Source to Pay - Procurement Operations - Specialist-2

Diageo España SA; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 2,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Diageo, a world-leading premium drinks company, invites applications for a Junior Manager-Source to Pay in Bangalore. The role supports Supplier Experience, partnering with Global and Regional Category Procurement to ensure efficient sourcing and end-to-end procurement processes.

The role emphasizes advanced knowledge of sourcing and contracting, tendering tools such as Coupa/CSO, and the ability to engage diverse stakeholders across time zones. This is a hands-on procurement specialist position.

Qualifications

• Advanced prior experience and understanding of sourcing and contracting processes and practices is essential.
• Lead and manage sourcing activities that will require strong leadership to deliver timely and cost-effective sourcing.
• Broad understanding of tendering systems and tools used in end-to-end procurement.

Responsibilities

• The Sourcing Specialist would be expected to be responsible for: Purpose of Role The Sourcing Expert will be expected to.
• Support sourcing and procurement activities across markets to ensure right goods and services from the right supplier at the right price.

Skills

Sourcing

Contracting

Coupa/CSO

Stakeholder management

Tools

Coupa

CSO

Job description

Job Title- Source to Pay - Procurement Operations - Specialist-2

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 Business Operations keeps our business moving, connecting markets, streamlining processes and keeping everything running smoothly at scale. With teams across Bangalore, Budapest, Bogotá, Gurugram, and Manila, GBO delivers the essential services that support our day-to-day performance, from finance to operations and beyond. It’s a truly global environment, where collaboration across time zones and cultures is part of everyday life. You’ll gain exposure to different markets, build skills for the future and develop a broad understanding of how a business operates at scale. It’s a great place to learn, grow and see the bigger picture.

About the team

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About the role

ROLE PROFILE Job Title:Junior Manager-Source to Pay - Procurement Operations Level: L5C Reports To: Sourcing Manager_ P-ops Location: Bangalore Context/Scope: The Supplier Experience Team is responsible to ensure that Source To Pay processes (including Purchase to Pay and Procurement Operations) are working effectively & efficiently, are well controlled and drive value for Diageo, also ensuring control agenda (SOX compliance) across all areas as well. This role is part of the Supplier Experience Team and reports to the Sourcing Manager_ P-ops This role acts as the interface between GBS & Procurement community (accountable for the purchasing strategy) ensuring Diageo buys the right goods and services from the right supplier at the right price. This is a sourcing specialist role which will directly support the Global and Regional Category Procurement teams, STP systems support and suppliers. Advanced prior experience and understanding of sourcing and contracting processes and practices is essential.

Dimensions

• a) Financial
  The role will support the overall Sourcing process, both for spend owned by GBO end-to-end and spend managed by regional procurement. The role will be responsible to deliver productivity savings (both hard and mitigation) through efficient and effective sourcing processes
• b) Market Complexity
  This role will work with the Procurement Category Managers and Specialists and suppliers and will interface with business users and senior stakeholders. These relationships may encompass people based in a variety of locations and across multiple cultures, languages, seniority levels and time‑zones. Prior experience and understanding of sourcing and contracting processes and practices is essential.
• c) Leadership Responsibilities
  This role has no line management responsibilities, but the role will be expected to lead and manage sourcing activities that will need the candidate to show strong leadership qualities. This role is required to engage, manage & influence the different stakeholder groups associated with Strategic Sourcing processes to deliver a timely and cost‑effective sourcing. It requires the incumbent to have advanced knowledge of tendering systems and tools such as Coupa/CSO and end to end procurement processes. The role will be expected to share best practice across Procurement and Sourcing teams and to seek out insights for improvements to processes, ways of working and opportunities for consolidation of sourcing requirements. To be effective, a broad understanding of contractual concepts will be helpful.

Responsibilities

The Sourcing Specialist would be expected to be responsible for: Purpose of Role The Sourcing Expert will be expected to

Top 3-5 Accountabilities

Qualifications and Experience Required Barriers to Success in Role Potential Barriers for success would be:

Barriers to Success in Role

Potential Barriers for success would be:

Flexible Working options / Travel requirements

Hours of working will be determined by markets supported e.g., Europe, Africa, NAM etc.

Rewards & Benefits Statement

Flexibility is key to our 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 so that you’re supported 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 accept 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, approaches, 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. If you require a reasonable adjustment, please ensure that you bring together this information when you submit your application.