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Supplier Audit Administrator

Menstrie, Scotland

18 months secondment/Fixed-term contract

Closing Date : 8th October 2023

Research and Development

We’re visionaries, researching and developing the liquids, packaging and products that shape our industry and much-loved brands. Our founders were incredible entrepreneurs whose brilliant minds helped craft the alcohol industry. Our Research and Development team continue this legacy, reimagining our brands for the world today.

At our state-of-the-art research facilities around the globe, we have a collaboration of innovative minds working together to develop the products and solutions of tomorrow. We welcome your specialist skills and inspiring ideas and will support you to grow and develop in our inclusive culture.

About this role

The Packaging & Supply Optimization team is responsible for the management and delivery of Diageo’s Supplier Audit Program. We source materials from over 400 suppliers to manufacture products across Europe and the UK. In this role, you will work in partnership with our Supplier Audits Senior Specialist to ensure our supplier certifications are up to date and that any corrective actions that result from a supplier audit are actioned.

This role will provide an opportunity for you to raise your profile whilst learning new and transferable skills. You will be supported by key individuals from the Packaging Development Team and have a clear set of objectives for the term of this role.

Key accountabilities will include:

• Conducting remote audits of suppliers to ensure their food safety certifications are up to date.
• Overseeing the completion of physical, in person audits, that are carried out by 30 lead auditors that sit on different teams throughout Diageo.
• Works with the lead auditors to understand gaps identified during the audits and ensures a mitigation plan is in place and is completed as agreed to.
• Overseeing the travel budget of the audit program, ensuring that the budget outlook is updated monthly.
• Managing Power BI reporting of supplier audits dashboards.
• Working in partnership with the supplier audit senior specialist to identify and lead improvement opportunities for the audit program.

To be successful in this role, you will need;

• Experience in project management, packaging, food science, food safety, auditing or related field
• Knowledge in supplier development
• Food Safety – GFSI, ISO, FSSC knowledge a benefit
• Cross Functional Collaboration
• Clear and Open Communication
• Strong interpersonal and influencing skills across different international cultures. Ability to influence, persuade, convince. Ability to compromise, build consensus. Able to resolve conflicts.

Working with Us

Join us and you can also expect a highly competitive and flexible rewards and benefits package including annual bonus, product allowance, 6 months paid parental leave, private medical insurance, share options, contributary pension scheme.

Celebrating our inclusive and diverse culture is core to Diageo’s purpose of “celebrating life every day everywhere”. This purpose is, in itself, inclusive in nature, as it values everybody irrespective of background, disability, religion, gender identity, sexuality or ethnicity.

We know that for our business to thrive and for Diageo to realize its ambition, we depend on having diverse talent with a range of backgrounds, skills and capabilities in each of the 180 countries in which we operate and to reflect our broad consumer base. We view diversity as one of the key enablers that helps our business to grow and our values, purpose and standards set the conditions for us to respect the unique contribution each person brings.

About Us

From Arthur Guinness to Johnnie Walker, our business was founded on people of great character and in 250 years, nothing’s changed. We’re the world’s leading premium alcohol company. Our brands are industry icons. And our success is thanks to the strength of our people, in every role. It’s why we trust them with our legacy. And it’s why we reward them with the career-defining opportunities that they deserve.

Our ambition is to create the best performing, most trusted and respected Consumer Products Company in the world. To achieve these, we need the world’s very best people.

We’re looking for people with creativity, boldness and a sense of purpose to take Diageo and our timeless, pioneering brands to the next level.

Feel inspired? Then this may be the opportunity for you.