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Job Title: IBP Digital Readiness & Adoption Analyst

Closing Date: 12th June

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 create a career worth celebrating.

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About the Function

Our Supply Chain and Manufacturing team are problem-solvers, sourcing, producing, and delivering our much-loved brands to delight customers around the globe. Over half of Diageo’s 30,000+ people work in Supply Chain and Manufacturing. It’s an intricate and sophisticated operation that’s the product of logistical, manufacturing, and technical collaborations.

Our teams in 100 sites in over 30 countries cover production facilities, supplier relationships, customer collaborations and third-party agreements. We’re committed to realising our ‘Society 2030: Spirit of Progress’ goals, to protect the environment and support our farmers and suppliers. Whatever your skills and experience, we’ll help you to thrive in our inclusive culture.

About the Role

The IBP Digital Readiness & Adoption Analyst" is a key role within the i-IBP and implementation of Advanced demand planning system OMP. Based on business processes/requirements, the role will be responsible for understanding Multivariate forecasting, building block management and advanced use of demand sensing to assist users within the Market thereby unlocking any obstacles to efficient utilization of the tool.

The Analyst will be required to have a robust understanding of the data structure and requirements for integration of the multivariate forecast process not limited to but including, CPG structures, Sales history, SIT, Depletion, Market Share, Category Growth, Price Elasticity History, Historical promotions, OOS. The analyst together with the OMP adoption Manager will ensure adoption of the tool as the single demand planning tool in Diageo and effectively work to eliminate parallel demand planning processes.

In addition, the Analyst is required to understand the report structure within OMP and collectively understand the business reporting requirements to craft and develop standardized reports that will be used to drive an effective IBP cycle in the markets.

The analyst together with the OMP adoption Manager will be also responsible for the readiness within the  region. This mean work in APO adoption pre-work and data consolidation & preparation.

Is responsible for acquiring and disseminating system knowledge, which will be acquired thru training and hands on experience. This analyst will often train the end users of the system and will often become the first line support person and contact person for help desk of OMP during and after Go Live acceptance.

Is responsible for testing and validating the proposed software solutions, thorough knowledge of scope / design both at technical level (eg. data interfacing correctness) and functional level (functionalities “fit for use” according to the business requirements). Is also responsible for creating corresponding functional and user documentation.

You will be expected to display the following skills to be successful:

Understands the principles that underpin demand planning processes, including formal education in demand planning and execution to complete work.

Understanding of the Business complexity.

The ability to translate business requirements into system parameters/rules as well as translate AI and Machine learning outputs into clear business language.

The ability to understand statistical forecasting principles and algorithms used in process.

Model and test algorithms using the latest data and technology.

Display critical thinking and digital dexterity by using data to tell a story based on fact and trends.

Has experience in demand planning in a similar environment using statistical tools, building block assumptions, opportunities and risks, and S&OP/IBP to agree plans.

Can maintain a statistical dataset, including data cleansing, item relationships and product families to facilitate the delivery of a statistical forecast with minimal rework. Can do this in the appropriate Diageo tool as selected.

Understand the principles and practices that support Advanced Statistical Forecasting, including Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, in a way that this knowledge can be used to support existing and future statistical modelling and improvement within Diageo.

Can create and maintain scenario planning for Demand and IBP purposes including the understanding of how probabilistic forecasting can be used to determine the most likely scenarios and teach the demand analyst and iBP leads how to effectively utilize it.

Experience, Skills & Capabilities Required

Baseline understanding of the end-to-end Supply Chain Planning processes; Supply Planning, Distribution Requirements Planning, Inventory Planning, Conversion, Logistics, Procurement and Customer Service

Demonstrated proficiency in statistics and/or forecasting methodologies with an understanding of their financial and operational impacts.

Strong analytical, organizational, and decision-making skills.

Good communication skills – verbal, written and presentation.

Proficient in MS applications e.g. Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Access, Outlook

Self confidence

Process Orientation

Build the future demand tools and processes

Data Analysis and Reporting Skills

Previous Successful Experience

Working within the Demand and/or Supply Chain Planning process; Consumer Packaged Goods Industry preferred

Experience with advanced planning software with Supply Planning (SAP APO system and Business Intelligence/BW/Power Bi )

Has practical experience of Demand Analytics, to analyse demand performance and trends, marketing, and sales activity impact (including pricing), and reach conclusions on what that might mean about current and future demand plans.

Has practical experience of IBP in a similar role and / or business, which can be used to support the current role and challenge assumptions

Can manage an appropriate change management process to ensure market adoption of IBP, using Diageo principles, processes, and resources, as well as their own skills, capabilities, and position.

First hand planning experience in IBP, S&OP, S&OE, Demand Planning.

Skills & Capabilities

Growth Mindset

Passion for data and a performance culture.

Comfortable with driving change and adoption.

Very strong analytical skills and applied statistics knowledge.

Collaboration:  Demonstrated ability to foster and maintain strong working relationships and influence at all levels of the organisation. At ease working effectively with a diverse group of stakeholders and business cultures.

Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written combined with the ability to engage effectively at all levels in the organisation.

Digital dexterity. Previous experience (and hunger to learn) on advanced planning tools, digital control towers, BI, etc.

Critical Thinking and robust problem-solving ability.

Stands for digitization and does not tolerate drift. 

Robust business acumen. 

Desirable:

Experience in S&OP/ Demand Planning working in a multinational CPG / FMCG

Working with Us

Flexibility is key to success in our business and many of our people 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.
 

We offer a highly competitive rewards and compensation package including:

Contemporary work life balance policies and wellbeing activities

Contributary pension scheme

Comprehensive health benefits

Annual bonus

Our purpose is to celebrate life, every day, everywhere. And creating an inclusive culture, where everyone feels valued and listened to, is a crucial part of this.

We believe the most diverse and inclusive culture makes for a better business and a better world.

We know that for our business to thrive and for Diageo to realise its ambition, we depend on having diverse talent with a range of backgrounds, skills and capabilities in each of the countries in which we operate and to reflect our broad consumer base.

Around the world we have a number of inclusive Business and Employee Resource Groups known as BRGs and ERGs. These influential groups, made up of our people, represent various viewpoints, experiences and communities who generate thought-provoking work to enhance our business and workplace, creating a sense of belonging and opportunities for all. 

Join us, and you'll be part of an organisation that embraces diversity in the broadest possible sense. This means that you'll be welcomed and celebrated for who you are just by being you. You'll be part of — and help build — an inclusive culture that celebrates people of different gender, ethnicity, ability, age, sexual orientation, social class, educational backgrounds, experiences, approaches and more. And you'll help us champion inclusion and diversity across our entire business: with our employees, our suppliers, across our brands, and within the communities in which we operate.

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

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