The purpose of this role is to build, roll-out & embed best in class project management on marketing innovations, promotions, activations, value engineering and renovation through stage gate, systems, data standards, & KPIs consistent with Category & EER (PepsiCo East Europe organization) best practices & principles.

• Keep x-functional team on track against key milestones, particularly in between Gates, to ensure that programs remain on target for planned launch dates
• Providing world-class Commercial project management expertise, delivering solutions that enable rapid speed-to-market and flawless execution
• Driving innovation synergies and minimizing duplication and low value-add activities
• Challenge project plans, financials and assumptions in order to optimize P&L and timelines and minimize project risk
• Develop creative solutions with input from Commercialization Manager and x-functional team

• High level of business acumen is required (5 to 7 years business experience)
• Fluent in English
• Financial knowledge & commercial understanding
• Very strong, proven commercial project leadership skills
• Operating knowledge of how to commercialize large scale innovation (incl. Stage Gate management)
• Strong commercial negotiation skills and/or commercial supply chain experience
• Good understanding of market research methods
• Understand channels/trade P&L
• Strong commercial negotiation skills and commercial supply chain experience
• Working within a complex, fluid x-functional environment
• Managing significant amounts of change and being able to influence a broad base of x-functional stakeholders & peers