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Overview: As Sales Sr. Mgr, own planogram delivery for AMESA perfect store & lead a team of POG analysts supporting AMESA sector (perfect store + catman POG services). Ensure that exceptional leadership & operational direction is provided by his/her analysts team to AMESA sales employees across multiple teams and markets. Ensure that his/her Planogram Analysts deliver visually appealing planograms based on store clustering, space definitions and defined flow. Work closely with AMESA sector, BU & category management teams to ensure planograms meet approved parameters. Implement operational practices to ensure accurate & on-time delivery of planograms (i.e. ensuring all planograms meet assortment requirements, visual appeal, innovation opportunities and shelving metrics). Continuously identify opportunities and implement processes to improve service delivery (output quality & timeliness) and develop process efficiency through automation. Lead global stakeholder engagement & build trusted relationships to strengthen total team partnership. Demonstrate strong team & talent management practices including hiring, staffing, performance management & career development for his/her team. Responsibilities: Functional responsibilities - Execution (50%) + People Leadership (50%) Execution responsibilities: Be a single point of contact for AMESA perfect store processes by mastering PEP Process and Category knowledge. Partner with Category Manager / KAM’s to build business context and create effortless partnership to tailor deliverables according to market needs. Own accurate & on-time delivery of AMESA Perfect Store POG processes through effective project management, strong learnability & attention to detail. Drive continuous improvement through process streamlining/automation. Gain in-depth knowledge of PepsiCo business, categories, products, tools and share new learnings with the AMESA POG team on a continual basis to enhance range and space deliverables for AMESA. People leadership responsibilities: Head the AMESA DX POG team (perfect store + catman) and ensure efficient, effective and comprehensive support of the sales employees across multiple teams and markets. Work closely with AMESA sector, BU & Category Management teams to ensure planogram meet approved parameters. Implement planogram quality control practices ensuring all planograms meet assortment requirements, visual appeal, innovation opportunities and shelving metrics. Lead workload forecasting and effectively drive prioritization conversation to support capacity management. Implement operational controls to track progress, monitor progress & control risks. Strong stakeholder engagement to elevate team collaboration, contribution & communication. Drive process efficiencies through process streamlining and/or automation. Build stronger business context and elevate the teams capability from execution focused to end to end capability focused. Scale-up operations in-line with business growth, both within existing scope, as well as new areas of opportunity Create an inclusive and collaborative environment Partner with global teams to define strategy for End to End execution ownership and accountabitity. Responsible for hiring, talent assessment, competency development, performance management, productivity improvement, talent retention, career planning and development Qualifications: 10+ years of experience in retail/merchandizing experience (inclusive of JDA) Bachelor’s in commerce/business administration/marketing, Master’s degree is a plus Advanced level skill in Microsoft Office, with demonstrated advanced Excel skills necessary Experience with analyzing and reporting data to identify issues, trends, or exceptions to drive Advanced knowledge and experience of space management technology platform JDA (5 years) Propensity to learn PepsiCo software systems and ability to provide superior customer service Best-in-class time management skills, ability to multitask, set priorities and plan
