sales Targets:

• Manage sales targets
• Obtain relevant sales information
• Assist with promotional plans and implementation thereof within DC

Communicate out of stocks to relevant stakeholders regarding:

• Company out of stocks
• DC out of stocks
• Relevant production information and recovery times
• Negotiate bulk orders at DC and Key Franchise stores.

Effective administration:

Provide management listing, including:

• Ranging
• De-listing
• Item numbers
• NPD listing and activation 

Provide weekly reports to management on the following:

• Allocations
• Late deliveries
• Queries
• Out-of-stock
• Service levels
• Short dated lines
• Overstocks
• Problem stores
• Ranging issues 

Customer and company Liaison

• Assist with arranging of Trade shows to ensure proper representation
• Develop and maintain effective customer relationships
• Develop and maintain effective relations with Franchise Owners & Managers
• Develop and maintain internal company relationships and co-operation
• Meet and liaise with Customer replenishers
• Meet with company KAM`s and customer Buyers
• Meet with company Regional Sales Operations Managers
• Meet with 3rd party sales and merchandising agents
• Meet with Catman Managers 

Effective management and distribution of Company products

• Meet on a regular basis with DC Management Team
• Meet with Customer Buyers on a regular basis
• Supply Operational Team with timely and accurate feedback

Manage deliveries:

• Booking slots
• Order numbers
• Co-ordination
• Tracking and feedback
• Emergencies and fill in orders
• Order configuration and Truck load mix
• Liaison with Company delivery expeditors
• Follow up on picking slips.
• Ensure effective housekeeping of product categories
• Liaise with call center
• Liaise with DC Management
• Communicate buy-in objectives with 3rd party Field Managers
• Resolve and escalate queries

 Effective Teamwork and self-management.

• Follow through to ensure that personal quality and productivity standards are consistently and accurately maintained.
• Demonstrate consistent application of internal procedures
• Plan and prioritize, demonstrating abilities to manage competing demands
• Demonstrate abilities to anticipate, adapt to, and manage change as required
• Demonstrate flexibility in balancing own objectives with understanding and responding to Company objectives

Qualifications

What will qualify you for the role:

• 3 years related sales and merchandising experience in FMCG Environment
• Relevant National Diploma/NQF level 6 certification
• Teamwork & collaboration
• Relationship building
• Agility
• Performance and results driven
• Continuous growth and improvement
• Resilience and stress management
• Service excellence
• Analysis & problem solving
• Planning and prioritisation
• Quality & detail excellence

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Responsibilities

What we’re looking for:

General

Monitor inbound and manufacturing elements of the I2C and P2P cycle to ensure:

• Effective execution and adherence to PepsiCo inventory policy and related procedures
• Identification of financial risks and opportunities including effective resolution thereof
• Operational challenges include root cause analysis and related problem solving with CoMan and PepsiCo management
• Execute product costing process to support new product development decision making process for manufactured finished goods.
• Monitor CoMan Operations including independent site visit reviews

COGS

• Assist the Manufacturing Analyst with accurate and timely reporting of Direct Costs and Manufacturing Overheads in line with PepsiCo Policy (P&L and Balance Sheet) and reporting requirements
• Accountable for communication and quantification of risks and opportunities impacting the CoMan and PepsiCo owned Plan/Forecast, along with proactively partnering to provide recommendations of potential trade-offs to support delivery in line with Plan / Forecast
• Assist in the execution of monthly standard cost estimate restatement in line with weighted average raw material and packaging prices
• Prepare weekly production costing reports and analyze plant performance variances
• Assist in period close activities including but not limited to plant related pre requisites, review of plant COGS spend and related accruals required to ensure accurate reporting
• Assist in ensuring accuracy of raw material rebates booking in financials and related invoicing in line with vendor contracts

Governance & Business Partnering

Assist and support the manufacturing Analyst to deliver functional mid-month and month-end pre-close meetings with Supply Chain and Procurement Leadership, specifically:

• COGS (MOH & Directs) performance and key drivers
• PPV reviews including identification of key drivers
• Execute manufacturing related key control testing and key team member supporting effective PepsiCo governance within the I2C, P2P and FR processes
• Support Manufacturing Analyst with predefined P&L and Balance Sheet related accounts regarding completeness, accuracy and related actions stemming from formal reviews
• Independent and oversight validation of CoMan inventory and related billings prior to payment

Qualifications

What will qualify you for the role:

• 3 Yr. Finance Degree
• 2-3 years Costing or Management Accounting experience – FMCG (Preferred)
• Strong knowledge of SAP (MM and FI)
• Proficient with Word and PowerPoint, and advanced Microsoft Excel capabilities
• Understanding of core stock management principles, processes, and governance
• Good interpersonal skills to deal with a variety of people from different backgrounds
• Strong communication skills and ability to interact with senior management
• Analytical skills, attention to detail and problem solving
• Acting with integrity and inspiring trust

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Responsibilities

What we’re looking for:

• Brand Management: Responsible for the Lay’s brand, encompassing marketing and commercial responsibility. Leading the cross functional team. Role modelling the Pepsico values whilst always driving collaboration across multiple internal stakeholders and External stakeholders. Leading Agency & Creative Management by overseeing vendors and agencies and creative process. Influences the scope of work development, creative evaluation and feedback. Drive with agency the media plan development and assessment; Research understanding, evaluation and plan development. Work in partnership with Insights team to unearth killer actionable insights to grow and accelerate the Lay’s brand.
• Strategic planning: working closely with Sector Marketing, ensure a brand strategy for 3-5 years is clearly laid out and revised at the beginning of each business cycle
• Brand Calendar: Shape and prioritize Lays’ 24-month calendar and 360 campaigns
• Brand Identity: Partnering with Sector Marketing, ensure localized brand identity is in line with Global best current thinking.
• Accelerating Lay’s Purpose and Proposition: Evolve the Lay’s brand through brand building initiatives, Develop and deploy the ATL & BTL assets for all campaigns, innovations and launches. Develop through the line campaign and execute a new Brand Proposition for the brand, working with external partners.
• Commercial Ownership: Operationally leads Lays’ input into iS&OP via monthly PMRs, Sales alignment and forecasts. Own and drive the Lays’ P&L, track and contribute to delivery of business performance metrics: Turnover; Net Revenue, GP and EBIT; Monthly Reporting on brand and category performance. Net revenue tracking and management. Proactive identification of opportunities designed to drive growth and efficiencies.
• Go to market: Drive Lays’ channel agenda by working closely with customer, shopper teams and NRM teams to define and implement the right promotional strategy, portfolio priorities, pricing strategy, distribution and visibility initiatives across retail channels
• Performance management: Master knowledge and understanding on performance drivers and performance against key KPIs on brand health, penetration, shares, distribution, volume etc., executing a plan of actions to accelerate performance.
• Innovation: Evolve portfolio through innovation and renovation projects, collaboratively work with Commercial /Sales/ Manufacturing/R&D and other teams to prioritize, commercialize and deliver projects. Collaborate with NRM to recommend pricing strategy and price pack architecture business case development to effect brand growth. Identify new opportunities; set outgrowth ambition assumptions & business case building. Ensure that Lay’s innovative delivery is on time and in full, with impact across all key consumer touchpoints. Build longer-term innovation pipeline partnering with R&D.
• Strategy Planning: ensure alignment with Sector on the 5 years strategic planning, leveraging the most relevant Global work
• Business Planning/AOP - Own and drive Lays’ Planning for Agility initiatives including owning key Snacking occasions moments (cultural, retailer events, calendar etc.) across the year.
• Social strategy and execution: Collaborate with partner agency to develop & execute Lays’ Social strategy including tone of voice and content calendar across the year (local creations)
• A&M Budget Management: Responsible for A&M budgets, raising CE’s and supplying agencies with PO’s.
• Role model the PepsiCo way

Qualifications

What will qualify you for the role:

• 8 – 10 years’ experience, preferably within FMCG
• 3 year tertiary Marketing qualification - Diploma / Degree minimum
• Commercial understanding and ownership: Income statement to GP and bottom line + Budget management and reconciliation.
• Financial acumen for reporting and tracking financial, share performance and forecasting.
• Multi-disciplinary team and project leadership.
• Full value chain understanding and management.
• Consumer behavior and Shopper behavior understanding.
• Research and analytics understanding and tracking; Customer and trade understanding, shopper and category growth strategies
• Excellent communication skills (written, spoken & presentation)
• Efficient and effective cross-functional partnering with Commercialization, R&D, Manufacturing, Category Management, Procurement and Sales teams is critical to role success.
• Requirement for the individual to be future focused, demonstrated through active identification of innovation/ market growth opportunities.
• Strong commercial acumen coupled with ability to analyze data, produce insights, generate reports and present confidently to internal and external stakeholders
• Ability to engage, report to and influence Internal and External stakeholders.
• Ability to work independently and self-manage.
• Willingness and ability to travel