Operations Executive- On Trade

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.

Feel inspired? Then this may be the opportunity for you.

THE PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

Here at Diageo, we are looking for a commercially minded Operations Exec to support in executing our Field & Technical strategy. Working across our category leading brands, the successful applicant will be working closely with internal and external sales teams, as well as internal cross functional departments.

They will deliver outstanding operations, reporting, system set up, training and issue resolution to unlock value through performance, system and reporting and M&E to drive our on-trade strategy and maximise results.

WHAT ARE YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES?

• Partner with the Field Planning Manager, Field & Technical Operations team, product owners and 3rd party providers to deliver our strategy with flawless reporting & system operations.
• Take the lead in designing and building internal and external reporting systems, equipping sales teams with top-tier sales tools. Drive efficiency by streamlining processes to deliver maximum performance and bring the on-trade strategy to life
• Ensure the delivery of world class system training materials and system testing.
• Ownership of key performance reports to enable insight and action to lead to transparent performance management across external sales teams.
• Manage ongoing creation and refining of call files to drive optimisation through physical and voice callage
• Manage day to day BAU issue resolution for our sales teams.
• Collaborate with cross functional teams to interpret insight and reporting to respond to the needs of our sales team to drive outstanding execution of our strategy.
• Manage an engaging communications plan with field & technical regional teams to drive engagement across GB.

WHAT WILL YOU HAVE

• At least 1 year field sales or field operations experience to "make the right call" from day 1
• Strong excel capability with strength in data and system skills.
• Organised with strength in prioritisation - comfortable managing and owning critical paths, project plans and holding others to account.
• A strong network and comfortable working in cross level teams to gain alignment and support
• Speed of decision making across the business.

WHAT IS IN IT FOR YOU?

• Attractive package including bonus plan to reward you for great performance.
• Working for the undisputed leader in the Spirits industry
• Progressive personal development support and long-term career opportunities

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.

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