R&d-pgt Project Manager 24months Ftc - Paarl, South Africa - PepsiCo

PepsiCo

Verified Company

Paarl, South Africa

1 week ago

Posted by:

Thabo Mthembu

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Responsibilities:

**Functional
Responsibilities
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Deployment Leadership Engagement

Support content generation for Deployment Leadership Connect or other local meetings as needed

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Planning & Execution

Responsible for delivering against all Sector R&D-PGT engagement objectives
Lead the completion of Sector deliverables in partnership with PGT Deployment, where relevant

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Material & Knowledge Management

Store key R&D and PGT files on R&D-PGT Engagement SharePoint
Capture meeting notes for Deployment Leadership Connects, relevant Sector Team meetings & PGT Sprints & Spikes, ensuring all decisions and R&D actions are captured and added to trackers

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Issue Resolution

Identify, communicate, and document issues
Determine action plans for issue resolution, including key stakeholders to engage
Coordinate followups
Escalate issues to R&D-PGT Lead only if needed

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Reporting

Track key updates, risks, and issues in Reporting Templates for specific R&D-PGT objectives
Consolidate and manage status reporting across all Sector R&D-PGT objectives in Reporting Templates
Publish weekly status reports
Contribute to monthly global status reports

Qualifications:

Experience working in the food manufacturing industry, with deep understanding of the business performance outputs and causal measures, their relationships, and how to bring business performance insights to life visually
Bachelors degree required, Engineering or Food Science preferred
Exceptional data organizational and problemsolving skills with attention to detail and accuracy
12+ years of prior work experience in a similar or related field
Project management
Preference for experience in process transformation/new system implementation/SAP
Fluent in written and spoken English
Ability to manage time effectively across multiple priorities and projects requiring a high degree of organizational and communication skills to ensure requests are delivered in a timely manner
Strong leadership and motivational skills with a track record of identifying and championing new processes for improving factbased decision making
Knowledge of Agile methodology
Collaborative skills and strong interest in working with others; Actively creates and participates in opportunities to cocreate solutions across markets; will be willing and able to embrace Responsive Ways of Working
Comprehension and ability to execute on relevant digital technologies impacting business operations
Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite
Previous experience with SAP as plus but not required

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Essential:

Prior experience working with specification and data management
Proven supervisory and workstream management skills working with parallel teams or functional leads
Prior experience navigating change management
Experience building a high performing and highly engaged team, with exceptional stakeholder management skills
Willingness to collaborate across different time zones
Proven track record of identifying and championing new initiatives to standardize work and drive process optimization through a solutionoriented approach