Strategic Growth & Transformation Manager

PepsiCo Inc.; Reading; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

PepsiCo UK is seeking a Strategy Manager to join the UK BU Strategy & Transformation team. You will contribute to critical priorities, develop data-driven insights, and partner with senior leaders to set the strategic agenda for sustainable growth and productivity across the end-to-end value chain.

You will influence cross-functional teams, drive governance of strategic initiatives, and stay ahead of consumer and market trends to inform decision-making and improve performance.

Qualifications

• Strategic problem solving & results-oriented strategic thinker with a bias for action
• Strong understanding of external data sets and how they can be knitted together
• Excellent analytical skills, strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills
• Influence & Communication: Ability to communicate, collaborate, and influence effectively at all levels of the BU & Sector organization and drive business decisions
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including presentation skills (ability to create presentations and present in a clear and succinct manner to senior audiences)
• Team player with the ability to excel in an agile, collaborative, ambiguous environment demonstrating strong people skills, flexibility and willingness to take on diverse tasks
• Good knowledge of the PepsiCo & UKBU business system and opportunities/challenges, as well as the UK operating environment (consumer, channel, macros, competitors)
• Project Management: Ability to drive an agenda autonomously with strong prioritisation skills – requires working in a highly-matrixed organization, handling competing priorities and connecting the dots across multiple large-scale initiatives that have interconnecting impact across functions

Responsibilities

• Support the long-term enterprise strategy of UK BU to deliver sustainable, profitable growth and drive the end-to-end business transformation (PSP)
• Partner with the UK Exec and relevant senior & cross-functional stakeholders in UK BU and Europe Sector to ensure successful implementation of data and analytics capability
• Act as the internal consulting team and business partner to UK BU and Exec team
• Drive governance of UK BU Strategy & Transformation change agenda providing full BU oversight with clear execution & resourcing plans and key metrics across the strategic pillars
• Identify, integrate and accelerate the delivery of initiatives and priority programs which drive top-line acceleration and/or bottom-line delivery in line with UK BU Strategic Vision and Transformation agenda (e.g., end-to-end transformation, capability and change management, business processes, organizational efficiency & effectiveness, holistic cost management & productivity)

Skills

Strategic thinking

Data integration

Analytical skills

Communication

Presentations

Team player

Project management

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

PepsiCo UK is seeking a Strategy Manager to join the UK BU Strategy & Transformation team. You will contribute to critical priorities, develop data-driven insights, and partner with senior leaders to set the strategic agenda for sustainable growth and productivity across the end-to-end value chain.

You will influence cross-functional teams, drive governance of strategic initiatives, and stay ahead of consumer and market trends to inform decision-making and improve performance.