Business Strategy Sr Manager
PepsiCo · Geneva
OverviewAt PepsiCo, we’re more than just iconic brands — we’re a team of 2,000+ passionate people across 11 countries, working together to deliver great-tasting products that consumers enjoy every day.
With over 70 years in the region, we operate from 7 key locations — including 4 headquarters and 4 production sites — and offer a portfolio of 16 brands, from global icons like Pepsi and Lay’s to local favorites like Duyvis and Schwip Schwap. We’re committed to sustainability, innovation, and community impact. If you’re looking to grow your career with purpose, we’d love to hear from you.
The Strategy Snr manager will work in the EMEA strategy team on key end-to-end strategy projects aligned to the EMEA growth strategy. This role will be leading analysis, problem solving, deliverables preparation for PepsiCo Executives, leveraging internal and external insights. This role will also be supporting adhoc EMEA CEO Chief of Staff deliverables and building the EMEA Strategy Capability & Community.
Responsibilities
This role will support a broad range of ever changing set of cross-functional strategic projects as determined by the organisational priorities taking a lead role in running the project team. The topics for these projects can be highly varied from addressing broad-based strategic questions, M&A or tactical executional obstacles. This role will lead projects autonomously:
- Identify and deconstruct business issues and develop strategic, analytical, and financial frameworks to conduct analyses
- Build "Executive ready" project deliverables
- Demonstrate strong leadership and significant influence management skills with the ability to gain credibility with Sr Leadership while challenging the status quo
- Build robust financial/strategic models (requiring strong strategical modelling and xls capability)
- Maintain an external mindset, including staying on top of consumer, channel, competitive, and macroeconomic / geopolitical trends
- Communicate the implications of the analysis to EMEA Strategy executives clearly via impactful, concise, presentation materials with compelling storytelling for executive audience
- Collaborate effectively, with external and/or internal stakeholders across the organisation.
- Develop implementation plans to drive execution with sound and highly efficient planning and project oversight
Additionally, this role will support ad-hoc projects across full breadth of team including Chief of Staff deliverables as required. This will include responsibilities such as preparing board papers on key topics and other key decision making support to both the EMEA CEO, his extended leadership team and the broader global organisation.
Finally, this role will contribute to build the Strategic Capability and Strategy community in EMEA by sharing best practices and partenering close with Global, Region and OU Strategy teams whenever possible.
Qualifications
Differentiating Competencies
- Consumer packaged goods or retail experience, especially food and beverages sector
- 10+ years of relevant experience in a variety of positions both internally and externally
- BA required (MBA strongly preferred)
- Thinks strategically and is able to codify the long term growth plan for the organization
- Operates efficiently and effectively in a matrixed environment and demonstrates effective collaboration across multiple layers
- Shows a strong ability to influence senior leaders or cross-functional teams
- Global outlook with sensitivity and awareness of social and cultural differences
- Actively participates in both global and regional strategic initiatives
Key Skills and Experience Required
- Bright, self-starting, innovative thinker who is passionate about consumer products
- Structured logical thinker with ability to define problems and frameworks, demonstrate an understanding of key value drivers
- Able to collaborate within teams
- Able to complete complex analytical tasks with limited supervision
- Intellectual curiosity – awareness of emerging trends and competitive activity in the sustainability space
- Cultural sensitivity – Understand cultural and social differences in key markets and potential secondary markets with passion for understanding global differences
- Comfort in ambiguity – Adaptability in less-structured environments (able to “jump in” and contribute even when facts are not yet 100% clear); ability to quickly figure out solutions to complex issues
- Is persistent and resilient in the pursuit of objectives, can shift gears easily, is willing to take on new challenges and works to resolve issues
- Can effectively communicate (verbal and written) with internal and external stakeholders across all levels
- High attention to detail and focus on driving processes through successful execution
This role will support a broad range of ever changing set of cross-functional strategic projects as determined by the organisational priorities taking a lead role in running the project team. The topics for these projects can be highly varied from addressing broad-based strategic questions, M&A or tactical executional obstacles. This role will lead projects autonomously:
- Identify and deconstruct business issues and develop strategic, analytical, and financial frameworks to conduct analyses
- Build "Executive ready" project deliverables
- Demonstrate strong leadership and significant influence management skills with the ability to gain credibility with Sr Leadership while challenging the status quo
- Build robust financial/strategic models (requiring strong strategical modelling and xls capability)
- Maintain an external mindset, including staying on top of consumer, channel, competitive, and macroeconomic / geopolitical trends
- Communicate the implications of the analysis to EMEA Strategy executives clearly via impactful, concise, presentation materials with compelling storytelling for executive audience
- Collaborate effectively, with external and/or internal stakeholders across the organisation.
- Develop implementation plans to drive execution with sound and highly efficient planning and project oversight
Additionally, this role will support ad-hoc projects across full breadth of team including Chief of Staff deliverables as required. This will include responsibilities such as preparing board papers on key topics and other key decision making support to both the EMEA CEO, his extended leadership team and the broader global organisation.
Finally, this role will contribute to build the Strategic Capability and Strategy community in EMEA by sharing best practices and partenering close with Global, Region and OU Strategy teams whenever possible.
Differentiating Competencies
- Consumer packaged goods or retail experience, especially food and beverages sector
- 10+ years of relevant experience in a variety of positions both internally and externally
- BA required (MBA strongly preferred)
- Thinks strategically and is able to codify the long term growth plan for the organization
- Operates efficiently and effectively in a matrixed environment and demonstrates effective collaboration across multiple layers
- Shows a strong ability to influence senior leaders or cross-functional teams
- Global outlook with sensitivity and awareness of social and cultural differences
- Actively participates in both global and regional strategic initiatives
Key Skills and Experience Required
- Bright, self-starting, innovative thinker who is passionate about consumer products
- Structured logical thinker with ability to define problems and frameworks, demonstrate an understanding of key value drivers
- Able to collaborate within teams
- Able to complete complex analytical tasks with limited supervision
- Intellectual curiosity – awareness of emerging trends and competitive activity in the sustainability space
- Cultural sensitivity – Understand cultural and social differences in key markets and potential secondary markets with passion for understanding global differences
- Comfort in ambiguity – Adaptability in less-structured environments (able to “jump in” and contribute even when facts are not yet 100% clear); ability to quickly figure out solutions to complex issues
- Is persistent and resilient in the pursuit of objectives, can shift gears easily, is willing to take on new challenges and works to resolve issues
- Can effectively communicate (verbal and written) with internal and external stakeholders across all levels
- High attention to detail and focus on driving processes through successful execution