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Diageo · 23 hours ago

Global Procurement Category Manager, Experiential Marketing

New York, NY

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

Diageo is the world’s leading premium drinks company, known for its extensive portfolio of brands. The Global Procurement Category Manager for Experiential Marketing is responsible for managing a significant global category spend, developing strategies to maximize cost efficiency and growth through collaboration across various departments.

Consumer GoodsFood and BeverageManufacturingWine And Spirits

Responsibilities

Contribute towards Diageo’s overall $625m cost savings Accelerate target delivering productivity savings and establishing a pipeline of value for future years

Contribute towards Diageo’s overall $3b free cash flow target identifying and delivering cash opportunities and developing a robust cash delivery pipeline for future years

Maximise growth and performance by reducing areas of inefficient and ineffective spend using investment insights, data, and strategy (shape of A&P; 55/35/10)

Collaborate effectively with all markets and global functions across Procurement, Commercial, Marketing, Effectiveness, Finance, and other stakeholder groups

Create best in class, transformational strategies that are executable in markets and deliver against our performance ambitions

Develop subject-matter expertise for Experiential and all relevant sub-categories, collecting and using external market / industry expertise and providing clear direction for the development and application of market data and insights into strategy development and sourcing

Lead a global community of procurement professionals across Experiential, including leading regular meetings, supporting market workstreams and priorities, and sharing best practices. This role is a leadership role in the global community

Adhere to and always promote the highest standards of compliance. This includes risk management processes, contract management and cost modelling / benchmarking

Work dynamically across categories (including but not limited to Customer A&P categories, sponsorship and influencer, staffing/indirects, production, culture) and pro-actively look for opportunities to drive further business value and strategy

Collaborate and/or support in the delivery of Diageo’s Society 2030 ambition

Lead or support sourcing activities. Ensure agency commercial terms, capabilities, and contracts are aligned with Diageo’s performance ambitions to maximise Diageo value and mitigate risk

Coach and develop talent across the Marketing Procurement community (global and in market)

Ensure Diageo has leading agency ecosystems, models, and partnerships enabled by strong agency/category performance management, capabilities, JBPs, and strategy

Work with Finance, Data & Analytics to enhance spend analytics and A&P investment insights in line with our investment optimisation strategy

Qualification

Procurement experienceMarketing strategyFinancial analysisData analyticsStakeholder managementCommunication skillsProject managementCollaboration skillsLeadership skills

Required

Extensive experience in Procurement, Marketing, Commercial or other relevant industry role

Exceptional communication skills, verbal, written and presentation

Proven track record of consistent performance planning, execution, and impact

Strong analytical and financial awareness including a comprehensive understanding of the AOP requirements and financial goals & value drivers aligned to strategy and performance

Use of advanced data and analytics (cost modelling & projection) to drive best in class strategies and negotiation plans beneficial

Confidence and experience in influencing senior stakeholders and building credible business cases

Ability to build and sustain great relationships with multiple collaborators across the globe and collaborate efficiently

Demonstrated performance when both leading and working on projects with cross-functional teams, experience in implementing projects aligned to category and Procurement strategies

Track record of generating insights to influence decision-making and inform transformational opportunities