Demand Planning Manager for Greece & Cyprus - IBP (maternity cover)

Overview

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 $94 billion in net revenue in 2025, 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 drinks, 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 places sustainability at the center of our business strategy, seeking to drive growth and build a stronger, more resilient future for PepsiCo and the communities where we operate. For more information, visit www.pepsico.com, and follow on X (Twitter), Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn @PepsiCo.

Responsibilities

• Own and govern the enterprise Demand Plan for Greece and Cyprus, ensuring a high-quality, transparent, and decision-ready demand signal across all planning horizons. The role leads Demand Management within the Integrated Business Planning (IBP) framework: orchestrating cross-functional inputs, owning demand forums, and driving continuous improvement of forecast quality, scenario thinking, and planning maturity enabling proactive actions to close gaps and support sustainable growth delivery – directly impacting growth delivery, service performance, and cost outcomes through early identification and closure of demand gaps.

• As part of the East Europe IBP network, the role also acts as the regional ambassador for Demand Planning capability, with a specific mandate to standardize and uplift Blue Yonder utilization across markets.

• Own the Demand Plan for Greece and Cyprus, with final decision rights on demand baseline, assumptions, and adjustments across channels and customers. Accountable for the ‘one-number’ demand signal used for ISOE/ISOP and financial outlook; escalates and resolves cross-functional gaps via IBP governance.

• Proactively assess and communicate the strength and limitations of the demand signal to IBP Lead, clearly articulating where gaps in assumptions, inputs, or capabilities constrain growth, and triggering cross-functional actions to improve plan quality and outcomes.

• Has the mandate to challenge, reject, and escalate demand inputs that do not meet quality standards, and to trigger corrective actions through IBP governance.

• Lead and own DMR (iSO&E) and Demand Control (DC, iSO&P) forums, ensuring quality discussion, clear scenarios, risks & opportunities, and documented decisions.

• Proactively engage Marketing, Finance, Commercial/Sales, and Supply Planning forums to secure forward-looking inputs (up to 24 months) impacting demand.

• Translate sales, pricing, innovation, and transformation plans into a coherent demand signal using clear planning building blocks.

• Ensure disciplined use of statistical baseline forecasting and correct interpretation of model outputs.

• Drive high-quality utilization of Blue Yonder for demand planning, ensuring consistency, adoption, and continuous improvement.

• Lead and develop the Demand Planning team (GR + CY), covering short- and mid-term planning across all channels.

• Monitor and improve demand planning performance (accuracy, bias, scenario robustness), focusing on learning and sustained progress rather than perfection.

• Act as Blue Yonder Demand Planning ambassador for East Europe, defining standards, building capability, running communities of practice, and auditing maturity.

• Partner closely with IBP leadership (SCEB, SEEB, EE) to ensure alignment with regional and enterprise IBP objectives.

Qualifications

• University degree

• Strong expertise in Demand Planning within an IBP environment.

• Proven experience owning demand signals and leading cross-functional planning processes.

• Advanced understanding of forecasting concepts (baseline, bias, scenarios, drivers).

• Hands-on experience with Blue Yonder (or similar Demand planning solutions).

• Strong business acumen with the ability to translate commercial, financial, and supply inputs into actionable demand plans.

• Demonstrated people leadership and team development experience.

• Excellent communication and storytelling skills for senior forums and decision making.

• Ability to operate effectively in a matrix, multi-market environment.