Inventory Analytics & Insights, Manager

$110,400 - $184,000/Yr

Diageo - Stamford, CT

Full-time - Mid Level

Stamford, CT

Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing

About the position

The Inventory SC Analytics & Insights Manager at Diageo will play a pivotal role in enhancing inventory supply chain analytics across the organization. This position is designed for a strategic leader who will collaborate with various departments, including Global, Finance, Supply, and Commercial, to implement key priorities such as Segmentation, Strategic Material Management, Supply Chain Resilience, Inventory Management, and Strategic Planning. The individual will be responsible for driving sustainable business improvements in inventory, cost, and service, while also supporting the Planning and Logistics operating strategy to meet both short-term (18 months) and long-term (3-5 years) business objectives. In this role, the manager will identify and integrate best practices in Inventory Management, ensuring compliance with Global, Central Finance, and Supply Finance requirements. They will lead the development and tracking of an Inventory Annual Operating Plan (AOP) with a value of approximately $500 million. The manager will also be tasked with driving a 3-5 year Inventory Strategy, facilitating the identification of inventory opportunities, and engaging in end-to-end Product Life Cycle Management. Establishing strong partnerships with key cross-functional teams will be essential for driving decisions and solutions that align with the company's goals. The successful candidate will be expected to leverage their extensive experience in Supply Chain Planning and Inventory Management, particularly within the beverage alcohol industry or a fast-paced Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) environment. They will need to demonstrate strong leadership capabilities, effective communication skills, and a proven ability to influence and coach partners at various organizational levels. The role requires a highly motivated self-starter who can build and maintain relationships with senior business leaders and cross-functional teams, while also possessing strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Identify and embed best in class practices in Inventory Management (e.g. Manufacturing Cycle Design, Inventory Optimization modeling, Inventory Policies, Raw Material Inventory Optimization and Policies)
• Dissect and ensure compliance with Global, Central Finance and Supply Finance requirements around inventory and service
• Lead the development of and handle the tracking against an Inv AOP/LEs of ~$500M+
• Drive 3-5 year Inventory Strategy, Projections, Business Partnering and Investment
• Facilitate and provide leadership in identifying inventory opportunities (e.g. Vendor Inventory policies, identification of new routes to market)
• Engaged in end to end Product Life Cycle Management (e.g. inventory holding policies for innovation through to facilitating product discontinuation strategy)
• Establish strong business partnerships with key cross-functional partners (i.e. Global, Finance, Supply and Commercial) to drive decisions, solutions and engagement

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in Supply Chain Planning, Inventory Management and Finance within the beverage alcohol industry or a fast-paced CPG company
• Established capability and communication skills to lead, coach and influence key partners across various levels of the organization
• Experience with leading and developing team of direct reports or equivalents
• Demonstrated use of a variety of data analysis and organizational tools to uncover insights
• Highly motivated self-starter with the ability to build and maintain strong relationships with senior business leaders and different teams across the organization
• Organizational, problem-solving, and analytical skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Strong influencing skills & ability to hold others to account
• Understanding of organizational data flow and its use in management decision-making
• Ability to translate complex ideas into simple language
• Systems experience within supply chain optimization platforms (ERP / master data, time-phased replenishment planning systems)
• Solid understanding of one or more Supply Chain operational process - e.g. demand, I&BC, RCCP, Segmentation, DRP, MPS, MRP, MSM
• Hands on experience in DRP, RCCP and at least one of the others
• Exceptional analytical, critical thinking, problem-solving abilities and financial acumen
• Keen project management skills and the ability to drive projects from inception to completion within the specified timelines and with accuracy
• Strong adaptability and capacity to work within a demanding and aggressive project schedule and environment
• Solid end to end understanding of supply chain and service, cost and cash tradeoffs

Benefits

• Healthcare benefits
• Retirement benefits
• Short-term and long-term disability coverage
• Basic life insurance
• Wellness benefits
• Industry leading parental leave
• Annual incentive payment
• Stock awards