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GLOBAL
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2025-12-31
Agriculture and Farming
Science and Engineering
Manufacturing
Consumer Goods
Food and Beverage
Sustainability
Other
PepsiCo’s External Innovation (XI) team, part of the company’s Global Research & Development (R&D) organization, actively scouts for, identifies and develops strategic partnerships with external collaborators.
The goal is to locate key external insights, business models, technical unlocks and new capabilities that, when partnered with our robust R&D expertise, will yield disruptive innovation in our core products and new and emerging products.
We are currently exploring novel technologies that have the potential to dramatically impact our food and beverage portfolio. We are interested in improving all facets of our value chain - from raw material inputs all the way to the consumer experience - and identifying global efficiencies in areas including crop science, ingredients, processing, packaging, equipment, distribution/fleet, retail and eCommerce.
XI works with internal R&D stakeholders to define high priority technology needs.
Leveraging our vast external partner network, XI determines the best method to source solutions.
XI works with R&D and potential partners to plan, structure, and negotiate a deal.
From start to finish, XI remains an integral part of the team, helping to develop tools and manage the project.
External Innovation (XI) is part of PepsiCo R&D comprised of 12-person Global team of Technology Scouts and Analysts that leverages the Want/Find/Get/Manage open innovation Framework
2025-12-31
384 Day(s) Left
GLOBAL
POC
Agriculture and Farming
Science and Engineering
Manufacturing
Consumer Goods
Food and Beverage
Sustainability
Other
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