Liquid Commercialisation Specialist

Job Description :

Job Title: Liquid Commercialisation Specialist

About us

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.

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.

Purpose of the Role

The role is responsible for Supply Chain Liquid development (innovation and renovation) within the Supply Chain/Production function in Diageo and to deliver liquid development projects ( within costs, quality and time parameters).

This role is the link between marketing Innovation and Supply/Production functions and would lead in the piloting of new products in this regard.

Leadership and Functional

•     Demonstrates exemplary stakeholder engagement capability

•     Constantly promotes and builds upon the expertise and professionalism

•     Engages others in new projects and initiatives

•     Uses sound interpersonal skills to build credible relationships

Role Responsibilities

• Management of a portfolio of complex technical (liquid and packaging) projects in their entirety, demonstrating the required rigour of Project Management.
• Build and maintain strong relationships and networks internally and across suppliers and third-party service providers
• Translate concept liquids into a fully commercialised product through developing product handling processes and managing technical trials at pilot and production scale, working closely with other teams involved in these trials
• The role is also responsible for Supply Chain packaging development (innovation and renovation) within Supply Chain/Production function in Diageo South Africa
• Ensure new products comply with the requirements of the Liquor Products Act and other legislative and internal regulations and standards
• Develop packaging for innovation and brand change and translate a prototype concept into a fully commercialised package, working closely with suppliers to agreed cost, quality and time commitments.
• Keep up to date with new innovations and technology and be proactive in bringing potential opportunities to the attention of the business.
• Deliver all work to agree standard on time and within budget while at all times complying with Health and Safety requirements and Good Manufacturing Practice.
• Application of required project planning, budgeting, tracking, reporting and stakeholder communications processes to demonstrate required rigor of project management.

Qualifications and Experience Required

• Relevant Degree or Qualification.
• Product, concept and process development is essential
• Sound people co-ordination and management ability.
• Minimum of 6 years practical experience in a relevant Technical role. 
• Practical beverage production/quality experience is a requirement. 
• Commercial awareness and financially literate.
• Strong project management skills with sound knowledge of a wide range of packaging materials and processes including:

• Liquid development and commercialization
• Risk Management practices and techniques
• Ability to develop sound understanding of GBTC and Brand Change processes and Ways of Working.
• Ability to develop sound understanding of Navigate process.
• Commercial awareness and financially literate.
• Excellent organization, report preparation, and presentation skills.

Flexible Working Statement:

Flexibility is key to our success. From part-time and compressed hours to different locations, our people work flexibly in ways to suit them. Talk to us about what flexibility means to you so that you’re supported from day one.

Rewards & Benefits Statement

We recognise and value performance, offering our people a highly competitive Rewards and Benefits package

Diversity statement:

Our purpose is to celebrate life, every day, everywhere. And creating 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, mindsets, 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.

Worker Type :

Regular

Primary Location:

Waterfall

Additional Locations :

Job Posting Start Date :

2025-02-21