S&T Global Transportation Lead EMEA

PepsiCo Inc.; Michrów, Kraków; On-site; PLN 594,000 - 689,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Disability Insurance

Employee Assistance Program

Retirement Plan

Paid Time Off

Job summary

PepsiCo Inc. seeks a Delivery Lead for the EMEA Transportation Control Tower to drive end-to-end program delivery across multiple countries, ensuring mobilization through stabilization with cross-functional governance and timely value realization.

The role involves partnering with technical teams to translate requirements, manage scope, and lead change-management workstreams, including onboarding and training of impacted teams. Strong PMO and leadership experience are essential.

Qualifications

• Experience in transportation management and control tower implementations.
• Experience coordinating with technical teams and vendors.
• 12–15 years in supply chain, warehousing or transportation.
• PMO skills in project management and transformational programs.
• Strategic transformation mindset across process, people and technology.
• Communication, presentation and relationship management experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end delivery of the EMEA Transportation Control Tower (TCT) program, mobilization to deployment.
• Establish and manage the integrated master plan, timelines, dependencies and critical path.
• Maintain governance forums, progress reports, and program health reviews with executives.
• Drive alignment between global, sector, and business-unit stakeholders on objectives and metrics.
• Serve as the central liaison across business, technology, and capability teams.
• Define, validate, and prioritize business requirements with technical teams for delivery.
• Ensure integration between processes, systems and data flows for TCT functionality.
• Support testing, UAT and deployment readiness activities.
• Oversee project financials including budget tracking and benefits realization.
• Ensure productivity targets and financial outcomes post-implementation.
• Lead process design, optimization and standardization across markets.
• Support adoption through change management and training plans.
• Embed new ways of working aligned to the TCT operating model.
• Identify and mitigate delivery risks and bottlenecks.
• Escalate critical issues with mitigation strategies.
• Track implementation progress against KPIs and milestones.
• Capture lessons learned for future deployments.

Skills

Transportation management

Control Tower implementations

People management

Digital transformation

PMO Skills

Strategic transformation mindset

Communication

Vendor management

Tools

PM tools

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.

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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.
• 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