Innovation Commercialisation Manager

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

Global Travel (GT) at Diageo is one of the most dynamic markets, engaging with over 1.9 billion international travelers annually. We are a diverse, entrepreneurial, and agile business with a redefined ambition and strategy to lead Spirits as the most dynamic and fastest-growing category post-pandemic.

With our market HQ in London, we operate across 19 countries, boasting over 29 nationalities among our team. Our unique channels include duty-free sales in travel retail through airport shops, border shops, onboard airplanes, cruises, and international ferries. Global Travel Retail offers our brands visibility to millions daily. Travelers are often more open to exploration, providing us with opportunities to introduce new products.

Our marketers play a central role by shaping key consumer and shopper insights into market share-winning brand plans that drive growth. They combine creative flair with strategic consumer insight, commercial acumen, and strong project management skills to deliver impactful brand plans globally.

We aim to double the size of the Spirits Category in Global Travel, expand our luxury business significantly, transform our Digital and E-Commerce capabilities, and become Diageo's leading channel for retail activations. If you want to grow within this unique international environment and help shape a high-growth business, read on...

Role Responsibilities

Key Deliverables:

1. Develop and own the comprehensive innovation strategy for the Tequila & White Spirits portfolio, ensuring alignment with the overall business objectives and consumer trends.
2. Lead the end-to-end commercialization and delivery of the Tequila & White Spirits innovation pipeline, using deep consumer, customer and market insights to drive value creation.
3. Achieve excellence in new product launches, partnering cross-functionally to execute best-in-class plans that deliver superior brand performance and customer/consumer impact.
4. Manage tactical innovation needs across specific GT regions, such as RTD/RTS cocktails across cruise and airlines.

Functional Capabilities

1. Manage the performance of the Tequila/White Spirits innovation portfolio post-launch, making timely interventions to maximize business impact and deliver against Annual Operating Plans.
2. Expertly navigate the P&L to optimize value creation for the business, customers and consumers at the right price points.
3. Develop winning commercial and marketing strategies that outpace the competition and drive category growth.

Organizational Leadership

1. Inspire and engage cross-functional teams to deliver breakthrough innovation and category expansion.
2. Demonstrate creative problem-solving skills to navigate ambiguity and ensure goals are achieved.
3. Build strong influencing capabilities to align and mobilize stakeholders at all levels.

Experience / skills required

1. Proven track record in successful innovation or brand project management and commercialization.
2. Exceptional influencing and stakeholder management skills across diverse internal and external partners.
3. Commercially astute with experience in P&L management and value chain dynamics.
4. Thrives in fast-paced, ambiguous environments, adeptly juggling multiple priorities.
5. Demonstrated ability to foster effective relationships and collaborate remotely/in-person.
6. Growth mindset - eager to truly shape the future of tequila in Global Travel.

Flexible Working Statement

Flexibility is key to our success. Talk to us about what flexibility means to you so that you're supported to manage your wellbeing and balance your priorities 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, 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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