Job Description

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Responsibilities

As the R&D Coordinator for PepsiCo Foods Canada as part of the Global R&D organization, you will have the critical role to support the R&D team and leadership to deliver a diverse portfolio of snack products. You will support the R&D Director / Excomm representative, the Canadian R&D leadership team and a broader team of product developers and scientists through department planning, budget management, specification and data review, and administrative support. You will be a critical member of the team and deliver a broad range of tasks. Successful candidates are independent workers, self-motivated to learn new skills and flexible in executing their daily activities

Responsibilities Include:

• Work closely with the R&D team in the development of the execution plan of the R&D calendar. This will include working across broad cross-functional teams.
• Serve a key role in our product commercialization process and regulatory process through data entry and review of specifications, user testing of new systems and process training and implementation support on new systems
• Take an active role in finding process improvements to drive increased efficiency in the R&D team
• Leading Budget process for R&D, including PO generation and invoice management in Oracle and other systems, T&E reconciliations, quarterly reports
• Participate in team meetings and take a leadership role in calendar planning for the team to ensure visibility to key dates and meeting requirement, support these meetings with invites, food/drink, and any other support requirements
• Serve to support the department with sending and receiving product samples, shipping/receiving
• Manage calendars, travel, and expenses for Directors as appropriate

• Managing Onboarding for new Associates - prepare checklists, setup associates with internal requirements and paperwork, and schedule meetings for new hires

• Min. 3-5 years relevant business or technical experience
• College or university education
• Experience in managing projects, working independently and dealing with cross functional groups
• Communicate Effectively with ability to deal with ambiguity and to provide clear direction to team
• Good business sense, resourceful, innovative and responsive to change
• Excellent organizer to ensure activities are brought together to meet specific deadlines / goals
• Attention to detail, strong organization skill and experience managing budgets
• Takes Initiative to find ways to get better results, aptitude for process and ability to optimize
• Proficient in Power Point, MS Word, Excel, Outlook
• Computer literate and able to quickly pick up new systems and processes for back-end support