Market Category Analyst, Logistics

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

We are seeking a Market Category Analyst, Logistics to join our team based in either our Glasgow or Edinburgh office in Scotland. This role plays a key part in delivering procurement outcomes across Global Brand Supply Procurement, supporting our logistics category through data management, analysis, and cross-functional collaboration.

As a Market Category Analyst, you will provide vital support to Category Specialists and Category Managers by delivering insights and data-driven recommendations that enable effective sourcing decisions. This includes developing subject-matter expertise within logistics and providing consistent, high-quality analytical support across all geographies.

Key Responsibilities:

• Actively participate in the global procurement community across one or more spend categories, contributing to strategy alignment, capability development, and best practice sharing.

• Ensure local procurement data aligns with Diageo's global standards and is readily accessible for decision-making.

• Support monthly reporting and performance tracking to help handle supplier performance effectively.

Provide analytical and administrative support across logistics categories and geographies, including but not limited to:

• Vendor change management (new SSH setups across all regions)

• Support for Third-Party Risk Management (TPRM) processes

• Ad hoc data and analytical requests within logistics categories

• E-sourcing event support (e.g. compiling volumes, pricing, technical data)

• Pinnacle scorecards and administrative tasks

• Maintenance of buyer matrices

• Sedex report review and actions

• Preparation of Category SMT and supplier review packs

• Month-end and annual standard setting reporting support

• User Acceptance Testing (UAT) for relevant systems (as required)

• Project support across logistics category initiatives

Additionally, you will be responsible for ocean freight management, which includes:

• New route creation, route changes, carrier rate updates, and transit time adjustments

• Addressing customer queries and supporting ad hoc logistics requests

• Supporting ocean freight tenders and related procurement events

This is a dynamic and impactful role offering exposure to a global procurement function, providing opportunities to grow analytical, commercial and stakeholder engagement skills in a fast-paced environment.

About You

You're a data-driven, diligent professional with a passion for procurement and logistics. You enjoy working collaboratively in a fast-paced environment and are excited to support strategic sourcing decisions through meaningful analysis.

You will ideally bring:

• A graduate qualification or equivalent experience in Procurement, Finance, FMCG Commercial or related field

• Experience working across supply markets or spend categories relevant to the role

• A track record of contributing to cross-functional and cross-market projects

• Strong analytical and financial awareness, with an understanding of AOP requirements and value drivers

• Commercial acumen and the ability to generate insights that influence decisions

You're confident using tools such as:

• SAP, PRDM, MS Office and other collaboration or sourcing systems

• Reporting platforms and dashboards to monitor KPIs and supplier performance

You'll also bring:

• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, with the ability to present clearly to stakeholders

• Experience delivering results within structured, end-to-end processes (e.g., Source-to-Pay)

• Experience working within KPI-led performance structures and adhering to core standards

• A commitment to continuous learning

Above all, you're a proactive, inclusive team player eager to make an impact and grow within a global procurement community.

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.

Feel inspired? Then this may be the opportunity for you!

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