Global Category Specialist, Manufacturing Services

1 month ago


Edinburgh, United Kingdom Diageo Full time

Job Description:
Category Specialist, Manufacturing Services

Open to multiple locations (Edinburgh, Glasgow, London, Dublin, New York & Nairobi)

Permanent

Closing date: 13/02/2023

About this role

Focus areas for this role include, but is not limited to:
- Tail Spend Strategy Owner
- Create Strategy, own, maintain and advocate.- MRO Support - To markets/MRO Global owner.- Benchmarking Lead- Capex 3 Year Plan -Analysis & Support / Pre-planning (Contracts).- Support Supplier Collaboration Programme & Framework Management.- Training and Capability Annual Plan Support.- Sustainability Support (Scope 3)- Controls Assurance and Risk Management Lead.- Commodity Price Risk Management - Engagement Lead.- Data Improve Projects Support

About you

To be successful in role you will have a drive to influence and handle senior partners, budget holders and driving cross-border teams within a complex organisation.

Strong analytical and financial awareness including a strong understanding of AOP requirements and financial goals & value drivers relevant to the categories in scope is key to success in this role.

You will have demonstrated commercial competence with a proven track record of consistent performance and delivery as well as the ability to build effective Supplier and internal relationships.

Need to be technically literate with proven record of using systems successfully

Procurement experience is beneficial, but we really seek an individual with real passion to learn about this exciting part of the business

Working with Us

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.

Join us and you can also expect a highly competitive and flexible rewards and benefits package including:
- Competitive base salary and bonus scheme- Contemporary work life balance policies and wellbeing activities- Contributary pension scheme- Comprehensive health insurance for you and your family- Share options

Celebrating our inclusive and diverse culture is core to Diageo’s purpose of “celebrating life every day everywhere”. This purpose is inclusive in nature, as it values everybody irrespective of background, disability, religion, gender identity, sexuality or ethnicity.

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.

Our ambition is to create the best performing, most trusted and respected Consumer Products Company in the world. To achieve these, we need the world’s very best people.

We're looking for people with 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.

Worker Type:
Regular

Primary Location:
Edinburgh Park

Additional Locations:
1HQ, Dundas House, St James Gate

Job Posting Start Date:
2023-01-30-08:00



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