About PepsiCo

PepsiCo products are enjoyed by consumers more than one billion times a day in more than 200 countries and territories around the world. PepsiCo generated more than $79 billion in net revenue in 2021, driven by a complementary beverage and convenient foods portfolio that includes Lay’s, Doritos, Cheetos, Gatorade, Pepsi-Cola, Mountain Dew, Quaker, and SodaStream. PepsiCo's product portfolio includes a wide range of enjoyable foods and beverages, including many iconic brands that generate more than $1 billion each in estimated annual retail sales.

Guiding PepsiCo is our vision to Be the Global Leader in Beverages and Convenient Foods by Winning with PepsiCo Positive (pep+). pep+ is our strategic end-to-end transformation that puts sustainability and human capital at the center of how we will create value and growth by operating within planetary boundaries and inspiring positive change for planet and people.

In South Africa (SA), you will find our products across the region at breakfast, lunch, or dinner. At the gym or on the field. In the office or on the go. We refresh, restore, and rejuvenate our consumers all day, every day with our key brands including Simba, Lay's, Liqui Fruit and Bokomo range of cereals. PepsiCo SA employs more than 13, 000 people across our three business divisions: Bakeries, Grains, Foods, Fruit, Snacks, Juice & Beverages. For more information, visit www.pepsico.com.

What we're looking for:

To ensure customers receive their stock on time and in full, while effectively managing Key Account staff. Responsible for maintaining all vehicles in a roadworthy condition at all times, and for overseeing budgets and controlling costs to ensure operational efficiency.

Accountabilities:

Cost:

• Ensure the Distribution overheads are within AOP, Contract Labour and Overtime.
• Demonstrated expertise in budget management, regularly analyzing the budget model, making budget submissions and closely monitoring expenses with timely deviation handling.
• Effective management of overtime costs within budget.
• Effective management of designated AOP category to ensure that business remains within budget.

Service:

• Ensure compliance to service levels agreed pertaining to order fill rate.
• Maintain service levels agreement with suppliers to optimize the supply chain.

Quality:

• Ensure correct stock freshness is adhered to for orders to specific customer groups and locations, as per the specifications per customer.
• Manage the retrieval of obsolete stock from within the CDC by assigning the appropriate resources to this activity.

People:

• Responsible to deliver agreed targets (KPI’s) relating to receiving area performance.
• Managing direct reports performance and take corrective action (as and when required)
• Implement Monthly Site town hall
• Daily Driver meetings (15min)
• Managing staff performance and take corrective action.
• Identify training needs for distribution staff.
• Ensure sound management policies and practices are in place and adhered to.
• Manage contract labour (where justified) and ensure source documentation is validated on hours worked/overtime etc.
• Plan and set shifts for Warehouse employees.
• Ensure disciplinary action is taken where recurring deviations to standards are found

Cost for the site:

• Manage cost within the AOP.
• Ensure accurate forecasts submitted for P4F and P9F
• Manage Pallet costs within targets set
• Ensure no outstanding pallets to be written off
• Manage overtime by proper planning.
• Manage absenteeism < 2%.
• Ensure limited use of contract labour (only where justified and approved by HR)
• Manage all distribution assets.
• Ensure no outstanding PODs (Proof of Delivery) or Credit Notes (CNs)

Service for the site:

• Ensure 95% Service Level (Fill rate)
• Ensure 95% On time Delivery
• Ensure accurate and timely communication of delays to pro-actively manage customers
• Report on % departures by 7AM daily
• Track Cut cases % (cases cut from order versus original order processed) with loss tree analysis monthly

Quality for the site:

• Ensure housekeeping and hygiene practices inside/outside facilities (AIB) to ensure a rating of >700
• Ensure 100% adherence to Health, Safety and AIB procedures and regulations.
• Ensure on time submission of Key Control quarterly feedback and sample results.
• Manage and track all non conforming quality issues for escalation and resolution

Safety:

• Fleet Safety control tower feedback, actions and disciplinary

SDCA:

• Define department using SIPOC Model
• Clearly defined PI’s and KPI’s and process maps to task levels for the department
• Effective SOP’s for all critical task’s
• Sound and effective SLA’s.
• Effective routines and Review’s

OEP:

• Meeting schedule / All Departments – Meeting matrix
• Reminders – structure for visibility and adherence
• Drive the Operational Excellence Program (OEP), by regularly reviewing SOPs for all critical tasks and managing associates’ routines.
• Achieve and maintain OEP certification

Experience:

• The purpose of this section is to identify the requirements of the job. State the minimum qualifications, knowledge and years of experience required to qualify for the position.
• Logistics or Supply Chain Diploma/Degree
• Minimum 5 years relevant experience in warehousing and distribution.
• People Management
• Think of competencies rather than qualifications, such as managerial or leadership skills, flexibility, dealing with ambiguity, working in a matrix organization, etc.
• Good communication skills
• Solid knowledge of EWM or WMS
• Good ER and leadership skills
• Drive for results
• Customer driven
• Collaborating with others
• Abel to deal with difficult customers
• Resilient

“PepsiCo is an Equal Opportunity Employer in line with the Employment Equity Act."