Job Description :
Supply Planner
Nangor Road (Bailey’s), Dublin Ireland
Permanent Contract
Closing Date, 1st May 2025
Join our Supply Chain and Manufacturing Team!
With over 200 brands sold in nearly 180 countries, we’re the world’s leading premium drinks company known for our wonderful collection of iconic brands such as Bailey’s, Johnnie Walker, Smirnoff, Captain Morgan, Tanqueray, Guinness and more.
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 Function
Diageo Baileys produces 9 million EUs of finished goods annually across two sites in Ireland and the UK. Our Supply Planning team translates market demand into supply and production plans aiming to optimise customer service, stock levels, capacity, and cost.
As complexity grows with more SKUs and packaging formats, the team plays a key role in driving efficiency and delivering our performance ambition through best-in-class planning practices.
About the Role
As a Supply Planner, you’ll play a key role in balancing capacity, inventory, customer service, site performance, and component availability. Your decisions will directly impact cash flow, overhead recovery, and overall supply chain efficiency. You'll act as a connector between key functions to deliver optimised plans that meet both business and customer needs.
In this role, you will:
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Develop clear, concise supply plans for domestic and export finished goods across 9 packaging lines
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Create short-term plans for the call-off of liquid and materials to support 13.5 million cases of production
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Lead capacity planning across a 3 to 18-month horizon for two packaging sites, processing plants, and rework locations
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Be responsible for the Supply Planning review within the S&OP process, balancing demand and supply to align with business strategy and customer expectations
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Build and maintain strong partnerships across Plan, Source, Make, Move, Brand Technical, Finance, Legal, 3PLs, and third-party customers
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Champion a safety culture for yourself and others
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Lead the valuable pack campaign, ensuring market needs are met while minimising stock write-offs
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Actively contribute to Diageo’s supply chain transformation, continuous improvement, innovation, and renovation projects
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Ensure clear communication of plans across the end-to-end supply chain
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Operate with an approach of ownership, putting customers at the heart of planning decisions and striving to exceed service performance targets
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Find opportunities, solve challenges, and deliver improvement initiatives across the global supply chain
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Demonstrate integrity, openness, and collaboration, building trust with team members at all levels
This role is central to delivering world-class supply performance through integrated planning, operational excellence, and cross-functional collaboration in line with Diageo’s values and ambition.
About You
We’re looking for someone with a degree or equivalent in Supply Chain, Business or a related field (an APICS qualification is beneficial) and shown experience in supply planning, ideally within a fast-paced FMCG environment.
In addition, we are looking for:
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Understanding of Demand & Supply Planning, Logistics and Route to Market (desirable)
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Can handle complexity and work cross-functionally
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Is analytical, proactive and solutions-focused
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Has excellent communication and team member leadership skills
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People management experience with a consistent record leading in as planning function
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Brings strong IT and numerical skills with SAP ECC6, SAP APO and SAP analysis Microsoft office experience
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A collaborative teammate who can also work independently
Working with Us
Our purpose is to celebrate life, every day, everywhere. And crafting 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, attitudes, 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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Worker Type :
Regular
Primary Location:
Nangor Road
Additional Locations :
Job Posting Start Date :
2025-04-16
