Following a successful first-year partnership with career empowerment non-profit Path Forward, PepsiCo Beverages North America (PBNA) has announced the expansion of its returnship programme across its South Division.
The programme is part of the division’s efforts to increase workforce representation by recruiting women professionals who have taken time off for caregiving. The PBNA South Division Returnship programme offers 16-week internships to women professionals with a minimum of five years of work experience who have taken at least two years off for caregiving.
As a result of the unprecedented success seen in the first year, PBNA South Division is expanding the programme, with 12-15 returnship positions in Supply Chain, Sales, and Commercial fields. That’s more than twice the number of positions available in the 2022 programme. Positions are open across PBNA South Division. These hubs include Orlando, Tampa, Atlanta, Nashville and the Washington DC metropolitan area.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT & MENTORSHIP
The programme provides professional development workshops, feedback sessions, networking opportunities and mentorship support to returners as they re-enter the workforce. Upon completion of the program, successful participants could also receive full-time PepsiCo job offers. In fact, 80% of the 2022 programme participants accepted full-time positions after an average of seven years away from the workforce.
“Across PepsiCo, the first cohorts from the returnship continued to impress us throughout the program. Their previous experience translated into meaningful contributions to the business and informed our decision to make a particularly high percentage of full-time offers,” said PBNA South Division’s President Heather Hoytink. “Programmes like these are vital to increasing representation in the workplace and prove that talented women are often hidden in plain sight. We’re thrilled to be expanding the programme to additional markets and positions in the South to enhance our pipeline of future leaders by tapping into a diverse, motivated yet overlooked talent pool.”
RETURN-TO-WORK PROGRAMME
“Working with PBNA South Division again reinforces the need and value of our return-to-work programme in bringing qualified, deserving candidates to the team,” added Path Forward’s Executive Director, Tami Forman. “Returnships offer caregivers a second chance at a rewarding career, which in turn positively impacts families financially and boosts communities economically.”
The PBNA South Division Returnship is guided by PepsiCo’s vision of pep+ (PepsiCo Positive), a strategic end-to-end transformation to inspire positive change. The employees and talent behind PBNA beverage brands play an essential role in contributing to this tangible progress toward the company’s global purpose of achieving better outcomes for people and the planet.
Interested participants may apply through February 20th for consideration in the 2023 program which kicks off during the month of April. For more information about PBNA South Division’s Returnship programme, including how to apply, visit PepsiCo Careers.
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