Franchise Supply Chain Director

The Supply Chain Operations Director plays a critical role in supporting the Operating Unit, bottling partners, and the overall supply chain function to achieve Annual Operating Plan (AOP) objectives. This position focuses on developing and sustaining manufacturing and delivery capabilities, driving capacity expansion, enhancing productivity, ensuring quality and food safety, and promoting sustainability. The role also involves building capabilities, leading strategic supply chain initiatives, strengthening the bottler network, and managing long-term transformation projects.

Key Responsibilities

- Set and align the vision, mission, and strategic priorities for the supply chain function and team to ensure cohesive direction and execution.
- Support the Operating Unit and bottling partners in developing and implementing business continuity and crisis management plans.
- Develop strategies for manufacturing, product sourcing, and material supply while enhancing bottler capabilities.
- Provide input to annual operating plans by identifying capacity constraints and proposing sourcing solutions, including capacity expansion, co-packing, and imports.
- Support launch readiness for new products and packaging innovations to ensure smooth market introduction.
- Lead the execution of marketing calendar initiatives with bottlers and suppliers, ensuring the availability of approved packaging materials.
- Provide technical leadership for line qualification activities and new product introductions.
- Serve as the subject matter expert on supplier capabilities, capacities, packaging specifications, technologies, and costs.
- Maintain comprehensive databases covering suppliers, bottlers, capacities, specifications, technologies, and packaging material standards.
- Deploy best practice tools and train-the-trainer programs to enhance bottler manufacturing and delivery capabilities.
- Build leadership and technical capabilities within the team to ensure successful delivery of innovation and AOP commitments.
- Drive productivity initiatives across short, medium, and long-term horizons to mitigate impacts from commodity inflation and currency devaluation.
- Ensure all projects comply with PepsiCo Quality and Food Safety requirements.
- Lead governance reviews with bottlers to monitor project milestones, progress, and implement corrective actions as needed.
- Develop and qualify local vendors and suppliers, support the introduction of new technologies, and resolve packaging quality issues.
- Ensure packaging and printing compliance with company guidelines.
- Lead and drive the Pep+ Agenda across all bottlers to meet the Operating Unit’s glidepath for all Pep+ pillars.
- Implement OFAC and sanctioned market requirements and prerequisites to maintain regulatory compliance.

Required Qualifications

- Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering.
- 12 to 15 years of experience in a manufacturing or operating environment.
- Strong knowledge of beverage manufacturing operations and supply chain practices.

No preferred qualifications or benefits were specified in the original description.