About the role:

This role operates within a very sophisticated and evolving network with the following dimensions:

• Monthly cross functional collaboration with interdisciplinary departments and country Exec including Marketing Director, Finance Director, Commercial Director, Supply Chain Director and Managing Director.
• All SC&P interfaces (function, category)
• Global IBP Process Owners
• Digital tools such as APO/OMP, Anaplan

Role Responsibilities:

• Accountable for ensuring the IBP process continues to deliver to the Progressive standard through the PMR, DMR, SR and MBR.
•  Influences the executive agenda through effective reconciliation.
• Facilitates IR Review with Finance, including driving the agenda, focus and level of escalation.
•  Manages the monthly reconciliation cycle and is tasking the development and alignment of key decisions and gap closing scenarios.
• Coordinates the delivery of the overall business plan to deliver its objectives by combining the IBP plan with business activity and key drivers. Influences decision focus and executive alignment.
• Supports business performance management through exception-based root cause and escalation.
• Delivers key IBP performance metrics to the standard required.
• Full integration with finance to deliver a single business plan, with clearly identified gaps and actions.
• Works with Demand and Finance to facilitate decision and actions in response to changes in business assumptions and plans.
• Ensures the effective coordination if the monthly S&OE cycle and related meetings, including process implementation and management coordination.
•  Is seen by the business as an extension of the executive team with clear influence and access.
• Supports the category process with pro-active integration as needed.
• Drives process and tool enhancement, and advanced design foundations. Uses business tools and process, with resistance to informal workarounds.
• Drives continuous improvement using established process methodologies, including formal assessments, the Diageo Playbook, and formal meeting review, as well as their role as a business leader and influencer.
• Prepare value adding visual information and recommendations to support business planning and decision making. This includes conforming to Diageo standards for reporting and presentation, and the ability to clearly show an audience what is important when communicating information. Includes the ability to add clear and relevant narration to visual presentations and the use of appropriate visual techniques (such as graphs and images) to maintain interest and focus.
• Develop and design (or support the development and design) of information management processes (such as Business Intelligence reporting or dashboards) to ensure they deliver business value and focus.
•  Influence business executives to make changes to their plans by providing insight and support as needed based on information developed through the IBP process.
• Articulates insights and outcomes in a way that can lead to an agreed executive decision / outcome.
• Support business executives in delivering their business objectives through the preparation of plans and scenarios as needed, the reporting of key information and exceptions, and the completion of analysis and review of past performance and future.
• Takes ownership and accountability for the business planning / budgeting cycle on behalf of the Market executive team and coordinates the activity to deliver a formal business plan / budget.
• lead the delivery of strategic plans to support business objectives in response to changing market and business requirements where accountable. This includes delivering to agreed plans and leading change and risk.
• Understand the key components of financial reports, including related metrics in a way that allows the appropriate review of financial numbers to identify areas of concern that might require review and explanation, and to bridge key gaps between planned and current performance.
• Prepares and presents decision recommendations into appropriate IBP reviews, clearly articulating options, and impact in terms of volume, value, and resource requirements, and have developed a trusted position within the team to ensure appropriate support.