Global Category Lead, Indirect Procurement – Technology and Professional Services

Job Description

Deputy Director – Global Procurement | PepsiCo

The Tone:
This is a global leadership role at PepsiCo, focused on enhancing global procurement operations and achieving strategic business objectives. PepsiCo is a multinational food and beverage corporation, producing and marketing a wide array of consumer products worldwide. This position is crucial for driving productivity and building advanced strategic sourcing capabilities within the Technology and Professional Services categories, ensuring high-quality and cost-effective support across the organization. The Deputy Director will play a vital role in shaping global procurement strategy and fostering collaborative partnerships to deliver significant business impact.

The TL;DR
• Role: Deputy Director
• Team: Reports to PepsiCo Global Indirect & ITPS Leadership Team, collaborates with GCC Hubs and senior tower leads across Insights, Reporting, Supplier Management, Tactical Buy, RFx, and Contracting capabilities.
• Mission: Own and drive the global Technology and Professional Services category strategy while delivering annual productivity targets and ensuring high-quality support across ITPS categories.
• Tech Stack: Ariba, Archlet, Selectica

What You’ll Actually Do
• Achieve Objectives: Pro-actively contribute to overall Business and Procurement objectives, delivering YoY productivity as per targets defined by the Global Leadership team.
• Drive Strategy: Drive the global Technology and Professional Services category strategy, leading all sourcing, negotiation, and contracting for related products and services.
• Deliver Services: Deliver sourcing services through a dedicated ICC ITPS Rfx/Contracting team, applying leading practices and policies to manage and improve service, quality, and cost via motivated Direct Reports.
• Optimize Operations: Propose and optimize ways of working by finetuning and leveraging tools, toolkits, and the GCC team setup, finding ways to unlock a smooth, best-in-class collaborative working model.
• Foster Collaboration: Ensure high-quality support as a pro-active service provider across IT& Telecom, HR & Prof Services, and Temp Labor categories, contributing to a collaborative working model and ‘one team’ approach through open communication, credibility, and trust with internal stakeholders, the Europe procurement community, and suppliers.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Deputy Director level with a strong background in Procurement.
• Experience: 14+ years in Procurement, with a proven track record in Indirect (Technology and Professional services) Procurement, preferably within an FMCG environment. Includes overall excellent knowledge of procurement processes and category sourcing approaches in best-in-class procurement organizations and the ability to implement them in complex environments, plus a proven leadership track record.
• Skills: Good business acumen, knowledge of financial fundamentals, and excellent analytical and computer/systems skills.
• Bonus: Familiarity with e-sourcing tools (Ariba, Archlet) and CLM systems (e.g. Selectica).