Overview

Serve as the Delivery Lead for the EMEA Transportation Control Tower (12+ Countries), accountable for end-to-end program delivery from mobilization through stabilization. Orchestrate cross-functional stakeholders across global, sector, and business-unit teams; govern the integrated plan and timeline; and ensure delivery of all business-case KPIs. Partner tightly with technical teams to translate requirements into deployable solutions, manage scope and dependencies, and lead process, organization, and change-management workstreams—including onboarding and training of impacted teams. Provide financial stewardship (budget, benefits tracking, variance management) and proactive risk/issue management to secure on-time, on-budget delivery and measurable value realization for EMEA.

Responsibilities

Lead the end-to-end delivery of the EMEA Transportation Control Tower (TCT) program, ensuring all phases—mobilization, design, build, test, and deployment—are executed to plan.
Establish and manage the integrated master plan, timelines, dependencies, and critical path across functions and markets.
Maintain governance forums, progress reporting, and project health reviews with executive stakeholders.
Drive alignment between global, sector, and business-unit stakeholders, ensuring clarity on objectives, deliverables, and success metrics.
Serve as the central liaison across business, technology, and capability teams to maintain a single source of truth and ensure transparency.
Partner with technical teams to define, validate, and prioritize business requirements for solution delivery.
Ensure seamless integration between business processes, systems, and data flows to enable TCT functionality and interoperability.
Support testing, user acceptance, and deployment readiness activities.
Oversee project financials, including budget tracking, cost management, and benefit realization against business-case KPIs.
Ensure productivity and efficiency targets are met, validating financial outcomes post-implementation.
Lead process design, optimization, and standardization across participating markets and functions.
Support adoption through robust change management, training, and onboarding plans.
Embed new ways of working aligned to global TCT operating model principles.
Identify, assess, and mitigate delivery risks, dependencies, and potential bottlenecks.
Escalate critical issues proactively with mitigation strategies to ensure project continuity.
Track implementation progress against defined KPIs, milestones, and governance metrics.
Capture and institutionalize lessons learned to enhance subsequent TCT deployments.

The Compensation & Benefit details are subjective to US region and may vary for others based on the location.

Compensation and Benefits:

The expected compensation range for this position is between $114,500 - USD 133,400
Location, confirmed job-related skills, experience, and education will be considered in setting actual starting salary. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range during the hiring process.
Bonus based on performance and eligibility target payout is 15% of annual salary paid out annually.
Paid time off subject to eligibility, including paid parental leave, vacation, sick, and bereavement.
In addition to salary, PepsiCo offers a comprehensive benefits package to support our employees and their families, subject to elections and eligibility: Medical, Dental, Vision, Disability, Health, and Dependent Care Reimbursement Accounts, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Insurance (Accident, Group Legal, Life), Defined Contribution Retirement Plan.

Qualifications

Experience in transportation management, control tower implementation, people management and digital transformation projects
Experience in Control Tower implementations, with interface with technical teams and vendors
Minimum 15 years experience in Supply Chain, ideally in warehousing and transportation
Experience in project management and transformational programs, with PMO Skills
Strategic transformation mindset, considering process, people and technology
Communication, presentation and relationship management experience

S&T Global Transportation Lead EMEA