Sr. Governance Manager

Job Description :

Title: Governance Manager - Southern Hub

Are you looking to play a pivotal role in driving best-in-class Governance (Quality, Environmental, Heath & Safety) Programs for one of the worlds most respected fast moving CPG’s?

Diageo is a global leader in beverage alcohol with an outstanding collection of brands including Johnnie Walker, Crown Royal, Bulleit and Buchanan's whiskies, Smirnoff, Cîroc and Ketel One vodkas, Captain Morgan, Baileys, Don Julio, Tanqueray and Guinness!

Our performance ambition is to be one of the best performing, most trusted and respected consumer products companies in the world. We are proud of the brands we make and the enjoyment they give to millions. We are passionate about alcohol playing a positive role in society as part of a balanced lifestyle. It is central to our purpose to celebrate life, every day, everywhere.

With iconic global brands across spirits and beer, we produce an assortment of over 200 amazing brands – old and new, large, and small, global and local – that are enjoyed in more than 180 countries around the world!

Diageo is listed on both the New York Stock Exchange (DEO) and the London Stock Exchange (DGE). For more information about Diageo, our people, our brands, and performance, visit us at www.diageo.com. Visit Diageo's global responsible drinking resource, www.DRINKiQ.com, for information, initiatives, and ways to share standard methodology.

Context/Scope:

The Governance Manager will have overall oversight of all governance and regulatory agendas for Diageo's "Southern hub" operational sites of Lebanon, Stitzel Weller, Shelbyville and Tullahoma. This position gets to drive the deployment of Diageo's strategic Quality, and Health, safety & environment (EHS) sustainability programs while providing leadership of the governance capability and talent development plan. 

Purpose of Role:

• Leadership accountability for all aspects of Risk Management (EHS; business continuity planning; assurance) across these 4 regional sites e.g. Zero Harm, HACCP, and ISO accreditation.  With specific responsibility for Shelbyville.
• Identify, mitigate and own the many operating risks inherent in the manufacturing operations in order to protect the brands, people & company reputation.
• Ensure that for all plants supported, that the operations meet or exceed State and Federal environmental, safety and risk requirements, Diageo’s Global Risk Management Standards, Diageo’s operational excellence standards, our compliance and ethics and all other relevant policies.
• Assure all Maturing Third Party operations meet or exceed our Diageo’s Global Risk Management Standards, Diageo’s operational excellence standards, our compliance and ethics and all other relevant policies.
• Ensure our internal management processes and our business continuity plans at all Southern Hub operations sites are in line with all requirements.  This includes internal auditing of site facilities and operations to identify and quantify risks involved, and implementing robust action plans to eliminate or mitigate the risks.
• Anticipates needs for the future and proactively mitigate risk and issues working with all Southern Hub operations sites, legal, government affairs, central risk, industry and other external agencies.
• Develop skills and capabilities vital for ensuring compliance w/ gov legislation and policies & standards.
• Active participant in the regional "S-Hub" and Shelbyville leadership teams, helping to provide strategic direction for the site, grow the capabilities of the workforce, and deliver critical metrics in LTA, PPM Defect, OEE, and Schedule Adherence. 
• Support delivery of key projects across sites so enhance supply productivity and sustainability targets.

Decision Making:

• Drive the strategic decision making and planning agenda e.g. implementation of quality systems such ISO22000, HACCP, Global Finished Packaging Standards (GFPS), manage the ZERO Harm strategy and sustain the Environmental targets.
• Daily decisions required to resolve Southern Hub operations and Maturing 3rd party issues.
• High degree of integrity, business code of conduct required in all decisions.
• Governance talent pipeline and development plan

Financial Responsibility

• Operational targets for the supported regional plants.
• Governance department budget.

Complexity of Role:

• Develops Governance plans, trackers, Critical metrics and targets.  Tracks and reports as the need arises.
• Relationships with leadership, government agencies.
• Use industry network for benchmark and shared learning opportunity.
• Recognized as an authority on all Governance matters.
• In-depth knowledg