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Diageo Market Category Specialist Agriculture Services in Guadalajara, Mexico

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About us:

From Arthur Guinness to Johnnie Walker, our business was founded on people of great character, and in 250 years, nothing’s changed. We’re the world’s leading premium alcohol company. Our brands are industry icons. And our success is thanks to the diversity of our talent and strength of our people, in every role. It’s why we trust them with our legacy. And it’s why we reward them with the career-defining opportunities that they deserve.

Our ambition is to create the best performing, most trusted and respected Consumer Products Company in the world. To achieve these, we need the world’s very best people.

Feel inspired? Then this may be the opportunity for you!

About the role

Procurement is seen as a source of value creation and delivery through fully demonstrating Diageo’s scale, applying market knowledge, and exploiting the suppliers’ capabilities in agriculture category and to be part of the agriculture operations model. Procurement delivers value assurance (unit price, standard pack, minimum order quantity, just in time, etc.), value protection (management and minimization of risk), and value creation (value, efficiencies)

Procurement spending in this category has a degree of complexity due to market conditions, suppliers partner around of the region, and the impact on the continuous operation of the Agavera Don Julio, follow the strategy for this category as Local and aligned with the Tequila Procurement Strategy. This role is aligned to categories, which requires a degree of flexibility in leading data needs across all of them.

To handle an area of spend to deliver Diageo’s Procurement imperatives, by leading the creation of outstanding category strategies which;

  • Optimize value returned to the business

  • Meet the business needs of each market and deliver the required levels of performance

  • Mitigate supply risk

  • Drive forward thinking to future proof the business delivery

  • Support the Sourcing in Agriculture services for Don Julio Agavera Operations to deliver value for Diageo on cost and broader value terms with the support of Agriculture Procurement team.

  • Leverage in-depth knowledge and insight of supplier base to deliver against Market important metrics

  • Build effective category strategies and tactical plays to lead the supplier base across the suppliers and bidding processes.

  • Handle appropriate operational and financial performance relationships with suppliers.

  • Implement and embed Supplier Performance Management framework to ensure that contracts deliver value through cost reduction and improved service and quality performance.

  • Ensure that Supplier Performance levels continue to improve to meet wider Diageo needs and support key projects & initiatives.

  • Stimulate Supplier Capabilities to generate ideas for the future.

Requirements

  • 3-5 years of Procurement experience in leading suppliers Progressed through Supplier Performance Specialist, Category Specialist and other roles inside of Procurement. Other progression routes would be through roles with a Planning and Operations and a broad range of experience in negotiations and supplier management experience within a Commercial FMCG environment.

  • Build a positive relationship, Influencing skills, and challenge senior partners to gain credibility quickly with key partners

  • Exceptional communication skills, verbal, written, and presentation.

  • Analytical solid and Financial awareness including a comprehensive understanding of the financial goals & value drivers aligned to the category strategy

  • Experience of leading negotiations with suppliers

  • Building and ensuring the execution of the strategy in the Agriculture procurement category.

  • Capabilities to present and analyze data and presented in slides with local and global team.

  • Values and practices integrity and ethics in all job-related relationships.

  • Ability to implement supplier and process change.

We offer stellar Benefits!

Diversity Statement

Celebrating our inclusive and diverse culture is central to Diageo's purpose of "celebrating life every day everywhere". This purpose is itself inclusive in nature, as it values everyone regardless of background, disability, religion, gender identity, sexuality, or ethnicity.

We know that for our business to thrive and for Diageo to achieve its ambition, we depend on having diverse talent with a variety of backgrounds, skills and abilities in each of the 180 countries in which we operate and to reflect our broad consumer base. We view diversity as one of the key enablers that helps our business grow, and our values, purpose and standards set the stage for us to respect the unique contribution each person brings.

Flexibility is key to success in our business. Talk to us about what flexibility means to you, and don't let anything stop you from applying.

Character is everything.

Worker Type :

Regular

Primary Location:

Guadalajara

Additional Locations :

Job Posting Start Date :

2024-07-02

With over 200 brands sold in more than 180 countries, we’re the world’s leading premium drinks company. Every day, over 30,000 talented people come together at Diageo to create the magic behind our much-loved brands. From iconic names to innovative newcomers – the brands we’re building are rooted in culture and local communities. Our ambition is to be one of the best performing, most trusted and most respected consumer products companies in the world.

Our founders, such as Arthur Guinness, John Walker, and Charles Tanqueray, were visionary entrepreneurs whose brilliant minds helped shape the alcohol industry. And through our people, their legacy lives on. Join us, and you’ll collaborate with talented people from all corners of the world. Together, you’ll innovate and push boundaries, shaping a more inclusive and sustainable future that we can all be proud of.

With diversity at our core, we celebrate our people's unique passions, commitments and specialist skills. Because when varied voices, mindsets, and personalities come together, great ideas are born. In our supportive culture, your voice will be heard and you’ll be empowered to be you. Just bring your ambition, curiosity and ideas, and we’ll celebrate your work and help you reach your fullest potential.

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