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  • Posted: Mar 8, 2021
    Deadline: Not specified
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    Diageo is the world’s leading premium drinks company, a business built on the principles and foundations laid by the giants of our industry.
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    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.

    Method of Application

    Interested and qualified? Go to Diageo on diageo.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com to apply

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