Corporate Strategy Manager - Latam Region

Overview

CAREERS TO SMILE ABOUT 

At PepsiCo, you’ll discover a place where our mission is to create smiles around the world. With a portfolio of more than 500 beloved brands including, Gatorade, Lay’s and Quaker, our work touches millions of people every day. 

At the heart of the company is a team of thinkers, creators, and problem-solvers who collaborate to innovate and turn ideas into action. Driven by innovation and a focus on creating joyful moments through food and drinks, our decisions are guided by consumer centricity, creating opportunities for our associates to do meaningful work and make a lasting impact in the communities we serve. 

Whatever your role, you’ll be part of a global community that values your ideas and empowers you to make an impact, on your career and on the world around you. 

Responsibilities

The Opportunity

The Latam Strategy (Region) function plays a critical role in charting the long-term growth and portfolio development of LatAm’s sector. We are tasked with ensuring the company invests in the assets and capabilities needed to stay ahead of the market. This entails developing actionable solutions for some of the most challenging issues facing the company.

Joining PepsiCo’s Latam Strategy function will enable experience the breadth and depth of PepsiCo’s sector portfolio and build a deep understanding of both the business and the industry. Whether you decide to remain in Strategy or pursue a leadership position in another function, the experience provides incredible possibilities for a dynamic career at PepsiCo.

The LatAm Strategy team has 4 broad responsibilities:

1. Oversee and execute LatAm’s enterprise-wide Strategic Planning process

2. Serve as internal consultants & business partners to the LatAm organization & leadership

3. Co-create the Strategic agenda for LatAm & partner functional teams for execution

4. Partner across other regional Strategy teams and efforts worldwide as applicable

Your Impact   

As Corporate Strategy Manager - LatAm Region  your scope would consist of…

This role has the responsibility of leading the design, execution & coordination of strategic and M&A initiatives. This individual will be instrumental in delivering top-notch quality deliverables for senior management at the local, regional, and global levels. Examples include financial modelling, market assessments, benchmarking & competitive intelligence. In addition, the Manager will have a key role in the construction & consolidation of the Strategic Deep Dive of the Latam Sector. The candidate should be comfortable giving recommendations using a hypothesis driven approach, creating materials & presenting to Sr. Leadership.

• Identify & deconstruct business issues to develop strategic, analytical & financial frameworks to conduct analyses
• Demonstrate strong leadership and significant influence management skills with the ability to gain credibility with Leadership while challenging the status quo
• Build “Executive ready” project deliverables
• Assist in the planning and execution of the Strategic Deep Dive Process
• Partner with Region functional teams to co-create Strategy, to be implemented with local Transformation teams 
• Lead project teams comprised of Analysts & oversee data analytics processes 
• 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

Qualifications

Who Are We Looking For?   

• Bachelor’s degree required (MBA preferred)

• ~3 years of experience in CPG/Retail, strategy or management consulting

Qualifications

• Strategic mindset and highly structured and analytical thinker with sound business judgment

• Able to work collaboratively with broader S&T team and the rest of the Region

• Excellent skills to structure, process & analyze data, and translate findings into meaningful insights, integrating relevant business knowledge & learnings from other projects/sources

• Create an impactful, concise, and defect-free slide loops & ability to communicate implications & recommendations clearly

• Comfort in ambiguity as demonstrated by being able to adapt in less-structured environment

• Self-starter mindset with the ability to “manage up”

• Team player, with experience working in teams and partnering with multiple business functions

• Can do attitude: the ability to enthusiastically and aggressively take ownership of a project, prioritize effectively, and ultimately drive the project through completion.

• Love of Consumer Packaged Goods and our brands

• Global outlook with sensitivity and awareness of social and cultural differences

• Spanish and English proficiency

If this is an opportunity that interests you, we encourage you to apply even if you do not meet 100% of the requirements.  

What can you expect from us:  

• Opportunities to learn and develop every day through a wide range of programs.   

• Internal digital platforms that promote self-learning.   

• Development programs according to Leadership skills.   

• Specialized training according to the role.   

• Learning experiences with internal and external providers.   

• We love to celebrate success, which is why we have recognition programs for seniority, behavior, leadership, moments of life, among others.   

• Financial wellness programs that will help you reach your goals in all stages of life.   

• A flexibility program that will allow you to balance your personal and work life, adapting your working day to your lifestyle.  

• And because your family is also important to us, they can also enjoy benefits such as our Wellness Line, thousands of Agreements and Discounts, Scholarship programs for your children, Aid Plans for different moments of life, among others.   

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We respect and value diversity as a work force and innovation for the organization.