Supply Chain Planning Cluster Lead At PepsiCo

Responsibilities

• Leads the Cross category planning processes for Global Business Services
• Manages the GBS cross category Cluster team
• Works with the RemainCo organization to ensure delivery of AOP (Annual Operating Plan) targets
• Accountable for delivery of key KPI’s (Key Performance Indicators) (eg Service / Inventory targets / Obsolescence)
• Works with the BU & contributes to ensuring an effective monthly S&OP (Sales and Operating Plan) cycle
• Integration point between Market and GBS – represents GBS at strategic meetings with the market
• Accountable for production plans creation. Ensure delivery of an optimised cross-site manufacturing supply plan, that can be scheduled, to maintain the target stock holding of all SKU’s (stock keeping unit) to deliver service to Business Units’s
• Accountable to create constrained capacity production plans within the planning horizon and escalation whenever needed
• Accountable for the review of detailed line scheduling plans
• Highlight Risk, work on mitigation plans and escalate to RemainCo lead if required
• Accountable for inventory and business waste projections with the market.
• Accountable for effective & timely Master data management
• Accountable for New innovation pipeline management
• Responsible to prepare, contribute and execute Supply Review for Platform/Hub as part of the weekly Sales &Operating Execution (IS&OP) and monthly Sales & Operating Plan (S&OP) cycle and SMR (Supply Monthly Review)
• Manage GCC Supply Planning, Innovation Coordinators & MDM Team for the Category (8 – 10 Direct reports)

Qualifications

• Engineering Degree
• 10+ Years of Experience.
• Highly Experienced in all Planning aspects
• Line management experience
• High level of knowledge & understanding of the end to end supply systems & processes
• Proficiency in product category planning
• Strong collaboration skills and an ability to work with other functions / departments to address critical challenges as a result of market change or changes in technical, manufacturing or End to end planning processes.
• Strong analytical skills with a keen eye for detail, able to interrogate data and produce detailed outputs.
• Understanding the links between production plans, plant AOP’s, productivity initiatives and customer service
• Team lead experience
• Problem solving know-how
• Analytic skills
• Masters planning methodologies like heuristics, optimization etc
• Very good collaboration skills and ability to interact with multi-cultural teams spread across geographies

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