Global R2P Design Lead – Buying Experience and ...

Overview: The Global R2P Design Lead – Buying Experience and Compliance plays a pivotal role in PepsiCo’s first-of-its-kind end-to-end R2P transformation, impacting $70B+ in spend, 100M+ suppliers, and over 200M transactions across 50,000+ users. This role is responsible for the strategic design and global governance of an intuitive, scalable, and compliant buying channel framework that supports all procurement categories—including Direct, Indirect, and Contract Manufacturing. The leader will assess current processes and tools, close capability gaps, and implement improvements that elevate the user experience, drive policy compliance, and align with broader category and compliance strategies. Responsibilities: • Working with Procurement closely will play a pivot role for designing a buying channel framework that aligns category strategies with guided rules to drive users toward preferred and compliant choices (both direct and indirect purchases). • Responsible for developing standardized processes for spend compliance across categories, ensuring consistency in policies, controls, and Reporting (including the framework for tail spend (e.g., guidelines for supplier consolidation, expanding the scope to MRO)) • Responsible for implementing a digital front door for business to engage procurement on sourcing, contracts, and supplier onboarding requests. • Accountable for defining and designing catalog structures, including categorization, taxonomy, and supplier content standards • Works closely with R2P Digital Lead to ensure that industry best practice IT solutions are used in the process design Compensation and Benefits: • The expected compensation range for this position is between $125,900 - $249,900. • Location, confirmed job-related skills, experience, and education will be considered in setting actual starting salary. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range during the hiring process. • Bonus based on performance and eligibility target payout is 25% of annual salary paid out annually. and an additional target payout of 10% of annual salary is paid out over 3 years following the end of the performance period. • Long term incentive equity may be awarded based on eligibility and performance. • Paid time off subject to eligibility, including paid parental leave, vacation, sick, and bereavement. • In addition to salary, PepsiCo offers a comprehensive benefits package to support our employees and their families, 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. Qualifications: Leadership Skills • Results-Driven: Balances urgency with quality; delivers outcomes in complex and ambiguous environments. • Forward-Thinking: Applies strategic thinking and design thinking to anticipate and address emerging needs. • Collaboration: Navigates across functional and organizational boundaries with trust and influence. • Change Leadership: Effectively mobilizes others through transformation while maintaining resilience. Professional Capabilities • Innovation: Continuously challenges the status quo to drive improvements in experience and effectiveness. • Program Management: Manages cross-functional initiatives to deliver business outcomes and operational improvements. • Influence and Negotiation: Builds trust and communicates with impact across varying leadership levels. • Digital Fluency: Understands and applies digital technologies to drive process excellence and automation. Required Experience • 10+ years of experience in Procurement, Business Process Transformation, or Supply Chain leadership roles. • Strong expertise in R2P processes and procurement platforms (e.g., ECC, S4HANA, Ariba). • Proven track record in designing and implementing global-scale systems and processes. • Exceptional analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills. • Demonstrated ability to drive measurable savings and sustainable process adoption at scale >: Our Company will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of the Fair Credit Reporting Act, and all other applicable laws, including but not limited to, San Francisco Police Code Sections 4901-4919, commonly referred to as the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance; and Chapter XVII, Article 9 of the Los Angeles Municipal Code, commonly referred to as the Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status. PepsiCo is an Equal Opportunity Employer: Female / Minority / Disability / Protected Veteran / Sexual Orientation / Gender Identity If you'd like more information about your EEO rights as an applicant under the law, please download the available EEO is the Law & EEO is the Law Supplement documents. View PepsiCo EEO Policy. Please view our Pay Transparency Statement Apply tot his job