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Talent Engagement Manager

Role Dimensions:
Overview
Our Diageo Performance Ambition calls for us to create the best performing most trusted and respected consumer products company in the world; this requires us to guarantee our plans with the right people and capabilities. Talent Engagement is the global function that attracts, assesses, and selects external and internal talent that is the best for Diageo to help deliver our performance ambition.
Our goal is to be a world class recruiting function focused on engaging, attracting and hiring the very best and most diverse talent for Diageo. The Talent Engagement Manager is a critical stakeholder relationship role that is focused on ensuring consistent delivery and an excellent candidate experience to achieve Diageo’s Talent Ambition, through all hiring across our organisation.
As we continue to develop our various markets, we are hiring a Talent Engagement Manager to support our business to attract and engage high calibre talent.
Leadership and Functional
About you
We are looking for someone who has a strong background within the recruitment industry, ideally working within a corporate in-house recruitment team. Experience of managing multiple senior stakeholders and championing diverse shortlists of candidates in a fast-paced environment would also be an ideal requirement. Having exceptional consultative skills and be able to influence action and change with stakeholders as well as an ability to listen but also persuasively convey opinions and recommendations would be ideal.
Diversity
Celebrating our inclusive and diverse culture is core to Diageo’s purpose of “celebrating life every day everywhere”. This purpose is inclusive in nature, as it values everybody irrespective of background, disability, religion, gender identity, sexuality, or ethnicity.
We know that for our business to thrive and for Diageo to realize its ambition, we depend on having diverse talent with a range of backgrounds, skills and capabilities 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 to grow and our values, purpose and standards set the conditions for us to respect the unique contribution each person brings.
Flexibility is key to success in our business and many of our staff work flexibly in many ways, including part-time, compressed hours, flexible location. Please talk to us about what flexibility means to you and don’t let anything stop you from applying.
Purpose of Role
The role of our Talent Engagement Managers is to bring our employer brand and employee value proposition to life by expressing our purpose, values, and ambitions by connecting talent with what makes our culture special.
The Talent Engagement Manager role is highly visible to a large cross section of key and senior stakeholders, many of which will be in critical leadership roles that have a significant impact on the organisation’s ability to achieve key business outcomes and the overall Performance Ambition. The Talent Engagement Manager will be an expert in the resourcing, hiring, and talent planning process and will be a coach and mentor to these key stakeholders.
Top Accountabilities

Manage the end-to-end recruitment process for all roles across Kenya & Uganda
Support and maintain/improve the diversity progressive agenda at Diageo with regards to equity and female hires, including people with disability
Manage onboarding experience for new hires, in partnership with relevant stakeholders
Dotted-line management of Shared Service employees regarding talent engagement admin
Partner with functional HRBPs/HRD to draft annual Resourcing Plan
Partner with functional HRBPs to determine critical, senior, and hard-to-fill (HTF) roles for pipelining purposes.
Engage external top talent as successors for identified critical, senior, and HTF roles
Implement best-practice entry-level programmes for Commercial and Supply female external talent
Manage Mystery Applicant feedback by candidates and internal stakeholders
Champion the Employer Brand (EVP) agenda across Kenya & Uganda. EVP activities should comply with the Global standard
Work with Global EVP team to initiate and execute EVP projects through social media platforms
Manage the recruitment budget on an annual basis. This includes agency fees, EVP activities, background check costs, and all other relevant talent engagement expenses
Raise and manage purchase orders within the talent engagement remit
Adhere to all compliance requirements within the talent engagement and broader HR space. This includes but not limited to: Role time-to-fill (TTF), necessary background checks completed per candidate, and adherence to all external communication requirements
Participate in the Inclusion and Diversity project launched globally, with management of the talent representation pillar as specified locally
Draft and present offers to successful internal and external candidates
Draft and annual updates of policies that are relevant to talent engagement and/or the broader HR function
External agency relationship management and budget adherence
Reviewing external providers’ SLAs on an annual basis
Coaching, training, and supporting line managers in the application of talent engagement tools/updates

Qualifications and Experience Required
Qualifications

University/tertiary degree

Experience

4-7 years’ experience in recruitment, talent management, or talent acquisition
Track record of EVP activities implemented, and social media presence
FMCG experience preferable
Strong knowledge and demonstrated ability to fill vacancies timeously, cross-functional stakeholder management, and compliance.

Skills
Networking, conflict-resolution, ability to work under pressure, stakeholder management, creativity, efficiency, effective communication, and agility.
Barriers to Success in Role

Inability to work with cross-functional stakeholders
Inability to adhere to all compliance requirements across Diageo
Inability to work under pressure
Inability to adapt to constant change
Inability to work with global partners

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October 28, 2024
Supply Project Manager Mainstream Spirits

About the Role
You will work as part of the Brand Change & Innovation team within Diageo’s Global Technical function who provide brand change leadership for Global Spirits, Mainstream Spirits, Beer and Non-alcoholic Beverages. The team brings together a wide range of complementary expertise and skills across the globe and are the centre of excellence for brand change, leading project delivery from concept to commercialisation across brewing and distillation, driving efficiencies and process agility.
The main function of this role is in a project management capacity to drive innovation projects so that they have a smooth transition from kick-off, through the gate stages, commercialisation activities and to a successful launch in terms of cost, quality and time. Underpinning this role, will be the requirement to behave as an ambassador for global brand change and innovation standards and governance principles. This role will work alongside in-market brand change managers and the Head of Mainstream Spirits Supply Manager to ensure perfect project delivery for global strategic brands and local gem brands, within the Mainstream spirit and Ready-to-drink categories across Africa. The scale of these categories are such, that they typically deliver £15-20m NSV of Innovation project annually. On certain strategic projects, there may be a requirement to take on the Supply Project Management role and coordinate all the supply activities related to that project.

A secondary function of the role is working with Global Procurement to identify target low cost neutral spirit suppliers locally and support the technical qualification of these suppliers with the relevant technical centre, incorporating supplier evaluation, brand evaluation, technical specifications, evaluation methodology and ongoing governance.
It is critical that the incumbent can navigate the matrix organisation, lead through others, build strong relationships and influence within all levels of the business. The position will work closely with local market brand change teams, the Africa innovation team, global procurement team and local market supply teams across the African markets.
About you
We’re looking for an individual with a drive to be the best: a clear thinker and communicator with good analytical and planning skills, agility to their approach to work and the ability to work with cross functional teams to deliver projects.
The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate stakeholder engagement capability to build credible relationships and the ability to develop sound understanding of Navigate process would be a real advantage.
You will have an Applied Science or Engineering degree and project management experience in a manufacturing environment. Your previous experience will show a wide range of brand change experience with a working knowledge of Supply cost structure.
Celebrating our inclusive and diverse culture is core to Diageo’s purpose of “celebrating life every day everywhere”. This purpose is, in itself, inclusive in nature, as it values everybody irrespective of background, disability, religion, gender identity, sexuality or ethnicity.
We know that for our business to thrive and for Diageo to realize its ambition, we depend on having diverse talent with a range of backgrounds, skills and capabilities 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 to grow and our values, purpose and standards set the conditions for us to respect the unique contribution each person brings.
Flexibility is key to success in our business and many of our staff work flexibly in many different ways, including part-time, compressed hours, flexible location. Please talk to us about what flexibility means to you and don’t let anything stop you from applying.

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October 28, 2024
Senior Brand Manager – Tusker Sports

About you:
We’re looking for a star marketer/innovator. A brand builder with a GM-mindset, is digitally savvy, has creative instinct and commercial pragmatism; with true passion for our products and the vision to rally the business to push beyond expectations. Someone with the passion to become a Beer Category expert in Africa, helping key internal and external stakeholders navigate the complexities of the ever-evolving Beer category.
A well rounded marketer who has the drive and impact to ensure the business maintains disproportionate focus on our local beer portfolio and brilliantly executes our commercial and marketing strategies. A highly effective and autonomous operator who can forge great relationships across a matrix organization (commercial, customer marketing, supply, finance, CP&R, C&E).
An individual with a genuine interest in sports.
The journey will not be easy, our competitive landscape is fierce – but if you have the appetite to take on a career-defining challenge, then read on.
Marketing:
At Diageo, we boast a wealth of admired brands that few companies can rival. With names such as Baileys, Guinness, Smirnoff, and Johnnie Walker there’s a rich legacy of character and outstanding products to promote. And we rely on passionate, driven marketers to celebrate these brands and ensure their future success. Whether you’re involved in launching a spirited and innovative campaign, developing fresh and exciting products, tapping into a new generation of consumers or delving into the insights that spark the next big idea, there are a huge variety of projects and roles on offer. But all our positions demand the same levels of resilience, strategic thinking and creativity that drives growth and does justice to the quality of our brands.
Character is everything to us at Diageo. We’re looking for the bold, daring and pioneering spirit that has sustained us for hundreds of years. If you share our sense of adventure, you’ll thrive here. With opportunities to shape the career you want, through continuing learning and development, and the support of talented peers.
About the Role:
Reports to: Head of Marketing, Beer (East Africa)
KEY DELIVERABLES:
Strategy

Lead business to realize our F22 commercial strategy
Develop and deploy world class marketing business plans that are insight driven, consumer focused and commercially viable
Work with Consumer Planning & Research for provision of up to date brand performance and consumer insights

Performance

Accountability for Market Performance, in close partnership with commercial teams
Lead or support interventions as required Manage the P&L to unlock growth
Manage advertising and promotion resources as allocated, drive effective and efficient use of Media pend and support the Shopper Marketing team to ensure BTL spend efficiency.

Build the Brand: Content and Culture

Partner with Global Brand Teams, Media and Advertising agencies for brand strategy search & spin and development of effective brand communication; brand communication planning and media spend optimization
Deliver brilliant creative content & assets with path to purchase triggers
Develop and deploy a world class digital strategy and ensure our brands secure a strong digital/online footprint
Vibrant brand world brought to life at all touchpoints, experiences, events and at POP
Multi-channel communications model which step-changes awareness and (re)recruits consumers at scale, and builds vibrant brand in culture
Drive internal passion for beer and help build beer category capability

Commercial Roadmap

Maintain a ‘launch mentality’ to ensure we are within arms reach of all relevant consumption occasions (right distribution, right SKU, right occasion)
Bring FMCG focus to create through-the-line drivers of Last 7 Days penetration growth
Engage across the organization through cross-functional collaboration & pro-active stakeholder engagement; ensure strong and supportive relationships across departments

Key Marketing Capabilities
Building purposeful winning brands

Compelling brand story-telling: Able to craft compelling brand and strategic narratives that energize consumers and the business
Strategy Activation: Consistently develop plans that beat volume, NSV and CAAP targets.
Connection planning: A social native and commercial realist. Adept at delivering brand content and experiences in all the moments that matter
Excellence in social media/consumer conversations- manage the development and distribution of the brand content to engage with consumers in culture

Driving Marketing Performance

Brand Performance Analysis: Has demonstrated rigorous, robust brand performance analysis, and identified issues and opportunities to drive recruitment
Commercial Acumen: Leverages understanding of category and customer profitability, and competitor landscape, to make recommendations that create value for customers and brand/category
P&L Management: Understands a brand’s P&L and levers to manage profitability
Measurement and evaluation to drive A&P productivity-Media performance management to ensure efficiencies and effectiveness via productivity tracking and use marketing catalyst to track -performance

Delivering Integrated Execution

Creative judgement: Good instinctive judgement on evaluating creative ideas and giving simple, effective feedback vs fit to brief
Multi-channel execution: create great plans and distribute content that grow salience and drive recency, impact and reach across the path to purchase
Pace and agility: Instinctive feel for what works for consumer and customer, and can guide others, to make the right marketing decisions at the right time
Flawless Execution: Consistently executes marketing programmes with excellence
Using Digital Tools- apply technology, platforms to enhance connections with consumers including use of Sprinklr for social listening, moderation, asset management and performance management

Using Insights to Sell More

Demonstrates consumer curiosity (external focus, cultural trends)
Proven grasp of data analysis, tools and techniques
Good knowledge of media & digital landscape / opportunities

Forging Powerful Partnerships

Managing productive partnerships: Manages productive relationships with internal and external partners, including C&E, agencies and influencers, to achieve cultural traction, brilliant creative outputs and ROI
Multi-channel planning and management: Works with agencies to ensure optimal media mix; delivers effective and efficient media pans that drive impact, recency and reach

Key Leadership Capabilities
Win through Execution: Lead bold execution in a fast changing world

Act like owners by holding self and others to account for highest standards
Scan the environment constantly and adapt plans with pace
Inject a restlessness to win and unlock capacity to decide and act quickly
Demand brilliant execution to ensure we always win at the point of purchase

Shape the Future

Enable others to imagine the future and be brave to act boldly now
Set context and empower people to experiment and unlock opportunities for growth
Insist on sufficient data and insights that quickly move us to action

Inspire through Purpose

Inspire teams to take entrepreneurial risks; encourage and recognize learning

Qualifications and Experience Required:

A Bachelor of Commerce Marketing or business degree or equivalent
Minimum of 5 years marketing experience preferably in the FMCG environment.
Experience in the development and execution of marketing strategies.

Celebrating our inclusive and diverse culture is core to Diageo’s purpose of “celebrating life every day everywhere”. This purpose is in itself, inclusive in nature, as it values everybody irrespective of background, gender, disability, religion or ethnicity.
We know that for our business to thrive and for Diageo to realize its ambition, we depend on having diverse talent with a range of backgrounds, skills and capabilities 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 to grow and our values, purpose and standards set the conditions for us to respect the unique contribution each person brings.
Flexibility is key to success in our business and many of our staff work flexibly in many different ways. Please talk to us about what flexibility means to you and don’t let anything stop you from applying.

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October 28, 2024
Head of Customs, Excise and Trade Compliance

About the role:

Provides strategic leadership and oversees the management of Diageo’s Customs & Global Trade Compliance
Develops a strong compliance mind-set through building strong relationships with senior internal stakeholders namely – Supply, Market and Global Functions and externally through Trade Bodies and Government Agencies
Provides the Regional Customs and Global Trade Compliance Team with strong technical leadership in all Global Trade customs & excise matters
Identifies, plans and delivers key projects, including risk and effective supply chain management to protect brands and generate shareholder value

Accountabilities

Implement global trade strategies and policies in the African Region
Provide strategic leadership to the Regional CoE Compliance Team
Lead internal senior stakeholder engagement
Promptly identify and manage emerging risks or opportunities arising from business/operational change such as supply chains and/or new customs and excise legislative changes
Actively manage 3Pls to ensure optimum compliance and efficiencies
Accountability for delivering to leading import/ export customs & excise performance metrics across Africa.
Accountable for trade compliance (local and Global legislation requirements plus Diageo Ways of working) across Africa.
Lead and motivate the team to deliver the CoE requirements including influencing those non direct reports.

Key interactions – Internal

Global Trade and Customs Compliance Team and other Regional CoE Teams
General Managers, Brand Teams and Market Finance Directors – collaborate with a wide range of business partners to deliver on commercial and operational objectives whilst managing regional trade risks
Diageo Enterprise Operations teams – establish a close, collaborative and transparent relationship to ensure delivery of high quality, timely, end to end customs and excise activities and processes
Governance & Change – collaborate on prioritisation and delivery of change programmes

Key interactions – External

Governments / tax authorities – build and maintain an on-going relationship and dialogue with tax authorities and other governmental bodies
Trade Bodies – active participation in industry forums to promote effective global trade, customs & excise policies

About you:

Deep understanding of Customs and Excise
Managing risk through internal controls
Establish & manage a regional programme of risk assurance in relation to customs and excise duty compliance
Excellent communication and influencing skills that facilitate effective networking and relationship building
Inspire direct reports to deliver a great performance

Qualifications / experience

Minimum 8 years’ experience managing customs clearance and trade compliance
Minimum 2 years’ experience of shipping and inland transport management
Excellent knowledge of customs & Excise practices and compliance preferably in Africa region
A strong network with customs brokers/ freight forwarders in the Africa region.
Extensive global trade experience
Excellent knowledge of customs practices and compliance preferably in Africa region
A strong network with customs brokers/ freight forwarders in the Africa region.
Demonstrable ability to engage and align stakeholders behind plans and win support for implementing new compliant practises.
BSc or MSc in a supply chain related subject
Ability to lead and develop a high performing team and a track record in coaching and developing talent
Significant experience of leadership within a global trade function in a multinational company
Ability to lead complex projects
Demonstrable Anti Bribery & Corruption awareness and managing fully compliant processes.
Demonstrable knowledge of end to end supply chain and in-direct tax related processes.
Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written combined with the ability to engage effectively at all levels in the organisation
An understanding of how leading technology can enable effective logistics operations
Knowledge of trade compliance systems
Numerate and ability to apply KPI’s to drive performance management at all levels.

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October 28, 2024
Marketing Manager – Scotch & Reserve Micro-biology Manager

About the Role
This role is a Senior position within the Kenya Marketing team and integral to the leadership of the Reserve and Scotch portfolio in Kenya. The role is critical to the overall EABL (K) short, medium and long-term strategy as it leads the implementation of the portfolio strategy and full breadth of execution of activities across priority Reserve and Scotch brands.

The role is expected to drive the total Scotch & Reserve business while providing leadership and coaching to JW Senior Brand Manager and Scotch Brand Manager with robust talent development interventions.

Purpose of the role
The purpose of this role is to manage and control the consistent profitable growth of the brands with the senior/brand manager while providing guidance on the brands’ long-term strategy and ensuring yearly plans and objectives are developed, implemented and achieved.
Leadership Responsibilities
This role has the responsibility of providing leadership and direction to the Reserve Senior Brand Manager and Scotch Brand Manager as direct reports.
This role will also have leadership responsibilities in the areas below :-

Work with the commercial teams to ensure their commitment and engagement in the plans, in order to deliver flawless execution.
Inspire and motivate agencies to execute brilliantly – working pre-dominantly with promotions and media agencies.
Be a brilliant line manager and leader for the senior & brand managers in your team.
Champions brand agenda in Kenya to deliver MBPs.
Evaluate key programmes to build learnings.

Top Accountabilities

Leads execution of the strategic marketing plans, with commitment and participation from key stakeholders, so as to achieve volume, mix, market share and profit objectives.
Leads the development of the brands MBPs and ensures brand positioning is clear, consistent and distinctive. Champions the concept of brand equity in his/her brands.
Leads the client/agency relationship and challenges the agency to ensure best possible output on the brand. Leads the agency to achieve innovative media plans which optimize the marketing budget and maximize impact.
Leads the development of sound packaging changes, which optimize the brand’s message and image. Assesses packaging through a clear understanding of brand values, consumer motivations and the competitive context.
Utilizes data to anticipate competitive and consumer trends, assesses strategic implications and optimizes business potential based on analysis.

Qualifications and Experience Required
Qualifications:

1st Degree in a business related field.
CIM Qualifications

Experience:

Minimum 7+ years experience with a minimum 4 years experience in consumer marketing.
Strong commercial exposure and understanding.
High level of Emotional energy
Enhanced Strategic penetration
Strong people performance – able to inspire and mobilize people (both direct reports and a broad range of others) to deliver great results
Strong project management skills – able to manage multiple projects, and execute them all well

Celebrating our inclusive and diverse culture is core to Diageo’s purpose of “celebrating life every day everywhere”. This purpose is in itself, inclusive in nature, as it values everybody irrespective of background, gender, disability, religion or ethnicity.
We know that for our business to thrive and for Diageo to realize its ambition, we depend on having diverse talent with a range of backgrounds, skills and capabilities 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 to grow and our values, purpose and standards set the conditions for us to respect the unique contribution each person brings.
Flexibility is key to success in our business and many of our staff work flexibly in many different ways. Please talk to us about what flexibility means to you and don’t let anything stop you from applying.

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October 28, 2024
Senior Brand Manager – Guinness Material Quality Manager

About the Role:
Reports To: Head of Marketing, Beer (East Africa)
KEY DELIVERABLES:
Strategy

Lead business to realize our F22 commercial strategy
Develop and deploy world class marketing business plans that are insight driven, consumer focused and commercially viable
Work with Consumer Planning & Research for provision of up to date brand performance and consumer insights

Performance

Accountability for Market Performance, in close partnership with commercial teams
Lead or support interventions as required Manage the P&L to unlock growth
Manage advertising and promotion resources as allocated, drive effective and efficient use of Media pend and support the Shopper Marketing team to ensure BTL spend efficiency.

Build the Brand: Content and Culture

Partner with Global Brand Teams, Media and Advertising agencies for brand strategy search & spin and development of effective brand communication; brand communication planning and media spend optimization
Deliver brilliant creative content & assets with path to purchase triggers
Develop and deploy a world class digital strategy and ensure our brands secure a strong digital/online footprint
Vibrant brand world brought to life at all touchpoints, experiences, events and at POP
Multi-channel communications model which step-changes awareness and (re)recruits consumers at scale, and builds vibrant brand in culture
Drive internal passion for beer and help build beer category capability

Commercial Roadmap

Maintain a ‘launch mentality’ to ensure we are within arms reach of all relevant consumption occasions (right distribution, right SKU, right occasion)
Bring FMCG focus to create through-the-line drivers of Last 7 Days penetration growth
Engage across the organization through cross-functional collaboration & pro-active stakeholder engagement; ensure strong and supportive relationships across departments

KEY MARKETING CAPABILITIES:
Building purposeful winning brands

Compelling brand story-telling: Able to craft compelling brand and strategic narratives that energize consumers and the business
Strategy Activation: Consistently develop plans that beat volume, NSV and CAAP targets.
Connection planning: A social native and commercial realist. Adept at delivering brand content and experiences in all the moments that matter
Excellence in social media/consumer conversations- manage the development and distribution of the brand content to engage with consumers in culture

Driving Marketing Performance

Brand Performance Analysis: Has demonstrated rigorous, robust brand performance analysis, and identified issues and opportunities to drive recruitment
Commercial Acumen: Leverages understanding of category and customer profitability, and competitor landscape, to make recommendations that create value for customers and brand/category
P&L Management: Understands a brand’s P&L and levers to manage profitability
Measurement and evaluation to drive A&P productivity-Media performance management to ensure efficiencies and effectiveness via productivity tracking and use marketing catalyst to track -performance

Delivering Integrated Execution

Creative judgement: Good instinctive judgement on evaluating creative ideas and giving simple, effective feedback vs fit to brief
Multi-channel execution: create great plans and distribute content that grow salience and drive recency, impact and reach across the path to purchase
Pace and agility: Instinctive feel for what works for consumer and customer, and can guide others, to make the right marketing decisions at the right time
Flawless Execution: Consistently executes marketing programmes with excellence
Using Digital Tools- apply technology, platforms to enhance connections with consumers including use of Sprinklr for social listening, moderation, asset management and performance management

Using Insights to Sell More

Demonstrates consumer curiosity (external focus, cultural trends)
Proven grasp of data analysis, tools and techniques
Good knowledge of media & digital landscape / opportunities

Forging Powerful Partnerships

Managing productive partnerships: Manages productive relationships with internal and external partners, including C&E, agencies and influencers, to achieve cultural traction, brilliant creative outputs and ROI
Multi-channel planning and management: Works with agencies to ensure optimal media mix; delivers effective and efficient media pans that drive impact, recency and reach

KEY LEADERSHIP CAPABILITIES:
Win through Execution: Lead bold execution in a fast changing world

Act like owners by holding self and others to account for highest standards
Scan the environment constantly and adapt plans with pace
Inject a restlessness to win and unlock capacity to decide and act quickly
Demand brilliant execution to ensure we always win at the point of purchase

Shape the Future

Enable others to imagine the future and be brave to act boldly now
Set context and empower people to experiment and unlock opportunities for growth
Insist on sufficient data and insights that quickly move us to action

Inspire through Purpose

Inspire teams to take entrepreneurial risks; encourage and recognize learning

Qualifications and Experience Required:
Qualifications

A Bachelor of Commerce Marketing or business degree or equivalent

Experience

Minimum of 5 years marketing experience preferably in the FMCG environment.
Experience in the development and execution of marketing strategies.

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October 28, 2024
Commercial Graduate Programme

About the Role
Imagine how exciting it would be to be responsible for selling some of the world’s most iconic and best-selling brands. In this programme you’ll be involved in selling our existing brands and perhaps even launching new innovations. You’ll be able to demonstrate your passion to bring our brands to life.
You will need to be able to forge lasting relationships, bring commitment and energy to improve our performance, and a genuine entrepreneurial spirit in tune with our company’s proud legacy.
At Diageo, character is everything; so, if you share our sense of adventure, you’ll have the chance to learn a huge range of skills & disciplines and build an exceptional career with us.
In this program, you will have an opportunity to extensively learn end to end commercial through getting hands-on experience in Fields Sales, Key Accounts, Commercial Operations and Customer Marketing.
The key behaviors we want you to have:

We’re looking for graduates who not only have the capability to succeed in our organisation today but also have the potential to be our leaders of tomorrow. Full of energy, enthusiasm and optimism in everything you do. Following your instincts and standing up for what you feel is right.
You’ll have the opportunity to work collaboratively while showing your confidence and conviction to challenge people, in pursuit of finding the best and most innovative solutions for Diageo. Your drive and agility will be applied to overcome challenges and to develop yourself as you progress through the programme.
You’re able to build strong relationships in order to learn and grow together, as well as to influence and inspire others to always do better. Many of these relationships will be core to your success now and in the future as you progress through the organisation.

In addition to the behaviours above you’ll need:

Obtained or expecting to obtain a minimum Bachelor degree with 2nd class upper division Bachelor or equivalent in any business field.
Fluency in English
Excellent numerical & analytical ability
Mobile and prepared to move/relocate to any part of the country during the 2 year programme
Demonstrates a high level of curiosity
Full and clean valid driver’s license

Diversity statement
Celebrating our inclusive and diverse culture is core to Diageo’s purpose of “celebrating life every day everywhere”. This purpose is, in itself, inclusive in nature, as it values everybody irrespective of background, disability, religion, gender or ethnicity.
We know that for our business to thrive and for Diageo to realize its ambition, we depend on having diverse talent with a range of backgrounds, skills and capabilities 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 to grow and our values, purpose and standards set the conditions for us to respect the unique contribution each person brings.

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October 28, 2024
Field Sales Representative

Market Complexity
The trading environment of the FMCG category is changing from a pure commodity approach to brand and image building. Key Accounts are slowly emerging, which will result in specialization and concentration of decision power. To gain competitive advantage, enhance brand volume and profit performance, the trade marketing and distribution functions need to successfully implement EABL’s trade marketing and distribution standards
Scope/Purpose of role:
To contribute to the performance of the Sales & Distribution organization by implementing and executing a Territory Sales & Distribution plan that meets brand, volume, merchandising and promotion objectives for each outlet in order to achieve the overall area or channel trade marketing objectives
The Field Sales Representative will cover the retail outlets on the basis of a pre-assigned route/plan.
Key Accountabilities:
In an environment where Direct Store Delivery activity is performed:
Knowledge Required:
Qualifications and Experience Required:
Diversity statement
Celebrating our inclusive and diverse culture is core to Diageo’s purpose of “celebrating life every day everywhere”. This purpose is, in itself, inclusive in nature, as it values everybody irrespective of background, disability, religion, gender or ethnicity.
We know that for our business to thrive and for Diageo to realize its ambition, we depend on having diverse talent with a range of backgrounds, skills and capabilities 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 to grow and our values, purpose and standards set the conditions for us to respect the unique contribution each person brings.

Develop and implement a territory trade marketing plan which meets the objectives of the area trade marketing plan in the areas of brand, volume, merchandising and promotion.
Ensure that the territory distribution objectives of brand availability, stock holding and stock rotation are achieved.
Ensure that price is in line with the company strategy
Implement promotions, develop and execute merchandising programmes at POS with optimum use of resources and materials in order to achieve the highest in-store visibility and sales performance for the strategic brands.
Provide market information and reports on performance of customers, brands and competition to ensure that the relevant marketing people are fully informed.
Build loyalty by providing support to the trade through regular visits, accurate communication, problem solving, specialized advice and fair trade.
Maintain accurate and relevant outlet information.
To constantly monitor the achievement of yearly/cycle objectives through accurate reporting and feedback.
Encourage adult consumers and retailers to buy EABL’s brands and strengthen brand loyalty.
Manage financial accounts, assigned assets and material to ensure that trade marketing resources are secure and used in the most efficient and effective manner possible.
Manage receivables and cash collection in line with the company policies and trading terms.
Responsible for accurate invoicing procedures, materials or goods under his (her) control

Knowledge Required:

Product and market
Supply chain and trade marketing principles
Legislation and regulations on alcohol
Marketing standards

Qualifications and Experience Required:

Educated to a graduate level
Worked as a distribution / sales representative for a period of 2 years.

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October 28, 2024
Decision Support Manager, Tax Services

About the Role
Reports To: Finance Director
The Decision support manager-Tax services is a senior business partner to commercial, Supply Chain, back office services and a liaison officer with the revenue authorities and other stakeholders. This position is a core member of Kenya Finance leadership team.
This role is required to interact with and manage inputs and outputs of numerous people across a matrix organization within EABL group and Diageo as well as maximize tax efficiency and effectiveness in the following areas: manufacturing, agribusiness, centralised Centres of Excellence (Tax, Plan, Source, Move) and centralised Shared Service Centres.
Market Complexity
There are three manufacturing sites in Kenya; Tusker, Kisumu and UDV with over six million EUs production capacity and a vibrant agribusiness arm East Africa Maltings Ltd with over 40,000 contracted farmers for cereals. There are over 100 brands and SKU’s for beer, ANADS, spirits across all categories with multiplexities of tax rules and legislation. Tusker is also the single largest manufacturing site in Diageo.
Purpose of Role

To partner with Kenya breweries Ltd executive Leadership to drive business performance through end to end strategic and tactical management of all direct and indirect taxes.
To lead tax compliance checks agenda and service delivery by shared services and centres of excellence.
To Leverage global finance processes, COE teams, standard, systems, and data to drive efficiency and effectiveness & Identify improvement areas for tax processes through data and insights.
To oversee a robust governance and control environment with an effective risk management structure and to ensure that all governance, controls, and compliance requirements are in place and operating.

Accountabilities

Own and develop annual priorities in line with business strategy.
Drive tax efficiency through strategic and tactical plans.
Ensure correct internal and statutory accounting and reporting of indirect and direct taxes.
Implement robust review structures to ensure tax compliance.
Ensure a strong tax compliance effectiveness and culture is fully embedded across the business.
Monthly reporting of tax compliance status, potential risks and ongoing developments to the Finance Director
Develop strong working relationships with business partners and compliance leadership across the business to collaborate on significant tax matters affecting the operations.
Review relevant tax filings for completeness and technical accuracy including proper disclosures.
Active management and review of relevant tax filings, enquiries & third-party relationship management.
Ensure all tax balance sheet accounts are reconciled and supported by COE (Centers of Excellence)/DEO (Diageo Enterprise Operations) finance team and review reconciliations for accuracy.
Oversee tax operations in areas of compliance, cash management, tax provisioning and audits.
Actively engage in financial reporting processes and advise on the impact of transactions.
Review sales and legal agreements to ensure tax requirements are met.
Actively advise management on the tax position and related developments
Ensure indirect and direct tax compliance with all reporting and payment deadlines with all local tax authorities (including ensuring timely refund of tax debt owed by tax authorities)
Manage proactively all audits by tax authorities across all taxes.
Review the Group transfer pricing policy and develop it as required to meet local and global tax authority standards.
Ensure transactions are correctly documented on an arms-length basis consistent with tax requirements imposed by revenue authorities.
Manage and mitigate proactively all Market Tax risks
Provide internal tax advisory services and support on business operation matters
Lead and coordinate ad-hoc tax-driven business initiatives locally or regionally.
Develop and manage SLA’s with tax service providers i.e., shared services and Centres of excellence
Recognize, anticipate, and resolve tax issues and make recommendations.

Leadership Responsibilities
Win through Execution

Lead bold execution in a fast-moving world
Act like owners of Diageo/EABL by holding self and others to account for highest standards
Scan the environment constantly and adapt plans with pace
Inject a restlessness to win and unlock capacity to decide and act quickly
Demand brilliant execution to ensure we always win at the point of purchase

Inspire through Purpose

Amplify our purpose internally and externally
Create meaning, pride and belief for others through Diageo’s purpose
Inspire teams to take entrepreneurial risks; encourage and recognise learning
Build trust and respect in Diageo through open and honest relationships
Celebrate frequently the impact of living our purpose

Shape the Future

Create focus and ownership for shaping Diageo’s future ambition
Enable others to imagine the future and be brave to act boldly now
Set context and empower people to experiment and unlock opportunities
for growth
Demand diverse external perspectives and trends that create impetus for change
Insist on sufficient data and insights that quickly move us to action

Invest in Talent

Harness the full extent of Diageo’s talent and diversity
Take bold bets on talent underpinned by rigorous assessment
Build and coach diverse teams to unlock performance and growth
Create an inclusive environment where everyone can be at their best
Instill agility and resilience in our teams

Qualifications and Experience Required

Qualified Professional Accountant- CPA(K)/ACCA/ACMA
Business related Degree.
Minimum of 10 years’ experience in finance and tax, with 5+ years in pure tax capacity, preferably in a FMCG
Strong overall tax knowledge, specifically in East Africa,
Experience in application of transfer pricing guidelines and regulations in a multinational environment
Experience in managing tax audits, ruling negotiations and litigation
Excellent business acumen and finance (including accounting and treasury) knowledge
Experienced in managing relationships and in engaging / advocating with tax and government authorities
Strong tax technical knowledge – direct and indirect tax
Ability to engage with senior management and in translating tax into business terms
Experiences working in both external tax consulting firm and in-house tax function
Strong experience in financial modelling, analysis and business case presentation preparation
Strategic thinking: The ability to demonstrate business acumen and think how the business/market could/should be diﬀerent in the future. The ability to utilise internal and external information to understand the operating environment and implications for the business. The ability to utilise the wider business perspective to understand the impact of strategic choices and resource allocation decisions across the value chain (from supply to point of sale)
Risk Management: The ability to identify, capture and manage risks at appropriate levels
Process Transformation: A positive problem-solving mindset that champions the use of standard, simple, automated end to end processes, and respective controls
Relevant experience with integrated systems such as SAP is an advantage.
MS applications PowerPoint, Excel, Access and Word
Strong track record of successfully managing tax departments with multiple subsidiaries across Africa
Strong leadership and organizational skills

Diversity statement
Celebrating our inclusive and diverse culture is core to Diageo’s purpose of “celebrating life every day everywhere”. This purpose is, in itself, inclusive in nature, as it values everybody irrespective of background, disability, religion, gender or ethnicity.
We know that for our business to thrive and for Diageo to realize its ambition, we depend on having diverse talent with a range of backgrounds, skills and capabilities 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 to grow and our values, purpose and standards set the conditions for us to respect the unique contribution each person brings.

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October 28, 2024
Head of Warehousing Head of Customs, Excise and Trade Compliance

Reports To: Customer Service & Logistics Director Africa
Contract type: full time, permanent
About us:
Diageo is a global leader company in beverage alcohol with an outstanding collection of over 200 brands enjoyed in more than 180 countries. We are home to over 30,000 talented people all working together to make Diageo one of the best and most respected consumer product companies. Walk into any Diageo distillery, brewery or office anywhere in the world and you’ll meet teams of people who are very good at what they do and who enjoy doing it.
About the function:
To deliver the ambition of becoming the best performing, most trusted and respected consumer products company in the world, Diageo embarked on an initiative aimed at improving its processes, including how it manages its logistics operations. Diageo’s end-game vision is for control tower visibility and strategic decisions to be made centrally via a Centre of Excellence (COE) whilst the transactional activity will be carried out by a managed service provider all using a single leading technology platform across Africa. This is aimed at; Building and sustaining Standardization in MOVE processes, establish control of Operations through detailed codification, delivering stretch improvement targets for the markets, Disciplined application of the best in class Technology and Processes to exploit the full potential of the region, Creating a central talent pool of expert staff at an optimised cost for the diverse African market to tap skills, create growth opportunities and minimise risks associated with employee turnover and finally, create a competitive edge over companies with the best in class Supply chain operations (mostly CPGs) COE’s/Control towers for efficiency and cost effectiveness. To deliver cost effective and customer focused warehousing operations in all Diageo markets in Africa.
Financial
No budget responsibilities directly but support delivery of overall financial performance through effective & efficient system.
Market/Role Complexity
The Diageo market in Africa contributes 13% of Diageo’s NSV and boosts the leading growth statistics in the world. There are 8 different companies stretched on the continent with Nigeria and South Africa as the biggest. Over 1,400 SKus managed in 38 warehouses and over 79 transporters. Apart from SA, most transport and warehousing activities are manual and for the automation, and not interfaced with SAP. Tracking tools for trucks are owned and operated by 3PL and not Diageo, Transport rates are pre-negotiated, and changes attract high penalties.
About the role:
This role is to manage warehousing operations across Africa providing a service of executing operations, partnering with warehouse providers and adding value to each market in the region. The outcomes of this CoE are measured in: Cost Efficiency, Service and Collaborative and value creating relationships. He/she will also need to engage and partner with key Diageo Supply Partners (3PL’s, GDBS, resourcing partners etc.) as well as other external suppliers

Deliver warehousing strategies and operations that are fit for purpose to support market requirements.
Manage warehousing spend to be within budget and delivering operational savings.
Lead and motivate the team to deliver the CoE requirements including influencing those non direct reports.
Provide expert warehousing input understanding African dynamics to ensure credibility of CoE and optimisation initiatives.
Develop a synergistic relationship with PLAN and SOURCE CoE and MAKE in market to ensure delivery of overall supply excellence

About you:

Minimum 5 years’ experience as a warehouse manager in a manufacturing company managing multiple sites including bonds in different countries.
Minimum 2 years’ experience of warehouse management including external 3PL warehouses in Africa.
Demonstrable ability to engage and align stakeholders behind plans and win support for implementing change within the warehouse environment.
BSc or MSc in a supply chain related subject.
Ability to lead in environments where influence is more important than formal authority.
Demonstrable knowledge of end to end supply chain and Customer collaboration.
Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written combined with the ability to engage effectively at all levels in the organisation.
An understanding of how leading technology can enable effective logistics operations.
Excellent knowledge of WMS systems and experience of implementation.
Demonstrable ability to drive savings through warehouse optimisation.
Numerate and ability to apply KPI’s to drive performance management at all levels in the warehouse.

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October 28, 2024