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We recognize that attracting innovative and disciplined financial talent
is vital to our company’s growth. As a recent college graduate
and a new member of PepsiCo Beverages & Foods, financial organization,
you won’t be sitting on the sidelines watching others. You’ll be
immersed immediately into the activities of your group - performing
analysis, communicating results and most importantly, helping make
decisions.
You’ll participate in diverse assignments designed to provide
understanding of Quaker's financial environment. Exposure to a wide range
of projects will allow you to develop the skills and judgment necessary to
make insightful decisions.
 3.0/4.0 or 4.0/5.0
GPA
B.S. in Accounting
or Finance (Finance majors should have a minimum of 4-5 classes of
accounting coursework.)
Most PBF opportunities in finance are located in Chicago, making
headquarters an ideal environment to experience and profit from a variety
of team assignments and options in several business units other areas.
Controller’s
Group
Integrated
Purchasing and Logistics (IPL)
Sales Finance
Business Unit
Finance
Each person brings unique strengths, talents, and insights to our organization.
PepsiCo recognizes that to realize your full potential, you should have
an individualized career track, not a formal, predetermined course.
Your accumulated business experience and personal career goals will
define the direction of your future with PepsiCo.
Internal Audit
Business Planning
Finance (Customer
Business Center)
Logistics
Plant Accounting
We need professionals who possess strong financial and technical skills
balanced with integrity, curiosity and an effective communication style.
Achieving excellence in a team environment requires the ability to interact
in a cooperative spirit as you manage projects and develop the potential
to direct others.
| 8:00 |
Get off the train
at one of the Metra stations and enjoy a less than 5 minute
walk to Quaker Plaza. |
| 8:15 |
Head down to the cafeteria
for a free bowl of oatmeal and a refreshing Tropicana juice.
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| 8:30 |
Check all e-mail and
voice messages. Respond to all the ones that you can immediately.
Consult your daily "To-Do" list and check your calendar
for any meetings today. You have a New Hire Orientation Committee
meeting this afternoon at 2pm. |
| 9:00 |
Gather daily paperwork
of your co-packers from the fax machine and your e-mail. As
you look over the production report you notice a product code
that your co-packer has never made before. |
9:10 |
Call your co-packer
location to verify that this new code was not a typo. It wasn’t.
While on the phone with your co-packer, inquire as to how long
the current production run is scheduled to last. |
| 9:30 |
Contact the Chewy Supply
Chain manager to request a copy of the production advice. The
new code is a new flavor of Chewy Granola bars. |
| 9:45 |
Call your contact in
Contract Manufacturing to inquire about an Exhibit A. This document
will list the formula for your new code including ingredients
and packaging material. It also contains the Variable Manufacturing
Expenses. |
| 10:00 |
While waiting for the
information on your new product code, work on daily paperwork.
This includes processing production, receipts, and shipments
from the previous day. |
| 11:00 |
Respond to e-mails
and phone calls that have come in throughout the morning.
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| 11:15 |
Prepare for the meeting
this afternoon by looking on the Web for potential locations
for the social event. Also, jot down ideas for potential speakers
and ice breakers. |
| 12:00 |
Enjoy lunch with your
co-workers/friends in the cafeteria. |
| 1:00 |
Supply Chain and Contract
Manufacturing has sent you the information requested this morning.
Look it over and then talk to Purchasing about formulating standard
costs for the raw and package materials. |
| 1:30 |
Pay co-packer invoices
that arrived in the mail today. |
| 2:00 |
Attend New Hire Orientation
Committee meeting. Discuss potential speakers and decide the
social event will be Whirlyball. Roles are assigned, and your
job is to contact potential speakers for the first day of orientation.
Next meeting will be in one week. |
| 3:00 |
Purchasing has left
a voice message informing us that standards will be entered
by tomorrow afternoon. Add building cost for new product to
tomorrow’s "To-Do" list. |
| 3:10 |
Check mill transit
variances at all your locations. Contact the receiving locations
that caused these variances, asking for copies of the receiving
documents and requesting a recount. |
| 3:30 |
Your location has scheduled
a physical inventory in two days. Discuss physical inventory
strategies with co-workers. |
| 4:00 |
Call contact at the
location scheduled for the inventory to notify them of variance
reconciliation deadlines. Follow-up the phone call with an e-mail
outlining your expectations. |
| 4:30 |
Check the uncosted
report for all your locations to determine any codes with missing
costs. Research the various reasons for which your code does
not have a cost. You determine freight costs are missing. Leave
a message with Transportation requesting a cost for this freight
lane. |
| 5:00 |
Head down to the on-site
work-out facility. Have a tough workout before enjoying a free,
refreshing Gatorade. |
| 6:00 |
Take a short walk
to the Metra station to catch your 6:20 train, and begin a
relaxing evening at home. |
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