- This role effective orchestrates the monthly demand collection for EU markets used for Sector S&OP forums

- Collaborate with BU DP, E2E & S&OP leads to ensure an authorised 24M Demand signal is published monthly across all Europe BU's & Categories, suitable for use in Cluster SMR/ Sector Exec S&OP forums leveraging JDA/ o9

- Use of Mosaic for AOP/ PxF as system of record

- Provide analytics insights on demand trends that correlate to European Supply platforms, subbrands and packaging sizes to drive effective decision making on demand shaping actions (Revenue management) or sourcing/ capacity investments (Profit management)

- Establish process for validation of 24M volume forecast by MU/ category/ platform with Demand Planning & E2E teams, including validation of forecast assumptions, mix change insights, NPDs, risks and opportunities

- Develop an integration solution for markets that do not have the pre-requisite JDA / Mosaic architecture

- Provide insights on AOP submission quality by MU/ category/ platform, using extracts from JDA & Mosaic at key stages of the process, to ensure Supply Chain have visibility of variances and changes in demand

- Manage and develop direct reports to support the team / process.

Responsibilities:

- Provision of demand insights by sourcing cluster to be presented during Sector Exec iSOP forums to support business growth in Revenue, Profit and Share (Europe ~$12bn of Net Sales)

- Enable BU Demand planning teams optimise JDA demand planning capability:

- Ensure authorised 24M Demand Signal is published ahead of SMR and Exec iSOP

- Share analytics insights on key DP KPIs 6M FA/ BIAS & FVA to drive corrective actions

- Gather feedback from DP leads/ iSCP CoE/ iS&OP PMO on Continuous Improvement opportunities to further improve demand planning effectiveness

- Partner with the BU Demand Planning & E2E Leads/ iSCP CoE Business partners & iS&OP PMO to develop BU DP teams on system and process adherence

- Keep a repository of all Financial forecast submissions (AOP/ P4F/ PSP) by BU to be enable variance analysis with the latest BU Demand Signals.

- Accountable for maintaining all Sector DMR / MBR process documentation and training materials

- Develop a Long Term Demand Planning Key User Network to share best practice and learnings

- Develop, educate and communicate S&OP KPI scorecard, including governance of standardization vs proliferation/ specific market needs

Qualifications:

- Candidate should have 10 - 12 years of experience

- Expert in DP analytics to deliver business insights for SOP process

- Deep understanding of internal & external Demand trends and statistical forecasting capability

- Ability to interpret complex planning challenges into simple business language

- Strong mathematical, statistical and Analytical skills

- Collaboration & Influencing Skills

- Ability to work independently across multiple geographies

- Fluent in English

- Proactively shares information, best practices, and ideas with others throughout PepsiCo

- Stays current with trends in the external environment and applies that information within the context of his or her job

- Automation using Power-Bi and Tableau