Head of E-Commerce (Temporary)

Job Description :

Location: Hamburg
Contract: parental leave cover for 12-18 months
 

About us

Diageo is the world’s leading premium drinks company with an outstanding collection of brands, such as Johnnie Walker, Smirnoff, Baileys, Captain Morgan, Tanqueray and Guinness. Our purpose – Celebrating life, every day, everywhere – has a meaningful role in our company, for our people, our diversity, our brands, in how we perform and how we create shared value. At Diageo, character is everything. So if you share our sense of adventure, you’ll have the chance to learn a huge range of skills and fields, and build an exceptional career with us.

 

About the Role

We are looking for a Head of E-commerce to lead a team of Account Managers in Germany. This role requires commercial leadership, agile thinking and a growth mindset, which are critical enablers to unlocking our goals as we deliver our E-commerce ambition. If you are in the market for a role with a significant business impact, this one is for you!

 

Responsibilities include:

• Leading, mentoring and developing the team of E-commerce Account Managers
• Driving our E-commerce strategy for the Pureplay Channel and the broader long term strategic vision and direction for the channel
• Evolving and expanding the e-Marketplaces strategy (geographically and operationally) to drive quality sustainable growth through different models and customers
• Stepping up performance management capabilities to unlock more credible and robust data
• Partnering with the Global COE and CODE teams to feed our standard methodology to other markets and bring global initiatives to local market
• Business partnering with Media and Marketing teams on channel brand strategy, search strategy and innovative media strategies to drive traffic and sales with key customers

 

About you:

• 8+ years in E-commerce/commercial functions within Consumer Goods
• Experience in leading a team
• Business sense paired with strong analytical skills and data-driven thinking
• Proven track record in successful delivering across various geographies and business fields
• Training on and/or significant on-the-job exposure to complex negotiations and JBP conversations
• Fluent in English and preferably German

  

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, mindsets, 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 new heights 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.

 

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Worker Type :

Regular

Primary Location:

Hamburg

Additional Locations :

Job Posting Start Date :

2026-05-06