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We produce & distribute premium drinks from right across the Diageo portfolio such as Guinness, Johnnie Walker and Smirnoff. We are also home to growing local brands which include our Malt beverages such as Malta Guinness & Alvaro and exciting new innovations like as Foundry cider.

We produce & distribute premium drinks from right across the Diageo portfolio such as Guinness, Johnnie Walker and Smirnoff. We are also home to growing local brands which include our Malt beverages such as Malta Guinness & Alvaro and exciting new innovations like as Foundry cider.

Diageo Africa operates in over 40 markets across Africa through various business models including publicly quoted companies, joint ventures & licensed brewing entities.

We produce & distribute premium drinks from right across the Diageo portfolio such as Guinness, Johnnie Walker and Smirnoff. We are also home to growing local brands which include our Malt beverages such as Malta Guinness & Alvaro and exciting new innovations like as Foundry cider.
With over 4500 employees working across Supply & Demand we put a significant investment behind our people agenda to ensure that Africa is truly Best Place to Be. We are also proud of the contributions we make in the communities in which we operate both economically and socially, for example our commitment to provide safe access to drinking water to 1million people each year.

Diageo Africa operates in over 40 markets across Africa through various business models including publicly quoted companies, joint ventures & licensed brewing entities.

We produce & distribute premium drinks from right across the Diageo portfolio such as Guinness, Johnnie Walker and Smirnoff. We are also home to growing local brands which include our Malt beverages such as Malta Guinness & Alvaro and exciting new innovations like as Foundry cider.
With over 4500 employees working across Supply & Demand we put a significant investment behind our people agenda to ensure that Africa is truly Best Place to Be. We are also proud of the contributions we make in the communities in which we operate both economically and socially, for example our commitment to provide safe access to drinking water to 1million people each year.

Guinness Ghana Breweries Ltd (GGBL) is one of the largest listed companies in Ghana. It produces, markets and sells alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages in Ghana. It also exports to a number of other
markets. It is a subsidiary of Diageo Plc, a global drinks company.
Job Title: Distributor Manager
Job Number: 22552BR

Job Description
- Responsible for a specified number of Key Distributors ensuring they meet company goals in terms of:

Volume/NS

Market share

Distribution

Credit management

- Clear, concise and actionable joint GGBL/KD Key Distributors business plans for each distributor that are reviewed on a monthly basis

- Acts as business advisor to the Key Distributors using best practice and search and spin to ensure:

Optimal route coverage

Stock and order systems are in place

Build Key Distributors capability to deliver NSV/share targets

Financial strength through sound fiscal policy

Manages the credit position across responsibility in line with GGBL strategy

- Development of Key Distributors’ staff through training in accordance with Diageo Way of Selling practices
In return for your drive and enthusiasm to move our business forward, you can expect a competitive salary, comprehensive benefits package as well as career prospects that fully reflect your abilities and ambitions.
Required Skills or Experience

Degree level or equivalent

Excellent analytical & planning skills

At least two years in a similar role

Appropriate language skills

Understanding of beer market distribution system in West Africa

Commercial acumen

Ability to analyze and interpret data

Key financial principals

Sales Operations

DWS core selling skills

Man Management and motivation

Coaching and feedback
How To Apply

For more information and to apply,

please visit: http://www.diageo.com/

choose ‘Careers’, the ‘search and apply’ link, click on ‘search openings’ and type job number 22552BR for the appropriate position you are applying for, into the ‘key word’ box.
Online applications only please.

Diageo is recruiting for Supply Business Performance Measurement Manager
Supply Business Performance Measurement Manager

Reports: Head, Supply Finance

Purpose:

    * Lead the Supply BPM process across Guinness Nigeria to ensure consistent and rigorous analysis of business performance across COGS, Inventory, and CAPEX along with state-of-the art R&O’s (e.g. per brewery and supply unit)
    * Co-lead the annual Supply Planning process attaining stretching targets to be translated in YOY COGs reductions
    * Drive capabilities and common WOW across Supply Finance and Supply community, included, but not limited, to SAP/BW effectiveness/optimisation
    * To support the development of the Supply Finance team and play a critical role in increasing finance awareness within supply partners

Top 3-5 Accountabilities

Address with the Head of Supply Finance the Supply Business Performance agenda within Guinness Nigeria, providing concise, quality management information on key business drivers

Provider of insightful supply/commercial analysis of business performance issues and opportunities. Drive resolution of issues and hold people to account for follow through on actions that result in optimal business performance

Responsible for the timely and accurate production of a monthly BPM pack, R&O and strategic plan packs which guarantee full integrity of Guinness Nigeria financials

Act as a true finance business partner to the supply function by providing value-added analysis using the Africa One mindset

Develop a culture of data accuracy and integrity across all Supply financial information such as COGS, SKU costing, CAPEX, inventory

Qualifications and Experience Required:

* Master in Finance / Economics or qualified / partially-qualified accountant

* Extensive experience using SAP/BW along with advanced Excel spreadsheet for modelling and reporting.

* Excellent analytical and problem solver skills along with project management skills in a cross-functional team setting.

* Demonstrable experience of establishing credibility, influencing and working at senior management levels along with self starter, high commitment, delivering against goals with minimal supervision – ability to hit the ground running

* Able to effectively influence through peers / senior management and to manage different stakeholders in order to execute flawless — a master of execution.

* Able to lead and energise others through personal impact across organisation, providing at all time challenges to Status Quo and building upon them.

Please note: Only shortlisted candidates would be contacted.

To apply online click on the link below. Click ‘Search Openings’ and enter the reference number 22509BR in the keyword field.
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Pan Africa Graduate Programme
Structure

Our ‘real job’ philosophy ensures you will benefit from authentic experiences designed to accelerate your career development.
You will build your expertise and knowledge by completing three 12-month rotations within your chosen discipline. There will be opportunities to spend one of these rotations in different African markets.

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Diageo plc is the largest multinational beer, wine and spirits company in the world. Diageo in Nigeria takes the form of Guinness Nigeria Plc.

It is a major player in the brewing industry and one of the leaders in Nigeria’s manufacturing sector.

Guinness Nigeria Plc is Recruiting for Warehouse Manager

External Job Description Context/Scope:

Nigeria is currently the world’s third largest market for the Guinness Brand and plans to become the largest in the next four years.

Guinness Nigeria has an aggressive expansion programme to increase current capacity over the next 5 years.This initiative will increase GN’s supply chain responsibility and will require concerted efforts of personnel to manage the challenges that will arise there from.

Partly responsible for adding value to the supply chain by ensuring excellent customer service to customers and minimum cost in line with the brewery distribution budget.

Market Complexity

Sophisticated and highly competitive market with multinational players that require a high level of inventory and warehouse management expertise that will enable us to gain and maintain competitive edge over competition.

Leadership and Functional Responsibilities

- Should be able to develop and maintain warehousing and inventory management best practices in accordance with Diageo warehouse management standards.

- Take leadership and develop a high performance team culture in warehousing, inventory management and customer service.

- Manage compliance with service level agreements (SLAs) with internal and external customers.

- Implement and monitor waste minimisation initiatives

Accountabilities

· Management of inventory and control of fulls and empties and accountable for the efficient receipt of products to achieve set objectives and ensuring fraud-free distribution operations.

· Responsible for ensuring efficient support to packaging lines with empties and provision of adequate storage space for packaged products.

· Manage vehicle utilisation and efficiency to achieve target turn-round and journey times in the breweries to maximise operational efficiency to support the downstream supply chain activities.

· Develop and closely follow up on the training and development needs of his / her team in order to enhance and embed productivity in the warehouse in line with departmental objectives.

· Responsible for the effective management and prompt handling of customer complaints and sales / marketing related issues.

Qualifications and Experience Required

· Degree qualified. Masters degree will be an added advantage.

· Computer literate and ability to work under pressure and respond to tight deadlines.

· A minimum of 4 years working experience in a related, operations or inventory management role

· Good interpersonal skills, convincing personality and a team player.

· Good Communicator, commercially aware and able to adapt to a fast changing operations environment.

· Strategy focussed.

· Understands links between own role and overall Diageo strategy.

· Is prepared to make well reasoned challenges to accepted and entrenched practices

Barriers to Success in Role

- Inability to influence broadly across the sophisticated customer (internal & external) base.

- Inability to make connections across a broad agenda.

Skills/knowledge

- Fully conversant with inventory management processes using SUN systems.

- Detailed knowledge of Diageo warehouse management standards.

- Detailed knowledge of Diageo Risk Management, Environmental and Safety Standards.

- Competent coach and facilitator of multi-disciplinary teams.

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Diageo Africa Supply has established a strategy aiming to protect our employees, brand & assets, delivering the LTO requirements across the supply organisation.

To ensure Diageo’ s Safety requirements of its operating units, the Manufacturing Sites processes must operate effectively and efficiently to ensure adherence to legislation, Diageo’ s policies and the Diageo Global Risk Management Standards.

Diageo is now recruiting for a Safety Support Manager.

This position provides operational Safety management support across the Manufacturing Support Hub.

Dimensions

1. Financial:

* This role impacts on sales volumes by ensuring continuity of supply in a supply centre delivering £775m NSV through driving safety management standards and improvement across the owned and managed sites inside the manufacturing support hub.
* They will drive the roll out of Safety management standards across the manufacturing support hub.

2. Market Complexity:

* The role operates across multiple markets in the developing and volatile economies of Africa, as well as interacting at a global level with global functions and other supply centres.
* The role includes ensuring compliance with diverse regulatory systems in various counties.

3. Leadership Responsibilities:

* The successful candidate will champion Safety management improvement across the manufacturing support hub.
* They will help develop strategy at the manufacturing support hub level and will develop plans and lead implementation across the operating sites.
* They will be responsible for communicating and ensuring compliance to the Diageo Global Risk Management Standards (GRMS).
* They will lead change in order to create a culture of Zero Harm across the supply operations and supply chain for the manufacturing support hub.
* A primary part of the role will be extensive mentoring, training and coaching of local Safety managers and brewery operations managers.
* Safety Support manager role will have 2 direct reports.

Purpose of Role:

* To support the Manufacturing Support Director and Africa Supply Directors to ensure that appropriate and consistent safety management systems are in place across Africa ‘s market remit, in order to protect Diageo’ s people, brands and reputation.
* Similarly to work closely with Diageo Global Supply Safety management to ensure that risk management processes are aligned throughout the organisation.

Accountabilities:

* Monitoring and Reporting Performance for the Hub Leading functional response to support off track targets.
* Leadership and Coordination of functional area across hub Supply Sites, Sharing best practices across Hub/Region.
* Roll out Zero Harm Strategy to all sites in Hub, Lead Safety awareness campaigns, safety weeks, and newsletters.
* Train on Risk Assessments, Supports specialist / adhoc RA. New machine, process Hazops/RA

Qualifications and Experience:

* Degree in relevant discipline.
* Recognised Safety qualification, NEBOSH, Safety Post Grad.
* Excellent knowledge of Diageo risk management processes and policies.
* Strong analytical and problem solving skills.
* Influencing without authority.
* Change management skills.
* Computer literate.
* Proven track record in Safety management (5-10 years relevant experience).
* Broad brewery operational experience.
* Broad business experience and knowledge.
* Able to lead or work effectively in cross-functional teams.
* ISO 9001 Lead Assessor certified.
* Culturally sensitive and understanding the challenges facing developing countries.

Please note: Only shortlisted candidates would be contacted.

Deadline is 20th August 2009.

To apply online click on the link below. Select ‘Search Openings’ and enter the reference number 20312BR in the keyword field.

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Guiness is one of Diageo’s Global Priority Brands and was Diageo’s third biggest NSV contributor in F09. Regional Brands include Malta, Tusker, Harp, Pilsner, Satzenbrau, Smirnoff Ice, and Alvaro.

Supply is critical to enable such high levels of brand growth – through exemplary service to our customers, by maximising the value of our assets and investments, by protecting the reputation of our business and brands, enabling innovation, and ensuring our people to flourish in the face of this challenge.

Guiness is now recruiting for a Packaging Operations Supply Manager.

This role will play a key role in achieving and ensuring delivery of Packaging Performance promise, they will align and champion the improvement programs and ensure compliance to standards.

Dimensions

1. Financial:

* This role is important to the achievement of the overall Africa region business plans by impacting on COGS in a supply centre delivering 775 M£ NSV through ensuring Diageo has the most cost effective operations across the owned and managed sites inside Africa.
* They will support the CI projects and support & lead the site teams in the implementation of best practice across all plants including.
* They will ensure all Diageo’s assets are utilized effectively before any further investment.

2. Market Complexity:

* This role operates across multiple markets in the developing and volatile economies of Africa as well as interacting at a global level with global functions and other supply centres.
* The role includes ensuring compliance with diverse regulatory systems in various countries.

3. Leadership Responsibilities:

* This role will champion packaging efficiency improvements, process quality and cost improvement across Africa.
* They will help develop strategy at the Supply Hub level and will develop plans and lead implementation across the operating sites.
* They will ensure a culture of continuous improvement is developed. This role will lead up to 5 Packaging Specialists.

Accountabilities:

* Develop and implement packaging efficiency improvements, reduction in material and liquid waste and step change in outer packaging quality in plants.
* Support & lead the site teams in CI delivery using a structured PP methodology, building capability & the implementation of best practice across all plants.
* Leads and tracks plant action plans and ensures ability of plans to hit KPI’s.
* Responsible for assisting the operational management to access the correct support on specific issues if the Support Person is unable to resolve the issue.

Qualifications and Experience:

* University degree in Science with an Engineering/ Operational qualification/status, Diploma Master Brewer (IOB) qualification.
* Experience in a senior production role (five plus years) such as Packaging manager/Production manager/ Brewing manager.
* Expert manufacturing management principles and techniques in packaging, perfect plant.
* Understanding of best practice implementation model and strategy.
* Understanding of the principles of change management and cultures in different countries.
* Analytical problem solving and auditing skills.
* Understanding of governance standards such as LTO, ISO, and HACCP. Self-motivated and achievement oriented leader.
* Role to be based in West Africa and will requires a considerable amount of travel across the Supply Hub markets; therefore the incumbent needs to manage the role effectively from a variety of locations.

Please note: Only shortlisted candidates would be contacted.

Deadline is 20th August 2009.

To apply online click on the link below. Select ‘Search Openings’ and enter the reference number 20314BR in the keyword field.

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