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Job Title: Supply & Procurement GBS Deployment Lead - Voyager

Location: London, Dublin or Edinburgh

Type: Fixed Term Contract until September 2026

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.

This role will own the deployment of all S4 HANA solutions, integrations and capability solutions across Diageo’s regions and markets globally, working with all functions to define and implement the delivery & rollout roadmap.

Partnering closely with the Business Sponsor, the D&T and Systems Integrator to complete this roadmap, delivering a successful global Business Transformation. This will include ensuring all technology integrations and S4 solutions land optimally through various phases of the program.

• Hold full end-to-end accountability for the successful rollout of the Voyager program across all global Supply Chain & Procurement regions, categories, and functions, collaborating closely with the business and broader deployment team.
• Supply to the development and definition of deployment strategies, methodologies, and detailed plans.
• Supervise deployment activities, including ensuring accurate scoping of User Acceptance Testing (UAT), and handle UAT execution to ensure successful outcomes.
• Lead ongoing communication efforts with senior stakeholders, including Supply Chain & Procurement Steer Cos, using impactful engagement strategies to influence and align leadership.
• Build and implement effective communication strategies tailored to Supply Chain & Procurement users and stakeholders at all levels, driving awareness, understanding, and strong Sponsorship dedication to the Voyager program.
• Maintain and strengthen relationships across global, hub, and site levels, ensuring alignment among stakeholder groups within both the program and the wider business. Encouraging confidence, credibility to support a successful deployment.
• Ensure the Supply Chain & Procurement Change Management approach is fit for purpose and optimally executed to deliver the change agenda.
• Embed change across Supply Chain & Procurement regions, categories, and functions by building strong local ownership and an engaged Change Network.
• Develop the Supply Chain & Procurement training strategy, supervise training deployment, ensuring global content is adapted locally where needed.
• Supervise change and training efficiency, addressing risks and resistance to ensure successful adoption.
• Build and maintain value driving relationships across the organisation, regions and markets that support business the business transformation programme.
• Having a detailed understanding on global strategies and fully aligned with strategic process and technology priorities with regions and by functions.
• Having a detailed understanding of the business strategy, actively challenge and build business decisions.
• Manage and maintain a high-performing team by setting clear expectations, encouraging a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and collaboration. Provide regular mentor, feedback, to build capability, drive engagement, and deliver results aligned with program objectives.

• Degree educated in relevant finance / accounting/ business.
• 12-15+ years’ management experience across one of the following functions: Finance, Supply, Technology and change experience is strongly preferred.
• Experience in a global FMCG or similar dynamic operating environment.
• SAP HANA S4 experience advantageous.

Flexibility is key to success. From part-time and compressed hours to different locations our people work flexibly in ways to suit them. Talk to us about what flexibility means to you and we’ll work together so that you’re supported from day one.

We recognise and value performance, offering our people a highly competitive Rewards and Benefits package.

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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Worker Type : Fixed Term Contract (Fixed Term)

Primary Location: 1HQ

Additional Locations : Edinburgh Park, St James Gate

Job Posting Start Date : 2025-09-01