Strategy Director Jobs

Overview

PepsiCo is one of the world's leading food and beverage companies with more than $67 Billion in Net Revenue and a global portfolio of diverse and beloved brands. We have a complementary food and beverage portfolio that includes 22 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 over 250,000 game changers, mountain movers and history makers, located around the world, and united by a shared set of values and goals.

The Global Strategy function plays a critical 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.

• Oversee and execute strategic initiatives that cut across the enterprise, both for Senior Leadership and the Board of Directors
• Identify future growth opportunities for the organization, with particular attention to the capabilities needed to operationalize and capture value from these areas
• 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 team
• 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

• Demonstrate strong leadership and influence management skills, including the ability to challenge the status quo
• Lead analytical workstreams – identify and deconstruct business issues, and develop strategic, analytical, and financial frameworks to conduct analyses and solve critical business issues with minimal oversight from functional leaders
• Build executive-ready project deliverables
• Invest in the professional development of direct reports including coaching, performance reviews, and long-term career guidance
• Maintain an external mindset, including staying on top of consumer, competitive, and macroeconomic / geopolitical trends
• Translate business problems into structured projects that you will lead in end-to-end delivery against key objectives, from hypothesis development to final materials
• Employ solution-oriented mindset to help solve an array of PepsiCo’s most challenging, business critical, topics
• Assist in the planning and execution of key enterprise projects (e.g., Enterprise Strategic Planning, PepsiCo Growth Model, etc.)
• Provide thought partnership to Corporate Strategy leadership team, business partners and Senior Executives on a broad range of business-critical topics
• Lead & manage teams to deliver on-time and complete deliverables; ensuring recommendations are grounded in fact and actionable
• Contribute to capability building for the entire Global Strategy function (e.g. Recruiting, Training, Knowledge Management, etc.)
• Execute against time-sensitive requests from PepsiCo’s Executive Committee, Strategy Leadership, and cross-functional business partners

• Location, confirmed job-related skills and experience will be considered in setting actual starting salary
• In addition to salary, PepsiCo offers a comprehensive benefits package to support our employees and their families, subject to elections and eligibility: Medical, Dental, Vision, Disability, Health and Dependent Care Reimbursement Accounts, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Insurance (Accident, Group Legal, Life), Defined Contribution Retirement Plan
• Paid time off subject to eligibility, including paid parental leave, vacation, sick, and bereavement
• Bonus based on performance and eligibility; target payout is 25% of annual salary paid out annually and an additional target payout of 10% of annual salary is paid out over 3 years following the end of the performance period.
• Long term incentive equity may be awarded based on eligibility and performance.
• The expected compensation range for this position is between $113,300 - $226,600

Qualifications

• High Emotional Intelligence and verbal and written communication skills that educate and influence senior leaders; ability to “manage up”
• Outstanding project and people management skills
• Bachelor’s Degree required (MBA strongly preferred)
• Excellent technical skills to coach teams to analyze large quantities of data in an error-free manner
• Global outlook with sensitivity and awareness of social and cultural differences; foreign language skills highly desired
• Strategic mindset with an ability to think broadly, refine questions, and develop analytical frameworks
• Love of Consumer Packaged Goods and our brands
• 8+ years of strategy experience either internally or with a Top-Tier consulting firm
• Experience managing large teams and partnering with multiple business functions

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