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10 PepsiCo procurement leaders
These ten professionals hold or have held director-level or higher procurement roles at PepsiCo. A reader can learn how PepsiCo's procurement teams set category strategies, run regional and global sourcing, and manage suppliers across direct and indirect spend.
Professionals to explore
01—10Dana Alkhouli
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director Global Procurement - International Beverages · PepsiCo
Senior Director Global Procurement - International Beverages at PepsiCo since April 2025. Earlier PepsiCo roles include Procurement Senior Director - Seasoning Contract Manufacturing & Supplier Sustainability - AMESA (2023–2025), Procurement Director Capability, Productivity & Governance - AMESA (2020–2023) and PepsiCo Jordan Market Supply Officer & MENA Region Sugar Centre of Excellence (2013–2017). The profile cites over 20 years in procurement and supply chain across food, beverage and pharma.
Faheem Janjua
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director Procurement - EMEA Indirects · PepsiCo
Senior Director Procurement - EMEA Indirects at PepsiCo since June 2026, and Senior Director Procurement - South Africa since 2024. Earlier PepsiCo roles include Senior Director Procurement - MSO Middle East & AMESA Seasoning (2021–2024), Procurement Director - Oils and Grains AMENA (2019–2021) and Procurement Director - myBUY AMENA (2016–2019). His profile cites capability building and restructuring of the procurement function across several markets.
Guilherme Melo
LinkedInExperience: Director Global Procurement · PepsiCo
Former Director Global Procurement at PepsiCo (2021–2025), after Global Procurement SR Manager roles including the Capital Center of Excellence (2016–2021) and Procurement Manager (2013–2016). He also held Senior Director, Strategy & Transformation at PepsiCo (2025–2026), where the profile says he led a team building digital solutions for the global Procure to Pay end-user experience, including use of agentic AI.
Harsh Ratan Mehta
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director, PepsiCo Procurement · PepsiCo
Senior Director, PepsiCo Procurement at PepsiCo since March 2025, where the profile lists the role as Global Lead, Procure to Pay Operations. He was earlier Global Director, PepsiCo Procurement, Head - Procurement Capability Center, HBS (2022–2025), after procurement capability center roles at Novartis (2019–2022). His headline cites a 2025 ProcureCon Asia & CIPS Leader of the Year recognition.
Ken Bayless
LinkedInExperience: Sr. Director of Global Procurement, PepsiCo · PepsiCo
Sr. Director of Global Procurement, PepsiCo at PepsiCo since April 2009. Before PepsiCo he was Director of Commodities at Yum! Brands (2007–2009) and Commodity Manager at ADM (1998–2007). His profile cites more than 25 years in commodity, packaging and food manufacturing purchasing, with expertise in sourcing, commodity hedging, print converting and contract negotiations.
Kuznetsova Karina
LinkedInExperience: Procurement Director MAKE Europe and Indirects Russia · PepsiCo
Procurement Director MAKE Europe and Indirects Russia at PepsiCo since April 2024, leading, per the profile, a team of 28 MAKE procurement professionals across Europe overseeing more than $630MM of indirect MAKE spend. Previously Head of MAKE and CAPEX procurement, Russia at PepsiCo (2019–2024), after customer marketing and sales execution roles at PepsiCo from 2012 to 2019.
Marcelo Stefani
LinkedInExperience: Executive Vice President and Chief Procurement Officer · PepsiCo
Executive Vice President and Chief Procurement Officer at PepsiCo since June 2026, and listed as Global Head Sourcing & Procurement PepsiCo since November 2023; his headline also notes membership of PepsiCo's Executive Committee. He was previously Sr. Vice President and Market Supply Officer, PBNA at PepsiCo (2021–2023) and Senior Vice President and HQ Executive Committee member at SC Johnson (2018–2020).
Michael Hogan, Ph.D.
LinkedInExperience: Vice-President for PepsiCo Foods North America Procurement · PepsiCo
Vice-President for PepsiCo Foods North America Procurement at PepsiCo since June 2022, a role the profile says covers strategy development and supply resiliency for packaging, seasoning and innovation for PepsiCo Foods North America. His headline describes him as Global Vice-President, PepsiCo Procurement Packaging, covering snack films, fiber and liquid cartons.
Murat Aksoy
LinkedInExperience: MSO Procurement Senior Director Turkiye & East Europe at PepsiCo · PepsiCo
MSO Procurement Senior Director Turkiye & East Europe at PepsiCo since January 2026. His earlier PepsiCo roles were MSO Procurement Director Turkiye & Central Europe (2023–2026), MSO Procurement Director Turkiye & Greater Balkans (2020–2023), Sr. Purchasing Manager Sweeteners (EU & Turkiye) (2010–2020) and Purchasing Manager Turkiye Beverage Direct Materials (2006–2010).
Shikkha Narula
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director, Global Technology Procurement · PepsiCo
Senior Director, Global Technology Procurement at PepsiCo since August 2026, and Director, Global IT Procurement since July 2025, a role in which the profile says she led a team of category managers. She was previously Global Procurement Senior Manager - IT Hardware and Telecom at PepsiCo (2022–2025) and Senior Sourcing Category Manager at Ericsson (2019–2021).
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Match the person's category and region to your question, since packaging, technology, indirect and commodity procurement at PepsiCo run through different teams and markets. Check whether their PepsiCo role is current or past, and at what level, before relying on their view of today's processes.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How does PepsiCo decide between global, regional and local sourcing for a category?
- 02What does a supplier need to show to join PepsiCo's supplier base, and how is its performance reviewed afterward?
- 03How do PepsiCo procurement teams balance cost savings, supply resilience and sustainability targets when awarding business?
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