Post Date

December 20, 2007

 

Job Title        

GES Supply Chain Planning Manager

 

Company

Frito Lay

7701 Legacy

Plano, TX 75024

 

Contact

David Simmons

 

Phone

972-334-5747

 

Fax

972-334-5802

 

Company Information

PepsiCo (NYSE: PEP) is one of the world's largest food and beverage companies, with 2006 annual revenues of more than $35 billion. The Company employs approximately 168,000 people worldwide, and its products are sold in approximately 200 countries. Its principal businesses include: Frito-Lay snacks, Pepsi-Cola beverages, Gatorade sports drinks, Tropicana juices and Quaker foods. The PepsiCo portfolio includes 17 brands that generate $1 billion or more each in annual retail sales. PepsiCo's commitment to sustainable growth, defined as Performance with Purpose, is focused on generating healthy financial returns while giving back to communities the company serves. This includes meeting consumer needs for a spectrum of convenient foods and beverages, reducing the company's impact on the environment through water, energy and packaging initiatives, and supporting its employees through a diverse and inclusive culture that recruits and retains world-class talent. PepsiCo is listed on the Dow Jones North America Sustainability Index. For more information, please visit www.pepsico.com.

 

Job Duties & Responsibilities

The GES Supply Chain Planning Project manager will define and deliver all the production planning, replenishment planning and inventory planning system modifications for the GES start-up in Q3 of 2008 and the associated ramp up to the full GES solution.

This position will help enable productivity and P&L impact of $300MM through robust system integration. This position will be responsible for developing and delivering business processes in addition to system changes/enhancements. Execute project deliverables to implement Supply Chain Planning solutions, enabling the future business model transformation over the next 5 years and beyond. Participate in the integration of solutions across the projects and prioritize work to enable deliverables on time and within budget. Effectively work with team members to facilitate delivery of Supply Chain Planning enhancements. Successfully complete and validate solutions prior to implementation, driving end-user acceptance of solutions.


 

Skills/Knowledge

Minimum Education
Bachelor's Degree in Supply Chain, Business, Engineering, or related field

Preferred Education
Master's Degree in Supply Chain, Business, Engineering, or related field
Broad understanding of system interdependencies associated with production planning and/or replenishment planning.

Ability to problem solve across IT applications impacting the supply chain solution

*Ability to influence the supply chain agenda for FLNA *Strong people management skills *Effective Presentation and Communication Skills (written and verbal).
*Strong analytical and problem solving skills.
*3-5 yrs relevant experience in replenishment planning, production planning, packaging room management and/or inventory planning.
*Understanding of i2's Replenishment Planning and/or Inventory Planning software.
*Experience using DPP or similar production planning tool.

 

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