Manufacturing Services Procurement Specialist
Location: Edinburgh, Elgin, Glasgow, Scotland
Permanent Contract
Closing Date: 6th July 2025
About Us
With over 200 brands sold in nearly 180 countries, we're the world's leading premium drinks company known for our wonderful collection of iconic brands such as Johnnie Walker, Smirnoff, Baileys, Captain Morgan, Tanqueray, Guinness and more. 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!
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About the Function
Our Procurement team are innovators, always seeking new ways to help our business, people and much-loved brands thrive. We're dedicated to maximising the £12 billion+ we spend every year, building brands of premium quality, while creating sustainable value and growth. Together, we're shaping the services, partnerships and innovations that meet our future needs.
Our procurement team delivers outstanding end-to-end value across our supply chain and offers innovative supplier solutions. Together, we're driving our 'Society 2030: Spirit of Progress' plan across suppliers and agency partners to create a more sustainable world. Wherever you choose to carve your career, we'll support and encourage you in our inclusive culture.
About the role
This is an exciting opportunity for a motivated and passionate professional to shape Diageo's supply chain through management of our energy providers and acceleration of our Capex agenda. This pivotal role offers significant exposure to senior leaders across all of Diageo's drinks categories - including Scotch, Europe Spirits, Beer and Baileys - providing a unique platform for career progression and impact.
As a Manufacturing Services Specialist, you'll play a key role in driving strategic sourcing for decarbonisation, helping to deliver long-term value and build a more resilient supply chain by managing our energy sources. You'll also lead sourcing for Capex and MRO, working closely with engineering teams to identify the right suppliers to support and enhance our site infrastructure.
You'll lead change in Supply Categories - whether driving capacity expansion projects or supporting sustainability on our net zero journey. As a Manufacturing Services Procurement Specialist, you'll partner on these projects to deliver value and reduce risk through supplier agreements.
Key responsibilities will include:
Strategic Sourcing & Category Leadership:
- Develop and deliver forward-looking procurement strategies for the Manufacturing Services category.
- Identify and drive opportunities for cost savings and productivity across Diageo sites.
- Lead end-to-end energy sourcing, including market analysis, supplier strategy, negotiation, and contract management.
Decarbonisation Roadmap Execution:
- Drive the implementation of the decarbonisation roadmap by actively providing and sourcing primary fuel options and low/zero carbon alternatives (e.g., biomethane, biofuel, biomass, hydrogen, electrification).
- Lead the sourcing of new technologies that allow the use of alternative fuels types, moving us away from fossil fuels.
Cross-Functional & Senior Stakeholder Partnering:
- Build strong, influential relationships across Planning, Sustainability, Finance, Manufacturing, Legal across all spirit categories.
- Integrate Procurement initiatives into the business to ensure effective execution and prioritisation.
- Navigate complex stakeholder dynamics and secure agreement for strategic initiatives, including presenting to senior management.
Commercial & Financial Foresight:
- Apply advanced analytics and cost modelling to shape strategies and secure strong commercial outcomes.
- Lead negotiations within a regulated environment, delivering value while building strong external partnerships.
- Maintain strong financial and TCO awareness to drive end-to-end value.
Supplier & Risk Management:
- Develop resilient supply chains by proactively reviewing and leading critical contracts to prevent expiry, ensuring security of supply.
- Hold suppliers accountable for delivering on commitments, fostering innovation, and driving continuous improvement in their service and sustainability offerings.
Project Support & Process Optimisation:
- Support sophisticated infrastructure projects, working closely with project leads to ensure successful delivery.
- Optimise procurement processes using data insights from tools like PowerBI and the Kearney Chessboard.
About You
In the successful candidate, we are looking for someone who brings a proactive attitude, strategic thinking, and a collaborative spirit. You will be confident working across sophisticated business environments and using data and insight to drive impactful decisions. The experiences and skills below would be advantageous in helping you thrive in this role:
- Proactive & Results-Focused - A proactive approach with a strong focus on outcomes, using insights to influence decisions and see opportunities for improvement and innovation.
- Strategic Thinking - Experience leading a business area and shaping strategies within a large or sophisticated organisation.
- Analytical Strength - Ability to interpret data, apply cost modelling and financial analysis to support strategic decisions and negotiation planning.
- Commercial & Negotiation Skills - Confidence in engaging with suppliers and stakeholders to unlock value and deliver mutually beneficial outcomes.
- Operational Awareness - Understanding of manufacturing, engineering, or operations (such as distilling, brewing, or packaging), particularly in relation to energy usage and operational needs.
- Stakeholder Engagement - Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build trusted relationships and influence stakeholders at all levels.
- Project Collaboration - Shown ability to support and contribute to cross-functional projects, aligning with wider Procurement and business strategies.
Working with Us
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, attitudes, 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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