Assistant Manager, Commercial Experience Service Delivery
Job Title
Assistant Manager, Commercial Experience Service Delivery
About the Function:
Our Global Business Operations (GBO) team are facilitators, providing strategic, financial, and business services that are critical to the day-to-day performance of our business. With a team of over 2,000 dedicated and passionate people supporting 21 markets across the world, we have offices in Bangalore, Budapest, Bogota, and Manila.
Our global remit offers huge learning opportunities. We encourage learning and development in skills needed now and in the future across digital, industry, professional, and domain. Wherever you start, you'll be rewarded with a world view and the recognition you deserve in our inclusive and supportive culture.
About the Role
Diageo is a global leader company in beverage alcohol with an outstanding collection of over 200 brands enjoyed in more than 180 countries. We are home to over 30,000 dedicated people all working together to make Diageo one of the best and most respected consumer product companies. Walk into any Diageo distillery, brewery or office anywhere in the world and you'll meet teams of people who are very good at what they do and who enjoy doing it.
Diageo Global Business Operations provides a wide array of both financial and business services to Diageo markets and functions around the world. Over the years the services offered have grown rapidly in terms of scale and scope, gradually moving toward higher value and more sophisticated activities. Now, with an increased focus on standardised end-to-end process excellence, Diageo Global Business Operation is set to premier class productivity, business agility and growth, liberating and equipping our markets to win.Diageo Global Business Enterprise Operations model is based around 4 global locations: Budapest, Bogota, Manila, Bangalore. Each of these centres has Sell to Cash Service Delivery team focused on delivering the STC Service to specific countries within the Commercial Experience Tower.
The Customer Experience Stream is part of the Sell to Cash (STC) process. It actualizes the "one face to the Customer".
Dimensions of the role
Global markets
Purpose of Role:
The Customer Experience team is the first point of contact and "one face" to customers and is responsible for delivering excellent customer service and ensuring all customer orders are delivered as requested (on time, in full). The Customer Service Junior Manager will support and enable the delivery of our Performance Promise within own area,and will indirectly oversight and improve any supporting activities that relate to order management, customer services and logistics of order fulfilment to customers.
The Customer Experience JM's main task is to deliver the services requested by the markets and the targets agreed, has various line management, reporting and analytical tasks, is responsible for managing, co-ordinating, training, developing, motivating the team and being a role model for them, and responsible for managing the various high level stakeholders within the geographic region his / her team is responsible for. The Customer Experience JM is also responsible for the Performance Management of Customer Service team linked to the geographic region his / her team is responsible for. The role will be a critical support to the Customer Experience Manager to monitor KPI performance, ensure the delivery of efficiency programmes and enable the smooth and coherent operation of the overall department, as well as managing the Customer Experience and Logistics team.
Required capabilities
• Mastery level interpersonal and communication skills, assertiveness
• Excellent customer service and customer care mind-set
• Willingness and ability to build great relationships with customers across several markets and senior stakeholders
• Demonstrated positive "can do" attitude
• Ability to effectively prioritise customer issues and build on customer knowledge when making decisions
• Able to take full ownership to drive issues towards resolution, escalate where necessary
• Willingness to gather excellent knowledge of Customers and Market specifics
• Looking for and responding to feedback
• Continuously driving issue resolution and service improvement
• Active team player, always there to help others
• Understand and comply with the controls in own area, ensures the team is fully aware of the requirements
• Structural and strategic thinking, short and mid-term planning for resourcing and business operation (including peak periods), search for opportunities and execute migrations from the markets to Budapest, productivity saving generation and realisation, long-term process improvement delivering saving or development in performance not just for own area but for a wider scope
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• Ability to effectively prioritize incoming issues and build on acquired knowledge when making decisions in own area of responsibility
• Role model the Diageo Values and Leadership Standards
• Ability to develop, motivate and energise a team even in difficult and workload heavy periods (4-5 months a year)
• Demonstrate deep personal accountability for great performance
• Move effectively between strategy and operational details
• Demonstrates unwavering accountability for Diageo's total success - we are 'one Diageo'
• Demonstrate self-awareness and know strengths and development needs
• Commit to grow own capability and experience to the benefit of him/herself, our people and Diageo
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§ Commit to grow own capability and experience to the benefit of him/herself, our people and Diageo
Top Accountabilities:
• Managing a team of 8-10 to reach best-in-class customer service and order fulfilment. Ensure that Diageo is considered the best Customer Service provider of our partners
• Act as the key operational support to the Customer Experience Manager, monitoring STC KPI performance and identifying opportunities to increase efficiency
• Deep understanding of customers' and markets' needs and fully support successful business operation within own area
• Build brilliant working relationships within the Commercial Experience department to support the area
• Support wider Commercial Experience Team with deep dive analysis on key KPIs - AOT, Touchless Orders%, Disputes%, CFR, OTIF.
• Prepare input material for the Market Performance Review calls, including KPI performance commentary
• Maximising customer satisfaction level, support reduction of the cost of returns and refusals by implementing reviews and controls
• Continuously improving service levels in cooperation with the internal teams and other parts of the business to strive for excellence in a highly competitive environment
• Building strong relationship with stakeholders, customers, sales and logistics functions with special focus on L2 and L3 stakeholders, such as Sales, Finance and Supply Chain Directors
• Reporting towards key stakeholders with deep insight generation and early risk flagging
• Commit to grow own capability and experience to the benefit of him/herself, our people and Diageo
• • Crisis management in peak periods if needed - mitigate the risk related to capacity and delivery issues and out of stock situations
• Hiring, training, motivating and constantly developing the right people within his/her team to build an excellent, high performing team with a robust succession plan
• Coaching newcomers and ensure knowledge management and retention
• Act as first escalation point for team members for day-to-day issues on behalf of the GB Customer Experience Manager
• Partnering with other parts of the business - both externally and internally
• Sharing best practise between STC teams to ensure continuous quality and to create possibilities for improvement
• Playing an active part in Diageo's control agenda
• Support other STC functions and processing activities
• Ensure that there is good communication and feedback with 'enabling' teams such as STC Process Excellence, STC Governance, Financial Control, Information Systems and Facilities
Measures of Success:
• Average Order Touches (AOT)
• Touchless Orders%
• Return and refusal %
• Order Entry Accuracy% (OEA)
• Number of disputes and Time to resolve
• Customer Deduction Management (unidentified and rejected deductions)
• Customer satisfaction
Qualifications and Experience Required:
Essential
• Excellent, proven customer service attitude
• Fluent language skills - as required for the specific markets
• Solid English language skills - company language
• Outstanding interpersonal and communication skills
• Commit to grow own capability and experience to the benefit of him/herself, our people and Diageo
• • Strong MS Office knowledge
• Strategic thinking and long-term planning
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Desirable
• Prior experience in Customer Service and Logistics
• College or University degree
• System skills (SAP knowledge)
Barriers to Success in Role (Optional):
• Insufficient customer service skills / mindset
• Not interested in customer service, sales or logistics
• Lack of accuracy, attention to details
• Insufficient language capabilities
• Inability to work as a part of a team
• Insufficient communication skills (face-to face / phone / written)
• Inability to co-ordinate, energise, motivate a team
• Cannot see the big picture, only focused on operational details
Rewards & Benefits Statement: (TE)
Flexible Working Statement:
Flexibility is key to our success. From part-time and compressed hours to different locations, our people work flexibly in ways to suit them. Talk to us about what flexibility means to you so that you're supported from day one.
Diversity statement:
Our purpose is to celebrate life, every day, everywhere. And creating an inclusive culture, where everyone feels valued and that they can belong, is a crucial part of this.
We embrace 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 and champion an inclusive culture that celebrates people of different gender, ethnicity, ability, age, sexual orientation, social class, educational backgrounds, experiences, mindsets, and more.
Our ambition is to create the best performing, most trusted and respected consumer products companies in the world. Join us and help transform our business as we take our brands to the next level and build new ones as part of shaping the next generation of celebrations for consumers around the world.
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Perks and Benefits
Health and Wellness
- Health Insurance
- Health Reimbursement Account
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Life Insurance
- Short-Term Disability
- Long-Term Disability
- FSA
- FSA With Employer Contribution
- HSA
- HSA With Employer Contribution
- Fitness Subsidies
- Pet Insurance
- Mental Health Benefits
Parental Benefits
- Birth Parent or Maternity Leave
- Non-Birth Parent or Paternity Leave
- Fertility Benefits
- Adoption Assistance Program
- Family Support Resources
- Adoption Leave
Work Flexibility
- Hybrid Work Opportunities
Office Life and Perks
- Commuter Benefits Program
- Casual Dress
- Happy Hours
- On-Site Cafeteria
- Holiday Events
Vacation and Time Off
- Paid Vacation
- Paid Holidays
- Personal/Sick Days
- Leave of Absence
- Volunteer Time Off
Financial and Retirement
- 401(K)
- Pension
- Stock Purchase Program
- Performance Bonus
- Relocation Assistance
Professional Development
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Promote From Within
- Mentor Program
- Access to Online Courses
- Lunch and Learns
- Internship Program
- Leadership Training Program
- Associate or Rotational Training Program
Diversity and Inclusion
- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Program
- Employee Resource Groups (ERG)
- Woman founded/led
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