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At PepsiCo, you’ll discover a place where our mission is to create smiles around the world. With a portfolio of more than 500 beloved brands including, Gatorade, Lay’s and Quaker, our work touches millions of people every day.

At the heart of the company is a team of thinkers, creators, and problem-solvers who collaborate to innovate and turn ideas into action. Driven by innovation and a focus on creating joyful moments through food and drinks, our decisions are guided by consumer centricity, creating opportunities for our associates to do meaningful work and make a lasting impact in the communities we serve.

Whatever your role, you’ll be part of a global community that values your ideas and empowers you to make an impact, on your career and on the world around you.

The LATAM Sustainability & Utilities Procurement Lead will be responsible of leading the LATAM PEP+ MAKE team, execute and implement the sourcing strategies for Water Treatment, Water Sourcing, Energy, Natural Gas, & Waste Management categories.

Responsabilities:

• This position reports to the Latam Make leader and is responsible for a managed spend of approximately $200 million & $30Million of other income thru waste optimization in over 15 countries, 38 Plants, +400DCs and 9HQ.
• This position is key to support Make transformation and lead the agenda within Facilities Services & Utilities global and regional teams by integrating all Latam while dirivng ~20MM Productivity, and supporting other Strategic agendas as Sustainability, BCP, Digitalization.
• As part of the transformation agenda, it will act as enabler to create a One Right Part Culture and work on the career Planning of the team (+ 6 indirects MSOs collaboration roles) to guarantee people development and backfields.

Qualifications:

• Excellent Functional knowledge (+3 years in category management roles): depth in facilities/service category management processes and tools and other related categories in complex environment is desired, preferably within Food & Beverage industry.
• Bachelor Degree in Business Engineering, Administration, Economics, Industrial Engineering.
• Strong knowledge of strategic sourcing processes and procurement best practices, with experience of implementing them in a regional/global environment
• Experience leading regional teams is desirable
• Ability to build relationships and influence across a matrix organization
• Strong grasp of general business economics & key cost & quality drivers
• Strong analytical & financial skills.
• Experience with Ariba (RFPs, RFIs, e-auctions) and SAP
• Political & commercial savvy
• Ability to translate complex situations into simple messages for Excecutive level communication
• Results and action orientated – comfortable setting and delivering against bold, stretch targets
• Excellent language skills – Spanish and English essential, both verbal and in writing. Portuguese desirable.
• Broad Understanding: understands the business cultures around Latam sectors and the sensitivities that go along with it.