Job Description :
Job Title: Supply Chain Planner
Permanent
Location: Dublin
Closing Date: 2nd April 2025
About the Function
Our Supply Chain and Manufacturing team are problem-solvers, sourcing, producing, and delivering our much-loved brands to delight customers around the globe. Over half of Diageo’s 30,000+ people work in Supply Chain and Manufacturing. It’s an intricate and sophisticated operation that’s the product of logistical, manufacturing, and technical collaborations.
Our teams in 100 sites in over 30 countries cover production facilities, supplier relationships, customer collaborations and third-party agreements. We’re committed to realising our ‘Society 2030: Spirit of Progress’ goals, to protect the environment and support our farmers and suppliers. Whatever your skills and experience, we’ll help you to thrive in our inclusive culture.
About the Category
The Diageo Beer category brews and packages 8.3mHls of beer at 3 sites across Ireland and the UK. This team is also responsible for managing the Diageo keg population of 2.7M kegs with an asset value of £44m. The Supply Chain Planning team interprets demand signals from Domestic and Export Markets and translates these into supply plans and replenishment plans, with the objective of optimising customer service, inventory, capacity and cost. The function is responding to increasing SKU, packaging and component complexity, and it is operating in environments that are becoming increasingly constrained from a supply perspective.
About the Role
Leverage, orchestrate and facilitate along the End-to-End Supply Chain to deliver robust supply plans that meet business needs. This will be delivered via highly developed partnerships and adopting an Integrated Business Management approach. Adherence to all supply planning processes for operations in Ireland and the UK in line with the objectives of the ISC Beer organisation.
Key Responsibilities
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Produce clear and concise Supply and SMR replenishment plans to guarantee availability of product to meet customer demand on time and in full to world-class standards. Manage capacity positions at brewing, keg, beverage blending agent and packaging plants in Ireland and UK to meet demand and avoid additional costs.
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Provide timely and robust volume insights to the business.
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Ensure excellent communications of forward plans to each participant in supply chain (e.g. IMCs, manufacturing, brewing, logistics, procurement, and Beer LT).
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Initiate, lead and action inventory and empty keg management plans to control stocks of WIP and FG product and to avoid write off costs for all markets supplied. Instigate and manage annual portfolio review with all IMCs to drive maximum production efficiency.
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Play key role in Global Supply Chain Project, Continuous Improvement activities, Product Innovation and Renovation Processes, balancing need for flexibility with commitments to service, cost and quality.
Experience, Capabilities & Skills Required
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APICS Qualified or MSc in Supply Chain or equivalent qualification is preferred
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Significant Supply chain planning experience (in an FMCG would be advantageous)
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Good knowledge and understanding of Demand and Supply Planning, Operations, Logistics and Route to Market is desirable.
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Excellent IT and numerical skills, to exploit benefits of SAP ECC6, SAP APO DP & SNP, Business Warehouse and OMP.
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:
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Contemporary work life balance policies and wellbeing activities
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Contributary pension scheme
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Annual bonus
Our purpose is to celebrate life, every day, everywhere. And creating an inclusive culture, where everyone feels valued and listened to, is a crucial part of this. We believe the most inclusive and diverse 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.
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.
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Worker Type :
Regular
Primary Location:
St James Gate
Additional Locations :
Job Posting Start Date :
2025-03-19
