Supply Capability Leader

Job Description :

Job Title: Supply Capability Leader

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 role:

The Supply Capability Leader role is responsible for developing and embedding standard work processes, identifying skill gaps, enhancing digital skills, improving system capabilities, and assessing supply maturity across our supply chain teams. This role collaborates with end users to enable the effective adoption of tools and processes, ensuring a culture of continuous learning and operational efficiency.

Role Responsibilities:

 Standard Work Process Development & Adoption

• Define, document, and implement standardized work processes to drive consistency and efficiency.

• Align best practices across supply chain teams, ensuring smooth adoption into daily operations.

• Develop and maintain training materials, SOPs, and process guidelines for end users.

• Monitor adherence to standard work and drive continuous improvement initiatives.

          Skill Gap Identification & Development

• Assess current skill gaps across supply planning, logistics, and production teams.

• Design and implement structured training programs to upskill employees in critical competencies.

• Establish learning pathways for developing technical, analytical, and problem-solving skills.

• Work with functional leaders to ensure knowledge retention and long-term capability building.

           Digital Skills Enablement

• Drive digital literacy and adoption of supply planning, forecasting, and execution tools.

• Train end users on analytics, automation, and digital solutions to enhance decision-making.

• Support teams in using data-driven insights to improve supply chain agility.

• Identify and promote emerging digital trends that can enhance operational effectiveness.

System Capability Development & End-User Support

• Lead enhancement and adoption of supply chain systems, including OMP, ECC, and APO.

• Work closely with IT and business teams to optimize system functionalities for end users.

• Provide ongoing coaching and support to ensure efficient system utilization.

• Identify and resolve system-related challenges, enhancing user experience and productivity.

          Supply Maturity Assessment

• Develop and implement a Supply Maturity Framework to assess and track capability levels across key supply functions.

• Conduct regular assessments to evaluate process adherence, system utilization, and skill proficiency.

• Identify gaps and improvement opportunities and create action plans to enhance supply maturity.

• Benchmark Diageo’s supply capabilities against industry standard processes to drive continuous improvement.

Experience / skills required:

• 5+ years of experience in supply planning, capability development, or digital transformation.

• Strong expertise in supply chain systems (OMP, ECC, APO, analytics tools, automation platforms).

• Experience in developing and embedding standardized work processes.

• Consistent record in training, coaching, and upskilling supply chain teams.

• Experience conducting capability or maturity assessments.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a focus on data-driven decision-making.

• Ability to drive digital adoption and system capability enhancement.

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree or equivalent experience in supply chain, Operations, Business, or related fields.

Flexible Working Statement: Flexibility is key to our success. From part-time and compressed hours to different locations, our people work flexibly in ways to suit them. Talk to us about what flexibility means to you so that you’re supported from day one.

Diversity statement: Our purpose is to celebrate life, every day, everywhere. And creating an inclusive culture, where everyone feels valued and that they can belong, is a crucial part of this.

We embrace 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 and champion an inclusive culture that celebrates people of different gender, ethnicity, ability, age, sexual orientation, social class, educational backgrounds, experiences, approaches, and more.

Our ambition is to create the best performing, most trusted and respected consumer products companies in the world. Join us and help transform our business as we take our brands to the next level and build new ones as part of shaping the next generation of celebrations for consumers around the world.

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

If you require a reasonable adjustment, please ensure that you gather this information when you submit your application.

Worker Type :

Regular

Primary Location:

Bangalore Karle Town SEZ

Additional Locations :

Job Posting Start Date :

2025-07-18