Hulisani Basil Mukwevho

Head of Procurement (MSO), PepsiCo South Africa

Snr Global Procurement Manager | Contract Manufacturing Lead | Governance, Capability and ESD|

Strategic Sourcing & Supply Chain Transformation

Hulisani Basil Mukwevho is a strategic procurement and supply chain leader with nearly two

decades of experience leading transformation across Africa’s FMCG, manufacturing, and

engineering sectors. Currently serves as Global Procurement Lead – Contract

Manufacturing, Governance & Capability at PepsiCo Southern Africa, and sits on PepsiCo’s

Global Supplier Performance Management team. A key leader on procurement strategy,

supply chain resilience, strategic supplier partnerships and the evolving role of procurement

in driving business growth and profitability.

Previously served as Head of Global Procurement (Market Supply Officer) for PepsiCo

West, East & Central Africa and Contract Manufacturing Lead for Sub-Saharan Africa. He

has led multi-market end-to-end sourcing strategies, localization, supplier innovation, and

governance frameworks. Recognised for building strategic supplier partnerships, delivering

cost savings, operational efficiencies, and resilient supply chains

He is passionate about people development and is an advocate for Enterprise & Supplier

Development (ESD) programs that advance transformation and inclusive growth. An

ambassador for digitalisation and his leadership includes a successful Procure-to-Pay (P2P)

SAP S4 Hana implementation, embedding process excellence and compliance across the

value chain.

Basil holds a BSc (Eng) Chemical and is an MBA Candidate, both from University of the

Witwatersrand, and has completed executive leadership programs in South Africa and

Europe

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