Senior Director - Strategy - PepsiCo - Plano

Job description
The FLNA Strategy team is focused on providing broad, strategic vision for PepsiCo's Frito-Lay division and identifying and evaluating new growth initiatives. Working closely with FLNA senior leadership and with the support of the corporate strategy team, the Senior Director will formulate the division's strategic vision. She/He will lead problem solving and opportunity evaluation, including strategic and financial analysis and the creation of business plans for high potential opportunities.


The Senior Director will take a leadership role, with others in the department, in the annual Strategic Plan development effort and promote strategic development through extensive competitive analysis and by advancing the interests of the company at conferences, trade shows, and meetings with companies. This person will provide broad, strategic input into potential mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures to ensure maximum returns on invested capital and consistency with the overall business.

Blending strong internal capabilities with creative, external perspectives, the successful candidate will champion new initiatives that demonstrate breakthrough thinking. With direct access to senior executives, this individual will lead highly visible projects that will have a significant impact on the direction and performance of the division.

Qualifications / Requirements:

Problem Solving: oversees the identification and diagnosis of the division's most difficult problems and develops solutions that can be implemented
Influence & Communication: creates well-structured and persuasive written documents for senior executives with no guidance; effectively argues for a position and can manage conversations with senior executives
Project Management: leads multiple projects across the team and effectively delivers high quality results in a timely manner while maintaining the team's work-life balance
Value Creation Mindset: Is a sought-after thought partner on multidimensional issues and is considered an expert in the business as well as on external competitive issues
The successful candidate should have several years (minimum 5+ years post MBA) of managerial experience with a leading strategy consulting firm and have managed multiple teams. Industry experience in consumer products is preferred, but not required. The successful candidate will be highly motivated, and possess vision, exceptional ability and enthusiasm.
An ideal candidate should have the ability to identify and define business questions and issues, and develop strategic, analytical and financial frameworks to conduct analysis. He/she will have experience developing and designing implementation plans to drive execution. The candidate will demonstrate strong leadership and significant influence management skills with the ability to gain credibility with team members and senior management.
The successful candidate will be a creative, out-of-the-box thinker who is intellectually curious with a demonstrated interest in continued learning. He/she will have excellent communication and presentation skills, the ability to make decisions quickly and effectively influence others, and a very high level of maturity.
Experience working within a Consumer practice or with consumer products/retail clients is highly desirable.
A Masters in Business Administration from a top-tier school is preferred.

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