Overview:
we are pepsico. We are a diverse organization, spread among 200 countries and united by a shared set of values and goals.
our employees are at the heart of pepsico and drive our culture. No two days are the same: we are dynamic and full of passionate teams embracing new ideas through our collaborative spirit. At pepsico, what makes you unique, makes us better
through the company's commitment to talent sustainability, we continue to support the development of employees. At pepsico, you get the best of both worlds: an entrepreneur's mindset plus global reach and resources. Our collaborative culture and worldwide presence generate a stream of new opportunities to define the future and propel your life's work. Bring your unique perspective. Bring curiosity. Bring ingenuity and your drive. We will give you a platform to be daring on a global scale.
our pepsico it organization is also transforming, and we are focused on powering pepsico to win through agile delivery of digital solutions and services.
we are seeking a lead to help drive our updated roadmap for our massive enterprise transformation program - the pepsico global template (pgt).
surround yourself with highly collaborative, global, and passionate peers who are all working together towards a common goal following the pepsico way. In enterprise solutions, you can expect to have a direct impact on digitizing make, move, and sell, to advance your career through growth in technical and global leadership skills, and to have room for fun and balance in your daily life.
you will need more than just skills to succeed in enterprise solutions. You will need passion: to love your work, to continuously learn and upskill yourself, and to deliver beyond expectation. You will quickly realize the pace, standards, excitement, and freedom that will challenge you to push the limit every day. And when you need help, a team of the brightest minds willing to do whatever it takes to get the job done the right way will be there to partner with you.
*responsibilities*:
*key responsibilities*
this role will lead, collaborate, and facilitate the following pgt global / program-level focus areas:
- lead and facilitate multi-year pgt global planning and cross-deployment roadmap recommendations such as rest of world deployment strategy, integrating it with other non-pgt initiatives.
- ensure alignment of these roadmap recommendations with overall pepsico / it / enterprise solution strategies.
- collaborate and facilitate planning and global sap solution roadmap recommendations, including but not limited to end of life / mandatory upgrades, solution evolution, and co-innovation agenda.
- seek data and inputs from internal & external pgt / non-pgt stakeholders to support these roadmap recommendations.
- collaborate and facilitate value & cost management initiatives to ensure spend visibility and providing actionable insights to the leadership in key cost areas.
- lead and collaborate in other key global / cross-deployment initiatives that will require a holistic program-level focus.
- keep senior leadership aligned, seeking guidance / direction whenever required.
- partner, collaborate, and align with multiple internal / external stakeholders within and outside pgt to deliver these global program-level roadmaps / recommendations.
- manage through dynamic and ambiguous situations, building recommendations based on a combination of (i) insights derived from existing data, (ii) lessons learned from previous deployments, and (iii) market best practices.
this role will collaborate and partner with multiple stakeholders to be successful:
- pgt global and deployment stakeholders across the globe.
- non-pgt enterprise stakeholders in it and business across the globe.
- external partners / vendors that are engaged in pgt / non-pgt initiatives.
- keep senior leadership aligned, seeking guidance / direction whenever required.
- keep relevant stakeholders aligned, seeking inputs and feedback.
qualifications:
*experience & requirements*
- 10+ years of sap program/project management experience, including experience in planning, architecting, and delivering complex global sap based transformations.
- solid sap transformation roadmap planning and implementation experience in a global / complex environment.
- solid sap implementation project/program management experience, with sound wide functional/technical background.
- solid experience drawing insights / conclusions from ambiguous and complex data, including strong skills to prepare data analysis in tools such as excel, powerbi, and tableau.
- sme on technology / sap transformation roadmap preparation relevant for pgt, considering its global size, scope, and complexity.
*mandatory non-technical skills*
- strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- strong stakeholder management skills - experience working in global, complex, and matrixed organizations.
- ability to work and collaborate in a complex matrixed or