PepsiCo Launches Second Edition of Change the Game Challenge
· PepsiCo’s massive competition offers job opportunities and more to successful participants
· 2017 competition open to participants in even more markets
Lahore; 27 September 2017: The Change the Game Challenge, launched by PepsiCo for the first time in 2016, is back. Through the Change the Game Challenge, participants – in teams of two – are asked to solve this year’s business challenge of starting their own health and nutrition business in the food and beverages space and to clarify which health and nutrition business they will start and why. Given the success of last year’s competition, the Change the Game Challenge 2017 has been opened to even more countries than before, giving millennials in 10 countries the opportunity to sign up.
Candidates who wish to be a part of the competition must be students, recent graduates or professionals with less than three years of experience. Shortlisted teams will pitch their ideas to Indra Nooyi, PepsiCo CEO. Winners are then offered a job with PepsiCo in their relevant Region. First Runners-up are offered a job with PepsiCo in their home country or given the opportunity to shadow PepsiCo business leaders for a week, while second Runners-up will be given the opportunity to shadow PepsiCo business leaders for a day in their home country.
Potential candidates are being scouted through a series of campus drives taking place in Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad. Top 5 runner-up teams will qualify for the PepsiCo Pakistan Management Trainee Program for 2018, bypassing all the hiring processes, except interviews.
PepsiCo products are enjoyed by consumers one billion times a day in more than 200 countries and territories around the world. PepsiCo generated more than $66 billion in net revenue in 2014, driven by a complementary food and beverage portfolio that includes Frito-Lay, Gatorade, Pepsi-Cola, Quaker and Tropicana. PepsiCo's product portfolio includes a wide range of enjoyable foods and beverages, including 22 brands that generate more than $1 billion each in estimated annual retail sales. At the heart of PepsiCo is Performance with Purpose - our goal to deliver top-tier financial performance while creating sustainable growth and shareholder value. In practice, Performance with Purpose means providing a wide range of foods and beverages from treats to healthy eats; finding innovative ways to minimize our impact on the environment and reduce our operating costs; providing a safe and inclusive workplace for our employees globally; and respecting, supporting and investing in the local communities where we operate.