PepsiCo’s Ricardo Barrientos Focuses on Supply Chain Value

<p>Ricardo Barrientos </p> <p>Global Procurement Sr. Director, Supplier Diversity, PepsiCo North America</p>

PepsiCo’s Ricardo Barrientos Focuses on Supply Chain Value

PepsiCo finds strength in diversity, promoting a culture that values different perspectives to foster creativity and fuel innovation for its global food and beverage business. PepsiCo’s commitment to diversity extends to the economic development of new suppliers. For more than 30 years, PepsiCo has supported the development and growth of diverse suppliers by sourcing goods and services from a supplier base that reflects its employees, customers and consumers. The company’s focus is to develop long-term sustainable relationships with minority-and women-owned business enterprises (M/WBE) that add value, provide innovation and bring continuous improvements to the supply chain.

Ricardo Barrientos is one of the key leaders committed to Supplier Diversity at PepsiCo. In his capacity, as the Global Procurement senior director of supplier diversity for PepsiCo North America, Ricardo facilitates the robust supplier diversity program based on a three-pronged approach. First, as supplier diversity program director he works with category leaders to identify and develop new business opportunities for diverse suppliers. Secondly, he connects and advocates for new diverse suppliers that can add value to the PepsiCo supply chain, guiding them through the RFI/RFP process. Lastly, he works with the PepsiCo category procurement leaders to provide support to PepsiCo’s current diverse suppliers to develop required capabilities so they add supply chain value on a sustainable basis.

The global procurement executive leadership team has developed clear supplier diversity strategies and goals that are institutionalized in PepsiCo. Ricardo plays a key role in the facilitation of this program and strategic execution by the global procurement team.