Distribution Planning Team Leader

Distribution Planner Lead Job Description : Role: DRP Leader Location : Bangalore, India Role Type: Permanent Join our Supply Team With over 200 brands sold in nearly 180 countries, Diageo is home to some of the world’s most iconic drinks. From Johnnie Walker and Guinness to Tanqueray, Smirnoff and Don Julio, we craft brands chosen for life’s moments — from everyday connections to landmark celebrations. Bring your talent, curiosity and ambition, and strive for your personal best alongside people who challenge, support and learn from each other. Together, as one outstanding team, we keep learning, improving and raising the bar for our brands, our business and each other. Join us and play your part in making life’s moments mean a little more. About this Role The Distribution Requirements Planner’s (DRP) Leader primary role is to lead a team of DRP located across APAC, enabling smooth DRP operations and the team to deliver service, cash, cost, SLOB and capability. The role also drives a strong team culture, develops planning capabilities, and builds a high-performing planning organization. Given the long end-to-end supply cycle, the role is critical in driving robust demand planning, market accountability and proactive risk management. The Planning Leader will establish clear ways of working across inbound and outbound planning, drive root cause analysis of demand and supply variances, challenge assumptions, and ensure risks and misses are communicated early with clear mitigation actions and ownership. You will be responsible for: Coach, mentor and develop supply planning team. Ensure Supply Planning systems and processes in place are aligned to global supply planning standards. Delivery of optimal supply network plan to meet customer service OTIFNE targets and drive Diageo inventory performance to level of top 3 CPG companies. Own appropriate inventory policies in partnership with markets to deliver upon agreed business targets. Represent Supply in leading S&OP process, balancing demand and supply signals whilst ensuring strategy and annual targets can be delivered. Lead and embed continuous improvement agenda across wider supply planning team enabling effective delivery of performance improvement plans prioritised by business targets. Including customer service and inventory targets. Track progress of performance improvement plans and course correct to consistently ensure projected benefits are achieved. Address any supply disruption or conflict situation through consensus solution or recommendation for escalation. Coach, mentor and develop supply planning team. To be successful in this role, you will need: 5 years + Supply Chain planning experience in CPG (Demand Planning, Supply Planning, SMR, Logistics). Additionally, some wider cross functional experience preferable e.g. commercial, finance or supply. Exceptional systems experience within supply chain optimisation platforms (ERP / master data, time-phased replenishment planning systems, SAP, APO,OMP). Understand, implement and sustain global supply planning codification agenda. Detailed understanding of end-to-end supply chain operational processes e.g. DRP, MPS, inventory, conversion, logistics and customer service. Exceptional influencing and stakeholder engagement skills. Ability to challenge senior stakeholders and manage tension in demand/supply and S&OP conversations. Exceptional communication skills – verbal, written and presentation. Customer centric mind set. Numerate with statistical, and analytical skills and attention to detail. High degree of quantitative and analytical skills. Proficient in MS applications e.g. Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Access. Working with Us Flexibility is key to success in our business and many of our staff work flexibly in many ways, including part-time, compressed hours, flexible location. Please talk to us about what flexibility means to you and don’t let anything stop you from applying. Our purpose is crafting iconic drinks chosen for life’s moments. And it’s our people, with their different experiences, perspectives and talents, who make that possible. We value diversity in its broadest sense and want everyone to feel they can belong, contribute and strive for their personal best. You’ll work alongside people with different backgrounds, experiences and perspectives — challenging, supporting and learning from one another as one outstanding team. Together, we’re constantly learning and improving, combining the strength of our people, capabilities and iconic brands to raise the bar, grow and win. Wherever you join us, you’ll have the opportunity to contribute, make an impact and play your part in making life’s moments mean a little more. Ready to bring your best? This could be your opportunity. If you require a reasonable adjustment, please ensure that you capture this information when you submit your application. Recruitment Scam Warning Protecting candidates is very important to us. All communications regarding your application will come from an email address ending in @diageo.com. In our recruitment process, we'll never ask for money. Worker Type : Regular Primary Location: Bangalore Karle Town SEZ Additional Locations : Job Posting Start Date : 2026-11-02 Experience Level Senior Level