Corporate Strategy Associate Manager

Overview

The Global Category & Corporate Strategy Team is comprised of three distinct groups: International Beverages Strategy, Global Foods Strategy, and Corporate Strategy. While this position will be fully anchored in one of the three groups (group will be based on available roles, candidate preferences, and will be clarified in discussions with candidate and the team/HR), you will also gain exposure to the work done across the groups as we are highly coordinated.

We are a flat team, where everyone materially contributes to solving PepsiCo's most complex problems. The work is always high-priority, high-value, high-visibility, and high-impact, with a particular focus on growth and capability building. We have four main areas of responsibility:

• Oversee and execute strategic initiatives that cut across the enterprise, both for Senior Leadership and the Board of Directors
• Solve high-impact problems and develop actionable solutions for the most challenging issues facing the company, with a focus on corporate, global, and food & beverage sector-specific work for the Chairman and Senior Leadership team
• Identify future growth opportunities for the organization, with particular attention to the capabilities needed to operationalize and capture value from these areas
• Act as thought partners to the organization in order to translate strategic recommendations into execution, with a particular focus on where and how recommendations drive value

• Employ solution-oriented mindset to help solve an array of PepsiCo's most challenging, business critical, topics
• Own end-to-end delivery against workstream objectives, from hypothesis development to final materials
• Serve as the analytics point-person on projects, applying logical and creative thinking to drive to fact-based insights
• Demonstrate strong leadership and influence management skills, including the ability to challenge the status quo
• Build project deliverables in partnership with project leaders
• Assist in the planning and execution of key enterprise projects (e.g., Enterprise Strategic Planning, PepsiCo Growth Model, etc.)
• Execute against time-sensitive requests from the EVP-Global Strategy, SVP-Corporate Strategy, and cross-functional business partners
• Provide thought partnership to Corporate Strategy leadership team, business partners and Senior Executives on a broad range of business-critical topics
• Maintain an external mindset, including staying on top of consumer, competitive, and macroeconomic / geopolitical trends
• Contribute to capability building for the entire Global Strategy function (e.g. Recruiting, Training, Knowledge Management, etc.)

• The expected compensation range for this position is between $89,000 - $149,000
• Location, confirmed job-related skills, experience, and education will be considered in setting actual starting salary. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range during the hiring process
• Bonus based on performance and eligibility target payout is 10% 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

• Bachelor's Degree required (MBA Preferred)
• 4+ years of strategy experience either internally or with a Top-Tier consulting firm
• Strategic mindset and highly analytical thinker with sound business judgment
• Excellent technical skills to process large quantities of data in an error-free manner
• Self-starter mindset with the ability to "manage up"
• Experience independently running workstreams
• Strong professional maturity and ability to present findings to senior stakeholders
• Love of Consumer Packaged Goods and our brands
• Global outlook with sensitivity and awareness of social and cultural differences; foreign language skills highly desired