Strategy Associate Manager

PepsiCo Career Opportunity

PepsiCo is a playground for curious people. We invite thinkers, doers, and changemakers to champion innovation, take calculated risks, and challenge the status quo. From executives to team members on the front lines, we're excited about the future. We take chances. Together, we dare to make the world a better place. Our associates are the magic ingredient. Each of them plays an integral role in helping create deep connections between people and our products. At PepsiCo, you're invited to be a part of a global team of innovators who make, move, and sell these productswhich are enjoyed by more than 1 billion people a day. A career at PepsiCo means working in a culture where everyone's welcome. Here, you can dare to be yourself. No matter who you are or where you're from, you can influence the people around you and the world at large. By showing up, you'll have the opportunity to learn, develop, and grow your skills for the future. Our supportive teams can fuel your professional goals to make a global impact on people and the planet. Join us. Dare for Better.

The Away-From-Home Strategy team is part of PepsiCo's North America Strategy & Transformation function. Away from Home brings PepsiCo's entire portfolio of beverages, snacks, and nutrition to out-of-home consumption channels, including restaurants, universities, offices, stadiums, hotels, airports, and much more. Away From Home is a key enabler of PepsiCo's strategy, serving as a source of profitable growth, a vehicle to build our brands, and a source of new occasions.

Responsibilities

Strategy & Transformation plays a critical role in charting PepsiCo's long-term growth and influencing effective execution with cross-functional partners. We are tasked with ensuring the company invests in the resources 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 pressing issues facing the company by influencing brand 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, growth priorities (e.g., portfolio, channel / customer strategy), and transformation that enables PepsiCo to create long term advantage through next-gen capabilities.

• Provide thought partnership to Strategy & Transformation leadership team and business partners on a broad range of business-critical topics
• Serve as the analytics point-person on projects, applying logical and creative thinking to drive to fact-based insights
• Build "Executive ready" project deliverables in partnership with project leaders
• Execute against time-sensitive requests from team leaders and cross-functional business partners
• Maintain an external mindset, including staying on top of consumer, competitive, and macroeconomic / geopolitical trends

Compensation and Benefits

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.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications :

Preferred Qualifications :

Skills & Competencies

Strategic mindset and highly analytical thinker with sound business judgment. Self-starter mindset with the ability to "manage up" Strong verbal and written communication skills to educate and influence senior leaders. Strong knowledge of MS Office suite. This position is limited to persons with indefinite right to work in the United States. This position is a hybrid model, with 3X a week in-office requirement. Preferred office location : Purchase, NY.

EEO Statement

Our Company will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of the Fair Credit Reporting Act, and all other applicable laws, including but not limited to, San Francisco Police Code Sections 4901-4919, commonly referred to as the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance; and Chapter XVII, Article 9 of the Los Angeles Municipal Code, commonly referred to as the Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, 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.