POS Production Manager - Wines

The Manager, POS Production Customer Marketing--Wines role exists to implement leading edge strategies within POS Production execution in North America. The role is assigned to access opportunities to leverage scale and/or to share synergies and best practices across the business. Responsible for the front and back end creation, execution and evaluation of all POS required by the organization for assigned categories.

Work with internal clients and external vendors to drive added value through effective management of promotion materials for all quarterly planned programming.

Gain competitive advantage for DIAGEO by identifying best practices and leveraging across all brands.

Lead the execution and completion of promotional POS for quality, cost efficiency, innovative ideas/materials and on-time delivery for all TOOL quarterly programs.

Decision making responsibility:

Developing and implementing best practice WOW

1. Collaboration between CP &A and all agencies; i.e., promotional agencies, sourcing and production agencies

2. Vendor negotiation and idea generation

3. Recommends what POS should and should not be executed

Financial responsibility:

1. TOOL budget tracking and TOOL actual cost reports

2. CARM reporting

3. Negotiation of POS costs

Complexity of role:

Relationships:

· Marketing Information Services Team, Customer Marketing Team, Brand Marketing Team, Business Risk, Legal, EA, Compliance

· External agencies and vendors

Key outputs/deliverables:

1. Manage the TOOL quarterly timeline

a. High quality programs

b. Cost efficient items

c. Delivery against time deadlines

2. Provide gate-keeping expertise with CP&A and brand teams

3. Build strong relationships with CP & A and brand teams

4. Insure material quality and graphic standards are consistent with brand strategies

Experience:

Qualifications: POS production experience

Skills/Knowledge:

· Good business awareness

· Excellent analytical skills

· Change Management skills

· Project Management skills that require a high degree of team working to deliver stretch objectives

· Negotiating with vendors

· Solid appreciation of POS Purchasing, Warehousing and Logistics

Experience:

· Strong influencing at senior levels to embrace and support POS strategic agenda

· Project management experience

· Experience in working with promotional agencies/suppliers

· Self starter with ability to work independently and cross functionally. Ability to multitask, manage multiple projects. Strong planning and project management skills due to POS production timeline.

· Attention to detail is critical

POS Production Manager - Wines