IBP Leader, Northern Europe

Job Description :

Diageo Context

Diageo was created in 1997 but its business is built on the principles and foundations laid years before by giants of the industry – Arthur Guinness, John Walker, Elizabeth Cumming and many more. Today, Diageo is a world class leader in beverage alcohol, producing an outstanding collection of over 200 brands and owning the top two largest spirit brands in the world, Johnnie Walker and Smirnoff and 20 of the world's top 100 spirit brands. Its portfolio also includes Crown Royal, J&B, Buchanan's and Windsor Whiskies, Cîroc and Ketel One vodkas, Captain Morgan, Baileys, Don Julio, Tanqueray and Guinness.

Diageo has built a strong platform for growth – through investment in its own brands, and by acquisition to broaden the geographical footprint and category depth and range. The company's strong local business units are well-positioned to win in increasingly competitive and fast-paced environments. Diageo's portfolio is well-diversified across price-tiers, enabling it to participate where consumer opportunity is greatest, and to capture shifts in consumer preference.

Diageo's culture is built and maintained by the five values that underpin its business and guide how Diageo works. At Diageo, employees are passionate about its customers and consumers and want to be the best . They give each other the freedom to succeed and value each other . Employees work hard so they can be proud of what they do and how they do it. While Diageo moves at pace, constantly evolving and improving, its values remain consistent. Diageo wants that employees live these values every day, everywhere so that Diageo can be proud of what they do and be the best that they can be.

Top Accountabilities

Diageo's performance ambition is to become the most trusted and respected CPG ranked #1 in Service. Within Supply Chain this translates into goals that aim to deliver world class service at best cost and cash, driving value to enable new growth opportunities.

Operational Excellence:

Business Planning Integration: Embed the cross-functional business planning process end-to-end, ensuring that Diageo's commercial and operational strategies are seamlessly integrated. This includes leading the monthly Integrated Business Planning (IBP) and Sales and Operations Execution (S&OE) processes in scope.

Demand Forecasting: Own part of the SKU portfolio on demand forecasting and lead the Demand Planner on forecasting for rest of the portfolio, on both short-term and long-term market demand forecasting processes. Work collaboratively with the Market organization and ensure forecast accuracy and bias aligns with set targets.

Governance & Standards: Oversee the monthly governance process to monitor progress and take corrective actions when required. Ensure that systems and processes are in line with global demand planning standards.

Leadership:

Demand Forecasting Excellence : Implement and sustain Diageo's global demand management agenda, with a strong understanding of demand forecasting operational processes. This includes statistical forecasting, incremental volumes building blocks analysis and calculations, consumption analysis, price elasticity analysis, share trend analysis, in-store activity / promotions volume calculations, active coverage analysis, innovation pipeline volume calculations, deviation analysis, PDCA on Forecast Accuracy KPIs and demand forecasting segmentation management.

Team Leadership : Working closely with Demand Forecasting Team Leader, lead and develop Demand Planner(s), in addition to supervision and coaching of market.

Senior Stakeholder Collaboration: Build and nurture senior leader relationships across the Supply Chain, finance, and commercial sectors. Partner with Europe Finance to extract valuable insights and work closely with global teams to implement codified building blocks.

Inclusive Culture : Embrace and champion Diageo's inclusive and diverse culture. We believe in valuing every individual regardless of background, disability, religion, gender identity, sexuality, or ethnicity. You'll play a key role in fostering an inclusive environment.

Systems Proficiency: Apply experience with demand forecasting platforms, including APO and other planning systems, to drive efficiency and accuracy in our planning processes. Develop new innovative forecasting and data processing technologies. Ensure smooth transition advanced planning platforms like OMP and SAP Hana.

Experience / Qualifications / Capabilities

• Broad supply chain planning and demand forecasting experience in a CPG company
• Proven experience in designing, implementing, and executing Demand Planning and Integrated Business Planning processes.
• Ability to foster effective relationships, especially with senior stakeholders and demonstrate strong leadership and influencing skills
• Strong analytical mentality and data analytics skills
• Familiarity with supply network data platforms, ERP, and master data systems
• Strong understanding of supply chain and demand forecasting/IBP operational processes
• Leadership, influencing, and partner engagement skills
• Proven team management experience

Working with us

Celebrating our inclusive and diverse culture is core to Diageo's purpose of "celebrating life every day everywhere". This purpose is, in itself, 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.

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.

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Worker Type :

Regular

Primary Location:

Amsterdam

Additional Locations :

Hamburg

Job Posting Start Date :

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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