Overview
Manage end-to-end procurement activities for pre-aligned projects / sub-categories in Make and support strategy development & execution for pre-aligned specific subcategories, ensuring alignment with business needs and continuity of service to business, delivering YoY productivity 5%+, additional value, CF according to Company tasks and driving compliance. Partnering with internal stakeholders across category & market within Europe Procurement, legal and suppliers to enable efficient, value-driven, and compliant sourcing across the Europe region.
Responsibilities
Lead 7-Step Sourcing Process under the supervision and final alignment of Europe Procurement team and deliver YoY cost savings, additional value, contract coverage, e-auctions and contract compliance and sourcing productivity as per annual targets.
- Own end-to-end sourcing process: from stakeholder intake, market scan, Support in Sourcing strategy formulation, RFx setup, analysis and execution to contract negotiation. Handle contract management scope.
- Drive innovation & continuous improvement initiatives across the projects and/or Subcategories awarded to lead E2E
- Conduct supplier selection, negotiations, and award decisions with clear alignment to business, cost, compliance, and sustainability goals.
- Draft, negotiate, and execute contracts in partnership with legal, regional leads, category leads, and suppliers, ensuring terms meet PepsiCo's compliance and business requirements.
- Drive supplier onboarding and qualification including financial due diligence, scorecard setup, and reference checks.
- Manage Ariba e-Sourcing, Contract tools (e.g., Icertis), Next Gen project deliveries and lead automation, digitization, and dashboarding initiatives across procurement touchpoints.
- Ensure compliance with procurement policies and maintain high-quality documentation and reporting of contracts, supplier data, and project pipelines.
- Coach junior ICC procurement team members and act as a subject matter expert (SME) on sourcing best practices, tools, and processes.
- Keep the Europe Procurement team engaged and informed on each step of the process enabling the team to sign off sourcing strategy, RFX recommendation and awarded suppliers.
- Work as one team with the Europe Procurement team and business
- Assist the Regional Buyers for the administration, evaluation, and selection activities and with Ongoing administration of compliance.
- Execute RFX and contracting activities without E2E management whenever required
- In the case of E2E sub-categories further accountabilities:
- Conduct regular business reviews with stakeholders and suppliers, ensuring performance KPIs and SLAs are met, and improvement plans are actioned.
- Supporting sub-category strategy development in collaboration with global category team, ensuring Europe category requirements are considered into the global category purpose and vision.
- Share best practices and learning and celebrate success through combination of communication channels and methodologies appropriate for the stakeholders.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree; Engineer/MBA (good to have)
- 57 years of procurement experience (preferably in global matrix organizations) (experience working with Europe stakeholders highly preferred), with adequate knowledge about multiple indirect procurement categories
- End-to-end S2C expertise from sourcing through contract to PO execution
- Proficiency in e-Sourcing tools (e.g.Ariba) and Contract Management Systems (e.g.,Icertis)
- Strong contract negotiation, supplier management, and should cost modelling skills
- Advanced Excel, PowerPoint, and reporting/dashboards for decision support
- Languages - English & Spanish Fluent (Written & Oral)
- Broad understanding of Global Procurement activities
- Effective communication and presentation skills
- Experience in sourcing processes & technologies, with experience of implementing in a global & regional environment
- Strong analytical, problem solving, and root cause identification skills
- Experience with large-scale organizational change effort
