PepsiCo

Sustainable Agriculture Goal Governance Manager

PepsiCo • $110K — $185K *
Purchase, NY 10577In-Person
Food & Beverages
8 - 10 years of experience
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Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 8+ years in corporate sustainability, agriculture, or supply chains.
  • Expertise in sustainability certification and audit protocols.
  • Strong organizational and program management skills with data handling proficiency.
  • Experience across diverse farming systems and regions.
  • 2+ years in Human Rights topics globally.
  • Knowledge of auditing and verification methods preferred.
  • Familiarity with agricultural procurement processes is a plus.

Responsibilities

  • Manage governance and capacity building for PepsiCo's Positive Agriculture goals.
  • Oversee the Sustainable Farming Program and internal assurance standards.
  • Coordinate annual reporting and financial processes for Positive Agriculture.
  • Support PepsiCo associates with governance interpretation and practical execution.
  • Lead a team member and external consultants to deliver results.
  • Stay informed on regenerative agriculture trends and represent PepsiCo externally.
  • Act as a liaison among project managers, stakeholders, and teams for goal delivery.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance.
  • Paid time off including vacation and parental leave.
  • Bonus based on performance, targeted at 12% of annual salary.
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for personal support.
  • Defined Contribution Retirement Plan for long-term savings.
Full Job Description
Overview

The Goal Governance Manager is responsible for the governance, capacity building, data, reporting, and stakeholder engagement across three of PepsiCo's Positive Agriculture goals.

Responsibilities

  • Managing the Sustainable Sourcing; Regenerate, Restore and Protect; and Livelihoods goals from a governance, capacity building, data, reporting, and internal and external stakeholder engagement perspective, in support of our pep+ 2030 goal delivery.
  • Managing the Sustainable Farming Program, PepsiCo's internal assurance standard for the sustainable sourcing of directly sourced crops.
  • Managing employee responsible for annual reporting of goal delivery and associated internal coordination and for contracting and financial accounting and approvals process for Positive Agriculture.
  • Providing excellent support for PepsiCo associates responsible for execution to answer questions and interpret situations and governance as needed to drive value and goal delivery. Enable implementation of goals in local contexts, including supporting understanding, interpretation and application of the governance, and pragmatic execution for impact.
  • Managing the 1 team member and external consultants as needed to deliver results.
  • Bringing external insights by staying up to date with the evolution of regenerative agriculture, restoration and protection, sustainable sourcing, and livelihoods outside of PepsiCo and helping inform PepsiCo goal evolution. As needed, representing PepsiCo in industry forums and maintaining relevance and credibility of the PepsiCo approach.
  • Serving as central point of coordination and knowledge mastery for the team in subject areas as needed, including but not limited to acting as the liaison between the Pos ag project managers and reporting teams including controls, legal and other stakeholders and between the Pos Ag team and Human Rights team and coordinating across regions on our goal delivery approach to key ingredients.

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

Experience required:
  • >8 years experience in corporate sustainability functions, agriculture and/or supply chains.
  • Extensive knowledge of sustainability certification schemes, benchmarks such as the Farm Sustainability Assessment (FSA), and audit and remediation protocols.
  • Extremely strong organizational and program management skills required. Strong in data management and use of Excel and other data systems to enter and interpret large data sets.
  • Experience working within two or more geographic regions, including diverse farming backgrounds (smallholder and large-holder systems).
  • >2 years experience working directly on Human Rights topics globally.
  • Knowledge of auditing, verification, and/or certification methods preferred.
  • Knowledge of agriculture, agricultural supply chains, and procurement processes a plus.
  • Knowledge of PepsiCo supply chains, sustainable sourcing rules, and sector structures a plus.


Key competencies:
  • Ability to engage and communicate with business stakeholders globally, build trust, and drive global strategy through different sectors and markets.
  • Self-starter, able to manage and prioritize between multiple workstreams simultaneously.
  • Process management discipline and attention to detail.
  • Outcome-focused and impact-driven, with the ability to drive progress in a global role within a corporate environment.
  • Action bias and ownership of the agenda, with the ability to lead in uncertainty and balance credible governance with pragmatic, on-the-ground implementation.


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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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