Project Manager, Brand Change & Innovation

As a Project Manager in European Spirits Category Brand Change, you'll efficiently deliver Brand Change projects by leading cross-functional teams to meet customer briefs in terms of quality, cost and time.

Support the Brand Change Team Leader in delivering the project pipeline and working to support our key stakeholders (inside and outside of wider Brand Change teams).

Ensure the application of required project planning, budgeting, tracking, reporting and stakeholder communications processes to demonstrate required rigour of project management.

This role will give the successful candidate great exposure to many of the functions within Diageo, including Marketing, Innovation, Procurement, Manufacturing, Finance, Data and Supply Chain. A fantastic platform where you can demonstrate your leadership and technical skills to ensure successful project delivery.

About you

We're looking for people with character: motivated, resilient, and open-minded. You'll be commercially astute; target driven and thrive in a fast-paced environment. You'll also be ready to build strong relationships with customers, and everyone you work with.

Skills, Capabilities & Experience required

• Institute of Packaging Diploma or equivalent, or a willingness to undertake training.
• Strong project management skills with sound knowledge of a wide range of packaging materials and processes including, liquid development, commercialisation, design and development of packaging and materials.
• As well as material manufacturing, handling, transportation and transit robustness.
• An ability to implement risk management practices and techniques and develop sound understanding of Navigate process.
• Excellent organisation, report preparation, and presentation skills.

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 offer a highly competitive rewards and benefits package including:

• Contemporary work life balance policies and wellbeing activities
• Contributary pension scheme
• Comprehensive health benefits
• 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 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'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!

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