We're celebrating women in our supply chain

Today, we've launched 'She Is PepsiCo', a new campaign celebrating women in supply chain and operations roles at our UK sites, aiming to inspire more women to pursue frontline roles.

As part of this campaign, portraits of three of our female employees will replace the current design on three trucks used across our distribution network. This will showcase the women’s major roles in bringing much-loved snacks, like Walkers Sensations, Snack A Jacks and Sunbites, to the nation.

The campaign features Manjit Kaur, Manufacturing Technician in Leicester, who started her career chopping potatoes at our Walkers factory in 2011, and Ewa Doroslawska, Manufacturing Technician in Coventry, whose PepsiCo career spans almost 20 years. Alex Praja in Skelmersdale, also a Manufacturing Technician, decided to pursue a career in engineering after joining PepsiCo, completing the group of women heroed in the campaign. The trio were nominated by their respective site directors, who were asked to highlight employees consistently going above and beyond in their roles.

The trucks were initially unveiled at special ceremonies taking place across our Leicester, Coventry and Skelmersdale sites and have now hit the roads. Manjit, Ewa and Alex also received a grant of £5,000 to donate to a local women’s charity of their choice, and chose Women’s Aid Leicestershire, Kairos Women Working Together, and Young Women’s Trust respectively. Families, friends and colleagues of Manjit, Ewa and Alex also attended the celebrations.

"We’re proud to be spotlighting the incredible work of women in frontline jobs across our sites, and bringing their stories to people all over the UK. As well as recognising their crucial role in producing some of the UK’s most-loved snacks, we hope this campaign will inspire more women to pursue careers in manufacturing and operations.”

ALISON ATKINS, HR DIRECTOR SUPPLY CHAIN, PEPSICO UK & IRELAND

In 2021, we launched our Home Grown development programme, which aims to support and nurture diverse frontline talent and accelerate them into leadership roles. Since its creation, 32% of the women on the programme have achieved promotion or transitioned into new roles, showcasing its success in fostering career progression.

Celebrating the women behind our snacks supply chain

MANJIT KAUR, LEICESTER

"I'm very proud of this nomination – it’s something I never expected and to get this kind of recognition is amazing. It doesn't matter if you're a man or a woman, you can reach the same goal if you have a willingness to learn and you put your mind to it."

EWA DOROSLAWSKA, COVENTRY

“The world is changing for women and it makes me really proud to see more women coming into frontline work. Taking the first step is often the hardest bit, but believe in yourself – you have nothing to lose!”

ALEX PRAJA, SKELMERSDALE

"I don’t always have confidence, so it feels really good to be part of She Is PepsiCo. I hope I can inspire more women to give engineering a try because we need more women in the industry."

The campaign also builds on our work to create an inclusive and equitable environment where women can thrive at every stage of their careers. This includes a range of policies and initiatives, such as our recently expanded family leave policy, continental shift patterns – which support work-life balance through dedicated time-off after shifts – and our menopause policy. We also run talent programmes aimed at attracting more women into frontline positions and provide training and development opportunities across all levels.

We currently have open roles at our sites in Leicester, Coventry and Skelmersdale, with more information available here.