Samuel Duran

About Samuel Duran

Executive transformation leader with 20+ years of progressive leadership in the consumer packaged goods sector delivering digital, process, and transition management transformation across supply chain, sales, commercialization, go-to-market, and human relations. Partners closely with C-suite and senior executive stakeholders of a Fortune 50 company to provide direct leadership and strategic oversight of enterprise investments delivering company wide transformational change, accelerating revenue growth, and driving operational productivity. Successful track record of managing global portfolios of transformation initiatives including programs, projects, products, processes, and services to deliver financial and business targets. Proven expertise in spearheading rapid operational improvements, achieving aggressive growth targets, and executing comprehensive value creation plans in partnership with executive leadership. Renowned for hands-on leadership style, data-driven decision-making, and a relentless focus on operational excellence and bottom-line performance. Adept at building high-performing teams in dynamic environments, instilling a culture of accountability and continuous improvement, and driving enterprise-wide change.

Experience

1. Global Transformation Office and Pmo Lead

   PepsiCo

   Apr 2024 — Present · Plano, TX, US

   PepsiCo | Corporate Built and led a world-class transformation office overseeing enterprise-wide digital, process, and automation transformations, directly advancing operational excellence and efficiency across the organization. Partnered with C-suite and senior executive stakeholders, providing direct leadership and strategic oversight to a global portfolio of over 250 transformation initiatives, ensuring alignment with enterprise investment priorities and operational strategy. Led a global transition management team migrating more than 50 business processes and over roles to global capability centers, delivering substantial reductions in operational costs and improvements in process efficiency. Oversaw lifecycle management (PMI waterfall, hybrid, agile methodologies) of global transformation initiatives and infrastructure deployments ensuring on-time, on-scope, and on-cost delivery through resource management, risk mitigation, milestone and deliverables tracking, and governance. Implemented training, upskilling, and best practice sharing with transformation community across the enterprise Deployed digital solutions and processes to standardize governance, performance management, schedule and scope management, cost and benefits management across the organization. Championed executive talent development, recruiting, mentoring, and deploying high-performing teams to execute the company’s most complex and critical transformation initiatives, enabling rapid value capture and sustainable operational advantage.

Education

• The University of Texas at Austin

  Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering

  2001 — 2005