Job Vacancies at Diageo Africa

Africa is the highest growth area in Diageo, with a 27% contribution to Diageo’s growth.

The plans for F10– F12 reveal breakthrough levels of growth in beer and spirits. Our business is also committed to ensuring 5 million people have access to fresh water by 2011 through the ‘Water of Life’ Programme.

Diageo is now recruiting for a Quality Support Manager.

This role will play a key role in achieving and ensuring delivery of quality products to the consumer across the Manufacturing Support Hub.

They will align and champion the quality improvement programs and ensure compliance to standards. Extensive travel will be required between Hub countries.

Dimensions

Financial:

This role impacts on sales volumes in Africa delivering 775 M£ NSV through driving quality standards and improvement across the owned and managed sites inside Manufacturing Support Hub

Market Complexity:

• This role operates across multiple markets in the developing and volatile economies of Africa as well as interacting at a global level with global functions and other supply centres.
• The role includes ensuring compliance with diverse regulatory systems in various countries.

Leadership Responsibilities:

• This role will champion quality improvement across the Manufacturing Support Hub.
• They will help develop strategy at the Hub level and will develop plans and lead implementation across the operating sites.
• A primary part of the role will be extensive mentoring, training and coaching of local Quality Managers and Site operations managers.
• The Quality Support Manager will lead of up to 6 Quality specialists.

Accountabilities:

• Implement and ensure adherence to mandatory and appropriate quality systems across the businesses -work with the local quality managers to ensure use of standard sampling plans and methodologies across physico-chemical, packaging, microbiology, and sensory testing.-ensure reliability of measurement through selection of appropriate equipment, ring schemes, training and technical site support along with the GBTC.
• Lead team of Quality support specialists across the Manufacturing Support Hub to deliver the stretching Improvement plans using PP methodology, achieve the agreed KPI’s and ensure the team’s capabilities are developed.
• Champion quality across the Manufacturing Support Hub operations sites-drive cultural change to support quality in all operations.-setting appropriate standards of operation to deliver quality product-approve process changes (according to approved systems) to ensure quality products-work directly with brewery operations personnel during site visits to ensure quality standards are being met and become part of the ways of working-develop and support supplier management systems along with procurement to drive supplier improvement.
• Coaching and development of Site Quality Managers-regular communication and coaching with local BQMs-identification and execution of developmental needs, either for individuals or the quality team-identification of potential candidates within operations for Quality team succession planning.
• Member of the Supply leadership team on one of Site Senior Leadership team to represent the Manufacturing hub to lead the Support plan and resolve issues across the site.

Qualifications and Experience:

• Undergraduate degree in sciences 5 –10 years brewery experience across quality management and operations.
• Experience working in a developing economy Self-motivated and achievement oriented leader.
• Good cultural awareness.

Location:

• Role to be based in Lagos and will require a considerable amount of travel across West Africa Manufacturing Support Hub.
• Therefore, the incumbent needs to manage effectively remotely.

Please note: Only shortlisted candidates would be contacted.

Deadline is 20th August 2009.

To apply online click on the link below. Select ‘Search Openings’ and enter the reference number 20313BR in the keyword field.

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