Positive Agriculture leadership
The Positive Agriculture Lead is a focal point for the BU’s efforts on positive agriculture to execute against the corporate 2030 agenda. This includes:

• Coordinate the design of Positive Agriculture AOP and PSP goals/targets as well as execution strategies to achieve those goals
• Coordinate the execution of projects (internal and ones managed by Agro) that contribute to GHG, soil health, watershed health, biodiversity, and livelihoods-related targets
• Coordinate Agro/GP alignment to accelerate ‘sustainable sourcing’ verification of key crops (e.g. potato, corn) by 2025 targets
• Support integration of learnings and new techniques from internal/external partners (the women’s empowerment partnership with USAID, Smart school initiative through IRM, Biodiversity agenda through CABI and multiple solid health initiatives ) into core operating procedures used by Agro team and Pepsi Co growers
• Prepare materials that feed into sector and global story-telling, planning, budgeting, and reporting efforts
• Lead, facilitate or participate in Positive Agriculture tools/techniques trainings (e.g. Cool Farm Tool, Water Use Efficiency ADAS tool, gender-smart solutions, biodiversity baseline studies). This includes relevant women’s economic empowerment and agriculture-related trainings and workshops developed through USAID partnership.

Lead partnerships that align with/contribute to Pepsi Co’s Positive Agriculture agenda
In collaboration with internal and external partners (including the USAID partnership team), the Associate Manager will:

• Coordinate partner delivery of on-the-ground ‘gender smart’ projects that improve Positive Agriculture outcomes (e.g. water management, soil health, climate resilience, GHG), including ones that enhance current grower performance as well as expand into new grower segments and growing zones
• Project management to ensure all parties deliver against expectations.
• Support design and launch of partnerships that facilitate Pepsi Co’s expansion into new growing segments and zones that increase year-round supply of potato and ensure new farmers comply with SFP and continuous improvement expectations through the IMS strategy.
• Participate and speak at relevant domestic events on the topics of sustainable agriculture and women’s economic empowerment.
• Serve as the point of contact for USAID Mission contacts and high-level public and private stakeholders, as requested.
• Extensively work with CABI to deliver on Pepsi Co biodiversity agenda across all regions

Pepsi Co’s inclusive and regenerative agriculture demo farm program

• Pepsi Co’s demo farm/Farmer Roadshow program demonstrates the business case of innovative farming practices and the Associate Manager will support activities that improve the impact of this program through gender-inclusive and regenerative agriculture solutions. He/she will:
• Coordinate gender-informed agricultural activities on demonstration farms that include targeting women in Pepsi Co’s supply chain to introduce sustainable farming practices and promote climate smart agriculture practices.
• Support and coordinate consultants and partners in mapping challenges and opportunities to improve the resilience of Pepsi Co’s potato supply chain, design relevant SOWs and work plans, and manage execution against overall demo farm strategy
• Support efforts to integrate gender, climate smart and regenerative agriculture practices into demo farms and Roadshow activities and support the creation of new demo farms, if needed.
• Engage Ag Tech and Agro solution provider partners to introduce, test, and scale relevant solutions across Pepsi Co’s grower network.
  • This includes solutions related to water, soil, pest/disease, and nutrient management.
• Coordinate field days and grower outreach efforts with internal (Comms, PPGA, Ex Com) and external (Ag Tech solution providers) partners.
• Coordinate project implementation efforts to ensure all parties deliver against expectations.

Monitoring and evaluation (M&E) and data collection
Coordinate the collection and reporting of data for Agro and partnerships that feed into Pepsi Co’s sustainable business agenda. This includes:

• Implementation of Sustainable Farming Program (SFP) and Internal Management System (IMS) protocols
• Water use efficiency and, if necessary, watershed health and protection
• Regenerative agriculture
• Climate change resilience and GHG reduction
• Targets within pep+ Livelihoods and Women’s Empowerment strategies
• USAID gender-smart solutions, SAI Platform mechanization, or other partnerships as required (this includes coordinating with USAID project’s Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) staff to carry out monitoring and evaluation efforts)
• Demo farm performance data

He/she will also provide regular (weekly/monthly) project progress reports and highlight critical decision points to Agro/BU leadership and key internal partners such as Global SO Agro and AMESA Agro.


Relationship management
The Positive Agriculture Associate Manager will liaise with various stakeholders:

• External: Corporate, donor, and relevant government agency partners, particularly those collaborating with Pepsi Co through the GDA, SAI Platform, CABI, NUST and demo farm/Roadshow partnerships.
• Internal: Other business functions critical to the execution of Positive Agriculture agenda (e.g. PPGA, Communications, Foundation, Procurement).
• Lead project communications to appropriate audiences (public, private, and NGO stakeholders) within the country.

Coordinate implementation efforts to maximize value creation opportunity for Agro- and PEP Foundation-led projects
Given the Pepsi Co Foundation’s emphasis on food security/resilience, water access, and livelihoods as well as its interest in improved alignment with Agro priorities, the Associate Manager will act as the primary point of contact for Agro/Foundation project coordination. This includes:

• Pepsi Co Foundation’s 2-3yr investment in CARE’s She Feeds the World program and the need to coordinate these philanthropic activities with those executed by GDA partnership that occur within/along Pepsi Co’s supply chains