Overview

Manage strategic sourcing activities for pre-aligned projects across Tech & Services category or projects & strategy development and execution for pre-aligned specific sub categories, ensuring alignment with business needs, delivering YoY cost savings, Additional Value and driving compliance. Partnering with internal stakeholders across category & market within EMEA Procurement, legal and suppliers to enable efficient, value-driven, and compliant sourcing across the EMEA region.

Responsibilities
- Lead 7-Step Sourcing Process under the supervision and final alignment of EMEA Procurement team and deliver YoY cost savings, Additional Value, contract coverage, and sourcing productivity as per annual targets.
- Own strategic sourcing process: from stakeholder intake, market scan, Sourcing strategy, RFx setup, analyses and execution to contract negotiation. Also handle contract management scope.
- Drive innovation & continuous improvement initiatives across the projects and Sub categories assigned
- Conduct supplier selection, negotiations,



and award decisions with explicit alignment to business, cost, compliance, and sustainability goals.
- Draft, negotiate, and execute contracts in partnership with legal, category leads, and suppliers, ensuring terms meet PepsiCo’s compliance and business requirements.
- Drive supplier onboarding and qualification including financial due diligence, scorecard setup, and reference checks.
- Manage eSourcing & Contract management tools and lead automation, digitization, and dashboarding initiatives across procurement touchpoints.
- Ensure compliance with procurement policies and maintain high-quality documentation and reporting of contracts, supplier data, and project pipelines.
- Coach junior ICC procurement team members and act as a subject matter expert (SME) on sourcing best practices, tools, and processes.
- Keep the EMEA Procurement team engaged and informed on each step of the process enabling the team to sign off sourcing

📌 Manager - Global Procurement (Hyderabad)
🏢 PepsiCo
📍 Hyderabad