Diageo Project Manager

Location: Based at Diageo Menstrie 2/3 days a week – Working from home 2/3 days a week.

Hours: 35 hrs per week – Flexible, so long as core hours met. Core hours are Monday to Thursday 9am to 4pm, Friday 9am to 2pm. Choice of 30 mins or 1 hour lunch.

Salary: £30k - £38k annual salary. Paid on 18th of each month.

Holiday Entitlement – 34 days, which includes Bank holidays. Of which 5-7 days are mandatory over Christmas and new year period.

• The Role:
• The main role of a Project manager in the Global Packaging team is to execute projects, on time, in full, within budget and to the quality standards expected.
• To successfully and effectively manage projects for the GPC team, the following skills are required:

• •Communication - Effective communication is required and on all varieties of media. I.e. Email, Zoom etc.
• •Ability to present information in a clear and concise manner.
• •Stakeholder management and coordinating all different roles using the provided RASCI to ensure that everyone works towards achieving the agreed business goal.
• •Communicates negative information in a positive light when possible.
• •Regular updates to all, regards project progress, concerns, risk and any mitigation required.
• •Teamwork - Working effectively as part of a PM team to assist and support each other to help grow knowledge and experience.
• •Helping to contribute to a positive working environment for all.
• •Not being afraid to ask for help from others or signal when there is an issue, so that others can assist in a timely manner.
• •Creating a productive and effective relationship between project teams.
• •Promotes and open and honest, sharing culture.
• •Organisational skills
• •Follow correct process and ensure all critical controls are met along the way.
• •Good level of general housekeeping. Able to juggle tasks and projects.
• •Keeping notes of budget required and spend against this.
• •Reliability
• •Consistently punctual.
• •Strives to meet and/ or exceeds deadlines.
• •Under promises and over delivers where possible.
• •You do what you say you are going to do.
• •Development and personal responsibility
• •Action Continuous improvement, both in processes and self.
• •Open to constructive feedback.
• •Able to identify own weaknesses and look to improve.
• •Takes responsibility for own person development.
• •Attitude and Drive
• •Can do attitude.
• •Ability to adapt to change
• •Looks for solutions to problems and how to move around obstacles.

Systems knowledge

• •SAP PLM & DEP
• •Planview
• •Gateway
• •Mosaic
• •EQMS
• •Outlook
• •Various other inhouse systems

Continuous improvement

• •Attend workshops and other groups to assist with continuous improvement.
• •Strive to continuous improves processes, procedures and working environment for the team.
• •When asked assist with training as a Super User for the team on new Apps, systems to help with training and ongoing support.
• •Please not that you may be asked from time to time to work on other areas of the business or other duties to meet needs of the business.