Planning & Logistics - Supply Chain and Procurement 2026

European Graduate Programme

Function: Planning & Logistics – Supply Chain & Procurement

Location: Scotland – Leven (Fife), Shieldhall (Glasgow) or Ireland, St James Gate (Dublin)  Year 1 rotations include Leven, Shieldhall, St James Gate.

Start Date: 1st September 2026

Closing Date: 10th November 2025

Who We are?

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.

Our Programme

Our graduate programmes put you at the heart of a global business, with hands-on experience and tailored learning for curious, driven minds. Start your journey to a career you’ll be proud of today.

Are you ready to revolutionize our supply chain operations and deliver exceptional service to our customers, channels, and markets? As part of Diageo's Planning & Logistics Graduate Programme, you'll harness data-driven insights and ground breaking digital technology to manage products and materials across our global supply chain.

Throughout this dynamic three-year rotational programme, you'll gain comprehensive insights into our Planning & Logistics operations while developing essential skills that will propel your career forward.

What to expect:

Year 1: Immersion into Logistics Operations

Dive deep into our logistics operations to understand the intricacies of supply chain management. Possible rotations include roles such as Primary Logistics Manager, Project Manager, Market Service Owner, and Shipping Analyst.

Year 2: Transition to Planning Function

In your second year, you'll transition into our planning function to explore inventory management, production planning, and gain experience with Diageo's planning systems. You'll also focus on using data for decision-making by analysing supply chain critical metrics and understanding risk management, including assessment and mitigation planning. Possible rotations could include roles like Market Planner, Business Planner, or Category Supply Planner.

Year 3: Project Leadership & Innovation

The third year will see you build upon your knowledge from the first two years by taking on significant projects. You'll engage in project leadership involving execution, capacity planning, budget forecasting, and resource coordination. Additionally, you'll explore supply chain innovation by investigating emerging technologies like automation and AI in logistics. Your involvement will extend to cross-functional central initiatives where you’ll participate in projects such as Digital Transformation or Logistics Automation.

Who are we looking for?

To thrive in this programme and function effectively within Diageo's Planning & Logistics function, graduates should embody:

- Be an analytical problem solver: Analyse data to make informed decisions and identify patterns

- Be obsessed with the details: Focus on precision to ensure accuracy in all tasks.

- Be a great communicator: Able to clearly convey ideas and collaborate with others.

- Enjoy problem solving find innovative ways to address challenges and find effective solutions.

- Be adaptable and embrace change.

- Be customer focused: Understand the needs of the customer for great service.

For the Planning and Logistics Graduate Programme, we are particularly interested to hear from graduates with degrees in Business Related subjects, Supply Chain Management, Logistics & Transportation, Operations Management or Digital Transformation Distilling and expect to be graduating in 2026 or have graduated within the last 2 years. You must be proficient in English, and with opportunities across Europe you must be mobile and prepared to relocate geographically during the programme. 

We’re looking for curious, flexible, self-motivated teammates who turn ideas into action—and who bring integrity, respect, and a passion for learning every day. As we shape the future of our Supply Chain & Procurement, we especially welcome applicants with a passion for data and analytics.

Most importantly be you. Bring your ideas, your ambition, and your unique talent. We’ll celebrate it and empower you to reach your full potential.

To be eligible for our graduate programmes, all candidates must have the continuous right to work in UK & IOI and any offer of employment is conditional upon this requirement being satisfied. Diageo UK & IOI do not provide sponsorship to undergraduates and graduates trying to obtain the right to work in the UK.

What are the rewards? 

With everything you can learn here, and the long-term opportunities we have to offer, the Planning & Logistics Graduate Programme could just be the best decision you’ve ever made.

Join us and you can also expect to receive a highly competitive salary (salary is dependent on the location of your rotations, as an example your year one salary based within the UK will be in the region of £38,000), along with an annual bonus opportunity and industry leading benefits package. 

Application details   

We have graduate opportunities across the business, each open for a limited time. For your best chance of success, apply early, and focus on one programme that’s right for you.

NB: Pymetrics is the first stage of the application process for all of our Early Career’s programmes at Diageo and after completion your result will be used for all applications that require it within a one-year period.  

Please note that our assessment centres this year will be held between November and February so, you will hear from us closer to the time if you have successfully reached this final stage. We appreciate your patience. 

Celebrating our inclusive and diverse culture is core to our purpose which values everybody irrespective of background, disability, religion, gender identity, sexuality or ethnicity. We know that for our business to thrive, 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.   

Join our Graduate programme and support us in delivering our Spirit of Progress Plan to help create a more inclusive and sustainable world!