Line Pair Lead

PepsiCo • Piscataway Township, NJ

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About The Position

At PepsiCo, our mission is to create smiles around the world. With a portfolio of more than 500 beloved brands—including Gatorade, Lay’s, and Quaker—we reach millions of consumers every day.
Our teams are thinkers, creators, and problem‑solvers who turn ideas into action. Guided by innovation and consumer centricity, we create joyful moments through food and beverages while empowering associates to do meaningful work and make a lasting impact in the communities we serve.
Wherever you sit in the organization, you’ll be part of a global community that values your ideas and gives you the opportunity to shape your career and the world around you.
The Line Pair Lead is a critical manufacturing leadership role with full end-to-end ownership of a production line (Bottle, Can, or BIB). This leader is accountable for 24hour performance across all shifts, setting direction, driving consistent execution, and ensuring the lines deliver on safety, quality, productivity, technical efficiency, cost, and service.
The Line Pair Lead influences across functions, develops strong and capable teams, and ensures disciplined operating routines that enable sustainable, best-in-class line performance.

Requirements

• Strong leadership skills with the ability to drive change
• Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills
• Ability to give and receive constructive feedback
• Effective coaching, facilitation, presentation, and team‑building skills
• Ability to lead a team based approach to decision making
• Must have indefinite right to work in the United States
• Valid driver’s license

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s degree in Industrial, Mechanical, Chemical, Electrical Engineering, or related field
• Experience in manufacturing, operations, process improvement, or operational excellence
• Strong understanding of production processes and performance metrics
• Proven analytical and problem solving skills
• Ability to influence across shifts and functions without direct authority
• Comfortable working in a fast paced, 24hour manufacturing environment
• Experience in beverage, food, or consumer packaged goods manufacturing
• Bottling, canning, or BIB line experience
• Lean, Six Sigma, IWS, or continuous improvement background
• Technical or engineering education or experience

Responsibilities

• Own overall performance for one manufacturing lines across a 24hour operating window
• Maintain full accountability for Safety, Quality, Productivity, TE, Cost, and Service KPIs
• Set the daily agenda and operating priorities for all shifts
• Ensure consistent standards, expectations, and execution across the entire operation
• Lead, coach, and develop team members across all shifts
• Build capability in safety leadership, quality ownership, technical skills, problem solving, and continuous improvement
• Ensure appropriate staffing, skill coverage, and succession planning
• Foster a culture of ownership, accountability, engagement, and high performance
• Lead line structure meetings, shift handoffs, and daily performance reviews
• Ensure clear communication, alignment, and execution across all shifts
• Drive disciplined adherence to standard work and operating routines
• Partner with Maintenance, Engineering, Quality, and other functional teams to:
• Develop and execute strategies to improve line performance
• Plan and coordinate downtime and down day execution
• Deliver productivity, reliability, and cost improvement initiatives
• Lead root cause problem solving and continuous improvement efforts
• Champion a people first safety culture with proactive risk reduction
• Ensure product quality standards are met or exceeded on every shift
• Actively coach teams to own safety and quality outcomes

Benefits

• Bonus based on performance and eligibility target payout is 8% of annual salary paid out annually.
• Paid time off subject to eligibility, including paid parental leave, vacation, sick, and bereavement.
• Medical, Dental, Vision, Disability, Health, and Dependent Care Reimbursement Accounts, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Insurance (Accident, Group Legal, Life), Defined Contribution Retirement Plan.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees