DRP Leader

Location: Bangalore, India
Department: Logistics & Supply Chain

Join our Supply Team as a Distribution Requirements Planner's (DRP) Leader. You will lead a team of DRP located across APAC, enabling smooth DRP operations and delivering service, cash, cost, SLOB, and capability.

You will be responsible for:

• Coaching, mentoring, and developing the supply planning team
• Ensuring Supply Planning systems and processes are aligned to global supply planning standards
• Delivering an optimal supply network plan to meet customer service OTIFNE targets and driving Diageo inventory performance to the level of top 3 CPG companies
• Owning appropriate inventory policies in partnership with markets to deliver upon agreed business targets
• Representing Supply in leading S&OP process, balancing demand and supply signals whilst ensuring strategy and annual targets can be delivered
• Leading and embedding continuous improvement agenda across wider supply planning team enabling effective delivery of performance improvement plans prioritised by business targets
• Tracking progress of performance improvement plans and course correcting to consistently ensure projected benefits are achieved
• Addressing any supply disruption or conflict situation through consensus solution or recommendation for escalation

To be successful in this role, you will need:

• 5 years + Supply Chain planning experience in CPG (Demand Planning, Supply Planning, SMR, Logistics)
• Exceptional systems experience within supply chain optimisation platforms (ERP / master data, time-phased replenishment planning systems, SAP, APO, OMP)
• Detailed understanding of end-to-end supply chain operational processes e.g. DRP, MPS, inventory, conversion, logistics, and customer service
• Exceptional influencing and stakeholder engagement skills
• Ability to challenge senior stakeholders and manage tension in demand/supply and S&OP conversations
• Exceptional communication skills – verbal, written, and presentation
• Customer-centric mindset
• Numerate with statistical and analytical skills and attention to detail
• High degree of quantitative and analytical skills
• Proficient in MS applications e.g. Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Access

We are obsessed with building brands that will stand the test of time. Creativity with precision describes how we effectively combine data, insights and innovation, across the supply chain, with the creative flair our consumers expect from the custodian of some of the most iconic brands in the world. Our culture is rooted in a deep sense of our purpose, the personal connections we have to our brands, our relationships with each other and our passion to win in the marketplace. Our ambition is to be one of the best performing, most trusted and respected consumer products companies in the world. This means we must do business the right way, from grain to glass, and ensure our people are highly engaged and continuously learning.