R&D Digital Platforms Assistant Analyst (1-year Fixed-Term)

Overview

At PepsiCo, you’ll discover a place where our mission is to create smiles around the world. With a portfolio of more than 500 beloved brands including, Pepsi, Doritos and Lipton Ice Tea, our work touches millions of people every day. 

 At the heart of the company is a team of thinkers, creators, and problem-solvers who collaborate to innovate and turn ideas into action. Driven by innovation and a focus on creating joyful moments through food and drinks, our decisions are guided by consumer centricity, creating opportunities for our associates to do meaningful work and make a lasting impact in the communities we serve. 

 Whatever your role, you’ll be part of a global community that values your ideas and empowers you to make an impact, on your career and on the world around you. 

 

We are looking for an R&D Digital Platforms Assistant Analyst who will be responsible for digitizing formula, process, finished product and 3PM specifications on behalf of Product Development / Technical Brand Stewardship (TBS) teams for all innovation, TBS and productivity projects for Europe Foods.

Responsibilities

 

 

• Digitizing formula, process and 3PM specifications on behalf of PD / TBS teams for all innovation, TBS and productivity projects.
• Working with Product Development, commercialization and regulatory to coordinate and assemble finished product specifications.
• Coordination of specification approval workflows within SAP with PD and TDC (Technical, Digital & Compliance) partners to ensure all specifications are approved within required project timelines.
• Working with commercialization to ensure required R&D data is handed off for material / BOM set ups (UK/ Poland) and traceability between R&D specifications and supply chain materials maintained
• Working with teams to ensure specification reports are generated and available in PDMS / ISL in conjunction with project timelines needs (enabling the handover to manufacturing process).
• Working with R&D data governance and SDSA to raise change requests to ensure required data attributes are available for use in SAP.
• Identifying areas of opportunity wrt way of working enhancements with PD, TDC, Commercialization and SC partners.
• Support in coordination and execution of specification obsoletion.

 

 

Qualifications

 

 

• 3-5 years of experience
• Astuteness for data management and accuracy.
• Structured process driven mindset.
• Working knowledge of SAP / proven ability to quickly learn and work within specification systems.
• Ability to work under pressure - conducting multiple activities, supporting multiple projects across all platforms to tight deadlines.
• Ability to clearly communicate with internal and external functions in R&D.
• Food industry Product Development / technical background to enable easier interpretation and transformation of raw data.