Director, Corporate Strategy

Overview

We are PepsiCo:PepsiCo is one of the world's leading food and beverage companies with more than $86 Billion in Net Revenue and a global portfolio of diverse and beloved brands. We have a complementary food and beverage portfolio that includes 23 brands that each generated more than $1 Billion in annual retail sales. PepsiCo's products are sold in more than 200 countries and territories around the world. PepsiCo's strength is its people. We are around 315,000 game changers, mountain movers and history makers, located around the world, and united by a shared set of values and goals.

We believe that acting ethically and responsibly is not only the right thing to do, but also the right thing to do for our business. At PepsiCo, we aim to deliver top-tier financial performance over the long term by integrating sustainability into our business strategy, leaving a positive imprint on society and the environment. We call this Winning with pep+ (PepsiCo Positive). For more information on PepsiCo and the opportunities it holds, visit www.pepsico.com (http://www.pepsico.com).

Global Strategy at PepsiCo:

The Global Strategy function plays a cr itical role in charting PepsiCo’s long-term growth and portfolio development, driving both the future of the company and shaping the industry landscape. We are tasked with ensuring the company invests in the assets and capabilities needed to stay ahead of the competition and maintain market leadership. This entails developing actionable solutions for some of the most challenging issues facing the company.To bring fresh and disruptive thinking to the ever-changing macro environment, we have Strategists aligned to each of our Sectors, Global Businesses, and to PepsiCo Corporate. Joining PepsiCo’s Global Strategy function will enable you to experience the breadth and depth of PepsiCo’s global portfolio and build a deep understanding of both the business and the industry. Whether you decide to remain in Strategy or pursue a leadership position in another function, the experience provides incredible possibilities for a dynamic career at PepsiCo.

The Global Category/Function & Corporate Strategy team:The Global Category/Function & Corporate Strategy Team is comprised of four distinct groups: International Beverages Strategy, Global Foods Strategy, Global Operations Strategy and Corporate Strategy. While this position will be fully anchored in one of the four groups (group will be based on available roles, candidate preferences, and will be clarified in discussions with candidate and the team/HR), you will also gain exposure to the work done across the groups as we are highly coordinated.We are a flat team, where everyone materially contributes to solving PepsiCo’s most complex problems. The work is always high- priority, high-value, high-visibility, and high-impact, with a particular focus on growth and capability building. We have four main areas of responsibility:Oversee and execute strategic initiatives that cut across the enterprise, both for Senior Leadership and the Board of Directors Solve high-impact problems and develop actionable solutions for the most challenging issues facing the company, with a focus on corporate, global, and food & beverage sector-specific work for the Chairman and Senior Leadership teamIdentify future growth opportunities for the organization, with particular attention to the capabilities needed to operationalize and capture value from these areas. Act as thought partners to the organization in order to translate strategic recommendations into execution, with a particular focus on where and how recommendations drive value.

Responsibilities

• Employ solution-oriented mindset to help solve an array of PepsiCo’s most challenging, business cr itical, topics.
• Translate business problems into structured projects that you will lead in end-to-end delivery against key objectives, from hypothesis development to final materials.
• Lead analytical workstreams – identify and deconstruct business issues, and develop strategic, analytical, and financial frameworks to conduct analyses and solve cr itical business issues with minimal oversight from functional leaders.
• Demonstrate strong leadership and influence management skills, including the ability to challenge the status quo.
• Lead & manage teams to deliver on-time and complete deliverables; ensuring recommendations are grounded in fact and actionable.
• Invest in the professional development of direct reports including coaching, performance reviews, and long-term career guidance.
• Build executive-ready project deliverables.
• Assist in the planning and execution of key enterprise projects (e.g., Enterprise Strategic Planning, PepsiCo Growth Model, etc.).
• Execute against time-sensitive requests from PepsiCo’s Executive