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SalaryOverview:
PepsiCo products are enjoyed by consumers more than one billion times a day in more than 200 countries and territories around the world. PepsiCo generated more than $86 billion in net revenue in 2022, driven by a complementary beverage and convenient foods portfolio that includes Lay's, Doritos, Cheetos, Gatorade, Pepsi-Cola, Mountain Dew, Quaker and SodaStream. PepsiCo's product portfolio includes a wide range of enjoyable foods and beverages, including many iconic brands that generate more than $1 billion each in estimated annual retail sales.
Role Purpose:
The Global foods R&D leader will :
PepsiCo is an Equal Opportunity Employer: Female / Minority / Disability / Protected Veteran / Sexual Orientation / Gender Identity
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Additional Location : Beaumont Park-United Kingdom
PepsiCo products are enjoyed by consumers more than one billion times a day in more than 200 countries and territories around the world. PepsiCo generated more than $86 billion in net revenue in 2022, driven by a complementary beverage and convenient foods portfolio that includes Lay's, Doritos, Cheetos, Gatorade, Pepsi-Cola, Mountain Dew, Quaker and SodaStream. PepsiCo's product portfolio includes a wide range of enjoyable foods and beverages, including many iconic brands that generate more than $1 billion each in estimated annual retail sales.
Guiding PepsiCo is our vision to Be the Global Leader in Beverages and Convenient Foods by Winning with PepsiCo Positive (pep+). pep+ is our strategic end-to-end transformation that puts sustainability and human capital at the center of how we will create value and growth by operating within planetary boundaries and inspiring positive change for planet and people. For more information, visit www.pepsico.com.
Role Purpose:
Lead Global Foods R&DPortfolio Stewardship work on Long term portfolio, including horizon developement, integrating a broad range of scientific, consumer, regulatory, life science, and ingredient science considerations into strategies related to portfolio, product, ingredient, package and manufacturing recipes and product designs.
The Global foods R&D leader will :
- integrate scientific findings and studies, from a broad set of external, governmental, academic, consumer, and internal assessments and studies, to form recommendations to proactively plan for and provide portfolio technical stewardship for Global Foods.
- work in close partnership with cross-functional partners in R&D in Regulatory and Scientific Affairs, Nutrition Science, Ingredient, and Food Science, as well as business partners such as corporate affairs, communications and commercial business leaders to create strategic plans and operationalize Portfolio Stewardship programs.
- consider a wide range of scientific context including food regulatory and scientific context, such as nutrition profile models (NPM), food regulatory labelling requirements, through ingredient and product scientific regulation, at the country and global level to create portfolio recommendations and plans. The director will lead and be a key member of a number of global corporate task teams and project efforts, and coach a direct report.
- Lead the Global FoodsPortfolio Stewardship technical agenda – from horizon issue Identification, Assessments, Strategic Recommendations, Planning and operationalizing of key topics and programs.
- Lead and Partner on creation of key strategic recommendations for Stewardship Topics – Including scientific assessments, assessment of risks, creation of Recommendations and Plans to address identified Risks, Issues and Opportunities.
- Lead Key Identified Stewardship topics and issues, and operational plans for Global foods category– Including incorporation of Regulatory frameworks, emerging and contemplated food product or ingredient regulation, horizon issues in foods such as ingredient contaminants and Product and Ingredient Risks.
- Lead and work across a Cross Functional Matrix with both R&D internal partners including regulatory and scientific affairs, and functional, technical and commercial business leaders to create integrated plans and translate Portfolio Stewardship risks into transformation plans (including plans for risk mitigation of ingredients, creation of processing methods to address risks, to ensuring compliance and fit for purpose products in accordance with regulation
- Serve as Subject leader for Portfolio stewardship issues – supporting programming and execution across markets and enterprise, across a broad range of matters across product, process, package, ingredient.
- Lead Creation of Programs, Toolkits, Training materials, and briefing materials to partners and stakeholder on stewardship matters.
- Support and partner on Global Steering teams on Horizon scanning matters – across ingredients, contaminants, packaging, and product.
- Provide and collaborate on internal executive briefings at regular cadence on Portfolio stewardship outlook, arising issues, and progress to identify threats to the business
Compensation and Benefits for US location:
- The expected compensation range for this position is between $113,300 - $226,600 based on a full-time schedule.
- Location, confirmed job-related skills and experience will be considered in setting actual starting salary.
- Bonus based on performance and eligibility; target payout is 25% of annual salary paid out annually.
- and an additional target payout of 10% of annual salary is paid out over 3 years following the end of the performance period.
- Long term incentive equity may be awarded based on eligibility and performance.
- 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.
- Minimum +7 years experience of Scientific or technical leadership of initiatives in product, process, ingredients
- Experience in synthesizing scientific and technical information, legislation, and scoping, shaping into strategic technical and/or business strategies
- Strong leadership & management skills to drive insights into strategies and aligned action
- Demonstrated experience in leading complex programs across a matrixed team, and across an enterprise
- Experience in Regulatory, Scientific Affairs, or Quality Assurance, an asset. Experience in risk assessments in ingredients, contaminants or food contact materials an asset.
- Education Bachelors Degree in STEM Science, Engineering, Nutrition Science, Biology, Chemistry, Food Science, or Toxicology an asset
- Results oriented, proactive self-starter, able to work effectively on own initiative and as a team player, effective within a high degree of ambiguity.
- Leadership & Influence skills . Ability to network effectively, strength in influencing without direct authority, effective collaborator with ability to work within and across a matrixed organization and ability to deliver through collaboration.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills; including the ability to interpret complex subject matter and succinctly summarize needs, recommendations and achievements, communicate to range of stakeholders both technical and non-technical partners
- Strategic thinking ability to provide insight to the business from both a strategic and operational, technical perspective.
- Intellectual Curiosity: An expansive thinker who will engage in continual learning to connect new insights to business opportunities.
- Global acumen: sensitivity and understanding to global and local context
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to 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
If you'd like more information about your EEO rights as an applicant under the law, please download the available EEO is the Law & EEO is the Law Supplement documents. View PepsiCo EEO Policy.
Please view our Pay Transparency Statement
