Senior Analyst Foodservice Strategy

Overview

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 $70 billion in net revenue in 2020, driven by a complementary food and beverage portfolio that includes Frito-Lay, Gatorade, Pepsi-Cola, Quaker and Tropicana. PepsiCo's product portfolio includes a wide range of enjoyable foods and beverages, including 23 brands that generate more than $1 billion each in estimated annual retail sales.

Guiding PepsiCo is our vision to be the Global Leader in Convenient Foods and Beverages by Winning with Purpose. "Winning with Purpose" reflects our ambition to win sustainably in the marketplace and embed purpose into all aspects of the business.
PepsiCo continues to be at the forefront as the category's share leader and growth driver. We're excited to see what we can accomplish with your skills, ideas, and perspectives. Are you in?
PepsiCo Foodservice is a division of PepsiCo that brings the company's entire portfolio of food and beverage brands to market in out-of-home consumption channels. The Foodservice operating environment is complex and highly dynamic, requiring diverse sales and go-to-market systems to meet consumer needs at work, at play, and on the go. PepsiCo Foodservice leverages the scale and breadth of the company's brands to provide a unified voice to its customers and deliver a competitive advantage in the fast-growing Foodservice channel.

Responsibilities

The Foodservice Strategy team is part of PepsiCo's Global Strategy function and works globally across PepsiCo's entire portfolio of beverages, snacks and nutrition. Our function plays a critical role in charting PepsiCo's long term growth and portfolio development, driving both the future of the company and shaping the industry landscape. Foodservice is a key enabler of PepsiCo's strategy, serving as a source of profitable growth, a vehicle to build our brands, and a transformation accelerator.

We are tasked with ensuring the company invests in the assets and capabilities needed to stay ahead of the competition, adapt to market trends, and maintain market leadership. This entails developing actionable solutions for some of the most challenging issues facing the company by influencing brand, innovation, equipment and channel priorities and by undertaking transformational initiatives (e.g., data & analytics, digital ordering) to achieve the greatest possible growth and penetration. Our team primarily works across three types of projects: long term strategic planning, annual strategic planning, and growth priorities (e.g., channel/customer strategy, portfolio, etc.).

Responsibilities:

• Work with Strategy leadership team to address business questions and issues
• Develop robust and accurate strategic, analytical and financial frameworks
• Deliver timely, zero-defect execution of analysis to understand growth opportunities and key trade-offs
• Provide support in crafting stories to influence decision-makers across the business
• Support project management efforts through disaggregating own workstream well into necessary facts and analyses while ensuring effective communication across the team
• Support creative, out-of-the-box thinking to identify white space opportunities and formulate an approach to address the identified opportunity

Compensation and Benefits:

• The expected compensation range for this position is between $74,800 -$125,300 based on a full-time schedule
• Location, confirmed job-related skills and experience will be considered in setting actual starting salary
• Bonus based on performance and eligibility; target payout is 8% 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

• BA required
• 2-3 years of strategy experience in management consulting or a corporate strategy role
• Experience in Consumer Packaged Goods and/or supporting CPG organizations a plus
• Superior Analytics: Ability to complete complex analytical tasks error-free with limited supervision and generate insights from large quantities of data or disparate data sources
• Strong Communication & Influencing: Can effectively communicate (verbal and written), collaborate and influence stakeholders across all levels in an open and honest way that quickly builds trust and respect
• Thorough: High attention to detail and focus on driving processes through successful execution
• Motivated: Self-motivated, high energy individual that can easily function in high demand, performance-driven environment
• Intellectual curiosity: Awareness of emerging trends and competitive activity in the marketplace
• Cultural sensitivity: Understand cultural and social differences in key markets and potential secondary markets
• Comfort in ambiguity: Adaptability in less-structured environments (able to \"jump in\" and contribute even when facts are not yet 100% clear); ability to quickly figure out solutions to complex issues
• Tenacity: Persistent and resilient in the pursuit of objectives, can shift gears easily, is willing to take on new challenges and works to resolve issues
• Technical skills: Strong knowledge of Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint

Note: COVID-19 vaccination is a condition of employment for this role. Please note that all such company vaccine requirements provide the opportunity to request an approved accommodation or exemption under applicable law.

EEO Statement

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status.

PepsiCo is an Equal Opportunity Employer: Female / Minority / Disability / Protected Veteran / Sexual Orientation / Gender Identity

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