Vice President of Engineering

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Job Description

Pepsi Bottling Ventures is seeking a VP Engineering to join our team!

Who We Are

We are jointly owned by Suntory and PepsiCo. Suntory is a family-owned business founded in Japan more than 125 years ago that is known globally for their beverages and innovative spirit. PepsiCo has a 125-year plus legacy as a global leader in convenient foods and beverages. We represent Suntory’s non-alcoholic beverage industry in the United States and have an 80-year plus legacy of providing PepsiCo products to the Carolinas and beyond.

What We Do

We make, sell, and distribute PepsiCo and more beverages. We have the exclusive rights to make, sell, and distribute directly to stores in our territory the world-renowned PepsiCo and Keurig Dr. Pepper beverages. These exclusive rights make up the vast majority of our business and cover certain counties across five states.

We also create our own beverages, producing and distributing them to our customers’ warehouses nationally. And we make, sell, and distribute to our customers’ warehouses a growing portfolio of beverages nationally. These beverages make up a small, but growing part of our business.

What Makes Us Unique

We bring you the beverages you love. We bring PepsiCo’s and Keurig Dr. Pepper’s beloved beverages and more to you and our customers. As a part of Suntory, we believe in dreaming big and boldly pursuing our dreams, growing for good, and giving back to society. We innovate to create new beverages, like our Nature’s Twist refreshing lemonade line, and we continuously expand our beverage portfolio to bring you and our customers joy.

What We Look for in Leaders

Our leaders embrace a coaching leadership style. We look for leaders that empower all team members. Our leaders value integrity, teamwork, accountability, creativity, and communication in all they do and expect from their teams.

VP Engineering Overview

Engineering plays a key role for transforming, developing, and executing supply chain strategy to achieve successful financial & operational results. Engineering excellence can significantly impact market competitiveness & business growth.

VP of Engineering will be responsible for PBV’s multi-year capital investment road mapping, asset life cycle management, capital project management, and supply chain optimization to improve productivity, quality, and safety. As the Head of Engineering, this role will lead two groups: Project Management Office and Engineering Execution Team.

Project Management Office (PMO) serves as a central hub for setting PBV’s standards and specs, developing bid packages, tracking project budgets and schedules, and preparing project update reports for the stakeholders. It is an oversight function to provide structure, process, decision-making model, and tools for managing and controlling capital projects.

Engineering Execution Team is the field team to oversee daily project activities and site work. They manage vendors and contractors during the entire lifecycle of a capital project.

Day-to-Day Responsibilities

• Develop a multi-year capital investment roadmap for future planning inc. asset life cycle management. 

• Manage Capital Investments. Prioritize projects in the pipeline considering urgency or importance to the business needs.

• Lead PMO team and Field Engineers to deliver business objectives (CapEx KPIs).

• Ensure technical standards and specifications are created or updated for Engineering Excellence.

• Implement methodologies and a governance framework to ensure that all engineering practices comply with company rules, and legal/regulatory standards.

• Facilitate effective communication with stakeholders on engineering activities. Construct and maintain collaborative partnership with vendors and suppliers.   

• Lead Engineering Transformation. Learn and apply Best Practices including new technologies to enhance PBV’s Supply Chain capabilities.

• Support Supply Chain Excellence to improve safety, quality, and productivity at PBV operations.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering is required     
• Master’s Degree is a plus
• PMP or other project management certification is preferred
• 15 plus years relevant experience in CPG manufacturing operations. Beverage bottling is preferred.   
• Experience and demonstrated results in capital strategy execution and project management
• Experience in operational excellence and continuous improvement practices
• Action-oriented and innovative mindset to create resolutions for obstacles or challenges
• Strong leadership and management skills to build highly capable teams
• Excellent oral and written communication skills with the ability to negotiate and influence the audience
• Travel up to 60% for projects (visiting PBV operated sites and vendors). Car allowance provided

Compensation and Benefits

As part of your total compensation package, you will also receive the following benefits:

• Vehicle:  Participation in the executive car program with an annual car allowance

• Paid time off, including holidays, vacation days, personal days, parental leave, and bereavement leave

• 401(k) with a company match

• Medical, prescription, dental, and vision insurance options, as well as supplemental health plan options, including accident, critical illness, and hospitalization

• Saving and spending accounts

• Company-paid telemedicine services

• Free counseling and information services

• Wellness program

• Company-paid life insurance

• Company-paid disability coverage

• Adoption assistance

• Education assistance

• Legal service plan option

• Pay advance option

Unfortunately, we will be unable to offer visa sponsorships to candidates.

EOE M/F/D/V

Pepsi Bottling Ventures is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status. All employment decisions are based on valid job-related requirements. If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran and are unable or limited in your ability to use or access our website, you may request a reasonable accommodation to express interest in a specific opening. You can request reasonable accommodation by calling 1-800-662-8792 or via e-mail at [email protected]