Process Excellence Analyst

Role Overview: You will be a part of the newly formed Process Excellence & Transformation function in PepsiCo's Strategy & Transformation team. Your main focus will be on driving Process Excellence and Re-engineering initiatives for end-to-end value streams and business processes. Your objective will be to lead process diagnostics and re-engineering to deliver business impact through operations excellence, standardization, and automation initiatives across markets including those supported by our global Capability Centers. You will support end-to-end process transformation roadmaps and specific transformation teams to identify continuous improvement opportunities to deliver business value and enhance customer experience. Your initiatives will include driving and mentoring Lean Six Sigma projects, process modeling, process mining diagnostics, process automations, and statistical analysis for performance variation and benchmarking. You will operate as internal consultants, working with cross-functional and global teams on multiple projects. Great presentation skills and the ability to influence change with senior stakeholders, functional experts, and delivery teams will be crucial. You may also be required to conduct Lean Six Sigma Kaizen sessions, facilitate Value Stream Mapping and Design Thinking sessions, and work closely with Hyper Automation teams while being adept in Agile and Scrum methodologies. You will report to senior leaders in the Process Excellence & Transformation team. Key Responsibilities: - Expert in Process Analytics and deriving insights from data through Process Mining (Celonis) and Task Mining; Must possess excellent communication and stakeholder Management skills - Ability to use storytelling and visual representation while presenting data-driven insights - Proven ability in identifying, quantifying, and delivering value across end-to-end value streams - Business Process Management and process conformance analysis using process modeling - Process Mining, value enablement, and roadmap execution - Task Mining, opportunity identification for standardization and automation - Agile project management to support hyper-automation projects - Experience in AI ML projects to drive process analytics and support business outcomes - Experience in change management to ensure project implementation and adoption Qualifications: - Overall, 8+ years of experience with at least 3+ years experience in business transformation and automations - Preferred- Certified Business Analyst with at least 2-3 years of experience using Celonis and Scout - Track record of delivering high-value business improvement projects using data analytics - Preferred- experience in Process Transformation and automations - Experience working with cross-functional teams and multiple stakeholders - Ability to lead projects independently - Working with tight deadlines,