Indirects & Project Procurement Lead

Responsibilities · Develop and Lead the Procurement strategy (including competitive bidding/RFP/RFQ/RFI, Vendor identification, contract management and spend analysis) for CAPEX, Supply Chain, Business Services, MRO, Facilities Management, Admin, IT and other 3rd party goods/services. · Lead and manage myBUY SAP Platform for catalogue/non-catalogue Spend & Sourcing, and ensure performance KPIs as per BU targets · Collaborate with wide range of stakeholders (including Project, Engineering, Operations, HR/ER, EHS, Admin, Agro and QA) to support their agenda on strategic sourcing projects. Support Project team during the Complete Project Cycle, and ensure that all material/services are availed at most cost-effective rates through competitive bids and verified vendors. · Lead & Implement the Procurement strategy of indirect spends/vendor with emphasis on productivity, cost reduction opportunities while contributing to the efficiency/profitability of Overall business, TCO Analysis, localization and vendor/spend consolidation projects. · Deliver Indirect productivity on total spend as per annual operating plan · Maintain compliance to PepsiCo Global Procurement Policy to audit ready standard. · Build sustainable supplier partnership, strong BCPs for strategic advantage · Manage Purchase to Pay (P2P) processes, including approving Requisitions and ensuring compliance to Global Procurement Policy · Work closely with Legal & Controls to develop contracts that include all the required terms and conditions to mitigate risk to protect PepsiCo's interests · Apart from the above, the employee is expected to perform other accountabilities, time to time assigned by the manager. Lead supplier selection, negotiate and interpret contracts between the company and Capex suppliers. Demonstrate accountability for functional, business and broad company objectives. Integrate and support development of processes that meet business needs across the organization for specific commodity responsibility. This role contributes to the overall strategy and manages complex issues within functional areas of expertise Lead all ‘imports’ related activities from placement of order, L/C creation till receiving of shipment and invoice clearances, for all OEMs and Global Suppliers, while ensuring all activities during the process are planned in order to avoid any delay and/or associated additional costs. Extend support cross-functionally in preparation of Operating Plans (AOP) and Strategic plans (Strat Plans). Monitor and manage Multan Greenfield Indirect Costs to ensure that all purchases are made within budgetary requirements and agreed savings (productivity commitments) are realized. Ensure the P2P (Procure to Pay) process is strictly complied with for every transaction/step, and the process is reviewed / updated regularly as per Business guidelines while ensuring all related controls are in place. Also, to ensure 100% compliance to Quarterly/Annual Key Controls and audit guidelines at all given times. Create cross functional synergy between different departments to support optimum decision making for the business and excellence in execution to add appropriate value to the business through championing the Change Management. Upgrade the purchasing function and its role players, including selection, training and development, to comply with world class purchasing standards. Performs economic analyses, modeling and financial evaluation. Implements total system cost concepts and analyses for strategic sourcing evaluation projects. Develops credible business cases by obtaining and evaluating relevant information. Maintains proficiency in and updates portions of enterprise information and knowledge repositories and processes (i.e. SAP, Selectica contract management, myBuy Ariba, Cirtuo, SpendHQ). Provide assistance as needed for reporting, planning, budgeting and personnel development. Interact closely with and assists stakeholders in the sourcing, evaluation and contracting. Facilitate the identification and development of proper contracting documents to manage risk. Maintain all contract logs in Selectica. Understand ongoing site operational, transactional and supply management activities to ensure alignment with PepsiCo Project strategies. Develops and maintains processes to monitor spend and sourcing activities for agreements assigned to and/or related to spend areas. Facilitates and assists in the development and management of key supplier relationships and performance for spend areas and specific contractors. Qualifications Engineering/Business Graduate 5+ years of experience in Procurement Strategy Development, Material Management, Contracts and Vendors Management in similar organization Excellent Command of MS Excel, SAP, ARIBA e-auction Strong analytical, Negotiation and influencing skills required Self-disciplined, process and solution oriented Solid knowledge of local Businesses/Market Excellent Communication and people’s management Skills Key performance Indicators: New Supplier (local/import) development as per category BCP plan Deliver 7%-10% Productivity and cost avoidance targets as per annual operating plan On-time supply of materials (% delivery compliance), and timely payments 100% P2P process compliance and quarterly audits/controls testing MyBuy SAP adoption, catalog automation, catalog enablement (fixed price model etc.) and productivity targets as per annual plan Manage SAP Procurement module for vendor/item code creation Support BU PEP+ Sustainability goals for Energy and Waste categories