Overview

- Support India Packaging across Food Operations, managing a total spend of $100MM & more
- Manage the Corrugates category and support deliver of YOY P&L; productivity from GP managed spend.
- - Job Dimensions & Scope
- Snacks Volume: + 84k Tons Fiber and 40k Tons Flex
- Spend: + $ 110 MM (Direct responsibility for $35MM)
- Complexity: Matrix organization working with MSO and COE at Sector & Global Levels and Snacks business across COSO & Copack
- Productivity: Delivering Continuous Improvement Productivity in excess of 7% of compressible spend YOY.
- Plan, strategize and execute Pepsico Packaging Sustainability Goals

Responsibilities

Sourcing

- Support development of and implement strategic procurement initiatives for packaging for India region, ensuring COE strategies appropriate for the region
- Monitor packaging commodity markets and generate reports for CRM discussions for making commodity buying decisions.
- Conduct E-auction for key packaging categories basis buying cycle and contracting.
- Negotiate secondary packaging costs and conversions with paper mills,base film suppliers and converters
- Conduct quarterly costing excersice with suppliers on standard template and conclude it timely for contract creation in SAP.
- Ensure contracts and purchase orders are in place with required PepsiCo terms and conditions; in SAP.
- Support development of robust supply chains to provide reliable delivery of Packaging to manufacturing operations, on time, on budget, at specification.
- Maintain appropriate records and reporting processes to ensure compliance with PepsiCo and Global Procurement policies, including financial reporting, commodity risk management, productivity and sustainability.
- Work with Global COE teams on India specific initiatives including sourcing strategy, RFP, Contract Compliance and productivity.

Productivity
- Support delivery of annual productivity goals for INDIA Packaging category. Support development of a robust pipeline of productivity ideas during the planning process and transform ideas into appropriate productivity projects in time for AOP submissions to ensure delivery of the productivity targets.
- Coordinate closely with the region and sector finance teams to align inflation and productivity assumptions with those projected by the CoE.
- Lift and shift/adapt productivity ideas from other countries/regions
- Support all 7 Step Wave Negotiation & Productivity Projects for INDIA Packaging category
- Manage INDIA Packaging cash flow through SCF and Payable terms extension process.





NPD Delivery
- Support delivery of all packaging materials for NPDs (other than flexible category items)

Sustainability – Environmental, Human & Business Continuity
- Lead the process to review all for critical suppliers and key risks.

Develop Business Continuity

Plans for critical suppliers including strategies and tactics to mitigate risks where feasible.

- Ensure compliance with PepsiCo’s Supplier Code of Conduct requirements for all INDIA Secondary Packaging suppliers. Work with sector and region R&D; personnel to support businesses.

Financial Reporting
- Upload and update productivity tool(powersteering) for packaging category projects.
- Support INDIA commodity guidance prices for SBP & AOP and forecasting of prices for FP&A; submission according to global & Sector timeline requirements

People

- Work closely with India Packaging Lead to develop regional strategies.
- Collaborate with CoE/MSO teams and cross functional stakeholders to deliver against key business objectives
- Represent Procurement function internally (peer level) and externally (suppliers)
- Lead the compliance audit and selectica management for India GP.

Qualifications

Experience and Qualification

- Minimum of a graduate degree level or equivalent with demonstrated proficiency in analytical endeavors.
- Advanced degrees (Masters in Management) or Packaging focused degrees preferred.
- Excellent language skills – English essential, both verbal and in writing.
- Prior experience of atleast 2-3 years in the packaging field desirable. Minimum experience of 3-4 years in procurement function required with an overall minimum experience of 7-8 years
- Technical understanding of packaging manufacturing helps in handling this position.
- Relevant experience in sourcing strategy development in a Matrix organisaion.
- Experience in using advanced sourcing methodologies/ tools.
- Skilled in managing across a dispersed team of business stakeholders; strong selling skills
- High integrity: won’t compromise values to get results
- Agile : eager to embrace change, ability to manage in an ambiguous environment,



consistently works against the right priorities
- Drive for Results: perseverant and resilient in the pursuit of objectives, willing to take on new challenges, works to resolve tough issues
- Strong communication: comfortable and effective communicating (verbal and written) with stakeholders internally and externally across all levels
- Strong knowledge of SAP and P2P governance
- Strong follow up and time management required to manage regular changes in packaging artworks and promotions.
- Analytical: ability to analyze information to draw conclusions and find actionable solutions
- Balancing competing priorities
- Partner with Region GP leadership to analyze, develop plans and support the key strategic intiatives.
- Lead data availability and analytics for all Packaging materials.
- Strong relationships with key regional / global Packaging suppliers
- Highly effective interpersonal skills – excellent negotiator and strong communication and influencing skills to all organizational levels and particularly at executive level. Demonstrated ability to develop credible business relationships with Plant managers, Supply Chain / Operations Directors & VPs, peers
- High level of business acumen
- Strong grasp of general business economics & key cost & quality drivers
- Strong analytical & financial skills
- Political & commercial savvy
- Ability to translate complex situations into simple messages for Exec level communication
- Comfortable working within complex matrix organization
- Able to communicate business strategies to suppliers as well as internal stakeholders
- Effective people leader including ability to lead cross functional teams
- Track record of being able to drive cross-functional support and resources for projects to deliver results on time.
- Effective project manager who is able to articulate and escalate hurdles quickly and keep driving the projects forward.
- Strong collaboration/matrix management
- Understands and manages key business drivers
- High integrity: won’t compromise values to get results
- Highly Collaborative: works well with others, including internal and external stakeholders to deliver results and keeps others informed to avoid unnecessary surprises
- Inclusive: treats all people with respect and fairness, open to and respectful of others’ opinions and points of view
- Creative: takes initiative to find ways to get better results; seeks and takes advantage of ideas, best practices and solutions developed elsewhere

📌 India GP Packaging Senior Analyst (Gurugram)
🏢 PepsiCo
📍 Gurugram