Job Vacancies at Diageo

Job description

Diageo is a truly global organisation with over 28,000 talented people and a presence in 180 countries. Across our 21 markets, our brand portfolio represents our biggest strength, and our biggest passion. Be it our global giants, local stars or reserve brands we use our vision, creativity and courage to drive the growth of our products worldwide. We invent strong brands for today and for the future; upholding the quality of our products and taking personal accountability for both the history and for the future of our brands

Purpose of role

To assist the Trade Finance Manager in driving robust Trade Funds Financial processes across the business to support decision making.

Top accountabilities

• Compiling the trading terms budgets which includes on-invoice, rebates and tactical funds.
• Loading Co-Op budgets in SAP.
• Monthly reporting of all trading terms to stakeholders
• Compiling and posting monthly accruals for trading terms.
• Signing off CA agreements before processing in SAP.
• Setting up and confirming product hierarchies and UoM as part of the SKU creation process.
• Compiling the monthly amended trading terms outlook and highlighting any risks and opportunities that will support the decision making process for business performance management.
• Loading Brandhouse list prices, intercompany selling prices and prices for export and duty free markets.
• Ensuring all reporting, financial planning and analysis is accurate, complete and delivered on time with appropriate insight and analysis to aid understanding and decision support.
• Compile targets, templates and other ad-hoc activities required for business plans or other trade incentives which may happen during the fiscal year.
• Provide ad hoc analysis to support Commercial team to understand the trading spend and make the correct commercial decisions
• Ensuring that appropriate, robust and sustainable controls and processes are in place to mitigate all material risks and that all operations are compliant with all internal and external requirements.
• Actively participate in workshops, projects and activities to provide ideas, challenge and validation.

Qualifications and Experience Required

Qualifications

BComm or equivalent, studying towards CIMA or CA(SA) would be an advantage

Experience

• Circa 2-3 years’ experience gained in finance with particular focus on financial management principals
• Experience of financial analysis and modeling techniques, practically applied within a commercial FMCG environment
• Track record of success in highly demanding environment
• In market knowledge – understands and relates to sales and marketing terminology and key performance drivers

Key skills

• Highly numerate, strong analytical and interpretive skills
• SAP knowledge and experience
• Business and control system design and implementation
• Business Partnership
• Business analysis
• Business planning
• Business performance management
• Training and development
• Problem solving

Success areas

• Ability to grasp complexity of market (complex entity structure, multiple channels and markets, languages, cultural differences, norms and practices)
• Ability to grasp system complexity
• Ability to influence people across all the levels in the organization.
• Ability to balance multiple priorities and work to a series of tight deadlines.
• Leadership capability

As part of our journey to being the most trusted and respected organisation, we are committed to being an inclusive organisation by advancing the equity and diversity agenda. We therefore encourage South African equity candidates to apply.

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Job description

Diageo is a truly global organisation with over 28,000 talented people and a presence in 180 countries. Across our 21 markets, our brand portfolio represents our biggest strength, and our biggest passion. Be it our global giants, local stars or reserve brands we use our vision, creativity and courage to drive the growth of our products worldwide. We invent strong brands for today and for the future; upholding the quality of our products and taking personal accountability for both the history and for the future of our brands

We are launching a 1 year Packaging Learnership, reporting into Supply. This opportunity is unique in that learners will be paid a market related salary together with the opportunity to gain an additional qualification, thereby increasing your opportunity to secure work!

We are partnering with Imsimbi Training to provide learners with an in-depth knowledge of the skills in the Further Education and Training Certificate: Packaging. You will be able to study and gain work experience, in terms of the following modules –

• Module 1 Fundamentals of Business Communication
• Module 2 Mathematics
• Module 3 Quality Principles
• Module 4 Basic Machine Operations
• Module 5 Operate a Filling Process
• Module 6 Operate a Packaging Process
• Module 7 Operator Environment

Requirements

• Qualifications: Matric/National Senior Certificate (NQF 3)
• Qualifications: Matric/National Senior Certificate (NQF 3)
• Successfully assessed & moderated as competent on the Packaging learnership
• Performed consistently on the Packaging line against productivity targets.
• Preference will be given to learners who completed modules, in current learnership, on first attempt