About Us:
With over 200 brands sold in nearly 180 countries, we're the world's leading premium drinks company. Bring your passion and use your curiosity as you explore, collaborate, and innovate to build brands consumers love. Together with passionate people from all over the world, you'll test new ideas, learn and grow, and unlock a brighter, more exciting future.
Join us to build a career worth celebrating.
Which company will you join?
From Arthur Guinness to Johnnie Walker, our business was founded on people of outstanding character, and in 250 years, nothing has changed. We're the world's leading premium alcohol company! Our brands are industry icons including Johnnie Walker, Crown Royal, Bulleit and Buchanan's whiskies, Smirnoff, Cîroc and Ketel One vodkas, Captain Morgan, Baileys, Don Julio, Tanqueray and Guinness. Our success is thanks to the strength of our people, in every role. It's why we trust them with our legacy and why we reward them with the career-defining opportunities that they deserve. Our ambition is to build the best performing, most trusted and respected Consumer Products Company in the world. To achieve these, we need the very best people!
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At Diageo, our purpose is to celebrate life everywhere, every day. To do that, you will join an organization that is passionate about customers and consumers, and proud of what they do. Diageo teams constantly set high goals and then try hard to exceed them. We are also an incredibly diverse organization, and we value each and every one's talent and personality.
About the role
The North American Strategy Team is a small, multi-functional group accountable for corporate strategy and financial decision support for the Diageo North American business. The group works primarily on a project basis, deploying its resources against the highest value issues and opportunities facing Diageo - principally working with senior management and leading cross functional teams. The team is closely integrated into the North American business, touching all aspects of Diageo's operations. Within this team, the purpose of the Strategy Manager role is to support the evaluation and development of strategic opportunities and projects across the North American business.
The role reports into the VP of Strategy, North America.
Role Responsibilities
- Assist the Strategy VP & Director in partnering with senior leaders in North America to shape the strategic direction and priorities of the Diageo business, including supporting the development of the long-range strategy for the Annual Strategy Conference (ASC)
- Work cross-functionally across the organization (within NAM and with the global Group Strategy team) to deliver and embed data-driven choices / solutions, ensuring ownership across the business
- Develop and provide expertise on the strategic, economic, socio-demographic, geopolitical, and commercial context affecting Diageo operations. Bring an externally curious & future-focused perspective to all the work that the team delivers, challenging our customers' view of the status-quo
- Develop analytical models and compelling presentations to support business decisions surrounding key critical initiatives
- Support in the development of materials for the Diageo Board and external audiences (i.e. Capital Markets Day, Investor and Analyst events)
Experience / skills required
- Minimum 3-6 years of professional experience
- Exceptional analytical and problem-solving abilities, with advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
- Bias toward action & comfort operating independently in an environment of ambiguity
- Proven track record of developing and implementing successful strategies in a complex, multi-market environment
- Strong leadership and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence and collaborate effectively across different levels of the organization
- External curiosity with deep understanding of the North American market and its socio-economic, geopolitical, and commercial landscape
- Ownership and outcome-driven mentality
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
Preferred Experience
- Consulting or Investment Banking experience preferred
- CPG/FMCG experience preferred
Diversity statement:
Our purpose is to celebrate life, every day, everywhere. And crafting 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 encouraged 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, mentalities, 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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