Strategy Director- Away from Home
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Overview

PepsiCo is a playground for curious people. We invite thinkers, doers, and changemakers to champion innovation, take calculated risks, and challenge the status quo. From executives to team members on the front lines, we're excited about the future. We take chances. Together, we dare to make the world a better place.

Our associates are the magic ingredient. Each of them plays an integral role in helping create deep connections between people and our products. Think about your last group celebration: Chances are, one of our iconic brands was by your side. At PepsiCo, you're invited to be a part of a global team of innovators who make, move, and sell these products—which are enjoyed by more than 1 billion people a day.

A career at PepsiCo means working in a culture where everyone's welcome. Here, you can dare to be yourself. No matter who you are or where you're from, you can influence the people around you and the world at large. By showing up, you'll have the opportunity to learn, develop and grow your skills for the future. Our supportive teams can fuel your professional goals to make a global impact on people and the planet.

Join us. Dare for Better

Responsibilities

PepsiCo Away From Home (“AFH”) also called Foodservice ( FS ) is a division of PepsiCo that brings the company's entire portfolio of food and beverage brands to market in out-of-home consumption channels. The AFH operating environment is complex and highly dynamic, requiring diverse sales and go-to-market systems to meet consumer needs at work, at play, and on the go. PepsiCo AFH leverages the scale and breadth of the company's brands to provide a unified voice to its customers and deliver a competitive advantage in the fast-growing AFH channel.

What's Your Role?

The AFH Strategy team is part of PepsiCo's broader Strategy network and works globally across PepsiCo's entire portfolio of beverages, snacks, and nutrition. Our function plays a critical role in charting PepsiCo's long-term growth and portfolio development, driving both the future of the company and shaping the industry landscape. AFH is a key enabler of PepsiCo's strategy, serving as a source of profitable growth, a vehicle to build our brands, and a transformation accelerator.

We are tasked with ensuring the company invests in the assets and capabilities needed to stay ahead of the competition, adapt to market trends, and maintain market leadership. This entails developing actionable solutions for some of the most challenging issues facing the company by influencing brand, innovation, equipment, and channel priorities and by undertaking transformational initiatives (e.g., data & analytics, online ordering) to achieve the greatest possible growth and penetration. Our team primarily works across three types of projects: long-term strategic planning, annual strategic planning, and growth priorities (e.g., channel, customer strategy, portfolio, etc.).

The Foodservice Strategy team defines the strategic roadmap for this business through long-term strategic planning (across channels, customers, portfolio, and equipment) and transformation development (data and analytics, B2B e-commerce, sustainability).

As a Director in the Foodservice Strategy organization, you will be part of a function that plays a critical role in charting PepsiCo's long-term growth and portfolio development, driving both the future of the company and shaping the industry landscape. This entails developing actionable solutions for some of the most challenging issues facing the company by influencing Brand, Innovation, Equipment, Design, and Channel priorities to achieve the greatest possible growth and penetration.

Key Accountabilities:

Provide thought leadership to business partners, including the Executive Committee, and other operating leaders on a broad range of business-critical topics.

Identify and deconstruct business issues and develop strategic, analytical, and financial frameworks to conduct analyses.

Demonstrate strong leadership and significant influence management skills with the ability to gain credibility with senior leadership while challenging the status quo.

Build “Executive ready” project deliverables.

Assist in the planning and execution of the Enterprise Strategic Planning Process.

Lead project teams comprised of Analysts and Managers; oversee data analytics processes to ensure conclusions are grounded in fact.

Execute against time-sensitive requests from Senior leaders and cross-functional business partners.

Maintain an external mindset, including staying on top of consumer, competitive, and macroeconomic/geopolitical trends.

Manage a team of 2-4 Analysts and Managers, with responsibility for skill development, coaching, and career management.

Compensation & Benefits:

The expected compensation range for this position is between $113,300 - $226,600.

Location, confirmed job-related skills, and experience will be considered in setting actual starting salary.

Bonus based on performance and eligibility; target payout is 25% of annual salary paid out annually and an additional target payout of 10% of annual salary is paid out over 3 years following the end of the performance period.

Long term incentive equity may be awarded based on eligibility and performance.

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

Minimum Requirements:

Experience:

Bachelor's Degree required.

5 years of experience in strategy either internally or with a Top-Tier consulting firm.

Skills and Competencies:

Strategic mindset with an ability to think broadly, refine questions, and develop analytical frameworks.

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to interpret complex data and translate it into actionable business strategies.

Excellent technical skills to coach teams to analyze large quantities of data error-free.

Outstanding project and people management experience with the ability to drive initiatives from concept to execution and a proven record of managing teams or projects cross-functionally.

Demonstrated high emotional intelligence and strong ability to manage up .

Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to educate, engage, and influence senior executives and stakeholders.

Global outlook with sensitivity and awareness of social and cultural differences.

Proven ability to work collaboratively across different functions and regions.

This position is limited to persons with indefinite right to work in the United States.

Plus to have:

MBA preferred.

8 years of growth strategy experience with a Top-Tier consulting firm preferred.

Expertise in competitive analysis, market trends, and food and beverage consumer behavior preferred.

Experience in management consulting for CPG clients preferred.

Passionate about the Consumer-Packaged Goods ( CPG ) industry and love for our brands.

Relocation Eligible: Eligible for Relocation

EEO Statement

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status.

PepsiCo is an Equal Opportunity Employer: Female / Minority / Disability / Protected Veteran / Sexual Orientation / Gender Identity.

If you'd like more information about your EEO rights as an applicant under the law, please download the available EEO is the Law & EEO is the Law Supplement documents. View PepsiCo EEO Policy.

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