New Jobs - Integrated Business Planning Manager at Diageo August 2025
About us
From Arthur Guinness to Johnnie Walker, our business was founded on people of great character, and in 250 years, nothing’s changed. We’re the world’s leading premium alcohol company. Our brands are industry icons. And our success is thanks to the strength of our people, in every role. It’s why we trust them with our legacy. And it’s why we reward them with the career-defining opportunities that they deserve. Our ambition is to create the best performing, most trusted and respected Consumer Products Company in the world. To achieve these, we need the world’s very best people. Feel inspired? Then this may be the opportunity for you. SBL was incorporated in 1988 as Associated Breweries Limited and changed its name to Serengeti Breweries Limited in 2002 and commenced commercial operations in 1996 with one brewery in Dar es Salaam. The company was acquired by EABL in October 2010 and has three breweries located in Dar es Salaam, Mwanza and Moshi.
SBL flagship brand is Serengeti Premium Lager. Other brand portfolios include Guinness and Plisner. Headquartered in Dar es Salaam, SBL is also the distributor of several global Diageo international renowned spirit brands such as Johnnie Walker®, Smirnoff Vodka®, Bailey’s Irish Cream ®, Richot®, Bond 7 Whiskey® and Gilbeys Gin®.
About the Role:
The Integrated Business Planning Manager role is a key market role and the face of Planning and Logistics within the respective market. The position holder maintains a management and leadership role to ensure the Integrated Business Planning is managed and delivered in line with the Diageo requirements The role interacts with senior leaders within the market and supports the leadership team by ensuring timely decision making in response to changing business plans
Within the market the role holder is responsible to ensure sufficiency in the top and bottom line where gaps between the latest estimate are clear. This will come through in a holistic understanding of the E2E business process and early identification of risk and opportunities that will enable Diageo to come up with the right gap closing options, decision making and action plans, in addition to driving value through effective partnership with commercial, marketing and the GM to ensure robust execution of the business plan and joint value creation through the IBP process. In addition, they are also accountable to coordinate and facilitate the monthly IBP process with Marketing, Commercial, Finance, Supply Planning and Logistics, to deliver the service, inventory, forecast accuracy/bias volume plan, NSV, innovation and cost savings.
They will lead all the meetings within the IBP Cycle and Weekly S&OE meeting. They will be ensuring the IBP process continues to deliver to the Progressive standard. Influences the executive agenda through effective reconciliation. They will ensure the continuous change management and elimination of parallel processes that hinder the efficiency of the IBP Meetings and Decisions
