Logistics Project Manager (9 month secondment)

PepsiCo Deutschland GmbH
Leicester
3 days ago
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Overview

PepsiCo UK is home to some of the world's most loved food and drink products. Making everyday favourites like Walkers, Quaker, Doritos, Pipers, and Monster Munch, to name a few! We have a fantastic reputation for developing and launching products that our consumers love. PepsiCo products are enjoyed by consumers around the world more than one billion times a day in more than 200 countries and territories. The company generated $91 billion in net revenue in 2023. In the UK, we pride ourselves on being a great place to work and in 2023 have been awarded the Times Top 50 Employers for Gender Equality (formerly Times Top 50 Employers for Women) for the 18th year in a row and Top Employer for the 12th year in a row.

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 at the centre of how we will create value and growth by operating within planetary boundaries and inspiring positive change for the planet and people. For more information, visitwww.pepsico.com.

As a Logistics Project Manager, you will be managing capital projects and change initiatives within the UK Logistics network. You will be working alongside the Site Engineering Manager, and you will need to plan and manage capital requests and execute to meet operational objectives on time and within budget.

Responsibilities

  • Manage project implementation within the logistics network.
  • Ensure project performance objectives are delivered on time, with regard to site capacity and throughput.
  • Manage project financials to deliver within budget.
  • Short and long-term project planning to hit project milestones.
  • Day-to-day coordination of downtime and testing to minimise operational impact.
  • Develop comms strategy and manage stakeholders at all levels of the organisation.
  • Risk management and mitigation for identified risks.
  • Develop programme of front-line engagement and involvement.
  • Develop operational business processes, operating manuals, and associated training plans.
  • Deliver projects to meet performance measures and operational KPI’s.
  • Ensure compliance with risk management strategy; MESS, EHS, and Food Defence (BRC).

Qualifications

Essential:

  • Project management experience.
  • High degree of organisational competence to manage multiple short and long-term priorities.
  • Problem-solving skills and ability to make decisions in a high-pressure environment.
  • Demonstrated leadership ability.
  • Experience with budget and cost management processes.
  • Adaptable to the changing needs of a challenging and fast-paced operation.
  • High degree of computer literacy with a good understanding of Excel and PowerPoint.

Preferable:

  • Proven project management skills.
  • Experience with Capital process and writing compelling business cases.
  • Experience with large-scale warehouse automation.
  • FMCG Operations or Engineering background.
  • Project management Qualification e.g. Prince2 certification.

We are an equal opportunity employer and comply with the Equality Act 2010; we value diversity at our company as it is an essential part of our success. We do not discriminate on the basis of age, pregnancy or maternity, marital/civil partnerships, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, disability, or race including; colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin.

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