Overview This role will coordinate all seed & chipstock importation requirements, leverage economies of scale and delivering improved service and cost to the OU’s. In addition to significantly improving the current ad-hoc value chains, this role will also be responsible for the creation of new agro value chains such as the import of potatoes from India & Egypt to Indonesia and Vietnam and the export of minitubers from China to Egypt. In addition to the Import & Export component of the role, this role will also be responsible for leading the APAC Agro Productivity agenda. Responsibilities Import/Export: •Define and lead end-to-end APAC Agronomy import & export strategy that will manage the movement of potatoes (minitubers, seed & chipstock). •Develop the protocols that will define how each of the OU’s sources it’s imported seed & chipstock requirements, leveraging the FG Import/Export model and the business IBP/S&OP program. These protocols will deliver: ØRobust supply agreements ØImproved service metrics ØReduced cost ØStandardized receiving protocols •Lead a matrix organization, liaising with both internal and external stakeholders. •Be the face of PepsiCo APAC potato importation with all external suppliers across a diverse range of countries. •Collaborate with the agro teams across markets to ensures best practice sharing and deployment of applicable projects across markets. Productivity: •Lead the APAC Productivity agenda across both Commodity spend and Operating spend components of the value chain, delivering productivity annually. •Systemize the reporting of agro productivity working collaboratively with the Agro finance team. •Lead the APAC Agro Productivity forum and be the APAC representative on the Global Productivity forum. •Collaborate with the agro teams across the markets to ensures best practice sharing and deployment of applicable projects across markets. Qualifications •Excellent collaboration and networking skills. •High level of communication, orally & written, with ability to articulate & communicate strategies to both suppliers and internal stakeholders •High analytical and process driven capabilities. •High level of cultural awareness, displaying an inclusive and respectful mindset at all times. •Good technical agronomical knowledge. •Strong people leadership skills including ability to lead cross functional teams and engage across a broad range of both internal and external stakeholders •Effective business & functional project manager skills enabling to articulate and escalate hurdles quickly and keep driving the projects forward. •Results driven, problem solving skill, fast learning and self driven •High integrity: won’t compromise values to get results •Work independently under pressure