Market Category Specialist, IT/Systems, Travels & Entertainment at Diageo

Purpose of The Role

Deliver Procurement outcomes for Diageo within one or more categories of Spend, through effective business partnering and collaboration across Procurement COEs. This includes but not limited to:

• Category Strategy - Applying Strategic Procurement excellence, through creation of or support in creation of Category Strategies built on Diageo's best methods, standards and tools, to deliver procurement value.
• Sourcing & Contracting - Leading or supporting end to end activities for relevant sourcing projects, effective planning, preparation and application of negotiation toolkit, closing out contracts for specific categories of spend procured in-market.
• Support to Global COEs - Supporting end-to end execution of Category Strategies, working with global and other market category professionals in line with strategy.
• Risk Management - Mitigate strategic and sourcing risks and apply and improve tools & techniques using Diageo best practice standards.
• Developing subject matter expertise for specific spend categories, supporting collection and leverage of supply market expertise and clear direction to Analysts for development and application of supply market data and information to strategy development and sourcing.
• Work dynamically across categories in flexible resource pools where they are already established and proactively look for opportunities where flexible resourcing could be set up.

The Market Category Specialist is accountable for active participation in a global community of Procurement professionals in one or more spend categories, including joining regular meetings, supporting alignment around strategy, supporting development of own and others' capabilities & expertise and sharing of best practices.

Entry Level Requirements (Capabilities, Skills & Experience)

• Graduate or equivalent qualification and preferable to be a member of professional body, e.g., CIPS 
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in Procurement, Finance, FMCG Commerical or other relevant role, with subject-matter expertise in supply markets and spend categories relevant to the role 
• Demonstrated performance in projects and in cross-market teams, experience developing and executing category and procurement strategies, managing and negotiating with suppliers 
• Strong analytical and financial awareness including a strong understanding of AOP requirements and financial goals & value drivers relevant to the categories in scope 
• Track record of generating insights to influence decision-making; good commercial acumen  
• Good systems knowledge (esp. SAP, PRDM, M/S Office, E-collaborate or similar systems & tools) 
• Strong verbal, written and presentation; strong interpersonal skills 
• Proven track record of consistent performance and delivery