Job Vacancies at Diageo

Purpose of Role

The role is to develop brilliant Integrated Business plans for the country and in the clusters that exist. To champion and drive excellent execution of the plans and actively support business performance in close collaboration with key Diageo stakeholders and distributor teams.

It is the purpose of the role to achieve excellent cooperation with the Consumer Marketing team and the rest of the Customer Marketing and Route to Customer teams. The core functionality of the role is to develop the country strategy and annual plans (including portfolio, channel and innovation strategy).

Top Accountabilities

Drive the Integrated Business Planning Process

Execute the quarterly business prioritization, including the rolling 24 month plan by driving the adaptation of centrally provided growth drivers (excl. ATL) to meet specific market requirements, keeping consistency with brand guidelines. Support quarterly business reviews to ensure performance and plans are on track (in line with Key Account business reviews and performance management thereof). Create an IBP based on the channel and brand strategy with baseline financials, in Activity Review input into the monthly Demand Review process by driving quality outputs.

Lead the Brilliant Execution Process

Coordinate and deliver the activity plans to execute consistently by leading the Brilliant Execution process to deliver insight based plans that respond to the channel, trade and portfolio strategies. Lead the process to ensure that we have joint plans with our customers and ensure expert analysis of multiple data sources is converted quickly into simple, clear, actionable implications with our customers.

Establishing competitive advantage through customer marketing expertise

Lead the development of partnerships ensuring wide reaching impact of our programmes and cross category synergies, whilst maximizing ROI. Create the conditions for the team to become the most recognized activation team in the industry, through our ability to deliver flawless execution.

Targeted Trade Investment that maximizes ROI

Leveraging NRM and maximize Promotional Investment working with Account Managers and Finance to deliver a sound customers P&L with both Diageo & the customer in mind. Execute the M&E agenda for the team and report back on insights and the development of investment levels through bottom up budget planning in collaboration with the brands teams and the commercial teams.

Simple, effective decision making and clarity of accountabilities

Embed clearly defined ways of working and roles for consumer marketing and customer marketing by Category, Channel & Customer. Ensure everyone understands their part in the process and creates the conditions for other individuals and teams to do their roles effectively by contributing only when it will add true value and allowing others the space to lead.

Qualifications and Experience Required

 Qualifications

• Suitable Degree
• Valid Driver’s license

Experience

• Broad experience of Commercial (Minimum 4 – 5 years) working in sales, customer marketing, retailing or planning functions
• Project Management Experience
• Commercial and Financial decision making experience

Skills

• High cognitive ability
• Facilitate operational simplicity, enabling decisions to be made, aligned to and executed swiftly
• Analytical skills, systems aptitude and data handling expertise
• Capable of working cross functionally and with a sense of initiative and ownership
• Building collaborative and influential relationships with customers an industry peers in customer marketing and related disciplines

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Role Dimensions

Market Complexity

Diageo SA operates in a complex, ever changing and extremely exciting market environment. Diageo SA has emerged as the leading spirits business in South Africa facing competition from long established competitors such as Distell and aggressive emerging players such as Pernod Ricard SA and The Really Great Brands Company (RGBC).

The liquor market in South Africa operates through multiple customer channels and routes to market. This is in order to effectively service consumers across an extremely diverse range of socio-economic circumstances, cultural affiliations and geographical ranges.

Our extensive spirits brand portfolio services consumers across our diverse nation and we must continuously strive to keep up with the fast changing market trends and challenges inherent in that.

Financial Complexity

Diageo SA is part of a dual listed (London and New York) global organisation operating within a complex local environment. Financial complexity is driven through the reporting, planning and forecasting requirements of our global shareholder along with ensuring compliance with local legislation. In addition, compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley codes of good practice is required due the Diageo listing on the NYSE.

The complexity of the market place, with multiple customer segments and routes to market, drives complexity in understanding the creation of value from Retail Selling Price through the P&L. We consistently work to identify and maximise opportunities across the value chain through pricing and promotional strategy across our customer base.

The volatility of the South African macro-economic environment drives a level of complexity when managing global targets, local input costs and product imports. Cost drivers such as inflation and global vs local exchange rates impact our cost base strongly and need to be managed closely.

Purpose of Role

To manage the day to day administration of the Commercial Director and provide the necessary support to their respective leadership teams.

Top Accountabilities

• Manages the diary of the Directors
• Screen telephone calls and emails, answer routine queries and/or refer to alternate.
• Organise and arrange travel itineraries for the  Directors, including: Flights, Vehicles, Accommodation, Visa administration (including foreign visitors to business).
• Manages the itinerary of local & international guests visiting the Directors.
• Provide full financial administration support e.g. raising purchase orders, expense claims, medical aid reconciliation etc
• Deals with business and personal information of a confidential nature.
• Coordination and administration of Finance/Sales meetings, conferences, workshops etc (internal and external).
• Support Directors with respective leadership team meetings including: agenda, pre-read, invitations, logistics, event management, updating member list, admin support.
• Manage daily administration e.g. filing, report generation, document signing etc
• Support of ad hoc of Finance/Sales projects across the Field Sales teams.

Qualifications and Experience Required

Qualifications

• Matric essential

Experience

• Minimum 4 years’ experience in a Personal Assistant role
• Organisational skills
• Project and time management
• Excellent Interpersonal skills
• Excellent Written/verbal communication
• Analytical skills
• Full SAP capability
• Outlook proficiency