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Job Title: Procurement Operations Assistant Manager                                                       

About us: With over 200 brands sold in nearly 180 countries, we’re the world’s leading premium drinks company. Bring your passion and use your curiosity as you explore, collaborate, and innovate to build brands consumers love. Together with passionate people from all over the world, you’ll test new ideas, learn and grow, and unlock a brighter, more exciting future.

Join us to create a career worth celebrating.

About the Function: Our Global Business Operations (GBO) team are facilitators, providing strategic, financial, and business services that are critical to the day-to-day performance of our business. With a team of over 2,000 dedicated and passionate people supporting 21 markets across the world, we have offices in Bangalore, Budapest, Bogota, and Manila.

Our global remit offers huge learning opportunities. We encourage learning and development in skills needed now and in the future across digital, industry, professional, and domain. Wherever you start, you’ll be rewarded with a world view and the recognition you deserve in our inclusive and supportive culture.

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Role Responsibilities: This role acts as the interface of Procurement operations team, business requisitioners and the Procurement community ensuring Diageo buy the right products from the right suppliers at the right price. 

To execute a range of procurement processes accurately and efficiently and following procurement policies, standards, processes and internal controls. 

This role will work closely with Global, GBO areas, COE Procurement team, STP team, Coupa development teams, STP systems support and suppliers. 

1.  Managing the tendering process for non-strategic spend on goods and services across the countries and market for which they have defined responsibility. 

Provide advice and direction to requisitioners directing them to the correct source of goods where appropriate (via catalogue, webform where applicable). 

Looking for opportunities for continuous system and process improvement 

To demonstrate a solution focus in order to understand requirements and ensure a  joined-up delivery of required service / business / financial outcomes with the region and procurement categories. 

Ensure that queries are resolved in line with the relevant Service Level Agreement.  

Ensure service requests /issues not resolved are managed in accordance with policies. Escalate issues following standard process within agreed time-scales.   

Contribute to process improvement and maintaining documented processes / work instructions.  

Mid: 

• Performs a range of work activities in varied environments. Works without frequent reference to others.  

• Uses limited discretion in resolving issues or enquiries. May contribute to routine issue resolution. 

• Direct team members 

• GBO areas / team members - for helping to resolve queries 

• Requestors / business units - to deliver required services 

• Global procurement operations team 

• COE procurement operations  

• Coupa development teams  

• Suppliers - to negotiate proposals, invite to tender events and align terms and conditions  

Degree educated preferably in a business, administration or Procurement related field 

Excellent customer service attitude 

Language: English.  

Is a good team player 

Excellent interpersonal and communication skills 

Attention to detail 

Strong MS Office knowledge 

3-5 years of experience in Marketing procurement categories. (experiential, POS, VAPS, etc) 

Experience in SAP – ERP, SAP- BW. - Coupa 

Experience in Electronic E-auctions 

Experience of Sourcing, including processes, ways of working, documentation and compliance requirements etc. 

Able to work proactively and effectively in cross functional and global team at all levels in an organization. 

Communication and influencing skills. 

Delivery and analytical skills with ability to identify insights 

Empathy, tact, and diplomacy. 

Proactive approach with tenacity and drive to succeed. 

The procurement Operations Specialist be expected to be responsible for: 

• The timely management of sourcing requests (eRFX) and eAuctions from the business within the agreed SLA’s and KPI’s 

• Looking for opportunities for continuous process any system improvements 

• Providing advice and support to the business on the correct routes or sources of supply (via catalogues, webforms etc.) 

• Identifying opportunities for new catalogues and content 

• Be the champion for their defined area of spend, including category and/or market / country, knowing the right sources of supply, the policies applicable and the compliance requirements as well as the external sources that can be contacted to meet the overall business requirement. 

• Build active and positive relationship with their key Procurement stakeholders 

The job holder may be instructed by his/her immediate superior to perform all tasks directly or indirectly related, additional or supplementary to the scope of duties defined in this role profile 

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Flexible Working Statement: Flexibility is key to our success. From part-time and compressed hours to different locations, our people work flexibly in ways to suit them. Talk to us about what flexibility means to you so that you’re supported from day one.

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Diversity statement: Our purpose is to celebrate life, every day, everywhere. And creating an inclusive culture, where everyone feels valued and that they can belong, is a crucial part of this.

We embrace diversity in the broadest possible sense. This means that you’ll be welcomed and celebrated for who you are just by being you. You’ll be part of and help build and champion an inclusive culture that celebrates people of different gender, ethnicity, ability, age, sexual orientation, social class, educational backgrounds, experiences, mindsets, and more.

Our ambition is to create the best performing, most trusted and respected consumer products companies in the world. Join us and help transform our business as we take our brands to the next level and build new ones as part of shaping the next generation of celebrations for consumers around the world.

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

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