SandT Global Transportation Lead EMEA

PepsiCo Inc.; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 14,430,000 - 16,740,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

Disability insurance

Defined contribution retirement plan

Job summary

PepsiCo Inc. is seeking a Delivery Lead for the EMEA Transportation Control Tower (TCT) to drive end-to-end program delivery across mobilization, design, build, test, and deployment.

You will orchestrate cross-functional stakeholders, govern the master plan, and ensure on-time, on-budget delivery with measurable value. The role requires experience in transportation management, control tower implementations, and transformational programs.

Qualifications

• Experience in transportation management and control tower implementations.
• PMO skills and experience leading transformational programs.
• Strong communication, presentation, and relationship management capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end delivery of the EMEA Transportation Control Tower program across mobilization, design, build, test, and deployment.
• Establish integrated master plan, timelines, dependencies, and governance with executive sponsors.
• Coach and align global, sector, and business-unit stakeholders; manage risk, budget, and benefits realization.

Skills

Transportation management

Control Tower implementations

PMO skills

Stakeholder management

Change management

Job description

Job Description:

Overview

Serve as the Delivery Lead for the EMEA Transportation Control Tower (12+ Countries), accountable for end-to-end program delivery from mobilization through stabilization. Orchestrate cross-functional stakeholders across global, sector, and business-unit teams; govern the integrated plan and timeline; and ensure delivery of all business-case KPIs. Partner tightly with technical teams to translate requirements into deployable solutions, manage scope and dependencies, and lead process, organization, and change-management workstreams—including onboarding and training of impacted teams. Provide financial stewardship (budget, benefits tracking, variance management) and proactive risk/issue management to secure on-time, on-budget delivery and measurable value realization for EMEA.

Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end delivery of the EMEA Transportation Control Tower (TCT) program, ensuring all phases—mobilization, design, build, test, and deployment—are executed to plan.
• Establish and manage the integrated master plan, timelines, dependencies, and critical path across functions and markets.
• Maintain governance forums, progress reporting, and project health reviews with executive stakeholders.
• Drive alignment between global, sector, and business-unit stakeholders, ensuring clarity on objectives, deliverables, and success metrics.
• Serve as the central liaison across business, technology, and capability teams to maintain a single source of truth and ensure transparency.
• Partner with technical teams to define, validate, and prioritize business requirements for solution delivery.
• Ensure seamless integration between business processes, systems, and data flows to enable TCT functionality and interoperability.
• Support testing, user acceptance, and deployment readiness activities.
• Oversee project financials, including budget tracking, cost management, and benefit realization against business-case KPIs.
• Ensure productivity and efficiency targets are met, validating financial outcomes post-implementation.
• Lead process design, optimization, and standardization across participating markets and functions.
• Support adoption through robust change management, training, and onboarding plans.
• Embed new ways of working aligned to global TCT operating model principles.
• Identify, assess, and mitigate delivery risks, dependencies, and potential bottlenecks.
• Escalate critical issues proactively with mitigation strategies to ensure project continuity.
• Track implementation progress against defined KPIs, milestones, and governance metrics.
• Capture and institutionalize lessons learned to enhance subsequent TCT deployments.

The Compensation & Benefit details are subjective to US region and may vary for others based on the location.

Compensation and Benefits

• The expected compensation range for this position is between $151,800 - USD 176,100
• Location, confirmed job-related skills, experience, and education will be considered in setting actual starting salary. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range during the hiring process.
• Bonus based on performance and eligibility target payout is 15% of annual salary paid out annually.
• Paid time off subject to eligibility, including paid parental leave, vacation, sick, and bereavement.
• 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.

Qualifications

• Experience in transportation management, control tower implementation, people management and digital transformation projects
• Experience in Control Tower implementations, with interface with technical teams and vendors
• Minimum 12 to 15 years experience in Supply Chain, ideally in warehousing and transportation
• Experience in project management and transformational programs, with PMO Skills
• Strategic transformation mindset, considering process, people and technology
• Communication, presentation and relationship management experience