Overview

Lead and coordinate all Supply Chain workstreams for accelerated innovation and commercialization projects under the Stage Gate Fast Forward process. Serve as the single-point owner responsible for driving cross-functional alignment, ensuring end-to-end supply readiness, managing critical path activities, and enabling faster market launches through rigorous project management and stakeholder engagement. The role will ensure compressed innovation timelines are achieved without compromising quality, compliance, service, or cost objectives

Responsibilities

1. Accelerated Commercialization Program Leadership

• Own Supply Chain execution for Rapid Forward innovation projects.

• Act as the central coordinator across Quality, Manufacturing, Procurement, Supply, Demand Planning, Logistics and Commercial teams.

• Develop and maintain detailed project plans, milestones, risks and mitigation actions for all SC activities.

• Drive governance reviews and readiness assessments at each stage gate.

2. Pre-Development

• Anchor all Supply Chain evaluations required during project initiation.





• Coordinate FSQA handshakes for QC requirements and co-packer assessments.

• Drive CAPEX and infrastructure feasibility reviews.

• Evaluate supply GTM strategy through internal plants and co-packers.

• Support supplier qualification processes.

• Assess manufacturing capacity and network readiness.

• Develop ramp-up and business-as-usual capacity plans.

• Identify supply chain risks and mitigation plans.

3. Development Phase

• Own Supply Chain readiness activities required to support commercialization:

• Track infrastructure setup and deployment activities.

• Coordinate site upgrades and operational readiness actions.

• Manage production line validation and trial execution schedules.

• Ensure material availability and procurement readiness.

• Coordinate supply chain deliverables across internal and external manufacturing partners.

• Track critical-path milestones a

📌 SC Sr. Manager (Gurugram)
🏢 PepsiCo
📍 Gurugram