Beverage Plant Leader: Safety, Quality & Growth

PepsiCo; Kemalpaşa; On-site; TRY 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

PepsiCo has an opening for a Plant Manager at our İzmir Plant in Turkey. You will provide beverage manufacturing leadership, drive performance excellence, and deliver against a balanced scorecard including Safety, People, Service, Quality, Cost and Sustainability.

You will lead production, quality, maintenance, safety, and sustainability functions, manage the Site Leadership Team, and oversee budgets, Capex, and ERP implementation to ensure continuous improvement and stakeholder alignment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering.
• Fluent in English and Turkish (written & spoken).
• Minimum 10 years of experience in plant management/production.
• Strong experience in managing unionized organizations and labor relations.
• Result-oriented with strong analytical and strategic decision-making skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead Production, Quality, Maintenance, Safety, Sustainability, Project Management & continuous improvement functions.
• Lead & manage the Site Leadership Team of the Plant.
• Develop annual operating plan and strategy; manage budgets and forecasts with the Manufacturing Lead Team.
• Develop best product, capacity and demand split between plant with input from Supply Chain.
• Lead Plant Capex within the agreed phasing and implementation plan.
• Drive Plant Sustainability agenda including ERP program in the plant.
• Coordinate with Plant HR Manager on labour relations and stakeholder management.
• Lead ongoing quality programs: HACCP, ISO standards, consumer complaints, etc.
• Contribute to plant training programs and monthly Ops reporting and corrective actions.

Skills

Leadership

People management

Change management

Strategic decision-making

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering

Job description

PepsiCo has an opening for a Plant Manager at our İzmir Plant in Turkey. You will provide beverage manufacturing leadership, drive performance excellence, and deliver against a balanced scorecard including Safety, People, Service, Quality, Cost and Sustainability.

You will lead production, quality, maintenance, safety, and sustainability functions, manage the Site Leadership Team, and oversee budgets, Capex, and ERP implementation to ensure continuous improvement and stakeholder alignment.