Product Quality Benchmarking Associate

Overview

This 12-month assignment supports the FSQA (Food Safety & Quality assurance) competitive performance assessment of PepsiCo’s core beverage products across the Top International Beverages markets.

This role offers a unique opportunity to contribute to PepsiCo’s Product Superiority programs by leveraging consumer science, product quality, and market performance insights to drive data-informed decisions and strengthen competitive advantage.

Responsibilities

• Monitor trade performance data and identify, investigate, and escalate out-of-specification trends to local teams to support continuous improvement.
• Partner with Product Development teams to track current in-market formulas and maintain product specifications repository to ensure accurate testing and benchmarking.
• Manage external vendor relationships and scope of work to ensure delivery against program objectives.
• Create Lab Advantage request for each consumer research and track to its full completion.
• Collaborate with Data Engineering and Consumer Science scientists to update and deliver the digital Competitive Scorecard.
• Support financial management of a near $3MM program budget, including purchase order creation, invoice tracking, forecasting, and adherence to financial calendars and processes.

Qualifications

• 1–3 years of experience supporting Supply Chain, R&D, FSQA, or related functions.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and time-management skills, with experience in data analysis. Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, including Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and ideally Power BI.
• Strong interpersonal and stakeholder management skills, with a proactive and collaborative mindset.
• Experience with budget management preferred; experience with document management systems is a plus.
• Flexibility with working hours; while alignment with U.S. time zones is not required, occasional meetings may extend to 18:00, with flexibility in start times on those days.
• Ability to work effectively in a remote environment without direct colleagues or managers at the same location, but in a collegial R&D office.
• Professionalism and discretion when participating in senior leadership (Director-level and above) meetings, including handling confidential information appropriately.