Associate Manager - Supply Chain

Overview There is an increasing need for robust 3PM Insights to support the function's strategy and ambition to be an exceptional supply chain partner, building innovative and sustainable external manufacturing relationships to fuel PepsiCo growth. This opportunity has also arisen, in part, due to the end of the Dare to be More (DTDM) placement program. Provide insights to support the 3PM commercial managers with their supplier strategies. A varied scope that includes industry and supplier capabilities research, financial health investigations, assessing both internal and external information sources Supplier risk management and Business Continuity Planning process ownership Own the processes to best manage insights information 3PM Supplier engagement process support Responsibilities Own the processes for capturing broader supplier and industry capabilities: Track and maintain the capabilities of all current suppliers. Take broader insights from the industry to capture capabilities / key details for suppliers not currently used by Pep. Ensure that common naming conventions are applied for all reports. Support the 3PM commercial leads with ad-hoc industry research req, Gather external and internal information for researching market and consumer trends to aid 3PM commercial insights. Qualifications Proficiency in English (written and spoken) Analytical skills demonstrated by a suitable bachelor's degree (i.e. Science/Technological/Engineering/Math) Demonstrated ability to interact with data, MRP systems (SAP preferred), Data management systems, Power Apps and BI, or other dashboards and systems working within operational environment producing standard and ad hoc reports and able to be flagging key problem areas such that stakeholders can remedy issues (usually min 1 yr. exp.) Working Knowledge of SAP Working Knowledge of Power Apps/BI or similar reporting dashboard software preferable Excel & Office package advanced knowledge mandatory Show more Show less