Pankaj Arora linkedin.com/in/pankaj-ar
■ Career history: Senior Manager - Transformation, PepsiCo, Ireland Manager - Productivity, PepsiCo, Ireland Head of Process Excellence - Europe & Middle East, Thomson Reuters, Poland Deputy Head of Process Excellence - US & UK, Thomson Reuters, India ■ Education highlights: Executive MBA, Warwick Business School, UK Bachelor of Technology, Industrial Engineering, National Institute of Technology, India
■ Nationality: Irish
■ Languages: Hindi (native), English (fluent)
■ Career achievements: Established the value engineering programme as a critical contributor to PepsiCo’s productivity programme, in partnership with R&D, procurement and supply chain functions. The programme has delivered more than US$20 million in the last three years and is on plan for US$30 million for the next three years. Lead a cross-functional team to identify the gaps in current and future supply resilience of the PepsiCo concentrate division. The group then established the optimum investment strategy and received the backing of PepsiCo board with millions of capital spend approved. Established the Lean Six Sigma programme for PepsiCo’s flavours division that has resulted in savings of US$18 million in the last five years, along with multiple benefits for quality and process efficiency. The programme was rewarded with the annual Chairman’s award.
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