Job Description :
About You
We are looking for an individual with a drive to be the best: a strategic thinker, a brilliant influencer and a global leader who can bring key external and internal stakeholders and partners together, to enable the development and delivery of circular economy infrastructure solutions across priority categories, markets and globally.
We are looking for a packaging and circular economy leader, who can lead the development of our circular infrastructure strategy, work with external partners to deliver our 2030 Grain to Glass objectives and who is passionate about sustainability.
Function
This is a global position that sits within Diageo’s Grain to Glass structure and reports into the Global Head of Transformational Partnerships.
The Transformational Partnerships team is focussed on unlocking key systemic challenges across the food system, as we work towards our climate, nature and water goals. This team will be driving forward action-based partnerships; working with peers and partners across the food system, infrastructure development, third sector, funding and policy landscapes; helping to address these challenges and enable efficient scaling of action at greater pace and efficiency.
About the Role
Identifying and developing opportunities to unlock systemic blockers to transformational change, from a circular economy and packaging perspective. Deepening relationships (whilst managing competition law) with stakeholders in upstream supply, infrastructure and material converters, and government / policy makers, to accelerate value chain decarbonisation and water based outcomes. Leveraging these relationships in support of accelerating the above priority areas, with optimised funding solutions.
This role will deliver transformational change, with collaborative thinking and strategy at its core.

Key Accountabilities include:

• Identify opportunities to unlock systemic blockers to transformational change, from a circular economy and packaging perspective.
• Identify, engage and build collaborative partnerships with relevant external partners (including peers, suppliers, technical advisors, NGOs and government agencies), to build/develop these programmes
• Review performance of these programmes, identifying and implement opportunities to optimise.
• Provide regular internal performance updates on programmes with key collaborators, identifying roadblocks and proposals to address these.
• In partnership with Procurement, Logistics, Breakthrough Innovation and Brand Change & Innovation teams, seek business endorsement of the strategic approach and delivery / funding models.
• Once defined and endorsed, ensure strategy is effective within the business with clearly understood and embedded accountabilities for delivery.
• Manage engagement with Grain to Glass, procurement and in-market category teams to optimise engagement, ownership and oversight of key programmes.
• Ensure management of key partnerships is compliant with internal and external competition law and business integrity requirements.

Experience required/Skills/Capabilities/Languages:

To be successful in this role you will have:

• Extensive experience of establishing and managing the implementation of circular economy and packaging strategies as well as delivery plans.
• Expertise in sustainable supply chain issues and familiarity with global sourcing strategies.
• Demonstrated ability to motivate/influence colleagues and in the process hold oneself as well as others accountable for reaching ambitiously set targets while upholding credible and recognized standards of practice.
• Experience in dealing and influencing multi-stakeholder consortiums with environmental and social experts and peers within a matrix leadership structure.
• Strong relationship building at all levels, including with Senior Executives and peers.
• Experience in developing collaborative frameworks with measurable impact for sustainability.
• Conflict resolution: ability to identify root causes of complex issues and successfully navigate their resolution.
• Excellent presentation skills, enthusiasm, and ability to lead workshops internally and externally, engaging people and building capability.
• Proven and recognized achievements in sustainable sourcing and the assurance thereof.
• Be a self-starter with high levels of motivation to work across matrix organisation.
• Passionate about sustainability and creating value through value chain collaboration.
• Outstanding communication and organization skills and ability to represent Diageo in external forums.

Working with Us
Flexibility is key to success in our business and many of our people 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.
We believe the most diverse and inclusive culture makes for a better business and a better world.
We know that for our business to thrive and for Diageo to realise its ambition, we depend on having diverse talent with a range of backgrounds, skills and capabilities in each of the countries in which we operate and to reflect our broad consumer base.
Around the world we have a number of inclusive Business and Employee Resource Groups known as BRGs and ERGs. These influential groups, made up of our people, represent various viewpoints, experiences and communities who generate thought-provoking work to enhance our business and workplace, creating a sense of belonging and opportunities for all.

Join us and you can also expect a highly competitive and flexible rewards and benefits package including:

• Contemporary work life balance policies and wellbeing activities
• Contributary pension scheme
• Comprehensive health insurance
• Annual bonus
• Share options

Join us, and you’ll be part of an organisation that embraces 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 — an inclusive culture that celebrates people of different gender, ethnicity, ability, age, sexual orientation, social class, educational backgrounds, experiences, approaches, and more. And you’ll help us champion inclusion and diversity across our entire business: with our employees, our suppliers, across our brands, and within the communities in which we operate.
About Us
With over 200 brands sold in nearly 180 countries, we’re the world’s leading premium drinks company. Every day, over 30,000 dedicated people come together at Diageo to create the magic behind our much-loved brands.
Join us and you’ll collaborate, explore, and innovate. Challenge and be challenged. Together with passionate people from all over the world, you’ll build brands consumers love.
We value each other and celebrate different perspectives. In our inclusive culture, you’ll have the backing you need to test new ideas and learn from them. Harness your passion and desire to grow as you make your mark. Let’s unlock a brighter, more exciting future together.
Our ambition is to create the best performing, most trusted and respected consumer products companies in the world. To achieve this, we need the world’s very best people. We’re looking for people with curiosity, creativity, boldness and a sense of purpose to take Diageo and our timeless, pioneering brands to the next level.
Feel inspired? Then this may be the opportunity for you!

LI-Hybrid

Worker Type :
Regular
Primary Location:
1HQ
Additional Locations :
Amsterdam, Edinburgh Park, Nairobi HQ, Onyx, Glasgow, St James Gate
Job Posting Start Date :
2024-10-2

• Extensive experience of establishing and managing the implementation of circular economy and packaging strategies as well as delivery plans.
• Expertise in sustainable supply chain issues and familiarity with global sourcing strategies.
• Demonstrated ability to motivate/influence colleagues and in the process hold oneself as well as others accountable for reaching ambitiously set targets while upholding credible and recognized standards of practice.
• Experience in dealing and influencing multi-stakeholder consortiums with environmental and social experts and peers within a matrix leadership structure.
• Strong relationship building at all levels, including with Senior Executives and peers.
• Experience in developing collaborative frameworks with measurable impact for sustainability.
• Conflict resolution: ability to identify root causes of complex issues and successfully navigate their resolution.
• Excellent presentation skills, enthusiasm, and ability to lead workshops internally and externally, engaging people and building capability.
• Proven and recognized achievements in sustainable sourcing and the assurance thereof.
• Be a self-starter with high levels of motivation to work across matrix organisation.
• Passionate about sustainability and creating value through value chain collaboration.
• Outstanding communication and organization skills and ability to represent Diageo in external forums