Full-Time
Business Strategy & Transformation Partner
Posted on 9/11/2026
Diageo
10,001+ employees
Global premium spirits and beer producer
No salary listed
Stamford, CT, USA + 1 more
More locations: New York, NY, USA
Hybrid
Three days in the office and two days remote per week.
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- At least 3 years of experience.
- Experience planning, designing, and executing large transformation programs, especially in supply and commercial areas of consumer packaged goods businesses.
- Experience with business process management systems, systems thinking, and Lean Six Sigma certification.
- Experience with change management and program execution.
- Ability to communicate effectively with North America executives and senior leaders.
- Experience with Microsoft Office and Power BI.
- Exposure to artificial intelligence models.
- Partner with business domain leaders within Diageo North America to understand strategic objectives, opportunities, competitive positioning, and cost and growth targets.
- Report and manage the overall North America transformation agenda, ensuring initiatives are connected across functions, key performance indicators and business outcomes are clear, and programs progress according to planned timelines and outcomes.
- Evaluate and effect Global Business Services participation in the North America transformation agenda.
- Facilitate structured discovery sessions so North America and Global Business Services requirements are fully elaborated, captured, and considered throughout the solutions development lifecycle.
- Translate business strategy and requirements into clear value propositions and initiative roadmaps.
- Design end-to-end Global Business Services process, policy, and organization architectures using standardized and scalable constructs that enable repeatability and margin optimization.
- Lead overall solution architecture with domain specialists, ensuring alignment between business architecture, technology architecture, and operational capabilities.
- Define solution and service scope.
- Develop client experience blueprints.
- Design processes and controls.
- Design technology architecture.
- Define the operating model and governance structure.
- Define the service lifecycle model, including onboarding, offboarding, and in-flight change.
- Develop service-level agreement and operating-level agreement frameworks.
- Ensure compliance with applicable regulatory, security, controls, and risk frameworks, including SOC 1.
- Define global, local, or hybrid delivery models.
- Develop business cases.
- Support business case development, including cost structures and investment requirements.
- Use data and analytics to drive transformation decisions, measure value realization, and provide actionable insights to senior leadership through executive dashboards, key performance indicator scorecards, and business performance reporting.
- Identify the potential impact and opportunities associated with emerging industry and technology trends for Global Business Services transformation.
- Drive standardization, automation, and continuous improvement across processes.
Diageo is a global leader in premium drinks, with a portfolio of more than 200 brands across spirits and beer that are sold in about 180 countries. Its products are alcoholic beverages from centuries-old names to new brands, distributed worldwide to reach a diverse consumer base. The company manages a wide range of brands rather than focusing on a single product, and it uses its scale, global presence, and portfolio breadth to reach customers wherever they are. Diageo differentiates itself through its large, diverse brand mix, its international reach, and its ongoing focus on shaping the future of the business while considering its social and environmental impact. The company's goal is to raise the bar for people and the planet by investing in the future and acting with responsibility toward communities and the environment.
Company Size
10,001+
Company Stage
IPO
Headquarters
London, United Kingdom
Founded
1997
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- FY26 free cash flow reached $3.2 billion, funding $1.4 billion debt reduction.
- August 6, 2026 cost cuts target $1 billion savings, supporting margin recovery.
- Guinness and canned cocktails remain growth priorities in Lewis's turnaround plan.
What critics are saying
- FY26 organic sales fell 2.0%, with North America down 8.4%.
- Reuters reported India's regulators seized 18,000 boxes and banned Diageo rum brands.
- If India bans McDowell's and U.S. spirits keep sliding, Diageo's cash engine shrinks fast.
What makes Diageo unique
- Diageo sells Johnnie Walker and Guinness across 180 countries, anchoring unmatched global distribution.
- Diageo's Ritual Zero Proof acquisition gives leadership in U.S. non-alcoholic spirits.
- Guinness, Smirnoff, and Johnnie Walker create pricing power through premium brand depth.
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↑ 7%Jim Cramer has shifted his stance on the alcoholic beverage sector, showing cautious optimism for Constellation Brands whilst remaining bearish on Diageo. He highlighted Constellation's new CEO, Ned Fink, as a potential catalyst for growth, noting Fink's successful track record at Jim Beam. Diageo faces multiple headwinds, including a 34.9% sales decline in China and an 8.4% drop in North American net sales. The stock has fallen 52% over five years. Constellation grew beer sales 2% to $2.28 billion in fiscal Q1, beating earnings expectations. However, beer depletion fell 0.3%, whilst wine and spirit sales dropped 10%. Hedge funds appear to favour Constellation, with 56 funds holding stakes versus 35 for Diageo. However, Diageo trades at a higher forward P/E ratio of 14.41 compared to Constellation's 11.36.
Diageo and Brown-Forman represent contrasting strategies in the spirits industry, with Diageo offering global diversification and Brown-Forman focusing on American whiskey brands. Diageo operates over 200 brands including Johnnie Walker and Guinness across 180 countries. In FY 2025, revenue reached $20.2 billion with net income of $2.4 billion, though net margin declined to 11.6% from 19.1% the prior year. The company maintains a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.2x and free cash flow of $2.7 billion. Brown-Forman, producing Jack Daniel's and Woodford Reserve across 170 markets, generated $4.0 billion revenue in FY 2025, down 4.9% year-over-year. Net income was $869 million with a 21.9% net margin. The company shows stronger financial metrics with a 0.7x debt-to-equity ratio, 3.9x current ratio and free cash flow of $431 million.
Diageo's increased investment in Sober highlights the growing demand for premium non-alcoholic beverages in India's evolving market.
Major spirits companies are grappling with a $22 billion inventory glut, the largest in a decade, according to the Financial Times. Diageo, Pernod Ricard, Campari, Brown-Forman and Remy Cointreau are sitting on unprecedented amounts of unsold aged spirits, including whisky, Cognac, tequila and rum. The surplus stems from pandemic-era over-production when home consumption surged. However, consumer demand has since declined due to health concerns and shifts towards THC beverages. Companies have responded by pausing production at distilleries, reducing workforces and closing facilities. Cognac faces particularly severe challenges, with slowing exports and trade issues with China forcing price cuts. Even tequila, which recently outsold American whiskey in the US, is experiencing slowdown. Industry analysts warn that production cuts risk future shortages if demand rebounds unexpectedly.
Diageo North America has acquired Ritual Zero Proof Non-Alcoholic Spirits, the leading non-alc spirit brand in the U.S. since its 2019 launch. This move aligns with Diageo’s Growth Ambition for sustainable growth. Ritual offers non-alc alternatives to whiskey, tequila, gin, rum, and aperitif. The U.S. non-alc category has grown +31% CAGR over five years, with non-alc spirits as the fastest-growing segment. Diageo is the top non-alc spirits player globally, holding leading market shares in major markets.