Category Manager, Demand

Job Title: Category Manager, Demand

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.

About the Function: 

Our Procurement team are innovators, always seeking new ways to help our business, people and much-loved brands thrive! We’re dedicated to maximising the £12 billion+ we spend every year, building brands of premium quality, while creating sustainable value and growth. Together, we’re shaping the services, partnerships and innovations that meet our future needs.

The team delivers outstanding end-to-end value across our supply chain and offers innovative supplier solutions. Together, we’re driving our 'Society 2030: Spirit of Progress' plan across suppliers and agency partners to create a more sustainable world. Wherever you choose to carve your career, we’ll support and encourage you in our inclusive culture.

About the role:

North America Marketing Procurement plays a significant role in achieving Diageo North America's business productivity and growth goal! The Customer Marketing VAP (Value-Added Packing), Coupons, and Graphic Services categories seek an individual who will deliver substantial value to our business and ensure that Diageo’s marketing investments fuel brand growth.These categories are critical to achieving our Annual Operating Plan (AOP) and 2030 goals. The primary accountability for this role is to drive value by ensuring the commercial aspects of spending in these categories are driven brilliantly with our vendors.

This role will lead sourcing decisions with key stakeholders and support the delivery of value-driving initiatives. Additionally, this individual will manage supplier relationships, compliance and risk, financial reporting, and critical metric reporting.

The successful candidate will bring procurement and marketing experience to enhance our understanding of the supplier landscape, innovations, technologies, and processes that deliver value and reduce risks. The role involves contributing to key areas such as coupon value chain enhancements, VAP design & sustainability planning and execution, supplier capabilities assessment, value chain efficiencies identification, effective programming implementation. We seek a candidate who can help determine how value is captured and measured.

Role Responsibilities: 

Core Responsibilities:

• Develop category strategies

• Develop a solid understanding of industry landscapes, business trends, and navigation strategies.

• Deliver year projects that drive savings, cost avoidance and value add

• Demonstrate strong commercial competence and judgment to bring value.

• Establish agency partnerships and structure deals effectively.

• Exhibit robust project management skills along with operational change management capabilities.

• Develop team profiles as authentic business partners within a global enterprise.

• Build trust quickly with partners through credibility.

• Devise and carry out category strategies for VAPs/Coupons/Graphic Services.

• Maintain personal accountability for excellent performance and brilliant execution.

• Collaborate with Marketing, Customer Marketing, Legal & Finance teams at Diageo Nor