Strategy Manager

Dare For Better

PepsiCo is a playground for curious people. We invite thinkers, doers, and changemakers to champion innovation, take calculated risks, and challenge the status quo. From executives to team members on the front lines, we're excited about the future. We take chances. Together, we dare to make the world a better place.

Our associates are the magic ingredient. Each of them plays an integral role in helping create deep connections between people and our products. Think about your last group celebration: Chances are, one of our iconic brands was by your side. At PepsiCo, you're invited to be a part of a global team of innovators who make, move, and sell these productswhich are enjoyed by more than 1 billion people a day.

A career at PepsiCo means working in a culture where everyone's welcome. Here, you can dare to be yourself. No matter who you are or where you're from, you can influence the people around you and the world at large. By showing up, you'll have the opportunity to learn, develop and grow your skills for the future. Our supportive teams can fuel your professional goals to make a global impact on people and the planet.

Join us. Dare for Better

The Away-From-Home Strategy team is part of PepsiCo's North America Strategy & Transformation function. Away from Home brings PepsiCo's entire portfolio of beverages, snacks, and nutrition to out-of-home consumption channels, including restaurants, universities, offices, stadiums, hotels, airports, and much more. Away From Home is a key enabler of PepsiCo's strategy, serving as a source of profitable growth, a vehicle to build our brands, and a source of new occasions.

Responsibilities

Strategy & Transformation plays a critical role in charting PepsiCo's long-term growth and influencing effective execution with cross-functional partners. We are tasked with ensuring the company invests in the resources and capabilities needed to stay ahead of the competition, adapt to market trends, and maintain market leadership. This entails developing actionable solutions for some of the most pressing issues facing the company by influencing brand and channel priorities and by undertaking transformational initiatives (e.g., data & analytics, digital ordering) to achieve the greatest possible growth and penetration.

Our team primarily works across three types of projects: long term strategic planning, growth priorities (e.g., portfolio, channel/customer strategy), and transformation that enables PepsiCo to create long term advantage through next-gen capabilities.

• Provide thought partnership to the Strategy & Transformation leadership team and business partners on a broad range of business-critical topics.
• Independently drive project analytics, applying logical and creative thinking to deliver fact-based insights.
• Build "Executive ready" project deliverables with limited guidance from project leaders.
• Demonstrate strong leadership and influence management skills including the ability to challenge the status quo.
• Execute against time-sensitive requests from Executive leaders and cross-functional business partners.
• Maintain an external mindset, including staying on top of consumer, competitive, and macroeconomic / geopolitical trends.

Compensation and Benefits:

• The expected compensation range for this position is between $106,400 - $178,100.
• Location, confirmed job-related skills, experience, and education will be considered in setting actual starting salary. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range during the hiring process.
• Bonus based on performance and eligibility target payout is 12% of annual salary paid out annually.
• 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.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree.
• 5+ years of strategy experience in a variety of positions, both internally and externally.

Preferred Qualifications:

• MBA strongly preferred.
• 6-8 years of top-tier Consulting firm strategy experience.
• Consumer packaged goods (CPG) experience and/or supporting CPG organizations.

Skills & Competencies:

• Highly analytical, motivated, decisive thought leader with excellent managerial skills.
• Strategic mindset with an ability to think broadly, refine questions, and develop analytical frameworks.
• Outstanding project management skills.
• High Emotional Intelligence and verbal and written communication skills to educate and influence senior leaders; ability to "manage up".
• Strong knowledge of MS Office suite.
• Global outlook with sensitivity and awareness of macro, social, cultural, consumer, and business trends.
• This position is limited to persons with an indefinite right to work in the United States.
• This position is a hybrid model, with 3X a week in-office requirement.