Manager - Global Media Partnerships & Procurement

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Job Title: Manager - Global Media Partnerships & Procurement

About the Function:  

     Our Global Business Operations (GBO) team are facilitators, providing strategic, financial, and business services that are critical to the day-to-day performance of our business. With a team of over 2,000 dedicated and passionate people supporting 21 markets across the world, we have offices in Bangalore, Budapest, Bogota, and Manila.

Our Procurement Team!

As the custodians of iconic brands such as Baileys, Guinness, Smirnoff, and Johnnie Walker, at Diageo, we source, produce and deliver 6.5 billion litres of world-leading products every year, across 180 markets globally. The commercial challenges here are large, diverse and endlessly fascinating. Never more so than in Procurement.

As an organisation, we spend over £5 billion per year. Our Procurement teams play a critical role in driving value, enabling growth, and shaping how we partner externally. Premium quality and sustainable value are how we measure success. Ultimately, this is about building great partnerships as much as delivering commercial outcome.

About the Role

Our ambition is to transform how Diageo invests in partnerships, sponsorships, talent and influencers as part of our broader Media, Scale & Reach ecosystem. This role plays a key part in translating that ambition into execution.

Sitting within the Media, Scale & Reach Procurement team, you will support delivery of global priorities across partnerships and media. You will focus on embedding structure, improving commercial outcomes, and enabling more consistent, data-led decision making across markets.

This is a hands-on, high-impact role suited to someone who thrives on bringing structure to complex environments and turning strategy into action.

What You’ll Be Doing!

Sponsorships & Partnerships Portfolio Management

• Support implementation of a prioritised and disciplined global partnerships portfolio for Diageo
• Build and maintain visibility of key sponsorships, including value, duration and renewal cycles
• Enable more proactive planning and reduced reactive decision making across markets

Measurement & Performance

• Support the rollout of standardised measurement and evaluation frameworks, working closely with internal stakeholders to develop and deploy consistent approaches
• Drive improved consistency in KPIs and performance tracking across sponsorships, talent and influencer activity
• Enable more informed, data-led investment decisions

Commercial & Deal Support

• Support key partnership negotiations and renewals, applying standardised commercial frameworks
• Contribute to development and application of consistent valuation and deal structuring approaches
• Help improve commercial outcomes through better preparation, benchmarking and negotiation support

Governance, Planning & Financial Visibility

• Build and maintain a global view of partnership commitments, renewals and financial exposure
• Support annual planning cycles and forward visibility of investment decisions
• Improve consistency in contracting, approval processes and financial tracking

Media Procurement Support

• Support global media procurement through spend tracking, forecasting and reporting
• Coordinate governance forums and maintain effective operating cadence
• Contribute to benchmarking and performance tracking across media investments

Collaboration & Influence

• Work closely with global category managers, market procurement teams, and marketing stakeholders
• Support adoption of frameworks, toolkits and best practices across markets, enabling more consistent ways of working
• Act as a trusted partner in delivering against global priorities

What This Role Delivers

• More consistent and structured commercial approach to partnerships
• Improved measurement and comparability of performance
• Greater visibility and control of global partnerships and commitments
• Better planning and reduced reactive decision making
• Stronger execution of global strategy across markets

About You

• Commercially minded with strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Strong experience (8+ years) in Procurement- Marketing category
• Experience in partnerships, sponsorship, media, talent, influencer or related commercial areas
• Proven ability to deliver projects and drive value in complex environments
• Confident working with senior stakeholders across marketing, media and procurement
• Comfortable operating in ambiguity and bringing structure to evolving areas
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to prioritise effectively
• Experience working with agencies, rights holders or external partners
• Understanding of procurement principles or willingness to develop quickly
• Collaborative and proactive, with a focus on delivery

Working With Us

Our purpose is to celebrate life, every day, everywhere. Creating an inclusive culture, where everyone feels valued and can belong, is central to this. We embrace diversity in the broadest sense and are committed to building an inclusive environment for all.

Join us and help shape how our brands connect with consumers around the world.

Flexible Working Statement: Flexibility is key to our success. From part-time and compressed hours to different locations, our people work flexibly in ways to suit them. Talk to us about what flexibility means to you so that you’re supported from day one.

Rewards & Benefits Statement: (TE)

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 embrace 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, mindsets, 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.

Feel inspired? Then this may be the opportunity for you. 

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