Product Manager Ibp

Overview:
The **Product Management** team is tasked with articulation of the vision and leading the execution and implementation of PepsiCo’s next generation global Digital and Data infrastructure. The scope encompasses the full Strategy & Transformation agenda, leading all Digital and Data product roadmap initiatives, and is intended to manifest as components of a Data/Digital platforms which enable all business functions at Global scale.

The IBP Product Manager, Continuous Improvement Lead will be a critical member of the global IBP product management team. They own technical solution delivery and will work cross functionally with process, adoption, and strategy teams to deliver IBP. The Product Manager will have to adapt to the dynamic needs of the business and ensure IBP is positioned to drive optimal business value. This includes balancing the development of a global product vs. market needs. This role will focus on driving the IBP Product across demand planning elements, including overall team management across the PepsiCo Forecast Engine, demand integration with SAP IBP, Demand Control, Product Management Review, Demand Management Review, Integrated Review, and Management Business Review workstreams.

**Responsibilities**:

- Own the ongoing enhancement and optimization of the IBP product for local markets.
- Own prioritization of features to be enabled for local markets in collaboration with the Global IBP product managers/CoE.
- Proactively manage and improve cross workstream dependencies identifying opportunities.
- Drive continuous improvement of the product and own the quality of enhancements delivered in the market.
- Measure, manages and reports on KPIs for continuous improvement of product in the market.
- Lead key stakeholders, business engagement, and product managers to socialize product plans and requirements, research, brainstorm and validate new functionality, and address any product issues.
- Demonstrate passion for excellence related to product design, delivery, and engineering.

Qualifications:

- IBP, Demand Planning, S&OP or S&OE experience preferred.
- 7+ years of product management with experience creating strategic product roadmaps and working with cross-functional teams in a highly-matrixed environment.
- 4+ years CPG beverage demand planning or similar experience with a focus on continuous improvement.
- Experience building and launching products from ideation through launch and revision.
- Strong knowledge and experience in agile methodologies, experience working with multiple scrum teams on simultaneous builds.
- Experience managing daily technical and design direction.
- Bachelor’s degree required; Bachelor’s degree in quantitative or engineering related field preferred.
- CPG experience preferred.

**Skills, Abilities, Knowledge**:

- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, along with the ability to influence and demonstrate confidence in communications with senior level management.
- Positive and flexible attitude to enable adjusting to different needs in an ever-changing environment.
- Strong leadership, organizational and interpersonal skills; comfortable managing trade-offs.
- Proactively drives impact and engagement while bringing others along.
- Ability to lead others without direct authority.

**Differentiating Competencies Required**:

- Understands both the engineering and business side of the Products released.
- Places the user in the center of decision making.
- Teams up and collaborates for speed, agility, and innovation.
- World-class organization and accountability.
- Operates effectively in matrix relationships across organizational barriers.
- Able to seamlessly transition between visionary/strategic focus and hands-on getting things done.