R&D Specifications Leadership Position

5 days ago

Hyderabad, Telangana, India PepsiCo Full time
Role Overview

The Specifications Management Team Lead will oversee sub-capabilities managing Ingredient (Updates & Innovation) and Non-ingredient specifications (Process, Formula, Finished Good) at HBS. This role will ensure exceptional service is provided in support of R&D Spec Management globally.

Responsibilities

Functional Responsibilities

  • Manage and oversee teams delivering R&D Foods Ingredient, Formula, Process, and Finished Goods specification writing activities.
  • Build and foster strategic relationships with other R&D Team Leads for data collection, sign-offs, and specification completion.
  • Work closely with Function Leaders to understand business needs, assess knowledge gaps, and develop Specification Management strategy that focuses on process and alignment to R&D strategic goals.
  • Ensure all technical documentation is approved and captured into the appropriate document management system.
  • Ensure team leads manage all requests - processed, documented, and delivered within defined SLAs.
  • Monitor Specification writing resource count and resource utilization across HBS to meet the pipeline of requirements from R&D sectors and functions across all geographical locations.
  • Identify potential areas for process improvements and employee upskilling to make recommendations to R&D GBS Leadership for continuous capability development.
  • Support simplification, standardization, and digitization efforts.
  • Partner with Business Partners to develop and fine-tune internal processes.
  • Conduct performance reporting and create required reports or scorecards for R&D functions.
  • Work closely with Process Excellence on relevant continuous improvement projects.
  • Partner with counterparts in Mexico Business Services to share best practices and align on a single way-of-working.

People Responsibilities

  • Develop team capabilities, continuous motivation, and increased engagement levels.
  • Define and monitor performance goals for evaluation of direct subordinates.
  • Support communications, idea sharing, and learning for specification writing team.
  • Provide timely feedback on team members' performance and provide subject matter or market-specific expertise when necessary.
  • Build meaningful developmental/career paths for subordinates.
  • Report on best-practices and gold-standard work within and across teams and hubs to build consistent levels of excellence across R&D GBS.
  • Enhance internal knowledge and team efficiency through productivity optimization and digitization projects.
  • Address any gaps in team competencies, including training and development, and form developmental plans for existing workforce and potential external talent search.

Qualifications

Leadership Skills:

  • Strong leadership and motivational skills with a track record of identifying and championing new processes for improving fact-based decision-making.
  • Communication: Clearly, completely, and concisely shares ideas and adapts style/content as appropriate for the audience, actively listens, demonstrates ability to produce presentations, written reports, and analysis, delivers formal and informal presentations with impact in both oral and written format.
  • Collaboration/Stakeholder Engagement: Working across boundaries and creating trusting relationships, demonstrating active listening skills.
  • Clarity: Simplifying complexity, communicating in a clear and concise manner.
  • Demonstrated experience leading & motivating teams.

Professional Skills:

  • Experience working in the CPG industry, with deep understanding of the business performance measures and output, their relationships, and how to bring business performance insights to life visually.
  • Bachelor's degree required, Engineering, Science, or Business Management preferred.
  • Fluent in English - verbal and written.
  • Experience working with stakeholders in North America, Europe, LATAM, APAC, or AMESA markets.
  • Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite.
  • Exceptional organizational skills, with attention to detail and accuracy, a working knowledge of cataloging and distributing knowledge.
  • Ability to manage time effectively across priorities and projects requiring a high degree of organizational and communication skills to ensure requests are delivered in a timely manner.

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