Associate Manager- Global Procurement

Responsibilities:

Main Objective

• This role will play a pivotal role within the Control & Governance team of the procurement team and has a main objective to contribute to risk mitigation, policy implementation, and the overall effectiveness of our procurement governance framework for AMESA Sector (Ind and Pak) and APAC sector (ANZ market).
• Purpose
• Work with key stakeholders to maximize the main benefits that myBUY has for the company in terms of:

Compliance & Policy Adherence:

• Guarantee all in-scope purchases are aligned to the corporate policy and procedures.
• Risk Assessment and Mitigation: identify potential risks and implement risk mitigation strategies.
• Process Standardization: Closely work with myBUY control, compliance and governance GPO to drive standardization across all sectors.

Scope

• The function holder is covering for AMESA Sector (Ind and Pak) and APAC sector (ANZ market).

Accountability:

Compliance & Policy Adherence

• Monitor procurement activities to ensure strict compliance with internal policies, procedures, and relevant regulatory requirements. Conduct regular reviews of purchase orders to identify any deviations/non-compliant activities from the policy.
• Continuously monitor changes in relevant global policies and regulations and perform impact analysis on the existing controls and implement the required changes to the controls upon alignment from controls team.
• Ensure the myBUY Policies and guidelines are in line with P2P and Global Procurement policy and guidelines.
• Collaborate with key stakeholders from control and procurement teams to develop, update, and communicate procurement controls matrix.
• Prepare training materials to employees within the department to enhance awareness of compliance obligations.
• Ensure that the GCS scope controls are executed as per the controls design matrix and ensure the same has been documented in the GCS portal on timely manner.
• Act as a liaison between the procurement department, Internal & External auditor management. Collaborate during audits, providing necessary documentation, explanations, and implementing corrective actions in a timely manner.

Risk Assessment and Mitigation

• Develop and implement risk mitigation strategies, working closely with procurement stakeholders and continuously monitor the effectiveness of these strategies and make adjustments as needed. (e.g.: Governance calls)
• Support and review myBUY CR initiatives/system upgrade with subject matter experts (SMEs) in AMESA and APAC.

Process Standardization

• Closely work with myBUY myBUY control, compliance and governance GPO to drive standardization across all sectors.

Key sills

• Bachelor degree in Finance/Supply Chain Management/Accounting/Business Administration. A master degree is a plus
• 6+ Years of experience required
• Functional knowledge: Depth of different aspects of Procurement such as processes and tools, knowledge in Food & Beverage industry a plus
• Experience in sourcing processes and technologies, with experience of implementing them in a global and regional environment
• Advanced proficiency in data analysis tools, including Microsoft Excel (e.g., advanced formulas, pivot tables, data validation); data visualization tools skills like Tableau or PowerBI is a plus
• Strong communication & negotiation skills
• Results Oriented comfortable setting and delivering against >
• English essential, both verbal and in writing
• Comfortable working within matrix organization
• Affinity with technology applications and business processes and the impact on people
• Strong analytical, problem solving, and root cause identification skills
• Solid understanding of the PepsiCo organization and cultural differences

Differentiating Competencies Required

• Decision making
• Work under pressure
• Cross functional teamwork skills
• Collaboration and influence
• Act with Integrity
• Experience with large-scale organizational change effort
• Ability to flex to collaborate with people in different locations of various time zones
• Ability to translate complex situations into executive level communication