Peter Kenyon
The vast majority of Peter's career has been in the consumer packaged goods industry with Pepsi, beginning in Calgary in 1988. Peter started at the route level, accepting progressively challenging roles by demonstrating a passionate work ethic, consistently delivering results, leading cohesive teams and developing talent.
Peter took on his first of four executive assignments with Pepsi in 2001, as the Atlantic Canadian Vice President and General Manager. In this position, he was accountable for the entire P&L including sales, marketing, operations, distribution, service, human resources and leadership of 400 employees. During his six years in Halifax, Peter grew market share by five per cent, acquired two franchise bottlers, negotiated all collective bargaining agreements, received Pepsi's highest employee insight scores for three consecutive years and won Pepsi's 2004 Canadian Market Unit of the Year award.
Peter became Pepsi's first national Vice President of Warehouse Operations in 2007. In that role, he built a team that successfully implemented productivity initiatives including a mechanical layer picking, voice pick technology, inventory counting systems, racking and layout installation and facility optimization; he also led the improvement of health and safety programs.
In 2009, Peter became Pepsi's Vice President of Sales Support, leading the national sales and delivery function, service agenda, field sales capability and marketing equipment management. Peter optimized the field sales go-to-market strategy, dramatically improved service performance, centralized equipment move scheduling, influenced key sales management personnel decisions and took the initiative to optimize fleet utilization and purchase behaviours.
Earlier in his career with Pepsi, while managing the Manitoba/Saskatchewan region, Peter initiated centralized dispatching and cross-dock principles. These principles have been embraced by Pepsi and are now seen as best practices across North America.
Peter relentlessly drives operational effectiveness, directly influencing the bottom line, while enabling improved top line sales growth. Peter's transparent and supportive style empowers individuals on the teams he leads to function autonomously at a high level to deliver against aggressive expectations.