Franchise Supply Chain Director

The Supply Chain Operations Director plays a critical role in supporting the Operating Unit, bottling partners, and the broader supply chain function to achieve Annual Operating Plan (AOP) objectives. This position focuses on developing and sustaining manufacturing and delivery capabilities, driving capacity expansion, productivity improvements, quality assurance, food safety, sustainability efforts, and capability building. The role also leads strategic supply chain initiatives, strengthens the bottler network, and oversees long-term transformation projects to ensure operational excellence.

Key Responsibilities

- Establish and align the vision, mission, and strategic priorities for the supply chain function and team to drive performance and growth.
- Collaborate with Operating Units and bottling partners to develop and implement business continuity and crisis management plans.
- Formulate manufacturing, product sourcing, and material supply strategies while enhancing bottler capabilities.
- Contribute to annual operating plans by identifying capacity constraints and proposing sourcing solutions such as 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 availability of approved packaging materials.
- Provide technical leadership for line qualification activities and new product introductions.
- Act as the subject matter expert on supplier capabilities, capacities, packaging specifications, technologies, and cost structures.
- Maintain comprehensive databases covering suppliers, bottlers, capacities, specifications, technologies, and packaging material standards.
- Deploy best practice tools and conduct train-the-trainer programs to enhance bottler manufacturing and delivery capabilities.
- Develop leadership and technical skills within the team to ensure successful delivery of innovation and AOP commitments.
- Drive productivity initiatives across short, medium, and long-term horizons to mitigate the impacts of commodity inflation and currency devaluation.
- Ensure compliance with PepsiCo Quality and Food Safety standards across all projects.
- Lead governance reviews with bottlers to monitor project milestones, progress, and implement corrective actions as needed.
- Support the development and qualification of local vendors and suppliers, facilitate new technology introductions, and resolve packaging quality issues.
- Ensure packaging and printing compliance with company guidelines.
- Champion 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.