Procurement Category Lead: All Services -PepsiCo • Cape Town, ZA

Procurement Category Lead : All Services -

PepsiCo • Cape Town, ZA

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Job title : Procurement Category Lead : All Services -

Job Location : Western Cape, Cape Town

Deadline : December 14, 2025

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Responsibilities

What we’re looking for :

Support in designing and implementing specific global technical platforms and supplier competitive Tension tools that will deliver further competitive advantage for the PepsiCo OU’s and bring programs to Sector benchmarks.

Review and sign-off evaluation of all Services RFP’s and cover letters, by assessing ingredients team using smart bidding options and utilizing category levers for lowest total cost to business (TCO)

Lead at all business forums Value Engineering / Productivity Services initiatives for South Africa – aligning and utilizing Regional & Global leverage and scale, to deliver minimum run rate productivity and P&L savings

Establish & Govern CVA / Commodity splits & pricing mechanism for all Services – isolate Fixed cost in order to create a cost strategy that provides effective risk management.

Provide technical leadership to the SA supplier base and be a driver of change and performance improvement for the business in line with Commercial and financial priorities. This includes providing capability to respond to the business need for niche & new products, regional sourcing requirements and the need to comply with regulatory and environmental demands for.

Key enabler to Legal Department to ensure the most beneficial contract terms for PepsiCo, preparation of the contracts and coordinate signing contracts are met.

Manage and develop timelines for transformational projects and be key gatekeeper (Act as owner) in all the critical Purchasing tasks to ensure on-time plan launch.

Responsibility of productivity project identification and implementation in cooperation with sector Procurement and XFP team.

Supplier management :

Supplier selection in line with purchasing strategy for the scope : Participation in the local and regional supplier evaluation process and negotiation with suppliers

Participation in preparing the sourcing plans

Value engineering and productivity projects management and execution

New Supplier development

Maintaining the SQA & Sustainability requirements

Manage supplier relationship through scorecard reviews on quarterly basis with key stakeholders.

Lead dispute resolution regarding material supply, quality issues, invoice and payment issues.

Drive and lead supplier diversity program, build strategy, prioritizing category and supply base, participate in supplier diversity roadshows for awareness, and due diligence and vetting process for sustainable supply solutions

Manage and roll-out commodity risk management buy plan and playbook across ingredients portfolio where applicable.

Qualifications

What will qualify you for the role :

10 years of relevant strategic sourcing experience across All Services with global organization, involving complex multi-geography and multi-site responsibility, assessed through category relevant questions;

At least 6 years in leading role of Services (L10), with spend accountability in excess of $60MM

Verifiable BCP build capability specific to Services, authentic functional champion to establish alternates and substitutes

5% productivity delivery of Services category Year-on-Year (successful candidate to provide past productivity delivery and P&L savings).

Recognized expert to handle complexity; accessible and visible to stakeholders with “consumer first” mindset, proven from past delivery in previous roles

Established leader to steer and persuade accelerated Cost reduction models (without compromising quality and brand image) for Services, pipeline value exceeding $3MM annually.

Hands-on expertise to sourcing models and levers, specific for unique Services, for cost optimization. Able to demonstrate capability through real life examples

Ability to coordinate multiple cross functional teams to achieve objectives.

Proactive and able to manage ambiguity effectively.

Evolvement within international environment and multicultural understanding.

Excellent communication skills and ability to work within multi-functional teams -– networking, influencing & presenting ideas / programs, demonstrably powerful influencer.

Effective relationship building, development and maintenance with internal stakeholders and external suppliers.

Excellent analytical skills, ability to clearly communicate with all levels of the PepsiCo Organization’s and suppliers

Ability to work alone and take initiative. Identify potential roadblocks and profile them to Management for clarification and resolution.

Manage and execute projects in a timely manner. Ability to prioritize.

Self-starter, ability to work remotely from line manager.

Desire to become long term Procurement professional.

Develop category strategy and successfully execute the strategy.

Ability to execute end-to-end category sourcing strategy.

Fluent in English, high level of computer literacy, strong MS office knowledge & ERP system (Oracle, SAP etc.)

Literate with e-procurement tools knowledge is an advantage.

Ability to collaborate with cross functional stakeholders. Ability to adapt and be flexible and agile in a changing business environment.

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