Job Description :
About us
At Diageo, our legacy is built on the character and diversity of our people. From Arthur Guinness to Johnnie Walker, we have thrived over 250 years as the world’s leading premium alcohol company. Our success is driven by our dedicated team across all roles globally. We entrust them with our legacy and offer career-defining opportunities in return. Our ambition is to be the best performing, most trusted, and respected Consumer Products Company worldwide. To achieve this, we seek diverse talent from around the world who feel passionate about our vision.
Key Accountabilities
- Recruit growers and acreage to deliver agreed tonnage of cereals and other brewing starch sources (as tasked from time to time) of desired quantity and quality mainly barley, sorghum, and maize.
- Source raw materials in the most cost-effective manner to deliver quality on time in full.
- Identify and mitigate local raw material sourcing risks inclusive of short, mid, and long-term horizons.
- Discover and partner with trustworthy vendors and suppliers including diverse suppliers.
- Deploy digital farming platforms to ensure smallholder farmers have accurate records and traceability is guaranteed in our sourcing regions.
- Provide technical agriculture extension services and post-harvest handling training to growers of the required brewing cereals and other brewing starch sources as tasked from time to time
- Work with relevant stakeholders, partners and value chain actors to ensure set targets are met on timely basis and carry out assessments to determine potential yields, adequacy / deficits and storage needs
- Ensure timely reporting and accurate management of company assets
- Implement and operate a safety agenda, risk assessment with mitigation plans and ensure full compliance of all local and applicable Diageo policies.
- Ensure company policies that relate to the agribusiness operations are fully explained and understood by local government authorities and community leaders.
Experience / skills required:
Qualifications:
- A university degree in agricultural sciences with additional skills in agribusiness management.
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