S&T Global Transportation Lead EMEA

PepsiCo • Plano, TX

10d • $114,500 - $133,400

About The Position

Serve as the Delivery Lead for the EMEA Transportation Control Tower (12+ Countries), accountable for end-to-end program delivery from mobilization through stabilization. Orchestrate cross-functional stakeholders across global, sector, and business-unit teams; govern the integrated plan and timeline; and ensure delivery of all business-case KPIs. Partner tightly with technical teams to translate requirements into deployable solutions, manage scope and dependencies, and lead process, organization, and change-management workstreams—including onboarding and training of impacted teams. Provide financial stewardship (budget, variance management) and proactive risk/issue management to secure on-time, on-budget delivery and measurable value realization for EMEA.

Requirements

• Experience in transportation management, control tower implementation, people management and digital transformation projects
• Experience in Control Tower implementations, with interface with technical teams and vendors
• Minimum 15 years experience in Supply Chain, ideally in warehousing and transportation
• Experience in project management and transformational programs, with PMO Skills
• Strategic transformation mindset, considering process, people and technology
• Communication, presentation and relationship management experience

Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end delivery of the EMEA Transportation Control Tower (TCT) program, ensuring all phases—mobilization, design, build, test, and deployment—are executed to plan.
• Establish and manage the integrated master plan, timelines, dependencies, and critical path across functions and markets.
• Maintain governance forums, progress reporting, and project health reviews with executive stakeholders.
• Drive alignment between global, sector, and business-unit stakeholders, ensuring clarity on objectives, deliverables, and success metrics.
• Serve as the central liaison across business, technology, and capability teams to maintain a single source of truth and ensure transparency.
• Partner with technical teams to define, validate, and prioritize business requirements for solution delivery.
• Ensure seamless integration between business processes, systems, and data flows to enable TCT functionality and interoperability.
• Support testing, user acceptance, and deployment readiness activities.
• Oversee project financials, including budget tracking, cost management, and benefit realization against business-case KPIs.
• Ensure productivity and efficiency targets are met, validating financial outcomes post-implementation.
• Lead process design, optimization, and standardization across participating markets and functions.
• Support adoption through robust change management, training, and onboarding plans.
• Embed new ways of working aligned to global TCT operating model principles.
• Identify, assess, and mitigate delivery risks, dependencies, and potential bottlenecks.
• Escalate critical issues proactively with mitigation strategies to ensure project continuity.
• Track implementation progress against defined KPIs, milestones, and governance metrics.
• Capture and institutionalize lessons learned to enhance subsequent TCT deployments.

Benefits

• Bonus based on performance and eligibility target payout is 15% 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: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed