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Project Manager, Brand Change & Innovation, Scotch Category

Menstrie, near Stirling, Central Scotland

About Us

From Arthur Guinness to Johnnie Walker, our business was founded on people of great character, and in 250 years, nothing’s changed. We’re the world’s leading premium alcohol company. Our brands are industry icons. And our success is thanks to the strength of our people, in every role. It’s why we trust them with our legacy. And it's why we reward them with the career-defining opportunities that they deserve. Our ambition is to create the best performing, most trusted and respected Consumer Products Company in the world. To achieve these, we need the world’s very best people.

Have you ever wanted to walk into a bar or a shop see a product and say: "I did that! I saw that through from concept to commercialisation, into production, and onto the shelf." Yes? Then this could be the role for you.

About the Role

This exciting role is within the SCOTCH CATEGORY, Brand Change & Innovation team which delivers projects for Diageo Innovation, Global Brand Teams and Markets. Scotch Category Brand Change & Innovation is set up to deliver Innovation, Renovation, Limited time offerings & VAP across our iconic Scotch & Malt Whisky portfolio, including Johnnie Walker, Buchanan’s, J&B, Bell’s, Black & White, White Horse, Talisker, Singleton, Mortlach

As a Project Manager in SCOTCH CATEGORY Brand Change, you’ll deliver Brand Change projects by leading cross-functional teams developing new products & redesigning existing products to meet customer briefs in terms of quality, cost and time. You will play a key role in delivering Diageo’s Sustainability targets across our product portfolio, alongside productivity improvements

Support the Brand Change Manager in delivering the project pipeline and working to support our key stakeholders (inside and outside of wider Brand Change teams) to deliver our brand ambitions.

Ensure the application of required project planning, budgeting, tracking, reporting and stakeholder communications processes to demonstrate required rigour of project management. Develop packaging components to product development and manufacturing interface standards.

This role will give the successful candidate great exposure to many of the functions within Diageo, including Marketing, Innovation, Sustainability, Procurement, Distillation & Maturation, Manufacturing, Finance, Data and Supply Chain. A fantastic platform where you can demonstrate your leadership & technical skills to ensure successful project delivery.

About you

We’re looking for people with character: motivated, resilient, and open-minded. You’ll be commercially astute; target driven and thrive in a fast-paced environment. You’ll also be ready to build strong relationships with customers, and everyone you work with.

You will have a degree level qualification or equivalent, ideally in a technical area. Institute of Packaging Diploma or equivalent, or a willingness to undertake training. Demonstrate Strong project management skills with sound knowledge of a wide range of packaging materials and processes including, liquid development, new product commercialisation, design and development of packaging and materials. As well as material manufacturing, handling, transportation, and transit robustness. An ability to implement risk management practices and techniques and develop sound understanding of new product development process. Excellent organisation, report preparation, and presentation skills.

Diversity

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.

Character is Everything

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