MARIKO ROBERTS, CTP
Frisco,USA
Summary
Senior executive leader with track record of driving strategic initiatives and delivering impactful results. Adept at fostering team collaboration and navigating complex organizational challenges. Skilled in strategic planning, financial management, and operations oversight. Valued for reliability, adaptability, leading with optimism and results-oriented approach.
Overview
26
26
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
SVP, Supply Chain NA Centers of Excellence
PepsiCo
01.2026 - Current
- Established and spearheaded first North America Center of Excellence for manufacturing, warehousing, transportation fleet, and integrated business solutions for PepsiCo Foods and PepsiCo Beverages North America.
- Accountable for delivering annual operating plan, developing and executing productivity strategies for North America supply chain.
- Spearheaded strategic initiatives for supply chain operations by coordinating efforts among PepsiCo Foods, PepsiCo Beverages, and North American Supply Chain leadership teams.
- Oversee North America supply chain planning transformation plan.
SVP, Supply Chain
PepsiCo Foods North America
04.2024 - 12.2025
- SVP for "Move" organization within Supply Chain including Service & Distribution, Supply, and Commercialization.
- Collaborate cross functionally with Marketing, Sales, Customer, and Growth Teams to ensure short and long term Supply Chain capacity and capability enables growth and innovation.
- Delivered exceptional customer service by implementing best practices and fostering a culture of accountability within the organization.
- Identified opportunities to improve business process flows and productivity for a $3.5B annual operating budget.
- Collaborated with executive leadership team members on long-term strategic planning that ensured sustainable success for the company.
- Influenced organizational change initiatives that resulted in significant improvements in workplace efficiency and employee satisfaction.
Vice President of Transportation
Frito-Lay
08.2021 - 05.2024
- Head Coach for a team of over 3,000 employees in both field and headquarters responsible for the safety, cost, operations and service performance of 42 Traffic Centers, Inbound Bulk Raw Material Transportation and 3rd Party Carrier Operations.
- Developed and implemented capacity strategy starting up 14 new operations delivering long term productivity and service improvement while enabling a new go to market solution.
- Collaborated with senior management to develop strategic initiatives and long term goals.
- Demonstrated proficient leadership skills to motivate employees and build competent teams.
- Built high-performance teams through effective talent planning focused on developing capability, bench and effective org design.
- Delivered strong financial performance despite challenging economic conditions by executing prudent risk management strategies throughout all aspects of business operations.
Senior Director of Transportation
Frito-Lay North America Inc.
03.2018 - 08.2021
- Started up new vertical organizational structure centralizing a team of 10 direct reports and over 2,600 employees
- Developed and executed OTR Staffing and Retention strategy improving from 90% to 98% to target within a year
- Developed and executed Annual Operating Plan that delivered 8.2% productivity
- Developed and implemented new annual wage review methodology and process for OTR Drivers
- Executed go-to-market plans and facilitated internal organizational readiness
- Demonstrated visible leadership with our safety culture achieving better than target results in personal and vehicular safety metrics
Go to Market Optimization Director
Frito-Lay North America Inc.
04.2017 - 03.2018
- Collaborated with Sales Go to Market team to develop Precision Go to Market strategy developing segregated roles to improve labor efficiency, delivery optimization and advantaged routes.
- Led cross functional team to develop critical path for peaking strategies to ensure manufacturing, warehouse, transportation and sales operations capacity to fulfill peak demand periods.
- Reduced direct to store Transportation expense by 5% by developing processes to increase drop size and reduce off template deliveries.
Logistics, Distribution & Transportation Director
Frito-Lay North America Inc.
07.2015 - 04.2017
- Led multiple site warehouse and transportation operations with a combined operating expense of over $45 million annually
- Coach and develop team of 300 employees that ship more than 50 million cases annually and drive over 6 million miles annually
- Accountable for developing 2017 Annual Operating Plan to develop innovation solutions and action plans to reduce expenses by 2% including overtime reduction through staffing and crewing shift realignment
- Developed innovative strategies to increase on time delivery and fill rate leveraging operational expertise to evaluate driver staffing levels, routing, dispatch practices and supply chain planning optimization
- Developed innovative strategies to improve warehouse velocity by increasing asset utilization, increasing express moves and material handler efficiency
Transportation Optimization and Technology Director
Frito-Lay North America Inc.
03.2010 - 07.2015
- Led transportation planning, network efficiency and technology solutions for 31 Traffic Centers in the US and Canada operating over 130 million miles annually
- Transportation Optimization generated over $15 million of margin each year evaluating optimal mode decisions and creating continuous move trips to maximize company fleet drivers and assets
- Visionary for innovative Natural Network Scheduling project resulting in over $6 million in productivity
- Strengthened Transportation Technology agenda by leading innovative ideation, development and implementation of numerous productivity and visibility tools and programs.
National Logistics Capability Manager
Frito-Lay North America Inc.
11.2008 - 03.2010
- Accountable for National Logistics Capability agenda in newly created role.
- Developed strategy and curriculum for Logistics Basics and Management Courses.
- Visionary for developing pre/post tests to assess effectiveness of training and provided developmental coaching calls with attendees and their managers.
- Provided support and internal consulting for all 28 Traffic Centers ranging from Network Efficiency, Financial Training, and Transportation Technology.
Network Efficiency Manager
Frito-Lay North America Inc.
05.2007 - 11.2008
- Drove Network Efficiency for 11 Traffic Centers in the West Division by evaluating mode decisions, cube utilization, and asset utilization
- Traffic SME providing onboarding training and support to Distribution Managers, Traffic Managers, Resources and Admin
- Innovative internal consultant collaborating with local teams to assess areas for improvement and develop action plans to improve results
Network Manager - Traffic Department Manager
Frito-Lay North America Inc.
04.2000 - 05.2007
- Led a team of 2 Resources, 6 Non-Exempts, 40 OTR Drivers, 3 Mechanics, and 4 Yard Hostlers.
- Accountable for weekly/period financial updates and forecasts for $7 million annual operating plan.
- Increased backhaul and inbound revenue by 120% over 3 years by cold calling and visiting prospective shippers
- Delivered over 21 million cases to 11 distribution centers, 3 plants, 30 bin locations, and 30 external Vend/Foodservice Customers in the 7 southwestern states.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Supply Chain Management
Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ01-2000
AA / Transfer Degree -
Mesa Community College
Mesa, AZ01-1998
Skills
- Board of Directors Leadership
- Operational excellence
- Strategic leadership
- Organizational development
- Process improvements
- Financial acumen
Accomplishments
- NPTC Private Fleet Member of the Year - 2013
- NPTC Private Fleet Executive of the Year - 2017
- PepsiCo Harvey C Russell Recipient - 2010, 2014
- PepsiCo Delegate for White House United State of Women Event – 2016
- Honored as Women in Trucking’s Top Women to Watch in Transportation - 2020
- Influential Women in Trucking Finalist - 2022
Affiliations
- Vice Chair, National Private Truck Council (NPTC) Board of Governors, 2013
- Chair, National Private Truck Council (NPTC) Board of Governors, 2014 to 2022
- NPTC Board of Directors, 2014 to Present
- Vice Chair, National Private Truck Council (NPTC) Board of Directors (2024 to 2026)
- Chair, National Private Truck Council (NPTC) Board of Directors (Present)
Certification
Certified Transportation Professional (CTP), 2009
Timeline
SVP, Supply Chain NA Centers of Excellence
PepsiCo
01.2026 - Current
SVP, Supply Chain
PepsiCo Foods North America
04.2024 - 12.2025
Vice President of Transportation
Frito-Lay
08.2021 - 05.2024
Senior Director of Transportation
Frito-Lay North America Inc.
03.2018 - 08.2021
Go to Market Optimization Director
Frito-Lay North America Inc.
04.2017 - 03.2018
Logistics, Distribution & Transportation Director
Frito-Lay North America Inc.
07.2015 - 04.2017
Transportation Optimization and Technology Director
Frito-Lay North America Inc.
03.2010 - 07.2015
National Logistics Capability Manager
Frito-Lay North America Inc.
11.2008 - 03.2010
Network Efficiency Manager
Frito-Lay North America Inc.
05.2007 - 11.2008
Network Manager - Traffic Department Manager
Frito-Lay North America Inc.
04.2000 - 05.2007
AA / Transfer Degree -
Mesa Community College
Bachelor of Science - Supply Chain Management
Arizona State University