Strategy Manager - AMESA

Overview

The PepsiCo Africa, Middle East & South Asia (AMESA) Strategy team plays a critical role in

charting the growth of our business and developing fact-based recommendations to achieve our

strategic and financial objectives.

The AMESA Strategy team is part of PepsiCos Global Strategy function and works across our

entire portfolio of beverages and snacks, acting as the business internal advisors on overall

business strategy and specific market and category deep dives.

The Strategy Manager is a key part of the AMESA strategy team and delivers answers to critical

questions related to our business strategy, evaluates potential M&A and supports leadership in

business planning. Proficiency in market and competitive intelligence analyses, internal and

external benchmarking, and strong capabilities in Excel and PowerPoint tools is a must. The

candidate must be comfortable with financial modelling, be able to succinctly communicate to

executives whilst collaboratively working with key stakeholders in Sector and Business Units. The

Strategy Manager will share the team's accountability in producing top-notch quality deliverables

for senior management at the local, regional, and global levels, and provide leadership and

coaching to junior members of the team as required.

Responsibilities

• Provide thought partnership to business partners and Senior Executives on a broad range of

business-critical topics

• Demonstrate strong leadership and influence management skills, including the ability to

challenge the status quo

• Develop project deliverables in partnership with other functions and teams
• Lead project teams: oversee and conduct data analytics to ensure conclusions are grounded

in facts

• Maintain an external mindset, including staying on top of consumer, competitive, and

macroeconomic / geopolitical trends

• Contribute to capability building for AMESA and Global Strategy function (e.g., Recruiting,

Training, Knowledge Management, etc)

• Execute against time-sensitive requests from Executives and cross-functional business

partners

Qualifications

• 6-8 years of strategy experience with a Top-Tier consulting firm, earlier experience in FMCG

strongly preferred

• MBA preferred
• Proficient in communicating in English
• Thought leader with strategic mindset and broad global business outlook
• Highly analytical thinker with sound business judgment
• Excellent technical skills to process large quantities of data in an error-free manner
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Self-starter mindset with the ability to manage up
• Global outlook with sensitivity and awareness of social and cultural differences; foreign

language skills highly desired