Michael Pelts

Strategy at PepsiCo | Growth & Commercial Strategy | Pricing & Revenue Optimization | Sales Transformation | Booth MBA

New York, New York, United States

About

Strategy and operations leader with 10+ years of experience helping Fortune 500 companies unlock growth through pricing, sales transformation, and commercial strategy. Currently a Director of Strategy at PepsiCo. Booth MBA (Honors) | NYU Stern Technical: Python, SQL, Tableau, Alteryx

Experience

  • Director, Strategy at PepsiCo
    May 2026 - Present · 3 mos

  • McKinsey & Company (3 yrs 11 mos)
    • Engagement Manager
      Nov 2024 - May 2026 · 1 yr 7 mos

      Leader in the Growth, Marketing & Sales practice. Selected cases below: • Led pricing & commercial growth pilots across four markets for a national distributor, partnering with VP/SVP leaders across pricing, category management, and sales to implement targeted price investments and improved field buying practices to drive ~100-200 BPS of growth across markets • Led pricing strategy diagnostic for an advanced manufacturing company, identifying $30M in EBITDA opportunity by introducing a product ladder and redesigning the pricing architecture to improve customer segmentation and value capture • Developed channel pricing strategy for a consumer products manufacturer, identifying $50M value opportunity through improved price segmentation, channel differentiation, and pricing governance

    • Associate
      Jul 2022 - Nov 2024 · 2 yrs 5 mos

      • Built commercial transformation roadmap for $30B distributor unlocking $600M EBITDA opportunity • Designed corporate strategy capturing $35M cost savings and $50M new manufacturing business • Built enterprise analytics platform for 1,000+ sales reps improving win-rate visibility

  • MBA Candidate at The University of Chicago Booth School of Business
    Oct 2020 - Jul 2022 · 1 yr 10 mos

  • Summer Associate at McKinsey & Company
    Jun 2021 - Sep 2021 · 4 mos

  • PwC (4 yrs 10 mos)
    • Digital Accelerator - Manager
      Jul 2019 - Oct 2020 · 1 yr 4 mos

      • Selected for internal advisory group (29% selection rate) driving firmwide implementation of advanced analytics, robotic process automation, and AI technologies • Launched new digital transformation offering focused on automation and analytics, expanding PwC’s client service portfolio into a $20M annual revenue segment • Developed Alteryx models and Tableau solutions used by 2,500 colleagues, automating workflows and eliminating 6,000 hours of manual work, resulting in $1.8M in annual cost savings

    • Digital Accelerator - Senior Associate
      Jul 2018 - Jul 2019 · 1 yr 1 mo

    • Senior Associate
      Jul 2017 - Jul 2019 · 2 yrs 1 mo