Innovation Brand Change Planner

Whether you work in planning, logistics, technical teams or manufacturing, you'll be part of an innovative, dynamic organisation. We set ourselves the highest standards, and our practices have earned us international recognition. And it's people with energy, dedication and problem-solving skills who'll help us get even better. In return, we offer a world of opportunities for you to explore, to shape and progress your career.

About the Team

The Diageo Beer Category team brews and packages 8mHls of beer at 3 sites across Ireland and the UK. This team is also responsible for managing the Diageo keg population of 2.7M kegs with an asset value of £44m. The Supply Chain Planning team interprets demand signals from Domestic and Export Markets and translates these into supply plans and replenishment plans, with the objective of optimising customer service, inventory, capacity, and cost. The function is responding to increasing SKU, packaging, and component complexity, and it is operating in environments that are becoming increasingly constrained from a supply perspective.

Purpose of the role
This role is the vital link required to successfully lead and deliver global innovation and brand change projects by managing the planning processes and key partners, along the supply chain, ensuring on time marketing activation and improving NSV opportunities.

This will require highly developed relationships and adopting an Integrated Business Management approach. This role is also required to continually seek improvement opportunities for processes and ways of working.

Accountabilities

Ensure Brand Change products are available to meet marketing activation to generate maximum NSV for Diageo through effective project management, timely reporting, and stakeholder management.

• Brand Change projects managed to optimize AWC and proactively mitigate potential service issues and minimum inventory write off.
• Conduct prioritization and escalation processes for assigned projects, ensuring best Diageo decision; enabling a production plan balancing demand signal with supply capacity (and potential constraints) to optimize customer service and Diageo value.
• Enhance visibility and decision making through effective reporting on a weekly basis.
• Govern market performance with regard to committed project volumes to ensure financial accountabilities for all materials and finished goods.

Manage all relevant partners in various departments within Diageo to ensure smooth introduction of innovation products to Diageo's markets.

• Maintain the project scope, working together with Global Marketing and Brand Technical counterparts to ensure OTIF delivery to meet marketing launches.
• Effective accurate demand capture across countries/geographies and maximising opportunities for marketing launches.
• Ensure clear and accurate supply communication to key partners and markets.
• Ensure a strong systemised approach is used for MRP/DRP/MPS plans so that project volumes tracked and recorded.

Strong Project Delivery by building and using excellent relationships with all staketeam members and partners, ultimately securing success of our Brands. Lead, improve and embed Brand Change related planning processes maintaining standardization, codification, and simplification of all process. Materials and Inventory management

• Ensuring availability of materials in accordance with the project requirements and timeline.
• Critical control of material depletion in line with project budget, providing recommendations on how to minimise cost impact to Diageo.
• Manage the smooth transition to business as usual for new launches considering supply constraints and securing materials for future demand.

Qualifications/Experience Required:

• BSc or equivalent experience in Supply Chain, Business Administration or equivalent
• APICS Qualified or equivalent preferable.
• Supply chain planning or project management experience in an FMCG would be advantageous.
• Good knowledge and understanding of Demand and Supply Planning, Project Management, Operations, Logistics and Route to Market is desirable.
• Experience of people and relationship management across complex supply chains.
• Excellent IT and numerical skills, to exploit benefits of SAP ECC6, SAP APO, Business Warehouse and Microsoft Analyser.

Working with Us

Flexibility is key to success in our business and many of our people work flexibly in many different ways, including part-time, compressed hours, flexible location. Please talk to us about what flexibility means to you and don't let anything stop you from applying.

We believe the most diverse and inclusive culture makes for a better business and a better world. We know that for our business to thrive and for Diageo to realise its ambition, we depend on having diverse talent with a range of backgrounds, skills and capabilities in each of the countries in which we operate and to reflect our broad consumer base.

Around the world we have a number of inclusive Business and Employee Resource Groups known as BRGs and ERGs. These influential groups, made up of our people, represent various viewpoints, experiences and communities who generate thought-provoking work to enhance our business and workplace, creating a sense of belonging and opportunities for all.

Join us and you can also expect a highly competitive and flexible rewards and benefits package including:

• Contemporary work life balance policies and wellbeing activities
• Contributary pension scheme
• Annual bonus

Our purpose is to celebrate life, every day, everywhere. And creating an inclusive culture, where everyone feels valued and listened to, is a crucial part of this. We believe the most inclusive and diverse culture makes for a better business and a better world. We know that for our business to thrive and for Diageo to realise its ambition, we depend on having diverse talent with a range of backgrounds, skills and capabilities in each of the countries in which we operate and to reflect our broad consumer base.

Join us, and you'll be part of an organisation that embraces diversity in the broadest possible sense. This means that you'll be welcomed and celebrated for who you are just by being you. You'll be part of - and help build - an inclusive culture that celebrates people of different gender, ethnicity, ability, age, sexual orientation, social class, educational backgrounds, experiences, approaches, and more. And you'll help us champion inclusion and diversity across our entire business: with our employees, our suppliers, across our brands, and within the communities in which we operate.

About Us

With over 200 brands sold in nearly 180 countries, we're the world's leading premium drinks company. Every day, over 30,000 dedicated people come together at Diageo to create the magic behind our much-loved brands.

Join us and you'll collaborate, explore, and innovate. Challenge and be challenged. Together with passionate people from all over the world, you'll build brands consumers love.

We value each other and celebrate different perspectives. In our inclusive culture, you'll have the backing you need to test new ideas and learn from them. Harness your passion and desire to grow as you make your mark. Let's unlock a brighter, more exciting future together.

Our ambition is to create the best performing, most trusted and respected consumer products companies in the world. To achieve this, we need the world's very best people. We're looking for people with curiosity, creativity, boldness and a sense of purpose to take Diageo and our timeless, pioneering brands to the next level.

Feel inspired? Then this may be the opportunity for you.