Process Lead

Overview

At PepsiCo UK, we’re proud to make some of the nation’s favourite snacks and drinks—like Walkers, Quaker, Doritos, Pipers, and Monster Munch. With sites across the UK, including our Quaker mill in Cupar and Doritos factory in Coventry, we’re also home to one of the world’s largest crisp factories in Leicester.

The role of the process lead is to eliminate process losses on equipment or areas, to support the line team to create process standards, and to coach on using standard tools to perform problem solving.

Responsibilities

• Actively participating in line daily meetings and in the execution of the daily plan, including reporting on the following results for the previous 24 hours

  • Centerline (CL) completion and compliance
  • Changeover (CO) adherence to plan and critiques

• Identifying, prioritizing, and eliminating process losses

• Building the process capability and control

• Leading the change management (CM) and validation processes

• Leading and building the capability of process failure technical troubleshooting

• Leading the process of benchmarking and reapplication

• Owning critical daily management systems, e.g., Centerline, Changeover, Change management

• Sharing and reapplying learnings across processes, modules, and plants

• Using reliability engineering (RE) and data analysis tools to drive centerline and loss elimination

• Developing him/herself through participating in corporate and external training

• Taking part in planned stops and rapid changeovers (RCOs) flowing to the line, as needed

Qualifications

• Spend 80% of the time on the factory floor

• Become a technical expert for a designated process E2E

• Coach and collaborate with the line teams, and with site and regional equipment or process owners

Why Join Us?

We offer a competitive salary, bonus, flexible working, and a wide range of benefits—from critical illness cover and discounted gym memberships to enhanced parental leave and electric car schemes. Our commitment to wellbeing and career growth makes us a Top Employer for 14 years running.

Equal Opportunities

We’re an equal opportunity employer, committed to the Equality Act 2010. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and will provide any necessary adjustments to support you through the recruitment process.

About PepsiCo

PepsiCo products are enjoyed by consumers more than one billion times a day in more than 200 countries and territories around the world. PepsiCo generated nearly $92 billion in net revenue in 2024, driven by a complementary beverage and convenient foods portfolio that includes Lay’s, Doritos, Cheetos, Gatorade, Pepsi-Cola, Mountain Dew, Quaker, and SodaStream. PepsiCo’s product portfolio includes a wide range of enjoyable foods and beverages, including many iconic brands that generate more than $1 billion each in estimated annual retail sales.

Guiding PepsiCo is our vision to Be the Global Leader in Beverages and Convenient Foods by Winning with pep+ (PepsiCo Positive). pep+ is our strategic end-to-end transformation that puts sustainability and human capital at the centre of how we will create value and growth by operating within planetary boundaries and inspiring positive change for planet and people. For more information, visit www.pepsico.com, and follow on X (Twitter), Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn @PepsiCo.