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At PepsiCo, you’ll discover a place where our mission is to create smiles around the world. With a portfolio of more than 500 beloved brands including, Gatorade, Lay’s and Quaker, our work touches millions of people every day.

At the heart of the company is a team of thinkers, creators, and problem-solvers who collaborate to innovate and turn ideas into action. Driven by innovation and a focus on creating joyful moments through food and drinks, our decisions are guided by consumer centricity, creating opportunities for our associates to do meaningful work and make a lasting impact in the communities we serve.

The Line Pair Lead is a critical manufacturing leadership role with full end to end ownership of two production lines (Bottle, Can, or BIB). This leader is accountable for 24hour performance across all shifts, setting direction, driving consistent execution, and ensuring the lines deliver on safety, quality, productivity, technical efficiency, cost, and service.

The Line Pair Lead influences across functions, develops strong and capable teams, and ensures disciplined operating routines that enable sustainable, best in class line performance.

Responsibilities:

End to End Line Ownership:

Own overall performance for two manufacturing lines across a 24hour operating window

Maintain full accountability for Safety, Quality, Productivity, TE, Cost, and Service KPIs

Set the daily agenda and operating priorities for all shifts

Ensure consistent standards, expectations, and execution across the entire operation

People Leadership & Capability Building:

Lead, coach, and develop team members across all shifts

Build capability in safety leadership, quality ownership, technical skills, problemsolving, and continuous improvement

Ensure appropriate staffing, skill coverage, and succession planning

Foster a culture of ownership, accountability, engagement, and high performance

Shift & Line Leadership:

Lead line structure meetings, shift handoffs, and daily performance reviews

Ensure clear communication, alignment, and execution across all shifts

Drive disciplined adherence to standard work and operating routines

Operational Excellence & Productivity:

Partner with Maintenance, Engineering, Quality, and other functional teams to:

Develop and execute strategies to improve line performance

Plan and coordinate downtime and down day execution

Deliver productivity, reliability, and cost improvement initiatives

Lead root cause problem solving and continuous improvement efforts

Safety & Quality Leadership:

Champion a people first safety culture with proactive risk reduction

Ensure product quality standards are met or exceeded on every shift

Actively coach teams to own safety and quality outcomes

What Success Looks Like:

Consistent KPI performance across both assigned lines

Highly engaged, capable teams with strong ownership mindset

Clear, disciplined execution across all shifts

Improved productivity, reliability, and technical efficiency

A deeply embedded safety and quality culture

Compensation and Benefits:

The expected compensation range for this position is between $80,200 - $134,250.

Location, confirmed job-related skills, experience, and education will be considered in setting actual starting salary. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range during the hiring process.

Bonus based on performance and eligibility target payout is 8% of annual salary paid out annually.

Paid time off subject to eligibility, including paid parental leave, vacation, sick, and bereavement.

In addition to salary, PepsiCo offers a comprehensive benefits package to support our employees and their families, subject to elections and eligibility: Medical, Dental, Vision, Disability, Health, and Dependent Care Reimbursement Accounts, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Insurance (Accident, Group Legal, Life), Defined Contribution Retirement Plan.

Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in industrial, Mechanical, Chemical, Electrical Engineering, or related field

3+ years of experience in manufacturing, operations, process improvement, or operational excellence

3+ years of experience in leadership

3+ years experience of production processes and performance metrics

Comfortable working in a fast paced, 24hour manufacturing environment

Preferred:

Experience in beverage, food, or consumer packaged goods manufacturing

Bottling, canning, or BIB line experience

Lean, Six Sigma, IWS, or continuous improvement background

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