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Dear OB community,

PepsiCo is looking to hire an Intern for the Global Talent Assessment and Development team. Position details and requirements are included below.  Interested applicants who meet the specified qualifications should submit an application using this link.

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Zoa

Intern, OD & Assessment

About the Organization

PepsiCo is a global food and beverage leader with net revenues of more than $65 billion and a product portfolio that includes 22 brands that generate more than $1 billion each in global retail sales. Our main businesses – Quaker, Tropicana, Gatorade, Frito-Lay, and Pepsi-Cola – make hundreds of foods and beverages that are loved throughout the world. PepsiCo's people are united by our unique commitment to sustainable growth by investing in a healthier future for our people and our planet which we believe also means a more successful future for PepsiCo. We call this commitment Performance with Purpose: PepsiCo's promise to provide a wide range of foods and beverages from treats to healthy eats; to find innovative ways to minimize our impact on the environment by conserving energy and water and reducing our packaging volume; to provide a great workplace for our associates; and to respect, support and invest in the local communities in which we operate.

About the Job

The Organization Development & Assessment intern will work with the Global Talent Assessment and Development team and assist in the design, development and deployment of individual assessment processes for our leadership population including our high potential individuals.  The intern will also help in supporting client groups in their OD/I-O specific needs and initiatives including training/leadership programs, organization design, and succession planning.  They may also get involved in other HR functions to assist in the execution of all phases of PepsiCo's HR core processes, including our 360-degree feedback process and performance management process.

Primary Accountabilities

1. Leadership Assessment – working on the design of psychometric instruments, situational judgment tests, and assessment centers.
2. Data Management & Analysis:  Analyzing assessment and survey data and merging and managing large data sets.
3. Project Management: Tracking the progress of participants in leadership development programs and working with vendors to manage various components of leadership assessment and development processes.
4. Providing support to: Core People Process - assessments (Hogan/360 Feedback), employee surveys, functional assessments; Performance Management Processes - objectives, mid-year, succession planning, year-end reviews; Workforce Analytics - talent trends (promo's, turnover) and talent management (high-potential tracking); Development - individual development plans, PepsiCo University.

Job Requirements

• Completed Master's or pursuing Ph.D. in Industrial-Organizational Psychology or a related field (PhD candidates preferred)
• Previous consulting experience (internal or external); assessment/selection/survey research experience preferred
• Strong background in statistical analysis; excellent SPSS & database management skills
• High attention to detail
• Comfort with ambiguity
• Excellent written and interpersonal skills
• Willingness to work on a variety of tasks and projects
• MS Excel, MS Access, PowerPoint, and Word