Jr. Sales Planning Manager

The Company
From Arthur Guinness to Johnnie Walker, our business was founded on people of outstanding character, and in 250 years, nothing has changed. We're the world's leading premium alcohol company! Our brands are industry icons including Johnnie Walker, Crown Royal, Bulleit and Buchanan's whiskies, Smirnoff, Cîroc and Ketel One vodkas, Captain Morgan, Baileys, Don Julio, Tanqueray and Guinness. Our success is thanks to the strength of our people, in every role. It's why we trust them with our legacy and why we reward them with the career-defining opportunities that they deserve. Our ambition is to build the best performing, most trusted and respected Consumer Products Company in the world. To achieve these, we need the very best people!

At Diageo, our purpose is to celebrate life everywhere, every day. To do that, you will join an organization that is passionate about customers and consumers, and proud of what they do. Diageo teams constantly set high goals and then try hard to exceed them. We are also an incredibly diverse organization, and we value each and every one's talent and personality.

Responsibilities

You will lead the S&OP process, making sure demand forecasts are accurate and aligned with the finance, supply chain, and sales teams.

S&OE Process Management: You will manage the S&OE process to handle short-term changes in supply and demand, ensuring smooth daily operations that match forecasts.

Quota Management: You will design sales quotas, regularly reviewing them to ensure they match market conditions and team performance.

Data-Driven Decision Making: You will use data and analytics to support planning, track performance, and ensure accuracy in forecasts and quotas.

Cross-functional Collaboration: You will collaborate with teams from sales, finance, marketing, and supply chain to ensure strategies are aligned across the company.

Performance Monitoring: You will set performance goals, regularly reviewing progress with the sales teams to ensure targets are met.

Requirements

Analytical Skills: Strong ability to analyze data, generate insights, and make data-driven decisions to improve forecasting and planning accuracy.

Quota and Target Management: Experience in developing and managing sales targets and quota systems, with a track record of setting and adjusting them based on market needs.

Problem-Solving Ability: Ability to address challenges in planning and execution quickly and efficiently, ensuring business goals are met.

Technical Skills: Proficiency in data analysis software (Excel, Power BI).

Education: Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain, Finance, or a related field.

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 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.