Context
This role is responsible for the logistics footprint (weekend) across Leven and Shieldhall ensuring excellence in Health & Safety, Compliance and Operational delivery.

This role has responsibility for delivering and embedding a dynamic Health and Safety strategy to manage our onsite 3PL and ensuring adherence to standard process across the weekend shift for both Production sites.

The Contract Manager role partners with the Category Teams, the Weekday Logistics Contract Managers, and other H&S Managers within Global Brand Supply to standardise processes, manage risks and drive compliance to assure product integrity, a safe working environment and service to our customers. The role is instrumental in Diageo's journey to become the most trusted and most respected consumer goods company in the world.

The role holder must be able to work independently and manage multi-site operations simultaneously. The successful candidate must be able to demonstrate strong people and leadership skills and be a great teammate; you will be working alongside our 3PL partner to champion H&S culture, drive quality standards and implement logistics operations plans.

Key Accountabilities:

• Ownership for the onsite 3PL Health and Safety Programme, along with owning incident investigation to determine root cause and 100year fix
• Ensure that Diageo's Quality Strategy for logistics is addressing customer concerns and put in place corrective mitigations.
• Management of the weekend operations, ensuring adherence to plan and achieving all critical metrics including direct despatch.
• Appropriate engagement and management with Production Leadership teams
• Continuous External Benchmarking focusing on trends/efficiencies within the wider logistics sector to drive performance improvements in processes, strategy, and technologies.

Qualifications and Experience

• Relevant qualification in Technical or Industrial subject desirable
• Knowledge and technical expertise in spirits and beers an advantage.
• Extensive experience within the drinks industry or applicable logistics organisation preferred.
• Experience of SAP is essential
• Thought leadership/ Strategic vision/ externally connected/ future orientated.
• Track record in delivery and strategy/ thought leadership.
• Good interpersonal and influencing skills. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively interact with and influence partners throughout the organization.
• Approachable and able to provide clear and concise information.
• Desirable - Six Sigma Principles
• Awareness of BCP and risk management techniques
• Fully aware and of Health & Safety requirements and role models these standards each and every day.
• Must be a teammate with proven interpersonal skills. High energy, strong work ethic with demonstrated ability to lead by example.
• Demonstrated engagement, presentation and influencing skills for large operations

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.