Procurement Manager

Overview:
PepsiCo Australia & New Zealand is home to some of the world’s most trusted brands such as Smith's Chips, Red Rock Deli, Sakata Rice Crackers, Pepsi Max and Gatorade We are a progressive and people-focused business, and believe our diverse workforce is the key to our success. Because we value our employees and their families, we offer an agile and flexible working environment with an emphasis on work life balance and health, as well as plenty of learning opportunities and room to grow your career.

We currently have an exciting opportunity to join our Procurement Team as an **Procurement Manager - Indirect. **This role is responsible for developing and executing the Indirect procurement category strategies across Australia and New Zealand with a focus on Transport & Warehousing. You will be able to identify, evaluate, negotiate, appoint, and manage suppliers in a way that creates competitive advantage and leverages PepsiCo scale and global footprint. The person we are looking for will have highly effective interpersonal skills, be an excellent negotiator, influencer, and communicator, with demonstrated ability to develop credible business relationships with all types of people across the business.

**If you are a talented Procurement or Supply Chain specialist that may not fit the category experience, don’t let that stop you, as PepsiCo thrives on hiring great talent and developing capability in our team members**.

**Responsibilities**:

- Deliver sustainable supply solutions building partnerships with key strategic suppliers
- Own the end-to-end strategic sourcing process including supplier selection, commercial negotiation, contract drafting
- Manage cost reduction activities and best practice tools and methods within a complex and varied supplier environment
- Effective dispute resolution and stakeholder management skills across multiple internal and external platforms
- Active participation with cross functional teams in Operations, Finance, Marketing, IT, R&D and Supply Chain

Qualifications:

- Preferred CIPSA or CPIM supply chain qualification highly desirable
- Excellent knowledge of FMCG with 7 yrs min in procurement roles - depth in category management
- Sound knowledge of supply market fundamentals, strategic sourcing processes, Indirect category related procurement preferred
- Excellent balance of analytical & negotiation skills
- Contract writing / risk analysis / liabilities and indemnities / SLA’s / and general commercial terms
- Sound understanding of SAP and P2P Governance and Controls

Overview (Secondary Language):
**What we can offer you**:

- Excellent work-life balance with our flexible office environment
- A competitive remuneration package
- Career development opportunities

**Working at PepsiCo**

Your positive attitude will be rewarded with excellent long term local and global career opportunities, and ongoing professional development along with a fun and rewarding working environment.

You will be a key part of a dynamic team and a valuable contributor to a global company that is one of the FMCG market leaders. At PepsiCo, we recognise our people as a key part of our business and career progression within the business is encouraged and supported.

We are committed to recruiting, training and retaining high quality people, and with our new, state-of-the-art office located in a convenient location close to public transport and parking, we believe this to be an environment where our people thrive.

Interested? Know someone who might be? This is a great opportunity to join the PepsiCo ANZ team.
- Interview and skills evaluation
- Online Assessment process
- Reference and background checks
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