Overview:
At PepsiCo, you’ll discover a place where our mission is to create smiles around the world. With a portfolio of more than 500 beloved brands including, Gatorade, Lay’s and Quaker, our work touches millions of people every day.
At the heart of the company is a team of thinkers, creators, and problem-solvers who collaborate to innovate and turn ideas into action. Driven by innovation and a focus on creating joyful moments through food and drinks, our decisions are guided by consumer centricity, creating opportunities for our associates to do meaningful work and make a lasting impact in the communities we serve.
Whatever your role, you’ll be part of a global community that values your ideas and empowers you to make an impact, on your career and on the world around you.
Responsibilities:
The Opportunity
Procurement Excellence has become a key role piece for delivering results, being one of the pillars for the sustainability of results through the capture of new categories, the implementation of processes, risk management, reports and implementation of our digital agenda.
This rol is responsible to support the South Cone market in terms of Procurement Excellence, governan & compliance agenda, policies, development and implement new process/KPI’s to ensure compliance with global processes and management of risks and opportunities.
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Point of contact with our Latam team to process & digital tools implementation.
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The scope of this job include:
- Provide process visibility and manage reports for business improvement.
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Ensure business integration through digitalization agenda.
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First point of contact for Procurement Process & Audits.
- Drive, monitore and contribute to Procurement Commercial team to improve daily routines such as: automation, process control, governance and risk assessment.
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Extrapolate best practices across LatAm and Global to Local and from Local to Global and LatAm
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Collaborate, define & implement digitalization agenda aligned with GP Latam team.
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Manage field support metrics (quality check reviews/ user reporting)
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Design and execution of controls related to compliance with policies.
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Assess compliance, or operational risks and develop risk management strategies.
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Identify compliance issues & define action plans.
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Disseminate policies and procedures related to compliance activities.
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Conducting the company's policy trainings.
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Develop the communication and continuing education plan for Sox Reporting and audits, drawing up detailed plans, actions, deadlines and documents,
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Observe opportunities for process optimization, as well as carry out studies / analysis of applied methodology and support the creation of new methods for monitoring compliance, identification and correction of deviations;
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Ensure compliance is maintained on vendor requests and through on-going reporting
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Productivity enablement through field support, compliance and communication.
- Lead system enhancement testing for change requests, break-fixes, etc.
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Drive process or system enhancement work, new initiatives, reviews, approvals, new tools in our digital agenda
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Participate in our global forums to share best practices and more capabilities for SOCO team.
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Ensure GISR procedures in all SOCO Contracts
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Suport procurement team with BCP global framework
Your Impact
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Ensure the compliance Procurement process across local & global policies and procesess
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Create targets and new metrics to ensure continuous improvements.
- Expand capabilities to drive initiatives and system outage communication process
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Bring the outsie in terms of digitalization & technologies
Qualifications:
Who Are We Looking For?
Key Skills/Experience Required
- Highly Proactive.
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Ability to effectively communicate across levels of organization, networking and influence, to ensure business engagement.
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Data Analytics, power BI desirable
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Project management skills
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Proficient with Microsoft Office, Ariba, SAP.
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Negotiation Skills.
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English (fluent), Spanish (fluent)
Differentiating Competencies Required
- Independency and easy to flow through company levels
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Project Management orientation
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Results-oriented, proactive, sense of urgency, problem solving, assertive communication, personal security, good interpersonal relationships in multicultural environments, integrity.
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Leadership: leading the change accompanying the transformation of the company, the ability to manage and operate in an ambiguous and continuously challenging environment constantly works against the correct priorities even under pressure.
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Highly collaborative: teamwork with the different internal clients & Global Procurement team in order to obtain results and giving constant feedback to the business and teams in order to avoid surprises/risks.
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Solid communication and interpersonal skills: fluid and effective communication (verbal/written) with internal clients, positive attitude in the face of adversity and taking others with you.
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Analytical: ability to analyze information to draw conclusions, model situations and find actionable solutions.
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Innovative: able to take the initiative to find ways to obtain better results, promoting the search for and use of ideas, good practices and solutions developed in other places/countries.
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Inclusive: treats all people with respect and fairness, being able to work with multicultural teams.
If this is an opportunity that interests you, we encourage you to apply even if you do not meet 100% of the requirements.
What can you expect from us:
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Opportunities to learn and develop every day through a wide range of programs.
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Internal digital platforms that promote self-learning.
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Development programs according to Leadership skills.
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Specialized training according to the role.
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Learning experiences with internal and external providers.
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We love to celebrate success, which is why we have recognition programs for seniority, behavior, leadership, moments of life, among others.
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Financial wellness programs that will help you reach your goals in all stages of life.
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A flexibility program that will allow you to balance your personal and work life, adapting your working day to your lifestyle.
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And because your family is also important to us, they can also enjoy benefits such as our Wellness Line, thousands of Agreements and Discounts, Scholarship programs for your children, Aid Plans for different moments of life, among others.
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We respect and value diversity as a work force and innovation for the organization.
