Inventory & Warehousing Lead | Strategy, Ops & Improvement

PepsiCo Inc.; Municipal District of Cobh; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

PepsiCo Inc. in Ireland is seeking a senior Inventory & Warehousing leader to drive day-to-day management of inventory, external warehousing, and 3PL activities. The role emphasizes control, service delivery, risk management, and continuous improvement across the function.

You will partner with Supply Chain teams to deliver inventory targets, working capital optimization, and operational objectives, while governing KPIs and ensuring compliant processes with external providers.

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree or equivalent in supply chain, business or related discipline.
• 5-8 years of inventory, warehousing, planning or related manufacturing experience.
• Experience leading a team and delivering through others.
• Strong analytical, KPI management, and ERP (SAP) knowledge.
• Experience supporting AOP/forecasting, cost management, compliance and continuous-improvement activity.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the Inventory & Warehousing team by providing clear direction, setting performance expectations, coaching team members and building capability across the function.
• Manage the Ireland Reserves process, ensuring inventory risks are appropriately analysed and actioned in line with company policies, financial controls and compliance requirements.
• Execute inventory strategy and optimisation activities, supporting delivery of inventory targets, safety stock, planning policies and working capital objectives.
• Manage day-to-day relationships with 3rd Party Logistics & Warehousing providers, ensuring effective service delivery, material flow, inventory control, issue resolution and adherence to company processes.
• Ensure effective stock management and inventory controls across externally managed locations, including appropriate cycle counting, stock counts and reconciliation processes.
• Support AOP, forecasting and financial planning across Inventory, Warehousing and external partner activities, ensuring effective reporting, cost control and identification of productivity opportunities.
• Work cross-functionally to identify and manage risks across base business, new product introductions, reformulations and end-of-life activities, escalating risks and driving appropriate mitigation and issue resolution.
• Manage established governance and KPIs to monitor performance against targets, identify risks and ensure timely corrective action.
• Drive continuous improvement, simplification, standardisation and digitalisation across Inventory & Warehousing to improve control, visibility, productivity and ways of working.
• Maintain clear processes, procedures and documentation to support consistency, compliance and knowledge retention across the function.
• Work closely with the Material Planning, Inventory & Warehousing Manager, escalating key risks, issues and decisions and supporting delivery of overall functional objectives.
• Support the development and implementation of organisational health initiatives within Planning and across the broader Supply Chain.
• Ensure compliance with company policies and regulatory requirements and adhere to all PepsiCo Health & Safety requirements, promoting a strong safety culture.

Skills

People leadership

Analytical thinking

Cross-functional collaboration

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain or related

Tools

SAP

Job description

PepsiCo Inc. in Ireland is seeking a senior Inventory & Warehousing leader to drive day-to-day management of inventory, external warehousing, and 3PL activities. The role emphasizes control, service delivery, risk management, and continuous improvement across the function.

You will partner with Supply Chain teams to deliver inventory targets, working capital optimization, and operational objectives, while governing KPIs and ensuring compliant processes with external providers.