Pepsico Vacancies

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Accounts Payable Assistant (Temporary) – Cape Town HQ

Responsibilities

Job Overview:Accounts Payable Clerk – Invoice Processing, Handling Queries, Statement Reconciliation and Payment Processing.

• Responsible for providing accounts payable services to vendors and internal stakeholders.
• Investigates, tracks and reports all invoices and processes them for payment.
• Check account balances and reconcile to vendor statements.
• Follow-up on invoice/payment discrepancies and control vendor master data. Ensures timely and accurate payment of invoices.
• Report on overdue accounts status.
• Report on invalid liabilities impacting the P&L (GRIR).
• Sends follow-up inquiries on short paid invoices to vendors.

Qualifications

• Matric
• National Diploma/Degree in a Finance related field
• MS Office
• Sap experience preferred
• 2-3 Years experience in Accounts Payable

“PepsiCo is an Equal Opportunity Employer in line with the Employment Equity Act”

Variety Trialing Lead – Isando Plant Snacks

Responsibilities

Variety Trialing Lead

We’re looking for a Trialing Scientist who will lead commercial variety advancement and development as it aligns with the business trait and germplasm priorities. This position will collaborate closely with internal and external potato breeders to develop and select varieties. They will support development and implementation of performance and quality testing programs to capture environmental data, phenotype data and define experimental designs that support robust data-driven decisions, strengthen go to market messaging and inform breeding models. This position will collaborate across senior business leaders in commercial, supply chain, procurement, processing, R&D quality, and consumer insights to understand needs, develop strategies and work with breeding and crop technology teams to ensure a pipeline of business relevant solutions. In this role, the individual will also be responsible for supporting grower needs by providing variety specific growing information/practices to the local procurement/supply chain partners.

Accountabilities: 

• Developing, coordinating, and delivering the South Africa variety testing plans to develop and select varieties that meet the business defined product profiles. Creating a phenotyping and yield trial program that supports commercial decisions, delivers data to the global breeder center, and facilitates go to market value propositions, delivering on sustainability and consumer targets.
• Developing collaborative relationships with internal partners including the breeding team, trait discovery team, and variety specific agronomy crop technology team. Supporting the development of product profiles with input from the processing, quality, sensory, business, supply chain, and procurement teams.
• Be center point for variety qualification approval committee in South Africa driving final alignment on varieties that advance to becoming part of the portfolio of options for growers to produce for PepsiCo.
• Develop and maintain external breeding partnerships to identify, test and validate the progression of new varieties through commercial approval in South Africa.
• Collaborate with R&D Ag Science sector trialing teams understand region specific variety performance to maintain current data on local varieties into the global Pepsico Variety Catalog.
• Identify and implement process improvements, that work to achieve more with less, or more expeditiously and generating optimum processes for variety testing, qualification and commercial approval for use.  
• Align and track resources, people, and work objectives, that stretch goals to always achieve more, while creating value.
• Achieving successful outcomes and timelines, while consistently following guidelines, rules, standards, and compliance. Monitoring, tracking, and maintaining desired outcomes and objectives preparing for future challenges.

Qualifications

• A PhD (with >5 years experience or MSc +10y experience in an ag seed or chemical company) with plot trial experience preferably in potato, crop trait valuation, strategic needs assessment, trait/variety portfolio management, commercial agronomy and/or technology development of new variety solutions
• Previous experience executing/managing trials working to support development and implementation of performance and quality testing programs to capture environmental data, phenotype data and define experimental designs that support robust decisions, strengthen go to market messaging and inform breeding models.
• Experience in leadership and understanding of strategy, brand management, sales and market analysis.
• Have specialized knowledge of variety testing, statistical experimental design, field plot technique, statistical data analysis and interpretation, plus reporting is required.
• Possess excellent communication skills, verbal and written; ability to productively interact with people at all levels across the organization.
• Ability to travel ~20% of the time domestically

“PepsiCo is an Equal Opportunity Employer in line with the Employment Equity Act.”

Sales Supervisor – Richards Bay DC Bread

Responsibilities

Job Overview:To supervise the performance and maintenance of the activities of the van sales representatives in order to achieve maximum profitability and growth in accordance with organization plans.

• Lead, drive and embed a customer focused sales culture.
• Conduct Gate Meetings before Market daily.
• Focus agenda in terms of Performance MTD, Execution and Discipline KPI’s.
• Effective coaching Sales staff to increase Sales capability and performance.
• In-Market coaching of Van Sales Representatives.
• Ensuring 100% hit rate of outlets within route.
• Individual In Market visits with customers to address specific issues.
• Business development and growth of customer base.
• Attend meetings as and when required.
• Proactively develop and implement internal and external business development strategies to achieve business growth and increase market share.
• Pivot strategic directions and align change.
• Conduct regular training sessions with training team on critical business skills.
• Conduct Performance reviews.

Qualifications

• 3-year Business/Commercial Tertiary qualification or equivalent.
• 3 years working experience in FMCG environment, with 1 year in a selling role/selling experience.
• Valid driver’s license.

“PepsiCo is an Equal Opportunity Employer in line with the Employment Equity Act”

Franchise Channel Development Manager SSA Beverages (AFH)

Responsibilities

What we’re looking for:

To lead the development and growth of AFH capability for SSA Franchise. This role has two key strategic responsibilities:

• • Responsible for leading QSR tenders e.g. KFC; Marriott for SA and into WECA. (Primary responsibility)
  • Key connect between key Global / African customers and new SSA Foods / Snacks / Beverages business
• Define the scope and AFH opportunities within SSA Franchise.
• Identify potential expansion opportunities in white space customers and building capability within the bottling account teams & legacy pioneer teams to drive current and future sustainable growth.

Strategy

• Identify white space ‘customers’ within the SSA territory and prioritise based on potential; future growth and where PEP does not have a category present while competitors are.
• Establish strategies to leverage from new business opportunities and develop business plans to maximise revenue and profitability. Special focus on QSR Chains (Int’l and Local)
• Take the lead from a customer strategic perspective to implement and support bottlers with current and future major customer groups
• Lead Food Service & On the Go channel execution strategy across SSA with category and bottling leadership teams
• Support and contribute to channel strategy agenda including performing key roles on major strategy projects and supporting the development of the annual operating plan.
• Build a collaborative strategic relationship with all bottler’s senior teams across SSA
• Share and implement best practices with the Bottling Teams

Bottler Capability:

• Identify customer management capability gaps and with the senior leadership in bottlers identify programs and training that will address identified gaps
• Network with other Franchise Markets to lift and shift best practices in DICE for key customers management

Overall

• Develop relationship with Account heads/Customers and lead activations and consumer/trade promotions in these accounts.
• Manage relationship with customers and ensure execution of contractual terms agreed with the customers.
• Build matrix cross channel and functional relationships across brands, retail teams, supply chain, marketing, innovation, insights, finance, franchises and distributor field sales, franchised bottling community and business development
• Develop & activate local marketplace initiatives and promotions to build brand development and maximize brand performance across allocated channels
• Influence working stakeholders for buy-in and business ownership.
• Communicate with relevant functions to advocate running promotions and ensure intended progress is met
• Work with other internal teams, such as Marketing, Franchise, Operations and Capability teams to leverage solution and support
• Responsible for co-developing consumer promotion and consumer engagement plans for QSRs while enhancing sales/brand image of PepsiCo brands

Qualifications

What will qualify you for the role

• 10 years solid commercial experience (at least 4-5 years AFH experience)
• Relevant Business Degree Completed
• Proven record of performance in Customer Management
• Shopper and Marketing experience will be an advantage
• African experience and or AFH customer experience (especially for handling QSRs)
• Good Networking / PR
• Strong Collaboration skills
• Strong Negotiation skills
• P&L management @ customer level and bottler system economics

“PepsiCo is an Equal Opportunity Employer in line with the Employment Equity Act”

Busines Development Representative – Shakaskraal Bakery

Job Description

Overview

We are PepsiCo

PepsiCo is proud to be one of the world’s leading food and beverage companies. Every day, we are dedicated to bringing our mission to create more smiles with every sip and every bite to life. Our products are enjoyed more than one billion times a day in more than 200 countries and territories around the world. Our portfolio — including Lay’s, Doritos, Gatorade, Pepsi and Quaker — consists of many iconic brands that generate more than US $1 billion each in estimated annual retail sales, helping to deliver more than US $70 billion in net revenue in 2020.

Guiding PepsiCo is our vision to Be the Global Leader in Beverages and Convenient Foods by Winning with PepsiCo Positive. Through PepsiCo Positive, we are charting a new course to drive positive action for the planet and people. PepsiCo Positive is an end-to-end strategic business transformation with sustainability at the centre of how we will create growth and value by operating within planetary boundaries and inspiring positive change.

In South Africa (SA), you will find our products across the region at breakfast, lunch or dinner. At the gym or on the field. In the office or on the go. We refresh, restore and rejuvenate our consumers all day, every day with our key brands including Simba, Lay’s, Liqui Fruit and Bokomo range of cereals. PepsiCo SA employs more than 13, 000 people across our three business divisions: Bakeries, Grains, Foods, Fruit, Snacks, Juice & Beverages.Responsibilities

Job Overview:To supervise the performance and maintenance of the activities of the van sales representatives in order to achieve maximum profitability and growth in accordance with organization plans.

• Conduct Gate Meetings before Market daily
• Focus on agenda in terms of Performance MTD, Execution and Discipline KPI’s
• Coaching, Mentoring and Motivation of Van Sales Representatives
• In-Market coaching of Van Sales Representatives
• Ensuring 100% hit rate of outlets within route
• Individual In Market visits with customers to address specific issues
• Business development and growth of customer base
• Attend meetings as and when required
• Formulate and execute effective action plans to drive growth and increase market share
• Pivot strategic directions and align change
• Conduct regular training sessions with training team on critical business skills
• Conduct Performance reviews

Qualifications

• 3-year Business/Commercial Tertiary Qualification or equivalent
• 3 years working experience in FMCG environment, with 1 year in a selling role/selling experience
• Valid driver’s license

“PepsiCo is an Equal Opportunity Employer in line with the Employment Equity Act”

Junior Commercial manager – Africa Trading markets

Responsibilities
Fi Finance

Achieve Net Revenue, profit and volume plan across portfolio of markets Manage and implement the relevant trading terms and inco terms between Distributors and customers within each country to ensure all agreed elements are adhered to.Understanding the value chain to market and optimizing RSPConduct portfolio and Market review against AOP on VOL NR and GP and report into businessScenario Planning & Gap analysis to achieve deliverablesOwnership & Accountability for by market P&Ls to deliver profit for reinvestment.
Customer:

Develop Higher performing markets into strategic trade markets with a focus on Channel management and Category management with a P&L lensMarket analysis for new market creation/ development. Penetration and execution to significantly shift the commercial growth agendaEnsure effective communication & Liasing with Distributors to enable growth and developmentAcquire new customers and mini distributors to increase market penetrationCustomer retention monitoring by market by monthIdentify New markets for business developmentDevelop and Unlock Quaker Plan for Africa Markets in close collaboration with Commercial LeadDrive Snacks acceleration in Africa
Process:

Receive and follow up on orders by customer monthlyUnderstand ways of working by commercial team through WECARecommend changes to optimize processes on delivering to these diverse portfolio of marketsForecast on a monthly basis by customer, by productManage claims effectively and close off within specified timelinesBe proactive and creative with new potential markets with regular prospecting
People:

Directly manage distributors & Distributor teams to deliver key resultsClose collaboration with support functions of Finance; Supply Chain and MarketingConduct Weekly & monthly sales meetings with line manager and teamDevelop sound business relationshipsBe proactive and creative with new potential markets with regular prospectingCollect and organize info from Market and distributors, to enable plans and strategies
Pep Egypt Exports Commercial coordination consists of:

Weekly meetings with Commercial managers and BU Teams to ensure Demand /Supply /execution is met.Sales Tracker is updated daily for visibility /Demand /Supply and executionTracker to be created for visibility on AOP vs demand / NR and Cal GP per by country by commercial manager, shared weeklyAlignment on Financial and Sales forecast by commercial manager, by Country rolling up to total financial period forecastingTo ensure all BU agreements copies are received and filed for audit purposes on any Trade Support or activities done.Ensuring all prices are uploaded into the system, ensuring a consolidated report of all pricing /discount is correct and filed per month.
Ensuring POs are received 8 weeks prior to executionEnsuring PFI’s are issued 10 days prior to month of shipping this to ensure payments received and cleared to enable execution throughout the month and not adding pressure in executing shipments last week of the monthAge Analysis; SOA’s and Payment alignment with BU’sSetting up/ opening of new accounts (liaison between BUs and WECA Commercial)Liaison between BU’s finance on account statements, payments for executionCoordinate payments received from customer to different factoriesWeekly lead alignment on MTD performance VOL NR GP and GAP to AOPFacilitating clean information sharing and communication between the 3 different BU’s and the WECA Commercial East West Rest Of World team as well as its customers.
Qualifications
Knowledge and Skill:

· Grade 12 – Computer literacy – Microsoft Word/Excel/Powerpoint

· 3 year Degree (sales, marketing, business management)

· Excellent interpersonal, customer service and communication skills

Experience:

3-5 years Managerial experience in FMCG environment

· Africa Market exposure

· 5 years minimun Sales experience, working with customers

Sales Representative – Ladysmith Snacks DC

Responsibilities

Job Overview:Sales Representative within Traditional Trade channel. One person route van Sales. Reporting into Frontline Sales Lead Ladysmith & Vryheid.

• Achievement of revenue and volume target as per Annual Operating Plan
• Achievement of 100% customer call rate
• Achieve 90% strike rate
• Maintain 0.5% stales threshold rate
• Obtain new business as per Annual Operating Plan
• Manage cash and stock
• Pull, analyse reports to drive continuous improvement on route
• Support company cost control through efficient driving of vehicle
• Comply with all functional and non-functional company policies and procedures, e.g. Sales, Health and Safety, etc.
• Housekeeping and maintenance of company assets, e.g. Hand-Held Computers, Vehicle, Uniform, Mobile phone, etc.

Qualifications

• 3-year Business/Commercial Tertiary qualification
• 3 years working experience in FMCG environment, with 1 year in a selling role/selling experience
• Minimum 1 year experience operating a vehicle
• Valid Code 10 driver’s license
• Valid Public Drivers Permit
• Certified Defensive Driver Certification

“PepsiCo is an Equal Opportunity Employer in line with the Employment Equity Act”

Specialist Artisan (Millwright) – Ceres Beverages Plant x2

Responsibilities

What we’re looking for:

We are looking for a Specialist Artisan to join our dynamic team . The main purpose of the role is to primarily to ensure that all plant equipment is functioning or operating at high levels of reliability and are maintained periodically as scheduled and all breakdowns are resolved soonest in order to ensure maximum plant availability as well as ensuring that the factory meets its key KPIs and supply the market with Pepsico products which include but are not limited to volume and quality compliance, costs and downtime reduction. Ability to coach operator, provide innovation for cost savings and be accountable for MPS, SA on respective production lines.

Accountabilities:

Maintain the machine to reach high reliability, safety and quality standard

• Performs Instrumentation/ Electrical maintenance activities associated with plant process and packaging plan• Must be willing to do Mechanical work if required• Monitors daily downtime and institute corrective action plans to prevent breakdowns • Calibrates, repairs and maintains control gear/ instrumentation and associated equipment to ensure operation within set standards• Maintains PLC’s, Networks and Electrical Cabinets (hardware and software) and performs changes/ modifications as required• Continuously evaluates the process control philosophy and initiate improvement actions in order to achieve asset performance targets• Assists in commissioning of modifications/ projects• Ensures proper documentation of changes/ modifications and perform internal audits• Ensures availability of spares for all electronic/ control systems in the plant• Accurate and timeous reporting of equipment deviations to meet/ improve equipment availability and reliability targets• Ensures proper back-up of all PLC programmes and maintains records of all upgrades• Ensures safe operations of process control systems• Resolves daily plant instrumentation issues and complete root cause analysis• Calibration of process equipment• Completes the required testing and safety checks on all instrumentation equipment• Conducts all scheduled maintenance within the required timeframes• Performs all emergency electronic maintenance• Updates and reviews documentation relating to work done and or changes in original specifications• Signs off on alternative systems suppliers based on equipment performance• Must be willing to work shifts and overtime if requested.

Administration and Document Completion• Maintaining a record of all the maintenance work that has been conducted on the machinery• Complete daily shift reports• Performing shift duties in line with operational requirements• Coach and develop operators.Qualifications

What will qualify you for the role:

• Qualified Artisan with Trade Test Certificate in Instrumentation (must be willing to do mechanical work also)• Minimum 2 years maintenance experience in the Production/ FMCG environment • Experience of TETRAPAK equipment will be advantageous• Computer literate with knowledge of MS Office and maintenance software• Knowledge of Processing in a dairy-/ fruit juice environment, including Tubular Pasteurizers/ Sterilizers (TETRA THERM ASEPTIC DRINK)• Must have knowledge of ink jet printers/ date coders• Must have experience in control systems – PLC’s, ACDC drives and Servo drives (Allen Bradley and Siemens preferable)• Knowledge of Instrumentation, HAZOP studies, PID’s and Quality Standards

Sales Supervisor – Britos Bakery

Responsibilities

What we’re looking for:

We are looking for a Sales Supervisor to join our dynamic team. The successful incumbent will supervise the performance and maintenance of the activities of the van sales representatives in order to achieve maximum profitability and growth in accordance with organisation plans.

Accountabilities:

• Lead, drive and embed a customer focused sales culture.• Conduct Gate Meetings before Market daily• Focus agenda in terms of Performance MTD, Execution and Discipline KPI’s• Effective coaching Sales staff to increase Sales capability and performance. • In-Market coaching of Van Sales Representatives• Ensuring 100% hit rate of outlets within route• Individual In Market visits with customers to address specific issues• Business development and growth of customer base• Attend meetings as and when required• Proactively develop and implement internal and external business development strategies to achieve business growth and increase market share.• Pivot strategic directions and align change• Conduct regular training sessions with training team on critical business skills• Conduct Performance reviewsQualifications

What will qualify you for the role

• 3 year Business / Commercial Tertiary qualification or equivalent• 3 years working experience in FMCG environment, with 1 year in a selling role / selling experience• Valid drivers license

“PepsiCo is an Equal Opportunity Employer in line with the Employment Equity Act”

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