Supply Finance Director, Site Operations

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 build a career worth celebrating.

Which company will you join?

From Arthur Guinness to Johnnie Walker, our business was founded on people of outstanding character, and in 250 years, nothing has changed. We’re the world’s leading premium alcohol company! Our brands are industry icons 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 success is thanks to the strength of our people, in every role. It’s why we trust them with our legacy and why we reward them with the career-defining opportunities that they deserve. Our ambition is to build the best performing, most trusted and respected Consumer Products Company in the world. To achieve these, we need the very best people!

At Diageo, our purpose is to celebrate life everywhere, every day. To do that, you will join an organization that is passionate about customers and consumers, and proud of what they do. Diageo teams constantly set high goals and then try hard to exceed them. We are also an incredibly diverse organization, and we value each and every one’s talent and personality.

About the role:

The Supply Finance Director – Site Operations is a key member of the North America Supply Finance Organization.  Responsible for ~10 internal sites and our network of third-party operations, this role is critical to ensuring Diageo meets its financial targets and drives incremental savings and value creation needed to fuel business growth.

Purpose:

The Supply Finance Director – Site Operations is the trusted finance partner to the North America SVP of Conversion and VP of Distillation, while ensuring strong financial controls and leading business performance.

The role provides month-to-month support of performance management of these cost areas, with a strong focus on cost control, productivity savings, and incremental value creation opportunities.  

The role is also responsible for driving North American (NAM) long-term and next-year strategic financials for each of the sites within our conversion footprint, as well as the holistic management of our third-party manufacturing strategy.

Job Dimensions:

Reporting to the VP Supply Finance – North America, the role is a key member of the Supply Finance Leadership Team, as well as a strategic advisor to our NAM President of Supply and NAM CFO.  The role oversees a direct team of six managers, and various others in support and shared-service roles.

Financial:

NAM market constitutes approximately 40% of the overall net sales and one half of operating profit for Diageo globally.  Internal Conversion & Third-Party Operations account for roughly 25% of our NAM cost of goods.

Leadership Responsibilities & Capabilities:

• Responsible for displaying Diageo Leadership Standard and Diageo Values
• Interact effectively with senior stakeholders within the business, as well as external advisors and group auditors
• Maintain integrity and focus on tough situations; be able to constructively challenge cross functional partners
• Demonstrate cross-functional Supply competence, strong analytical skills and sound judgement in managing financial opportunity and risks
• Responsible for developing and coaching others within Supply Finance and across NAM Finance as a whole
• Manage resources and numerous competing priorities

Role Responsibilities:

• Partner NAM SVP of Conversion and VP of Distillation to maximize financial performance and long-term value creation
• Support financial controls and compliance in conjunction with our NAM Financial Controls and Risk Management teams
• Partner other members of the NAM Supply and Supply Finance teams on business cases relating to Sourcing Strategy and Value Creation opportunities
• Provide coaching to develop team knowledge and serve as a resource for deep technical and business expertise to members of our Supply and Supply Finance organizations

Experience/skills required: