PepsiCo

M&A Manager

PepsiCo$110K — $185K *
Food & Beverages
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 3+ years of M&A execution experience in corporate development, finance, or consulting
  • Demonstrated ability to create valuation models and conduct scenario analysis
  • Proven track record of managing multiple projects simultaneously
  • Strong analytical, quantitative, and communication skills
  • Strategic thinker with expertise in financial analysis
  • Experience in business due diligence and opportunity evaluation
  • Collaboration skills in cross-functional team environments
  • Experience in food/beverage or consumer products preferred, but open to other sectors
  • MBA from a top business school is highly preferred

Responsibilities

  • Support business leaders and strategy teams in M&A strategy development
  • Collaborate with teams to analyze industry trends and business cases
  • Lead cross-functional teams to execute strategic transactions
  • Influence decision-makers to achieve internal alignment
  • Develop financial analyses to evaluate M&A opportunities

Benefits

  • Comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, and vision coverage
  • Paid time off including vacation, sick leave, and parental leave
  • Retirement plan with defined contribution options
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
  • Performance-based bonus structure
  • Insurance options including life and group legal
Full Job Description
Responsibilities

  • Support PepsiCo divisions' business leaders, senior corporate executives and strategy teams to screen, analyze and develop M&A strategy and pipeline
  • Collaborate with business and functional teams to synthesize industry/category dynamics and all aspects of the business case development (strategic rationale, financial analyses) to evaluate opportunities
  • Lead cross-functional team to execute a wide range of strategic activities, including, but not limited to, mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures and minority investments
  • Influence key decision makers to create internal alignment

Compensation and Benefits:
  • The expected compensation range for this position is between $110,700 - $185,250.
  • Location, confirmed job-related skills, experience, and education will be considered in setting actual starting salary. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range during the hiring process.
  • Bonus based on performance and eligibility target payout is 12% of annual salary paid out annually.
  • 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

Required skills and qualifications:
  • 3+ years of transaction execution experience either in corporate development / M&A department of a corporation, investment bank, private equity or similar financial services institution. Work within a management consulting firms M&A/Corporate development practice may also be appropriate
  • Ability to evaluate potential opportunities through the development of valuation models to reflect detailed business case assumptions with the flexibility to run scenarios / sensitivities
  • Ability to drive results on multiple projects in parallel
  • Strong quantitative and analytical skills; effective verbal and written communication
  • Strategic thinker with intellectual curiosity; highly analytical and skilled at valuation methodologies and financial analysis
  • Expertise in screening and analyzing potential opportunities for strategic fit and conducting business due diligence
  • Strong ability to work collaboratively within teams across the organization
  • Food and/or beverage experience, as well as related consumer products background is preferred
  • MBA from top Business School highly preferred
  • Business-facing role based in Purchase, NY

Preferred skills and qualifications:
  • Food and/or beverage experience, as well as related consumer products background is preferred,but company will consider exceptional candidates with relevant skill sets from other industries

Additional competencies preferred:
  • Experience being part of large cross-functional teams in a global, matrix organization
  • Proven ability to lead and manage multiple complex M&A projects in parallel
  • Strategic thinker with the ability to think big picture without losing sight to details
  • Skillful at building trust with and influencing senior-level stakeholders
  • Proven ability to hit the ground running and adapt to new environment
  • Strong ability work collaboratively within teams across the organization


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About PepsiCo

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Size
309,000 employees
Market Cap
$250.5 billion
Industry
Net Income
$7.1 billion
Founded
1965
5 Year Trend
+4.8%
Revenue
$70.3 billion
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