Value Creation Head - LAC

With over 200 brands sold in nearly 180 countries, Diageo is home to some of the world’s most iconic drinks. From Johnnie Walker and Guinness to Tanqueray, Smirnoff and Don Julio, we craft brands chosen for life’s moments — from everyday connections to landmark celebrations.

Bring your talent, curiosity and ambition, and strive for your personal best alongside people who challenge, support and learn from each other. Together, as one outstanding team, we keep learning, improving and raising the bar for our brands, our business and each other.

Join us and play your part in making life’s moments mean a little more.

About the function:

Supply Chain & Manufacturing is where our brands are made, moved and delivered to the world.

With over half of our people working across more than 100 sites, this is a complex, large-scale operation that brings together production, logistics, engineering and supplier partnerships.

It’s fast-paced and hands-on, with teams working together to ensure quality, efficiency and sustainability at every stage. From sourcing ingredients to getting products into customers’ hands, you’ll play a role in delivering the brands people know and love.

About the role:

• →In partnership with markets, identifies, sizes and implements big bets that can shape the LAC P&L, unlocking sizeable regional volume and value growth.
• →Proactively drives regional cost competitiveness from a COGS angle on major identified initiatives, working in integration with the LAC productivity (ERACE) team to avoid overlaps and maximise delivery.
• →Leads competitor reverse cost engineering for priority categories (RTDs, value whisky and local standard spirits), translating insights into target costs and actionable roadmaps.
• →Leads network sourcing redesigns for Core (when possible), value spirits and RTDs, aiming at structural cost improvement, sizeable service improvement and reduced dependency on the imported portfolio (localisation).
• →Identifies and assesses potential partners in the region with the required innovation capabilities (formats, sizes, ABV, liquids), building the external partner landscape for future growth.
• →In partnership with Market CS Directors, unlocks required production capacity when structural barriers appear, including building the case for capex.
• →Integrates with Global functions (Procurement, Technical, Planning) on product tramlining, supplier negotiations and BOM standardisation.
• →Leads the agenda to free up people's capacity across Supply Chain (Stop, Simplify, Automate, Reduce), e.g. simplification of Internal Controls.
• →Acts as PMO for the value-creation portfolio: from scenario design and fine-tuning to transition planning, implementation tracking and benefit realisation.

• Regional value-creation pipeline and multi-year roadmap, with quantified P&L impact (volume, NSV, COGS, GP) and phasing.
• Business cases and scenario models for network sourcing, localisation and capacity unlocks (including capex cases where required).
• Competitor cost benchmarks and target-cost frameworks for RTDs, value whisky and local standard spirits.
• Regional partner landscape for innovation capabilities (formats, sizes, ABV, liquids).
• Capacity-release tracker (Stop, Simplify, Automate, Reduce) with hours and/or cost freed up.

7. Key Interfaces
LAC Supply Chain Director
Reports into; aligns on value-creation priorities, pipeline and escalation of decisions requiring regional LT approval.
Market Customer Supply (CS) Directors
Co-owns identification and delivery of big bets in each market; partners to unlock capacity and implement sourcing changes.
LAC Productivity (ERACE) team
Integrates pipelines, avoids double counting and aligns on tracking and governance of savings.
Commercial, Marketing & Innovation
Aligns on market pricing realities, portfolio priorities and innovation needs (formats, sizes, ABV, liquids).
Finance (Regional & Markets)
Partners on COGS and P&L modelling, business-case validation, capex and benefit tracking.
Global Procurement, Technical & Planning
Works on product tramlining, supplier negotiations, BOM standardisation and global network implications.
Make (own sites / TPOs) and external partners
Assesses capabilities, capacity and cost; supports transition of sourcing changes and new partner onboarding.

8. Experience and Required Qualifications

• Significant experience (8+ years) in supply chain, finance, strategy or consulting roles within FMCG, beverages or a comparable consumer-goods environment.
• Solid financial background, with deep COGS understanding and proven ability to build up P&Ls and run simulations.
• Proven ability to generate proxies and good-enough models with imperfect information, turning ambiguity into clear recommendations.
• Proven ability to partner with markets and commercial teams to find solutions that take into account market pricing realities.
• Proven PMO experience, from scenario design and fine-tuning to transition planning and programme implementation.
• Proven track record driving productivity and savings projects with measurable P&L impact; experience in network/sourcing design, make-or-buy or localisation is a strong plus.
• Ability to liaise with multiple stakeholders (functions, region, markets) to drive decision-making in a matrixed organisation, leading through influence.
• Languages: English and Spanish required; Portuguese a plus.

9. Success Measures / KPIs

Value delivered
Incremental gross profit and COGS savings delivered (US$, annual and run-rate), validated by Finance and reflected in the LAC P&L.
Pipeline health
Size of the identified value-creation pipeline vs annual target, and conversion from idea to approved business case to implementation.
Cost competitiveness
Reduction of the COGS gap vs competitor benchmarks in priority categories (RTDs, value whisky, local standard spirits).
Service level to markets (OTIF)
Improvement of X points in On Time In Full (OTIF) to markets driven by structural projects (e.g. sourcing network reorganisation), measured vs baseline before implementation.
Localisation
Reduction in dependency on the imported portfolio (% of volume or NSV sourced locally) and lead-time reduction in redesigned sourcing flows.
Programme delivery
Initiatives delivered on time and benefits realised vs approved business cases.
Capacity released
Hours and/or cost freed up through the Stop, Simplify, Automate, Reduce agenda.

Flexibility is key to our success. Talk to us about what flexibility means to you, so that you’re supported to manage your wellbeing and balance your priorities from day one.

Our purpose is crafting iconic drinks chosen for life’s moments. And it’s our people, with their different experiences, perspectives and talents, who make that possible.

We value diversity in its broadest sense and want everyone to feel they can belong, contribute and strive for their personal best. You’ll work alongside people with different backgrounds, experiences and perspectives — challenging, supporting and learning from one another as one outstanding team.

Together, we’re constantly learning and improving, combining the strength of our people, capabilities and iconic brands to raise the bar, grow and win. Wherever you join us, you’ll have the opportunity to contribute, make an impact and play your part in making life’s moments mean a little more.

Ready to bring your best? This could be your opportunity.

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