Deputy Director Transportation
Overview
TMS is an industry leading transportation management solution that enables value to market’s transportation operations through centralized visibility, routing & optimization, process & information, and vendor cost management. PepsiCo’s TMS is deployed to 4 separate instances supporting each sector (NORTH AMERICA, LATAM, Europe, AMESA/APAC). It optimizes aprox. 80% of total global primary transportation spend. TMS Functional Lead is someone who can provide strategic solution leadership, architecture governance, transformation leadership, and innovation ownership in addition to deep functional expertise
Scope:
● Act as primary TMS solution lead, super user, and business expert
● Lead system governance activities
● Lead new deployment and sustain activities
ResponsibilitiesFunctional Responsibilities:
Blue Yonder TMS Solution Leadership
- Serve as the global Blue Yonder Transportation Management System (TMS) Solution Architect and Subject Matter Expert (SME) for PepsiCo's transportation capabilities.
- Executes the TMS solution roadmap, architecture standards, and best practices across sectors and markets.
- Provide thought leadership and advanced solution design guidance for complex transportation planning, execution, visibility, and settlement processes.
- Ensure alignment of TMS capabilities with PepsiCo's global transportation strategy and digital supply chain transformation priorities.
Solution Design & Delivery Excellence
- Partner with IT delivery teams to architect scalable, standardized, and sustainable solutions for global and regional deployments.
- Lead solutioning for complex business requirements, ensuring optimal utilization of Blue Yonder TMS capabilities while minimizing customizations.
- Drive adoption of standardized transportation processes and system capabilities across sectors and markets.
- Act as the escalation point for critical design decisions, production issues, and solution governance reviews.
Product Capability Expansion & Innovation
- Lead the introduction and adoption of advanced Blue Yonder capabilities, including but not limited to:
- Transportation Smartbench
- Job Server & Automation Framework
- Ocean Booking
- Carrier Collaboration
- Dynamic Routing & Optimization
- Visibility & Control Tower capabilities
- Evaluate emerging transportation technologies and industry trends to drive continuous innovation and competitive advantage.
- Collaborate with Global Transportation Capability teams to identify, assess, and pilot next-generation transportation solutions.
Blue Yonder Cloud Transformation Execution
- Support PepsiCo's Blue Yonder Cloud migration and modernization initiatives from a solution deployment perspective.
- Partner with business, IT, infrastructure, integration, and vendor teams to ensure successful program delivery and value realization.
- Drive post-migration stabilization, optimization, and continuous improvement activities.
Vendor Partnerships
- Act as the primary PepsiCo point of contact for Blue Yonder product management, customer success, and technical leadership teams.
- Build and maintain strategic partnerships with Blue Yonder to influence product direction and advocate for PepsiCo business requirements.
- Manage vendor escalations and ensure timely resolution of critical production and enhancement requests.
- Lead Quarterly Business Reviews (QBRs), Special Interest Group (SIG) engagements, and roadmap discussions with Blue Yonder.
Operational Excellence & Issue Resolution
- Provide senior-level support and guidance for complex transportation and system-related issues impacting business operations.
- Monitor and govern the resolution of critical incidents and enhancement requests raised through Blue Yonder Customer Success channels.
- Ensure service reliability, performance optimization, and continuous improvement of transportation processes and platforms.
Organizational Capability Building
- Establish and drive a comprehensive TMS knowledge management and capability development framework.
- Lead end-user education programs through live training sessions, digital learning content, and knowledge repositories.
- Mentor and upskill TMS delivery teams on solution architecture, advanced configuration, optimization, and industry best practices.
- Drive automation and process efficiency initiatives within the TMS support and delivery organization.
Experience
- 10–12+ years of Supply Chain and Transportation Management experience, including 8+ years of hands-on experience with Blue Yonder TMS (formerly JDA TMS).
- Proven experience leading global TMS implementations, transformations, upgrades, and cloud migration programs.
- Deep expertise across transportation planning, optimization, execution, freight settlement, carrier management, and logistics visibility processes.
Technical Expertise
- Strong expertise in Blue Yonder TMS architecture, master data, configuration, integration, and optimization.
- Knowledge of transportation integrations including ERP, WMS, carrier EDI/API connectivity, visibility solutions, and supply chain ecosystems.
- Understanding of transportation analytics, KPI frameworks, and process automation.
Leadership Competencies
- Executive stakeholder management and influencing skills.
- Ability to translate business strategy into technology roadmaps.
- Strong program leadership and cross-functional collaboration capabilities.
- Experience managing strategic vendor relationships and governance forums.
Vacancy posted 7 days ago
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