Procurement Commodities Manager - Sweeteners

PepsiCo is a global leader in convenient foods and beverages, with a portfolio that includes iconic brands such as Frito-Lay, Pepsi, Gatorade, Quaker and others. This role supports the Sr Director in developing and stewarding the global category strategy for Sugar & Corn Sweeteners under the Procurement Centrally Coordinated model.

About the role

The Manager, Global Sweeteners Procurement builds and maintains category strategies, commodity/market intelligence, and supplier performance frameworks that regional teams execute globally. This role partners closely with Procurement Finance, Supply Chain, R&D, Sustainability, and regional sourcing teams to ensure global consistency while enabling regional execution within centrally defined guardrails.

Responsibilities

• Category Leadership & Strategy Development: Support development of the Global Sweeteners sourcing strategy, ensuring alignment with business priorities and driving the agenda across Productivity, Innovation, and Sustainability. Translate global strategy into clear guardrails, sourcing principles, and negotiation frameworks for regional execution. Leverage scale through global and cross-sector tendering; support implementation of e-sourcing and digital procurement tools.
• Market Intelligence & Commodity Risk Management: Monitor and synthesize global sweetener market dynamics to inform sourcing decisions and hedging strategy. Develop price forecasts, supply/demand outlooks, and risk models; share market intelligence across business units. Lead risk management by refining playbook models to capture value via triggers and extending optionality through data-driven decision-making.
• Supplier Performance Frameworks & SRM Governance: Design global supplier performance frameworks and SRM governance routines (e.g., joint business plan templates, scorecards, QBR/JBR structures) for regional teams. Support negotiations with strategic suppliers to achieve best-in-class economics and robust business continuity plans.
• Cross-Regional Coordination & Stakeholder Partnership: Act as the connective link between the Sr Director’s central strategy and regional teams executing sourcing in-market, ensuring consistent application of global frameworks. Represent the Sweeteners category in cross-functional and cross-sector forums, influencing across a matrixed, multi-region organization.
• R&D Partnership & Innovation: Partner with R&D to define science and technology needs and develop the roadmap to leverage supplier capabilities. Align Joint Business Plans (JBPs) with R&D to drive supplier resources toward Innovation, Value Engineering, and Design-to-Value (DTV) agendas.
• Sustainability & Compliance: Build central knowledge of Sustainability benchmarking and value delivery, partnering with the Global Sustainability Office and Procurement Excellence teams to drive fact-based negotiations. Ensure alignment and transparent communication of PepsiCo Positive (pep+) targets across Acres, Sustainable Sourcing (SUSO), and Livelihoods, including GHG Scope 1, 2, and 3 commitments.

Requirements

• Minimum undergraduate degree in Business Administration, Finance, Economics, Mathematics, Engineering, Supply Chain, Agriculture, or a related quantitative/analytical field.
• 5+ years of procurement experience and/or related negotiation, commodity, or financial management roles; global or multi-region exposure preferred.

Skills

• Ability to operate effectively in cross-functional teams and navigate matrixed environments, building frameworks centrally while enabling regional execution.
• Comfortable with ambiguity; builds flexible strategies and adapts quickly across regions with differing market structures.
• Strong interpersonal and influencing skills; proven ability to build trust and gain stakeholder alignment without direct authority.
• Intellectually curious with a broad understanding of global macroeconomic, trade, and geopolitical trends affecting agricultural commodities.
• Effective communicator with strong oral, written, and presentation skills for senior leadership and non-expert audiences.
• Ability to travel internationally as needed.

Pay

The expected compensation range for this position is between $110,700 - $185,250. Location, skills, experience, and education will be considered in setting the actual starting salary. Bonus target payout is 12% of annual salary, paid annually based on performance and eligibility.

Benefits

• Paid time off, including paid parental leave, vacation, sick, and bereavement (subject to eligibility).
• Comprehensive benefits package, subject to elections and eligibility:
  • Medical, Dental, Vision
  • Disability, Health, and Dependent Care Reimbursement Accounts
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
  • Insurance (Accident, Group Legal, Life)
  • Defined Contribution Retirement Plan