Grains Procurement Lead, Turkey & Central Europe

PepsiCo

Develop and execute the category sourcing strategy and risk management for corn, corn grits & popcorn procurement for Turkey (all grains) & CE (for whole corn only).

Responsibilities include:

• Own new corn variety development and approval processes with a strong link to breeding companies.
• Own the E2E contract process.
• Own supplier relationships, supply/quality issue resolutions and supervise supply processes.
• Own the annual budget planning and monthly forecasting processes & reports.
• Own grains productivity pipeline and deliverables including new innovations, value engineering & new supplier qualification/onboarding.
• Support Europe Veg. Oils Lead for local oils sourcing in Turkey & CE.
• Review the supply balance of corn, popcorn and corn grits and revise plans according to the volume updates received every month.
• Support import & export activities for Grains between PEP OUs.
• Calculate Potato/Corn-Semolina Price Variance on a monthly basis and prepare the report.
• Represent Procurement to local/sector finance teams for related categories.
• Maintain up-to-date market intelligence to manage the price risks.
• Share relevant information to prepare monthly KPI reports.
• Reconcile weekly supplier invoices and track invoices with finance.
• Ensure daily supplier & financial communication (document flow, information, etc.).
• Coordinate with the logistics/production teams.