PepsiCo - Supply Chain Leadership Programme Apprentice

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Job Description

There’s No One Else Quite Like You. Your Skills And Talents! Your Personal Experiences. Your Point Of View. Your Dreams!

Because we’ve seen the amazing things that can happen when we dare to be different ourselves. That’s why we’re continually taking on new challenges. Introducing new products. Delivering surprising moments. Crafting what’s next. We’re excited to see what we can accomplish when your skills, ideas and perspectives meet our dynamic team.

PepsiCo UK is home to some of the world’s most loved food and drink products including; Walkers, Doritos, Tropicana, Quaker, Naked Juice and many more. We have a phenomenal reputation for developing and launching products that our consumers love; through innovation and groundbreaking marketing of our products.

Globally, PepsiCo operates in more than 200 countries with an annual Net Revenue of over $66 billion. We are over 250,000 game changers, mountain movers and history makers, scattered around the world, and united by a shared set of values and goals. PepsiCo generated more than $64 billion in net revenue in 2018, driven by a complementary food and beverage portfolio that includes Walkers, Doritos, Pepsi-Cola, Quaker and Tropicana. PepsiCo's product portfolio includes a wide range of enjoyable foods and beverages, including 22 brands that generate more than $1 billion each in estimated annual retail sales.
Guiding PepsiCo is our vision to Be the Global Leader in Convenient Foods and Beverages by Winning with Purpose. “Winning with Purpose” reflects our ambition to win sustainably in the marketplace and embed purpose into all aspects of the business
PepsiCo’s is looking for talented and courageous individuals with collaborative and entrepreneurial approach who will join our supply chain team to make a real impact with our customers.

The Apprenticeship Programme is an exciting opportunity to shape your career and help you reach your full potential. We do this by offering exposure to a breadth of experiences including data analysis, root causing, customer forecasting, service reporting & driving collaboration with our Commercial contacts. Your responsibilities will evolve over the course of your apprenticeship.

The apprenticeship programme
- As is common practise with apprenticeships, you will spend 80% of your time gaining experience within the supply collaboration function and 20% studying with our partner university.

- This study time will primarily be online from home, with block release for in person lectures and workshops roughly once per quarter. All travel & accommodation is covered by PepsiCo.

- In your first year you will learn the principles of supply chain including finance, operations, planning, forecasting and demand management.

- Year 2 includes inventory, Logistics, technology and regulatory legislation

- Years 3 & 4 centre around the work based project, which is your opportunity to showcase your skills by taking ownership of a live project at PepsiCo.

- At the conclusion of the course you will have reached the required standard to receive a full Bachelors degree from a UK University in addition to membership of a professional body.

- Further information on the apprenticeship standard is available here: (https://www.instituteforapprenticeships.org/apprenticeship-standards/supply-chain-leadership-professional-degree/ )

Qualifications/Requirements

What we’re looking for
- Excellent people skills and the ability to influence at all levels
- Quick learner who is able to build relationships
- People who thrive on challenges with good organisational skills
- Motivation: A passion to work towards achieving results with bags of energy
- Tenacity: Focused on achieving personal and business goals.
- A flexible approach with the ability to work in a fast paced agenda
- High personal standards and constantly looking for improvements and a better way forward
- A team player who can look at the whole picture and seek to positively influence it
- Ability to analyse data on the go and make decisions based on clearly defined rules

Salary and Benefits
You will be given a starting salary of £17,500 and be eligible for annual pay increases in line with other employees. Promotions are available at certain junctures in the course and will be rewarded appropriately.
We believe hard work is important, but we also know a balance is needed. We therefore provide some fantastic flexible benefits alongside a great work life balance; from a competitive pension scheme to discounted cinema tickets... there’s something for everyone. You’ll have use of our onsite gym, access to discounted PepsiCo products and even a complimentary Quaker porridge breakfast.

What to expect next
You’ll receive communication regarding next steps shortly after you apply. We encourage you to apply early, as in the event of a large response we may need to close the advert before this date.
Whether you are in your final year at school or in the workforce already and considering your future, our main focus is finding a great match between our values and your commitment to succeed. With that in mind, we haven’t set a start date and will work with you to find the right solution.

Relocation Eligible: Not Applicable
Job Type: Pipeline

We are an equal opportunity employer and comply with the Equality Act 2010, we value diversity at our company; it is an essential part of our success. We do not discriminate on the basis of age, pregnancy or maternity, marital/civil partnerships, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation, gender or gender reassignment, disability or race including; colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin.