Finance Manager, Logistics

Finance Manager, North America Logistics

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 build a career worth celebrating.

Which company will you join? From Arthur Guinness to Johnnie Walker, our business was founded on people of outstanding character, and in 250 years, nothing has changed. We're the world's leading premium alcohol company! Our brands are industry icons including Johnnie Walker, Crown Royal, Bulleit and Buchanan's whiskies, Smirnoff, Croc and Ketel One vodkas, Captain Morgan, Baileys, Don Julio, Tanqueray and Guinness. Our success is thanks to the strength of our people, in every role. It's why we trust them with our legacy and why we reward them with the career-defining opportunities that they deserve. Our ambition is to build the best performing, most trusted and respected consumer products company in the world. To achieve these, we need the very best people!

At Diageo, our purpose is to celebrate life everywhere, every day. To do that, you will join an organization that is passionate about customers and consumers, and proud of what they do. Diageo teams constantly set high goals and then try hard to exceed them. We are also an incredibly diverse organization, and we value each and every one's talent and personality.

About the role :

As Finance Manager, North America Logistics, you will play a critical role in enabling the financial success of our Supply Chain and Logistics organization. This position combines strategic business partnering, team leadership, and financial planning expertise to ensure the delivery of cost efficiencies, performance visibility, and continuous improvement across North America.

You will partner with senior logistics leaders to shape and complete initiatives that improve operational performance and drive growth - from optimizing our network design to supporting large-scale transformations.

Role Responsibilities :

Serve as a strategic business partner to the North America Logistics VP and Directors, providing financial insights and recommendations that shape business decisions.

Lead, coach, and develop the Logistics Senior Finance Analyst, fostering growth and capability within the team.

Own the delivery of the Logistics Annual Operating Plan (AOP), including :

Month-end close and performance reporting.

Rolling forecast discussions and alignment with business partners.

Risk and opportunity management.

Presentation of results in Business Performance Meetings.

Drive cost-saving and productivity initiatives such as warehousing optimization, waste reduction, and Route-to-Market improvements.

Manage financial aspects of key strategic projects.

Oversee the financial relationship with third parties, ensuring strong governance and transparency.

Management Responsibility

Reports directly to the North America Supply Finance Director.

Regular exposure to the North America Supply Finance VP through project involvement and business performance reviews.

Business partner to the Planning & Logistics SVP, Logistics VP, and Logistics Directors.

Direct people leadership of one Senior Finance Analyst.

Experience / skills required :

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.

Minimum 6 years of progressive experience in finance, ideally within CPG or the Spirits industry.

Proven experience as a finance leader in a complex, cross-functional, and matrixed environment.

Strong business partnering and communication skills, with the ability to influence senior leaders and drive strategic decisions.

Solid understanding of logistics or supply operations preferred.

Highly motivated self-starter with excellent analytical, problem-solving, and organizational skills.

Diversity statement :

Our purpose is to celebrate life, every day, everywhere. And crafting 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 encouraged 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, mentalities, 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.

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Worker Type : Regular

Primary Location : 3WTC

Additional Locations : Plainfield Tech Centre

Job Posting Start Date : 2025-10-08

Salary Range : Minimum Salary : $110400 Maximum Salary : $184000

At Diageo certain roles are eligible for additional rewards, including annual incentive payment and stock awards. US-based employees are eligible for healthcare benefits, retirement benefits, short-term and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance, wellness benefits and industry leading parental leave, among others. The salary range displayed is the salary range for the role's primary location.