Sustainable Agriculture Senior Analyst

Overview

pep+ (PepsiCo Positive) is the future of our organization - a strategic end-to-end transformation, with sustainability at the center of how we will create growth and value by operating within planetary boundaries and inspiring positive change for the planet and people. It is our roadmap for becoming the global leader in convenient foods and beverages and a leading actor in the transformation of the global food system.

Global Sustainability Agriculture at PepsiCo:

PepsiCo's Sustainable Agriculture team is dedicated to creating a resilient and sustainable agricultural system that is vital for the company's business continuity, environmental stewardship, and food systems change. We support PepsiCo & our partners in delivering our Positive Agriculture agenda which focuses on regenerative farming practices, sustainable sourcing, and improving livelihoods, aiming to spread these practices across 10 million acres of farmland. The team works globally, collaborating with farmers and partners to address climate change impacts and support economic prosperity, farm security, and women's economic empowerment.

About the position:

The Sustainable Agriculture Senior Analyst supports the PepsiCo Sustainable Agriculture team across key processes and implementation activities, particularly focused on tracking and supporting execution of team budget and contract processes for Sustainable Agriculture project implementation. The person in this role should be able to run project management tools and tracking spreadsheets for effective day-to-day operations while also having an eye to process improvement opportunities. The Analyst will have the opportunity to support team members in additional short-term project opportunities as time allows.

Responsibilities

• Maintain Budget tracking systems for the Sustainable Agriculture workstream
• Provide financial updates to budget owners each period, highlighting and investigating significant variances to plan/forecast, in close communication with Finance team in addition to business owners
• Track and facilitate the contracting process through the lifecycle including submittals and workflow; contracts review, PO requisition and cross charges
• Support billing process including planning and forecasting true-ups to plan
• Provide ad-hoc analytical and financial process support, as well as to special projects. Serve as the analytics point-person on projects, applying logical and creative thinking to drive to fact-based insights to help improve progress against pep+ goals
• Build strong working relationships with business partners across PepsiCo
• Maintain registry of contracts expiration / initiate renewal process when required
• Support operation of Projects pipeline and team mapping tool, and tracking/reporting mechanism and maintenance of this system on an ongoing basis.
• Provide support to team members on cross-functional engagement campaigns, supply chain traceability, and project management, as time allows.

• The expected compensation range for this position is between $84,000 - $140,650.
• 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 8% of annual salary paid out annually.
• 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.

• Bachelor's Degree
• 3-5 years of experience in project administration, financial tracking and data analysis
• Strong verbal and written communication skills to effectively interact with all levels of management
• Excellent analytical skills and the ability to translate analytical findings into actionable solutions and processes
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint with the ability to quickly learn various in-house software applications
• Strong interpersonal skills and proven collaboration/teamwork experience - requires working with many senior leadership across multiple Sectors/matrixed teams/cross-functions
• Ability to work independently and take ownership to drive progress; organized and capable of multi-tasking
• Project management experience a plus  
• Excellent technical skills to process large quantities of data in an error-free manner
• Proactive communication and reporting
• Ability to engage with a wide range of stakeholders from analyst to VP level internally as well as global partners externally.