Logistics Manager SLAC

Job Description :

About us

With over 200 brands sold in nearly 180 countries, we’re the world’s leading premium drinks company. Bring your passion and use your curiosity as you explore, collaborate, and innovate to build brands consumers love. Together with passionate people from all over the world, you’ll test new ideas, learn and grow, and unlock a brighter, more exciting future.

Join us to create a career worth celebrating.

Purpose of the Role:

This role is directly responsible for the end-to-end Transport & Warehouse operations of South LAC markets (Argentina, Peru, Chile). 

This role is responsible for service, control, performance management, strategy delivery and codification of the South LAC logistics operations.

It is also responsible to influence other areas across the supply chain of South LAC (including third party operators) as the logistics operations are the end of the chain and face our customers.

The role will cover the taxonomies of transport, warehousing, excellence delivery, logistics suppliers’ contracts and performance management.

The outcomes of this role are mainly measured in service to our customers, cost efficiency, health & safety, collaboration, and value crafting relationships.

It is responsible for delivering all Transport & Warehouse critical metrics to delivering growth targets for South LAC.

This role is responsible for logistics operations that will deliver during F26 3.6m EU’s, representing +$190m of NSV for Diageo. Annual logistics spend is +$8M. It leads all aspects of Diageo owned warehouses and 3rd party warehouses.  This role requires strong leadership and influence of end-to-end logistics operations, including third-party logistics partners and transport companies.

This role will lead a team of +3 FTEs, in addition to 3PL teams and transport suppliers. 

Key Accountabilities:

• Run Transport & Warehouse operations for South LAC market

• Costings within budget and service provided to be within the planned financials

• Lead and empower the logistics team to deliver South LAC growth targets, and build a future talent pipeline for business continuity

• Lead Transport & Warehousing initiatives in partnership with other areas and external partners and create cost to serve improvement initiatives for South LAC

• Understanding South LAC dynamics to ensure credibility of Planning & Logistics and deliver continuous improvement year on year

• Strong influence on key collaborators (South LAC Directors, LAC P&L Director and Commercial leadership team) to get key logistics initiatives implemented and delivered 

• Strong connection with other supply chain functions to ensure delivery of overall supply completion

• Lead and influence transport companies and third party logistics providers across South LAC

Market Complexity:

• The logistics processes are highly manual and often subject to repeated manual correction – orders are touched multiple times

• Ground-breaking initiatives must be enabled by this role

• Technology use is low.

• Business continuity is a critical priority for this role

• Security is an important consideration in South LAC

• Compliance is an important consideration in South LAC
   

Requirements – Capabilities, Skills & Experience:

• Minimum 10 years of overall supply chain experience preferably in more than 1 pillar like Logistics, Manufacturing, Planning, Source

• Minimum 5 years’ experience leading Warehousing and Transport operations in FMCG/Retail/manufacturing companies

• Confirmed experience handling 3PL operations

• Strong leadership of teams with sophisticated collaborator matrix

• Consistent record to engage and align senior collaborators behind plans and win support for implementing change within the organisation

• Confirmed experience leading and delivering Continuous Improvement, Cost Reduction and Health & Safety programs

• Ability to optimize cost in transport & warehouse operations  

• Ability to lead in environments where influence is more important than formal authority

• Demonstrable knowledge of end to end supply chain and Customer collaboration

• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written combined with the ability to engage effectively at all levels in the organisation

Excellence in Supply Chain:
Upholds Standards – The role holder will be encouraged to produce and accept logistics standards, apply them effectively in their role and adhere to them at all times. 

Shape the future - The role holder will be encouraged to actively look out for and understand the latest industry trends and apply them in Logistics operation to set the team up for success

Performance Management – The role holder will understand the importance of important metrics in driving performance, know who to supervise their targets and course correct as appropriate. 
Continuous Improvement – the role holder will be expected to be flexible and accept change, continually looking for ways to improve everything they do.  They will use various continuous improvement tools and techniques to tackle problems.

Leadership Capabilities:

Win through Execution - Lead daring execution in a fast paced world

Inspire through Purpose - Amplify our purpose internally and externally

Shape the Future - Create focus and ownership for shaping Diageo’s future ambition

Flexible Working Statement:

Flexibility is key to our success. Talk to us about what flexibility means to you so that you’re supported to lead your wellbeing and balance your priorities 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 accept 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, perspectives, 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:

Lima

Additional Locations :

Job Posting Start Date :

2025-11-12