Jobs at Diageo

Role Responsibilities

Cold & Visibility Plan Implementation:

• Execute and monitor the national cold asset and visibility strategy in line with the approved brand and regional trade guidelines.
• Collaborate with the Brand Team, CPAMs, Sales, and Supply Operations teams to implement cold and visibility plans across various channels and regions.
• Track and report the performance of cold asset deployments and visibility strategies, ensuring adherence to timelines and budget.
• Identify gaps and opportunities for improvement in cold asset visibility and functionality, recommending adjustments to enhance market presence.

Asset Management:

• Oversee the complete lifecycle of cold assets, from acquisition, deployment, maintenance, and refurbishment, to asset write-offs.
• Ensure accurate tracking of fridge and cold assets, maintaining an up-to-date asset database, and conducting regular stock counts and status reports.
• Collaborate with Procurement, Sales, and Finance teams to manage cold asset capital expenditures (CAPEX) and operational expenditures (OPEX).
• Support asset capitalisation, tracking, and management of purchased units, and ensure adherence to all policies for asset procurement, capitalisation, and depreciation.

Project Management:

• Lead cold asset projects, and cold accreditation programs, ensuring that all cold projects are executed on time, within scope, and according to budget.
• Manage annual cold strategy rollouts, coordinating with regional teams to meet project deadlines and quality standards.
• Oversee the coordination and execution of refurbishment and stock movement plans, working with manufacturers and logistics teams to meet national and regional needs.

Financial Management:

• Support the preparation of annual CAPEX and OPEX budgets for cold assets, providing detailed reports and variance analysis.
• Process and manage all internal and external charges related to cold assets, ensuring compliance with procurement policies and financial guidelines.
• Monitor and report on budget adherence for cold projects, identifying cost optimization opportunities and ensuring efficient asset use.

Stakeholder Management & Reporting:

• Manage relationships with external suppliers, including cold asset manufacturers, logistics, and maintenance providers, ensuring that vendors meet contractual obligations and service level agreements.
• Regularly engage with internal stakeholders (Sales, Finance, Procurement, etc.) to align on cold asset management strategies and address any issues that may arise.
• Prepare and present regular reports on cold asset performance, budget status, and project progress to senior management and stakeholders.

Continuous Improvement & Optimization:

• Conduct business analyses to identify areas for improvement in cold asset management and operational efficiency.
• Collaborate with regional teams to optimize fridge placement, stock management, and cold chain processes, ensuring that assets meet the needs of the business and are deployed efficiently across channels and regions.
• Monitor cold asset performance, ensuring that service levels are met and identifying opportunities for cost savings and improved productivity.

Compliance & Documentation:

• Ensure compliance with all relevant standards, guidelines, and regulations related to cold asset management.
• Maintain accurate documentation of cold asset movements, refurbishments, and stock levels for audit purposes.
• Assist in cold asset audits and verification processes to ensure all assets are accounted for and in working condition.

Experience / skills required

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, or related field.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in asset management, cold chain management, or a related field.
• Strong knowledge of asset lifecycle management, project management, and financial reporting.
• Proficient in SAP, MS Excel, and other relevant software.
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills.

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About the role 

• Global Procurement delivers significant contribution towards Diageo business, productivity, and growth goals. The Digital & Technology category is seeking to deliver value creation to support operating margin improvement and competitive advantage through sourcing, negotiation, optimization, and supplier partnerships, leveraging the sweet spot between efficiencies and effectiveness of our investment.
• This category is complex, with varying stakeholder needs, significant external spend and key relationships at an executive level. The prime accountability for the role is to drive value through ensuring the commercial elements of spend in this category are executed brilliantly with our vendors. This role will lead sourcing decisions with key stakeholders and will support the maximization of value as well as ROI, whilst minimizing risk from all external spend - assuring quality of delivery and performance.
• The Digital & Technology category is additionally going through a period of transformation. Digital & Technology is growing in importance and becoming strategically more integrated in our planning and decision making. This is the most complex of all procurement categories due to the complexity and risks associated with the products and services in D&T categories.
• This role acts as the interface between business users and senior Stakeholders and the Procurement community (accountable for the purchasing strategy) ensuring Diageo buys the right goods and services from the right supplier at the right price. The role will play a key part in developing and leading D&T procurement across Consumer, Customer, Supply, Tech Foundations, Analytics & Insights and Corporate spaces; through effective business partnering and collaboration across Procurement CoEs. This includes (but is not limited to):
• Applying strategic procurement excellence, through the creation of category strategies built on Diageo’s best methods, standards and tools to deliver procurement value for Diageo.
• Driving end-to-end execution of category strategies, ensuring that global and market category professionals are aligned and working in line with strategy.
• Serving as subject-matter expert for specific spend categories, ensuring collection and leverage of supply market expertise and close engagement with stakeholders for value-adding procurement.

REQUIREMENTS

Qualifications

• Graduate or equivalent qualification and member of professional body, e.g., CIPS

Experience

• Minimum 7-10 years’ experience in Procurement, Finance, FMCG Commerical or other relevant role. Subject-matter expertise in supply markets and spend categories relevant to the role is desirable but not a barrier.
• Demonstrated performance in leading projects and teams, experience developing and executing category and procurement strategies, managing and negotiating with suppliers
• Strong analytical and financial awareness including a comprehensive understanding of AOP requirements and financial goals & value drivers relevant to the categories in scope
• Track record influencing and managing senior stakeholders and budget holders and driving cross-border teams.
• Expertise in business and commercial acumen and broad understanding of IT related legal and contractual concepts associated with technology – e.g. effective statements of work (SOWs)
• Advanced business, financial, legal and commercial acumen gained from previous negotiations on sourcing projects and or contact negotiations

Skills

• Advanced prior experience and understanding of IT sourcing and contracting processes and practices is essential
• Solid understanding of automation, AI, robotics, and other digital solutions