Description
The Supply Chain FPA Manager role is a senior L5A position within the post-Prism Supply FP&A operating model at Diageo. The successful candidate will support the Make planning and performance management capability, converting manufacturing activity, production cost, process-order performance, conversion cost, usage, yield, scrap, manufacturing overhead, and cost-center movements into clear, action-oriented insight for Make leaders, regional teams, and functional cost owners.
Key Responsibilities:
- Make performance insight and variance analysis: manage accurate and timely analysis of Make actuals, forecast, AOP, and scenario views using Prism standard dashboards, SAP data, and agreed definitions.
- Forecasting, planning, and scenario support: coordinate AOP, forecast, and latest-estimate inputs for Make cost areas, ensuring assumptions, activity drivers, and cost movements are transparent and aligned with Prism logic.
- Prism adoption, standardization, and continuous improvement: promote the use of standard Prism dashboards, routines, taxonomy, KPI definitions, and data-quality controls for Make performance management.
- Stakeholder partnering and action ownership: partner with Supply Operations, Manufacturing, plant finance, Costing, Performance Managers, Data/DDH, D&T, and regional Supply Finance teams.
- Controls, data quality, and governance: ensure analysis is based on agreed data sources, controlled logic, documented assumptions, and transparent reconciliations.
Key Systems & Tools:
- SAP FI/CO/MM, Material Ledger, process orders, cost centers, standard costing, BOM/routing, and manufacturing variance data.
- Prism dashboards, Power BI, Excel, and enterprise reporting/self-service analytics tools.
- DDH/Databricks industrial data products and MVP outputs where relevant to Make performance management.
What you'll bring:
- University/college degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Economics, Supply Chain, Engineering, or a related field.
- 5+ years of experience in FP&A, Supply Finance, manufacturing finance, controlling, performance reporting, or business analytics; FMCG or complex manufacturing experience preferred.
- Strong understanding of manufacturing cost drivers, production planning, process orders, standard costing, conversion cost, yield, usage, scrap, overheads, and COGS performance.