Market Category Specialist, Supply in Sydney, Australia

Job Description :

While the name Diageo may be unfamiliar to you, our brands have most likely been with you while you create unforgettable moments of connection and celebration. Imagine crafting the future some of the most well-loved spirits brands across the world, including Smirnoff, Johnnie Walker, Bundaberg Rum and building possibilities within growing brands such as Don Julio, Ciroc, Reeftip and Aviation Gin. By joining Diageo Australia, you will inspire an exceptional team around you, with offices and teams working from 8 locations across Australia, to build incredible performance and unleash your own potential.

What will your role be?

The Global Procurement function at Diageo plays a key role in fueling growth and value, every day everywhere. This role sits in the APAC Procurement COE under the Supply Team and is key to driving the transformation and deliverables of the Supply categories in Australia – a critical Make market fueling commercial growth in the region. The role reports into the Market Category Director Logistics for APAC.

This role will be the accountable for the execution of the logistics category in Australia; working closely with the MCD Logistics (APAC) and the Logistics team on the execution of the market strategy and sourcing, as well as driving and coordinating supplier performance in conjunction with Logistics. Additional to the logistics category remit, this role is primarily responsible for business partnering with the market supply team.

What does this role look like for you?

• Develop strong relationships with all key internal and external stakeholders as a trusted and respected business partner.

• Deliver financial and non-financial KPI’s which include risk and governance, societal and sustainability targets.

• Jointly set objectives with stakeholders, undertake business reviews to reflect achievements against established KPI’s, analyse performance and actively manage continuous performance and identify with the business any relevant action plans.

• Embed best in class procurement category excellence capability and process, i.e. sourcing, contract management, risk and supplier performance management, as well as supporting the introduction of supplier collaboration models with strategic suppliers.

• Drive the execution of the long-term category strategies in alignment with the appropriate stakeholders and in conjunction with the global/regional category leads.

• Input into Supply ways of working with the business to help remove barriers and pain points, drive simplification and enable bolder team outcomes.

• Support the development and coaching of broader Procurement/Supply Team

• Demonstrate personal accountability for great performance and brilliant execution, whilst promoting high standards of ethics and compliance.

• Ownership of market level reporting i.e. Monthly PPV and AOP process for the local market

What will you bring to the table?

• An experienced Procurement or Supply Chain Logistics specialist with a positive and collaborative mindset, and the capability to establish and build internal and external stakeholder relationships

• Can do broad strategic thinking as well as detailed hands-on execution.

• Highly resilient and energised by challenges and comfortable operating in a dynamic, agile supply ecosystem.

• Seasoned in best-in-class category management and sourcing process with a passion for delivering value and efficiencies.

• Highly organised multi-tasker that is skilled at prioritisation and delivering independently and through collaboration across the team

• Clear communicator and able to effectively engage audiences to secure outcomes.

• Results-driven and holds themselves accountable to deliver at a very high standard, delivering on promises and commitments.

• Self-driven and able to work with autonomy requiring only light-touch senior support.

Qualifications & Experience required:

• Proven experience in procurement sourcing or supply chain Logistics ops relationship management in an external facing environment

• Must have proven competency working in a matrixed environment in a regional team. Able to effectively work and create visibility with diverse and remote cross-functional teams, and to influence and build relationships with senior internal and external stakeholders virtually.

• Strong analytical and financial skills, including forensic understanding of cost drivers and macro environment. Commercial acumen, understanding of the business, and the ability to take decisions that drive total-business value.

• Procurement Category or supply logistics experience; demonstrated performance in leading projects, managing and negotiating with suppliers and experience developing and executing category and procurement strategies.

• Proven track record of consistent performance and delivery in a challenging and fast-paced environment. Resilient and able to work in an agile, fast moving environment and to keep up with pace of change and prioritize according to business needs

• Ability to clearly communicate and articulate complex situations in simple terms to enable stakeholder engagement and buy-in. Exceptional verbal, written and presentation skillset and the ability to flex style to influence at multiple levels.

• Minimum 3-5 years of relevant professional experience; ideally with supplier/customer management experience in FMCG manufacturing environment, supporting supply operations.

What are the benefits?

We are an organisation that creates products that are part of celebrations, and our culture reflects this. At Diageo, you will have the ability to work flexibly to ensure you can unlock your own potential through creating bold plans and executing your vision.

You will also be rewarded through competitive salary and monetary benefits including bonus, flexible leave entitlements and product allowance as well as being supported via non-monetary benefits including an industry leading parental leave policy, volunteering days and workplace giving, and subscriptions to mental health and fitness platforms.

Our commitment to inclusion and diversity:

We know that for our business to thrive and for Diageo to realize its ambition, we depend on having diverse talent with a range of backgrounds, skills and capabilities in each of the 180 countries in which we operate and to reflect our broad consumer base. We view diversity as one of the key enablers that helps our business to grow and our values, purpose and standards set the conditions for us to respect the unique contribution each person brings.

Flexibility is key to success in our business and many of our staff 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.

At Diageo, we pride ourselves on our fast paced, bold and agile culture. In order to ensure we’re supporting the performance ambitions of our team, applications for this role will close 18th October 2024.

Worker Type :

Regular

Primary Location:

Huntingwood

Additional Locations :

Sydney HQ

Job Posting Start Date :

2024-10-04

With over 200 brands sold in more than 180 countries, we’re the world’s leading premium drinks company. Every day, over 30,000 talented people come together at Diageo to create the magic behind our much-loved brands. From iconic names to innovative newcomers – the brands we’re building are rooted in culture and local communities. Our ambition is to be one of the best performing, most trusted and most respected consumer products companies in the world.

Our founders, such as Arthur Guinness, John Walker, and Charles Tanqueray, were visionary entrepreneurs whose brilliant minds helped shape the alcohol industry. And through our people, their legacy lives on. Join us, and you’ll collaborate with talented people from all corners of the world. Together, you’ll innovate and push boundaries, shaping a more inclusive and sustainable future that we can all be proud of.

With diversity at our core, we celebrate our people’s unique passions, commitments and specialist skills. Because when varied voices, mindsets, and personalities come together, great ideas are born. In our supportive culture, your voice will be heard and you’ll be empowered to be you. Just bring your ambition, curiosity and ideas, and we’ll celebrate your work and help you reach your fullest potential.

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