Global Procurement Director, Media & Partnerships

About us Diageo is the world's leading premium drinks company with an outstanding diverse collection of brands, such as Casamigos and Don Julio tequilas, Ypica, Johnnie Walker, Crown Royal, Smirnoff, Baileys, Captain Morgan, Tanqueray and Guinness. Our purpose - Celebrating life, every day, everywhere - has an important role in our company, for our people, our diversity, our brands, in how we perform and how we create shared value. Our ambition is to create the best performing, most trusted and respected Consumer Products Company in the world. To achieve this, we need the world's very best people. About Diageo Procurement and the Role Diageo Global Procurement is accountable for the Procurement of Supply, Marketing and Indirect categories with an annual spend of circa $12bn. Procurement's vision is to " Unlock the Power of our Ecosystems to win Sustainable Value" with a broad set of value delivery across Cost, Cash, Carbon (ESG) and Consumer impact. The function has gone through a 3-yr transformation journey to strengthen procurement excellence, capability and the delivery of our Society 2030 Spirit of Progress ambition, which includes stretching commitments in respect to our carbon footprint in Grain-to-Glass (G2G) as well as investment with diverse suppliers and agencies. This transformation has established a solid foundation for the function to shift into the next phase where the level of Procurement contribution to business performance continues to grow. Diageo's Procurement function is structured to take advantage of our global scale through a model based on Globally led Category Procurement and Market led Procurement teams. We operate a strong collaboration model between our market and global category teams, where we work together as One Procurement Community. Our model enables global strategy development for defined global categories that are then implemented across the Markets considering nuances. The model aims to leverage scale of spend that can be consolidated and controlled globally, whilst at the same time having the appropriate in-Market procurement ownership for total procurement spend that sits within the Market P&Ls. The Global Category Director, Media & Scale Reach (GCD) role is a strategic leadership role leading the team that drives global investment strategies across $1.5bn+ Media, Digital and Partnerships A&P investment (collectively media and scale reach - MSR). The GCD also leads Breakthrough Innovation procurement. This role sits on the Global Marketing Procurement Leadership Team, led by Head of Procurement, Global Marketing. The GCD is supported by a team of 4 procurement professionals. Effective delivery requires integration and influence across a wide range of partners both internally and externally, using the investment ecosystem in its broadest sense. As the Global Category Director MSR, you will lead a team which will: Play a critical role in driving investment optimisation across our A&P, developing the investment strategies to ensure budgets and execution are directed into the channels that will drive growth and return for Diageo & our brands. Your leadership will focus on embedding this across markets and brands. Deliver stretching cost and cash efficiency delivery across the global MSR spend portfolio in partnership with market procurement, ensuring always that this delivery enables business growth. Strengthen integration of the procurement function into the broader business building brilliant collaborator relationships and influencing at the most senior levels of the organisation. Bring category management excellence to the next level, integrating transformative strategies as the core and ensuring clear execution enablement for the markets. Drive improved end to end value from ourSupplier and Agency partners, by leveraging capabilities and innovation, built on a foundation of strong performance management. Be the lead voice on Supplier and Agency risk management and resilience, driving strong compliance across the category value chains. Drive outcomes across the categories, in line with our 2030 Diageo Spirit of Progress goals and targets, including across Supplier Diversity & Inclusion, Responsible Sourcing & Responsible Drinking, as well as Environmental & Climate management initiatives across Water, Packaging, Waste & Carbon (Scope 3) Reduction Accountabilities: Be the ambassador for the categories within procurement and among Suppliers / Agencies, passionately driving value through Cost, Cash, Carbon (ESG) and Consumer opportunities, in return creating a competitive advantage, and ultimately growing the business. Define and deliver stretching Global & Market Procurement objectives in alignment with Market / Marketing & Finance. Ensure seamless leadership and collaborator relationships with the Marketing and Commercial leadership, and Procurement teams. Ensure a deep understanding of market needs and global Procurement strategies, defining omnichannel category connections to drive efficiency and effectiveness. Strengthen Supplier & Agency performance and relationship management through transformative performance management programmes. Establish senior relationships with external partners, business critical / strategic Suppliers & Agencies as well as other companies, bringing external insight into Diageo. Embed our Global Procurement organisation model and ways of working both within Procurement as well as with other functions. Establish a resilient Talent Plan for the team. Contribute to the overall strategic direction of the Global Procurement function. Ensure high standards of risk management, compliance and governance in an increasingly complex environment. Experience, Skills, Capabilities, Languages: A highly strategic, influential and driven individual who builds long lasting relationships that drive value and create high impact over the short, mid and long term. Broad business acumen and gravitas to interact with and influence senior collaborators. Skilled at building partnerships and followership both externally with our suppliers & agencies, and internally with business teams. External focus, with curiosity and presence across the industry. Experience across marketing spend categories. Experience having led Procurement categories / Media in an international environment. Experience in change and transformation of procurement categories to unlock performance. Extensive experience in Procurement / Media in a fast-paced environment. Experience in building high performing teams. 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 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 variousviewpoints, experiences andcommunities who generate thought-provokingworkto enhance ourbusiness and workplace, creating a sense of belonging and opportunities for all. Join us and you can also expect a highly competitive and flexible rewards and benefits package including: Contemporary work life balance policies and wellbeing activities Contributary pension scheme Comprehensive health insurance 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 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. Feel inspired? Then this may be the opportunity for you! To be considered for this role you will be redirected to and must complete the application process on our careers page. To start the process click the Continue to Application below.