Future Leaders Programme Marketing 2022
There’s No One Else Quite Like You. Your Skills And Talents. Your Personal Experiences. Your Point Of View. Your Dreams.
We build brands we are really proud of and we have a mission to create more smiles with every sip and bite. Here at PepsiCo we think like entrepreneurs. We voice opinions fearlessly. We celebrate diversity and differences. We care about growing sustainably. And we get a lot of free Doritos.
Our business covers the full product lifecycle from creating new flavours in our labs to dreaming up ad campaigns and delivering packs to stores. There’s plenty in between too. We’re home to some of the world’s favourite brands, such as Walkers, Pepsi Max, Quaker, Tropicana, Doritos, Pipers, Naked, Copella, Lipton, Monster Munch and 7UP to name just a few! We have a fantastic reputation for developing and launching products that our consumers love; through innovation and pioneering marketing of our products.
We’re continually taking on new challenges. Introducing new products. Delivering surprising moments. Testing new Channels. Creating what’s next. We’re excited to see what we can accomplish when your skills, ideas and perspectives meet our dynamic team.
Guiding PepsiCo is our vision to Be the Global Leader in Convenient Foods and Beverages by Winning with Purpose. “Winning with Purpose” reflects our ambition to win sustainably in the marketplace and embed purpose into all aspects of the business.
Bring ingenuity. Bring curiosity. Bring drive. You’ll learn twice as much in half the time. Let’s make ideas that ripple in every corner of the world.
PepsiCo’s is looking for talented and courageous individuals with collaborative and entrepreneurial approach to join our marketing teams based at our HQ inReading.
The Future Leaders Programme is an exciting opportunity to develop people early in their careers to help them reach their full potential. We do this by exposure to a breadth of marketing experiences coupled with broad business understanding and exciting development programme.
The Programme
Starting September 2022, you’ll do 3 rotations over 3 years across roles which could include: shopper marketing, franchise marketing, brand management, account management and digital marketing.
- Year 1: In your first year, you’ll join the UK marketing team to find your feet.
- Year 2: You’ll have the opportunity to do a cross-functional role to build a broader understanding of the business, for example in Sales or eCommerce.
- Year 3: You’ll come back to marketing to experience a new area of the function.
Each year you’ll take on more responsibility as your career grows and develops. We’ll give you a clear training package, tailored support and a mentor from the Marketing leadership team for the entire length of the program.
Qualifications/Requirements
What are we looking for?
- Passion. For our company, for your development and for sustainability.
- Disruption. An intellectual curiosity and a willingness to challenge accepted ways of doing things
- Ambition. Eagerness to learn and grow your career and aspire to be our future leaders.
- Creativity. Bring your new thinking and fresh ideas to our brands.
- Motivation. A passion and drive to achieve results with bags of energy.
- Curiosity. People who are passionate about understanding consumer behaviour.
- Agile. A flexible approach with the ability to work with a demanding agenda and prioritise tasks.
- Excellent people skills and the ability to influence at all levels.
- Quick learner who is able to build relationships.
- People who thrive on challenges with good organisational skills.
- High personal standards and constantly looking for improvements and a better way forward.
- A team player who can look at the whole picture and seek to positively influence it.
- Ability to analyse data on the go and use this to make fast decisions.
- You! At PepsiCo we bring ourselves to work and embrace diversity and inclusion. We believe our differences is what makes us special.
Salary and Benefits
You’ll be given a starting salary of £30,000 per annum.
We believe hard work is important, but we also know a balance is essential. We therefore provide some fantastic flexible benefits alongside a great work life balance; from a competitive pension scheme to discounted cinema tickets... there’s something for everyone. When you’re at Head Office, there’s an onsite gym, discounted PepsiCo products and even a complimentary Quaker porridge breakfast.
Other benefits
- 25 days annual leave plus 8 days bank holidays
- Discounted PepsiCo products
- Vibrant, inclusive and award winning culture
- And much, much more!
What to expect next
Should you be successful, we will be running the assessment centres during the week commencing 15th November 2021.
Our application closing date is 25th October 2021
We encourage to you apply early, as in the event of a large response we may need to close the advert before this date.
Please note only applications received via Be Applied will be considered. As an applicant, you will no longer submit a CV for review. Instead you will answer a selection of hypothetical, skills-based questions alongside verbal and numerical reasoning tests.
Relocation Eligible: Not Applicable
At PepsiCo we care about diversity. That’s why all of our student opportunities are being advertised & recruited using Be Applied, a platform that uses anonymised applications and skills based hiring to reduce bias.
We are an equal opportunity employer and comply with the Equality Act 2010, we value diversity at our company; it is an essential part of our success. We do not discriminate on the basis of age, pregnancy or maternity, marital/civil partnerships, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation, gender or gender reassignment, disability or race including; colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin.