PEPSICO Vacancies – 08 July 2026

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Cluster Sales Lead: Limpopo

Responsibilities
What we’re looking for:

Responsible for the Cluster Sales (MT and TT) and sales structure. Develops effective sales plans and executes the same to drive volume, revenue to achieve / exceed AOP targets whilst driving customer satisfaction.

Accountabilities

Key Performance Area

Specific Outputs

1. Sales

· Develop sales plans (90 days)

· Ensure sales potential for all areas are captured

· Establish sales goals and targets for the cluster in line with the SASKO’s overall objectives.

· Predict future sales trends and prepare accurate forecasts based on market analysis and historical data.

· Conduct market research to identify new opportunities, monitor competition, and stay updated on industry trends.

· Create and implement effective sales strategies to increase revenue, expand the customer base, and enter new markets.

· Track the profitability of sales efforts, ensuring that sales strategies contribute to the cluster’s bottom line.

· Monitor sales KPIs and ensure sales targets for areas and routes are achieved.

· Monitor and manage distributor performance ensuring that targets are met at optimal costs

· Manage sales budget, promotions and pricing

Business development:

acquire new business – Micro markets and grow existing business (loyalty programs)

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Grow market share

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Customer management

· Build relationships with top tier customers (WEC – Win Every Customer)

· Work with

· Trade calendar

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2. People Growth and

· Hire, train, and mentor members of the sales team to ensure they have the skills and knowledge necessary to succeed.

· Monitor the performance of sales staff by setting KPIs, providing regular feedback, and conducting performance evaluations.

· Encourage a high-performance culture through incentives, recognition, and motivational leadership.

· Work with –WEC; Conduct regular gate to gate meetings with sales supervisors to assess market and identify development opportunities

· Identify skill gaps within the sales team and organize training programs or workshops to improve performance.

Leadership

3. Systems, Procedures

· Understand BI (Business Intelligence) or similar programmes

· Bakery scorecard report

· Understand and evaluate daily sales report

· Understand DRM (Distribution Management)

· Understand and read reports

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and Practices

4. Relationship Results

· Work closely with the marketing team to ensure alignment between marketing campaigns and sales strategies, driving qualified leads to the sales team.

· Ensure that the sales team works in sync with operations, logistics, or production teams to meet customer delivery expectations.

· Manage relationships with external sales channels, distributors, or resellers to ensure they align with the company’s objectives.

5. Innovation and

· Ensure that sales practices comply with all relevant legal and regulatory standards.

· Promote and enforce ethical behaviour within the sales team, maintaining the company’s reputation and customer trust.

Improvement

6. Values

• Ownership
• Integrity
• Respect
• Empowerment
• Teamwork
• Consumer and Customer

Qualifications
What will qualify you for the role:

A bachelor’s degree in business, marketing, or a related field is typically required
Minimum 10 years relevant experience in within within a unionised environment.
Minimum of 5 years in a leadership position
Proficient in MS Office and SAP or equivalent ERP system
“PepsiCo is an Equal Opportunity Employer in line with the Employment Equity Act”

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Senior Media Manager – PepsiCo Park-ZAF

Responsibilities

What we’re looking for:

• Lead media transformation that drives significant strategic value and impact, rooted in E2E human connections and focused on audience-first within brand and portfolio planning.
• Facilitate cross functional collaboration between privacy office, legal, commercial, Ecomm & shopper teams to ahieve e2e media strategy while remaining PepsiCo compliant.
• Lead Personalisation at scale and consumer data to create better targeting and customised messages for better experiences through every touchpoint
• Embed Growth Navigator framework into media best practices
• Entrench BBI principles to enable media effectiveness
• Co-create best-in-class capabilities with agency partners that build PepsiCo’s pull muscle across the media value chain and enable their best expertise.
• Integrate data, reporting and tech for agile data-driven marketing/personalization in service of our media ambitions, and reflective of the best the industry has to offer.
• Provide consistency & transparency in all deliverables & financials through standards, frameworks, and guardrails.
• Advance automated dashboarding and Real time optimisation.
• Unlock structured and incremental reinvestment opportunities through industry-leading media effectiveness and efficiency.
• Lead media strategy development across all PepsiCo SA brands & key WECA brands
• Develop and maintain strategic partnerships with agencies to support strategic transformation and marketing initiatives.
• Manage Joint business planning with key platforms, channels and publishers in the market to unlock value and innovation
• Support the development of the AOP timetable, including the establishment of metrics for tracking campaign effectiveness and analysing return on investment (ROI).
• Lead content marketing and communication programme with digital & media team aligned to business development priorities.
• Monitor compliance of actual campaign results with planned indicators and approved brand strategies
• Development of a data strategy to increase the effectiveness of brand promotion in online channels.
• Develop media communication thought leadership to upskill marketing team.
• Develop, lead and coach SA media team.
• Build Media annual operating plans in line with brand plans and KPIs
• Evaluate, assess, and recommend the most effective media to satisfy marketing objectives & oversee the translation of these strategies into the final media recommendations/plans.
• Own A&M / media score-carding / reporting to BU and Regional teams.
• Media investment planning and allocation based on initiatives and projects approved by Director Marketing for implementation
• Manage agencies against the productivity and visibility targets and ensures a seamless digital media buying, planning and strategy across all categories.
• Partner with Insights to deliver MMM ROI and other digital media strategy relevant projects with Nielsen, Insights and Marketing teams.
• Develop and maintain long term relationships w/ internal and external stakeholders.
• Ensure that the audit / GCS process is properly implemented (be GCS compliant at all times)
• Ensure suppliers are selected as per the GCS process and execute their duties as expected of them.
• Ensure implementation and execution of processes in line with Internal Control guidelines (GCS)

Qualifications

What will qualify you for the role:

• 4 year tertiary qualification in the field of Marketing/ Commercial or Business

• 8 to 10 years in similar capacity within the Marketing and Communication industries, with at least 5 years in a Senior Management role
• Experience in managing media and digital for large scale advertiser to be able to advise on effective management of media plans.
• Strategic understanding of developing multi-media campaign mix and deciding on best spending levels on each medium/platform.
• Command over Media metrics for success including CPRP management. Reach frequency analysis for campaigns and media spend optimization models.
• Experienced in consumer first party data management with personalised targeting and direct marketing strategies
• Established relationships with key media stake holders including sales directors of platform owners
• Familiarity with the media digital media landscape, and exposure to global media platforms 
• Understanding of media planning tools.
• Evidence of participation in ongoing professional development opportunities
• Recent hands-on experience managing agency partners, leading pitch processes, negotiating fees and SOW, overseeing agency reviews.
• Ability to present information concisely and accurately, with keen attention to detail
• Excellent communication & presentation skills
• Solution and result oriented; analytical thinker.
• Experience working with media agencies and publishers to run media campaigns at market level.
• Experience working with technical teams on media initiatives
• Managing web content and design, SEO, media relations, PR, and trade show schedules and deliverables.
• Developing an innovative brand strategy involving content marketing, industry events, and partner marketing to grow awareness and engagement.
• Guiding content marketing strategy and supported creation of innovative media content partnerships to amplify reach and drive customer engagement.

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

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Long Haul Driver X2

Job Description

Overview

Responsible for transporting large quantities of goods over long distances.Responsibilities

1. Responsible for prompt delivery in bulk, or bag to assigned customers and ensured that Products were delivered with no driver related defects
2. Communicating with dispatch regarding delivery details, delays, and problems with the delivery
3. Monitoring the operation of vehicles to ensure safe driving practices are used at all times
4. Maintaining accurate records of fuel usage, vehicle maintenance schedules, and cargo loads and ensure that fuel consumption is at the agreed standard
5. Inspecting and maintaining vehicles to ensure they are safe for operation on the road
6. Responsible for inspection of tyres, lights, trailer couplings and maintaining of oil and water levels to accepted standards
7. Ensure truck maintained in good order, including general cleanliness and condition of bodywork and no issued equipment or sparewheels missing
8. Responsible for reporting of defects/zero breakdowns, responsible for safety of vehichle and adherence to good driving practices including safety inspection stops
9. Responsible for initial fault finding iro vehicle breakdowns, including tyre changes
10. Ensured availability on Cell Phone
11. Zero Speed/Traffic related fines
12. Comply with truck driving rules and regulations (size, weight, route designations, parking and break periods) as well as with company policies and procedures

Qualifications

1. Matric
2. Long distance Code 14 licensed driver
3. Ability to drive for long periods of time.
4. Navigation skills.
5. Ability to lift heavy objects if needed.
6. Knowledge of road safety rules.
7. Communication Skills

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HR Specialist: Krugersdorp

Responsibilities

What we’re looking for:

Perform the end-to-end People function at the site

Accountabilities:

• Drive Talent Acquisition for Frontline for the defined business area using a variety of techniques. Ensure compliance with Employment Equity targets, Procedures, Entry requirements, Strategic Workforce Plan and headcount budget (AOP). Custodian of high-quality talent for the business.
• Manage a high quality and thorough administrative process for all HR related processes including payroll documentation, take-ons, promotions and separations.
• Support employee capability building and skills development through identified Learning & Development programmes.
• Manage employee relations within assigned business area. Are involved in the scheduling and management of the monthly Management Union meeting, and regular Employment Equity Forums. Actively manage a constructive union relationship.
• Manage disciplinary matters and grievances within the policy timeframes, decisively and in accordance to Labour Legislation. Prepare and represent cases at the CCMA at conciliation and arbitration level.
• Drive the PepsiCo Performance Management Cycle within the assigned business area. Ensure all employees have PDRs with objectives that are regularly and fairly reviewed. Monitor system inputs and compliance.
• Drive the PepsiCo Talent Management cycle with the assigned business areas. Talent mapping conducted and key action agreed and monitored.
• Drive the Communication and facilitation of the Employee Wellness Programme Deployment within the assigned area. Helps managers who have identified employees in need of the intervention. Works with the service provider to ensure that the required intervention happens. Help re-integrate employees back to work life.
• Conducts Stay, Exit and OHS Interviews. Results used to draw up action plans that are agreed with line managers and actively monitored.
• Co-develop the site culture and engagement plan with the HR Manager. Actively drive the plan to ensure continuous improvement in employee morale and engagement.
• Monthly reporting completed.
• Prepares for and co-ordinate activities in preparation for Legal and Governance HR Audits.
• Conducts comparative analysis, trends and reports on Employment Equity statistics, incidents of discipline, union growth, exits and related key matters. Gives insights on site dynamics and ER matters. Provides intelligence on matters outside of the domain of HR but with probable impact on site relationships.
• Coordinates and executes planned change management activities to support organisational or operational changes and/or Projects 

Qualifications

• B Tech or Degree in Social Sciences/HR Management/Business Management
• 5 years year experience in an HR role servicing a business area
• Knowledge and experience with Labour Legislation. Previous experience with disciplinary cases and CCMA preparation and representation at arbitration. Experience with BBBEE principles
• Experience in working with shop stewards
• Proven track record in recruitment of staff
• Compensation and benefits knowledge
• Coaching skills and experience preferred
• Knowledge of change theory, career pathing, employee motivation theory, leadership principles
• Sound ability to translate HR theory into practice
• Presentation and facilitation skills
• Strong excel and power point skills required
• Strong influencer
• Assertive
• Succinct and clear communicator
• Ability to listen
• Ability to navigate through complex employee relations matters
• Tactical approach to matters of discipline and grievances
• Observant and astute on cultural matters and nuances
• Strong ethics and integrity
• Attention to detail
• Embrace change readily and adopt a positive mindset“PepsiCo is an Equal Opportunity Employer in line with the Employment Equity Act.”    

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