Customer Supply Lead - Eastern Europe

Customer Supply Lead - Eastern Europe

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 create a career worth celebrating.

About the Function

Our Supply Chain and Manufacturing team are problem-solvers, sourcing, producing, and delivering our much-loved brands to delight customers around the globe. Over half of Diageo's 30,000+ people work in Supply Chain and Manufacturing. It's an intricate and sophisticated operation that's the product of logistical, manufacturing, and technical collaborations.

Our teams in 100 sites in over 30 countries cover production facilities, supplier relationships, customer collaborations and third-party agreements. We're committed to realising our 'Society 2030: Spirit of Progress' goals, to protect the environment and support our farmers and suppliers. Whatever your skills and experience, we'll help you to thrive in our inclusive culture.

About the role

At Diageo, there are two core assets that drive growth across our business: our brands and our people. They drive one another.

As the Customer Supply Lead, you will support the Eastern Europe supply function within a critical role to drive operational excellence in line with the Eastern Europe strategy.

• Supporting Supply Chain Director & Demand Planning Manager on Supply Agenda-Operations.
• Monitor and analyze supply chain KPIs to identify areas of improvements and drive performance enhancements.
• Undertaking strategical projects and then driving implementation with energy and determination
• Executing projects and initiatives aimed at enhancing supply chain sustainability agenda to promote adherence to environmental standards and reduce carbon footprint
• Exploring new route to markets to optimize the supply chain operations and reduce lead times
• Supporting Inventory optimization by market utilizing the inventory target setting model to identify further opportunities and actions plans to generate for Cash as well as improving Service.
• Partnering with Commercial & Marketing Teams, driving business ambitions with the Global Supply Organizations
• Promoting internal collaboration culture between Supply and Commercial functions
• Interacting with all the functions involved in managing a complex global supply chain network from raw materials to finished products and third-party distribution.
• Supporting the execution of short-term and long-term business plans in relation to innovation, sales, profitability, and growth objectives.
• Full ownership of partners agenda from Supply perspective. This involved working closely with key international players to build and sustain customer collaboration processes, supporting with issue resolution and driving overall supply efficiencies and generating value to both Diageo and Distributors.

• Minimum 3 years' experience in Supply Chain Planning (Demand or Supply)
• Demonstrated ability to run diverse teams and lead and influence partners across an organization.
• Track record of performance delivery.
• Excellent written, oral, presentation and communication skills.
• Highly organised and self-motivated, with an ability to anticipate, effectively prioritise and progress workload.
• Showing a winning attitude that is described in our behaviours: Building trusting relationship by seamless collaboration and leveraging diversity as a source of inspiration and communion, Championing real liberation and empowerment by acting like owner of the role, and driving simplification and efficiency, Externally focussed by being open to new ideas no matter where the idea comes from, and Promoting grown mindset by being curious, being able to dream big and courageous.
• English language

• Be externally curious: Seek deep external insights, Anticipate trends, Adapt quickly
• Collaborate efficiently: Challenge openly, Decide with only essential input, Share and embrace what works
• Experiment and learn: Aim high and disrupt, Trial innovative solutions, Fail fast and learn
• Act decisively: Choose progress over perfection, Prioritise what matters most, Commit to decisions and deliver