PepsiCo

Procurement Commodities Manager - Veg Oils

PepsiCo • $110K — $185K *
Plano, TX 75025In-Person
Food & Beverages
5 - 7 years of experience
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Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • BS in Supply Chain, Logistics, Finance, or related field; preferred in Business, Ag Economics, or Engineering.
  • 7+ years in engineering, R&D, purchasing, or related fields.
  • Deep understanding of the vegetable oils chain and market dynamics.
  • Exceptional leadership skills with proven influence across organizational hierarchies.
  • Strong communication and presentation skills, especially with senior management.
  • Proven track record in strategic sourcing and supplier relationship management.

Responsibilities

  • Manage a USD 2.5 billion oil portfolio.
  • Develop and implement global sourcing strategies with procurement leads.
  • Lead RFPs, negotiations, and contracting processes for vegetable oils.
  • Ensure robust supply and service continuity for vegetable oils.
  • Foster and maintain strategic supplier relationships with measurable KPIs.
  • Create a multi-year productivity and cost reduction strategy.
  • Collaborate on the Annual Operating Plan with sector leads.

Benefits

  • Paid time off, including vacation and parental leave.
  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance.
  • Retirement plan with employer contributions.
  • Employee Assistance Program for mental health and well-being support.
  • Bonus based on performance, with a target of 12% of annual salary.
Full Job Description
Overview

The Procurement Commodities Manager role provides a unique and entrepreneurial opportunity to collaborate globally with category leads and cross-functional leaders, developing business cases and influencing category strategies. Collaboration with functional/Business Sr Director, VP + is frequent and required, therefore executive level communication skills are paramount. Strong stakeholder engagement is necessary. Additionally, this role will require the ability to understand vegetable oils sourcing and influence key decision-makers, particularly across various sectors.

Responsibilities

  • Support oil portfolio management - USD 2.500MM spend
  • Category Strategy - Partner with global and sector procurement leads to develop and deploy world-class sourcing strategies to step-change productivity and sustainability across PepsiCo's global food and beverage units.
  • Contracting - Lead RFPs, negotiations, and contracting, partnering with sector Procurement.
  • Supply Assurance - Lead plan to ensure robust supply/service for end-to-end Veg Oils supply.
  • Supplier Relationships - Develop, implement, and maintain strategic supplier relationships that deliver cost reduction, supply capacity, quality improvement, sustainability, and innovation. Establish KPIs, track, and drive continuous improvement plans.
  • Productivity - Develop a multi-year and pipeline productivity strategy driven by transformational unlocks to reduce costs, leverage of global insights and scale, and robust negotiations.
  • AOP (Annual Operating Plan) - Partner with sector leads to deliver and exceed AOP.
  • Industry Insights - Engage with peers and suppliers, understanding of financial markets, professional organizations, government and non-government organizations, trade associations, and academia to drive new ideas.
  • Risk Management - Develop and deploy hedging capabilities to manage risk across oil supply and financials.
  • New Opportunities - Investigate and identify potential innovative sourcing opportunities and collaborate with Supply Chain to develop optimization plans.
  • Leadership - Inspire, motivate, and influence global peers and leaders to embrace consolidated strategies, complex negotiations, scaled supplier approach, and new value-added processes.


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

Education/Certification:
  • BS in Supply Chain, Logistics, Finance. Preferred degree with focus in Business, Ag Economics, or Engineering.


Work Experience:
  • 7+ years of work experience in engineering, research & development, purchasing, or other relevant experience


Skills & Capabilities:
  • Strategic thinking: Ability to translate strategies into plans that can be effectively executed
  • Functional expertise: Very good knowledge of the veg oils chain as well as the veg oils market (supplier & competitor landscape, market fundamentals, agricultural forces, biodiesel, etc.)
  • Excellent leader, demonstrating ability to influence up and across the organization
  • Excellent communication and presentation skills, with ability to clearly communicate vision and quickly gain alignment with senior management, both internally and externally
  • Ability to support strategic sourcing, supplier relationship management and total cost of ownership
  • Excellent skills in analytics, financials, program management, negotiation, influencing, and collaboration
  • Commercially savvy with ability to develop and execute complex and impactful global initiatives.
  • Ability to work within a complex matrix organization
  • Proven ability to develop and influence recommendations, and drive decisions quickly, especially in situations without direct authority
  • Demonstrated ability to work in a fast-paced, results-oriented environment


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Size
309,000 employees
Market Cap
$250.5 billion
Industry
Food & Beverages
Net Income
$7.1 billion
Founded
1965
5 Year Trend
+4.8%
Revenue
$70.3 billion
NASDAQ
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* Ladders Estimates

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