Director, Procurement - NA Raw Materials, Whiskey& Barrels

Job Description :

TITLE: Procurement Director, NA Raw Materlais, Whiskey & Barrels

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.
 
We are a global leader in beverage alcohol with an outstanding collection of 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.

• To lead the development and execution of the strategies for NA Raw Materials, Rum, Energy, Whiskey, Barrels, Commodities & Bulk sales
• Lead Balance Sheet Procurement (contract distillation, warehousing, barrels, grains, yeast, energy) and sales responsibility (bulk sales, byproduct sales, barrel sales) supporting Diageo North America distillation and maturing strategy totaling approximately $225M annually. Role is both tactical and strategic encompassing end to end supply chain management.
• To lead the negotiation of contractual arrangements with suppliers in these categories to ensure they reflect the needs of the business and meet corporate standards and financially deliver against our value commitments

Complexity of Role:

• Member of the NA Procurement Supply leadership team and NA Supply Maturing Stock Team
• Links with NA and Global Procurement leaders to bring knowledge as well as search and spin opportunities
• Strong working relationships with the commercial aspects of the business as well as leaders in Network Supply, Finance, Technical operations, Conversion and Procurement team
• Required to be the functional authority on the group of category areas for Diageo and present opportunities to the organization on a strategic level
• Capability to interact/negotiate multi- year strategic contracts across categories under remit.
• Ensure constant alignment with Corporate Relations on External Communications
• Anticipates and monitors together with CE counterparts global economic conditions and their impact on Diageo relevant industries to ensure that we can proactively lead both positive and negative ramifications on our business; e.g. corn fundamentals, consumer preference shifts in alcohol, etc.
• Ability to coach and train on specific financial analysis, business law, technical and regulatory as it impacts specific category and commodity strategies and spend as well as train on Global Procurement tools on Category Management
• Analyzes markets, suppliers, and industries at the strategic levels to develop vision and coach personnel
• Oversees the key communication and all associated projects/initiatives/savings
• Provides market intelligence of potential trends back to the Demand Team.

Key Outputs:

• Strategic and Tactical responsibility for annual byproduct and bulk sales.
• Accountable to set strategic marketing, sales and procurement direction for relevant spend/sale area.
• Accountable for developing and implementing standards in the selection process for all new suppliers and customers
• Responsible to ensure that all contracts are structured to meet Diageo standards for financial delivery, required service levels and quality standards
• Responsible for delivering NA Supply Financial P/L and B/S commitments via implemented sales and purchase strategy

Strategic responsibility for $80M+ in New Barrel Procurement Tactical and strategic responsibility for annual Bulk Sales task as assigned

• Lead, coordinate and align Bulk Sales Team and process (Planning, Blending, Finance and NAM maturing sites)

Tactical and strategic responsibility for Byproduct Sales (approximately $10M)

• Negotiation of distillery byproduct (DDG and stillage) sales and contracts from six Diageo NAM sites
• Cross-functional coordination of annual new barrel delivery schedules between nine

Leadership Accountabilities:

• The Raw Materials, Whiskey& Barrels Director will be an inspirational leader who will help define the strategy that will drive breakthrough performance for Diageo North America Supply
• The leader needs to energize within Diageo, wi