Karen Edwards

Experience

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  PepsiCo

  May 2009 - now

  Created PepsiCo's global digital transformation customer engagement strategy to drive growth, productivity, reusability, and scale across Food and Beverage business units supporting North America | Europe | Latin America | Africa | Middle East | Asian Pacific regions.Accelerated efficiency, alignment, and data-driven decision making by digitizing global business processes supporting Supply Chain | Procurement | Commercial Sales and Go to Market | Net Revenue Management | Marketing | Finance | HR | R&D | Legal | Sustainability | Corporate Affairs | Communications.Spearheaded multiple enterprise-wide DEI programs and partnerships as the Head of the DEI Council in PepsiCo’s Global Strategy and Transformation (S&T) organization while aligning all DEI-related programming with PepsiCo’s global strategic objectives. Show less Led the Intelligent Digital Enterprise scope of work and CapEx development to frame value-focused solutions, prioritize business demand, manage customer lifecycles, and track value realization as the digital lead supporting the SVP of the Frito-Lay Growth Office.Partnered with IT and cross-functional senior business leaders within Frito-Lay North America (FLNA) to lead Enabling Functions which included Finance | Procurement | Marketing | eCommerce | Internal Communications | HR | Payroll | Legal | FLNA Digital Transformation | Data and Analytics Center of Excellence (COE).Directed the development and implementation of the ERG strategy and AOP plan covering 14 IT ERGs and clubs in partnership with the Global IT HR organization while owning a $40K budget. Show less

  • VP of Global Strategy and Digital Transformation | Data & Digital Customer Engagement and Success

    Sept 2020 - now

  • Senior Director of Business Relationship Management and Customer Success

    Sept 2016 - Sept 2020

  • Director of Frito-Lay Master Data Management Strategy & Transformation

    Sept 2013 - Aug 2016

  • IT Senior Customer Success Manager

    Mar 2012 - Aug 2013

  • IT Senior Business Solutions Delivery Manager

    May 2009 - Feb 2012