Logistics Operations Contract Manager

Job title: Logistics Operations Contract Manager

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.

Our teams in 100 sites in over 30 countries cover production facilities, supplier relationships, customer collaborations and third-party agreements. We\’re committed to realising our \’Society 2030: Spirit of Progress\’ goals, to protect the environment and support our farmers and suppliers. Whatever your skills and experience, we\’ll help you to thrive in our inclusive culture.

About the team:

Our team is responsible for primary logistics in Europe, the team is specifically managing the bulk beer transfer from St. James\’s Gate to Runcorn and Belfast, averaging 40 moves per day. Additionally, once the product leaves the packaging line, we take ownership again to move it, loading into trailers or containers for dispatch to either the domestic market or one of our 120+ export markets.

Runcorn stands out as a unique location where we handle the dispatch of bottles, cans, and kegs. It features a Diageo warehouse with a capacity of approximately 2,000 pallets and a third-party logistics (3PL) warehouse with 2000+ pallet spaces. Alongside with Dublin, it is also the location where we managed the reverse logistics for kegs, our most sustainable packaging solution.

About the role:

This role focuses on ensuring seamless logistics operations at the Runcorn Production Site and associated 3PL warehouse(s), with a strong emphasis on compliance, efficiency, and continuous improvement.

Health & Safety Leadership:

• Act as the primary advocate for Health and Safety across Logistics Teams and wider Operations, ensuring a culture where everyone goes home safe daily.
• Provide direction and guidance on On-Site Health & Safety compliance for warehouse and export activities.

3PL Partner Oversight:

• Oversee the operational and financial performance of on-site 3PL partners.
• Ensure compliance and efficiency of 3PL operations.
• Manage SLA contracts with on-site 3PL partners.

Compliance and Regulations:

• Ensure adherence to HMRC & CARM Compliance Direction and Guidance for on-site warehouse and export activities.

Site Move Operations:

• Manage the Move operations to ensure production flow is not negatively impacted by logistics areas.
• Act as the Site Move Team Representative, maintaining a direct daily link to the rest of the Primary Logistics Network.

Export Operations:

• Manage end-to-end export operations for the Runcorn and 3PL warehouse(s).

Inventory Management:

• Oversee end-to-end inventory management operations for the Diageo and 3PL warehouses.

Internal Link and Collaboration:

• Serve as the main onsite link into Make and Plan organisations to guarantee end-to-end alignment.

Continuous Improvement:

• Lead logistics improvement projects.
• Embody a continuous improvement mindset to drive change.
• Ensure manufacturing excellence compliance.

This role requires a leader who can not only manage complex logistics but also inspire a culture of safety and continuous improvement.

On Site Health & Safety, HMRC & CARM Compliance Direction and Guidance for on-site warehouse, export activities and 3PL Partners Management of the Move operations to ensure production flow with no negative impact caused by logistics areas. Overseeing on-site 3PL partners operational and financial performance to ensure compliance and efficiency. Site Move Team Representative with direct daily link to the rest of the Primary Logistics Network. This role will cover all Logistics Areas for Runcorn Production Site and primary 3PL warehouse(s).

This is a dynamic and fast paced operational role. Leading by example and being the advocate for Health and Safety for the Logistics Teams & wider Operations; to manage the inventory operations and onsite Logistics Contract with the Logistics 3PL Partner; to be the main onsite link into Make and Plan Organisations to guarantee end to end alignment and embody a continuous improvement mindset to drive change.

Health & Safety: Ensure everyone goes home safe every day. 3PL Management: Oversee on-site 3PL partners and their SLA contracts. Export Operations: Manage end-to-end export operations for Runcorn. Continuous Improvement: Lead logistics improvement projects and ensure manufacturing excellence compliance. Inventory Management: Oversee end-to-end inventory management.

Experience / skills required:

• Inventory, export and Logistics Operations Management experience
• Health & Safety qualification
• FACTS / CARM / GAR / Food safety requirements experience
• High level of technical competence in understanding Make & Move operations
• Ability to work with SAP systems for warehouse and inventory management
• Great people management skills and experience of stakeholder management including proven ability to influence at all levels.
• Knowledge of the Plan & Make processes desirable.
• Health & Safety Management experience
• Contract Management skills

Working with us:

Flexibility is key to success in our business and many of our people work flexibly in many different ways, including part-time, compressed hours, flexible location. Please talk to us about what flexibility means to you and don\’t let anything stop you from applying.

We offer a highly competitive rewards and benefits package including:

• Contemporary work life balance policies and wellbeing activities
• Comprehensive health insurance
• Annual bonus

Our purpose is to celebrate life, every day, everywhere. And creating an inclusive culture, where everyone feels valued and listened to, is a crucial part of this.

We believe the most diverse and inclusive culture makes for a better business and a better world. We know that for our business to thrive and for Diageo to realise its ambition, we depend on having diverse talent with a range of backgrounds, skills and capabilities in each of the countries in which we operate and to reflect our broad consumer base.

Around the world we have a number of inclusive Business and Employee Resource Groups known as BRGs and ERGs. These influential groups, made up of our people, represent various viewpoints, experiences and communities who generate thought-provoking work to enhance our business and workplace, creating a sense of belonging and opportunities for all.

Join us, and you\’ll be part of an organisation that embraces 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 – an inclusive culture that celebrates people of different gender, ethnicity, ability, age, sexual orientation, social class, educational backgrounds, experiences, approaches, and more. And you\’ll help us champion inclusion and diversity across our entire business: with our employees, our suppliers, across our brands, and within the communities in which we operate.

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