Senior Manager - IT Business Analyst

This role supports the business in driving technology solutions, including understanding and documenting the requirements, design, development and adoption of superior technology capabilities for the end-to-end business process. This role works closely with business functions, vendor partners and other supporting Diageo functions to shape the business requirements and deliver clear requirements for the development of key IT capabilities & services to enable the appropriate platforms to support respective business initiatives. Assist in the collection and documentation of user's requirements, development of user stories, estimates and work plans.

Qualification: • MBA preferred

Experience:

• 8-10 years experience in a business facing functional supporting role

• Experience in requirements elicitation and documenting the same
• Experience in AlcoBev or Consumer Packaged Goods Industry
• Experience in Corporate Functions domain , especially in Finance Processes
• Hands-on experience in SAP (ECC / S4 HANA)
• Experience in the following areas will be an added bonus
- Reporting/analytics/visualization tools such as Tableau, PowerBI, etc
- Experience with driving projects using Agile frameworks
• Attention to detail is key, inquisitive & questioning nature
• Great at working as part of a cohesive, integrated team
• Strong problem solving planning/ organizing, highly detail conscious
• Quick learner who exhibits resiliency and tenacity in the face of challenge & ambiguity
• Have a huge passion for growing and developing
• Demonstrated leadership and the development of others
• Experience in working in an outsourced environment would be advantageous

Knowledge & skills:

• Experience of having worked in the various business areas including Sales, Marketing, Supply and Corporate Functions for Consumer Product Goods organization, with sufficient experience and exposure to finance business processes
• Strong business acumen to arrive at relevant solutions
• Operational execution excellence
• Ability to manage delivery through partners and to hold them to high standards of delivery
• Ability to drive change and adoption by establishing and showcasing business value of technology platform
• Is able to work independently with minimal supervision. Ability to take initiative and closely engage with the business
• General understanding of software development lifecycle, project management & delivery frameworks, testing methodologies etc

Key Areas of Responsibilities:

• Interface to Business for Demand Management, advise of solution feasibility, business/IT process design etc.
• Technology Solution Development & Delivery
• Project Management, including budget management
• Interface to Service Delivery teams

Diversity statement

Celebrating our inclusive and diverse culture is core to Diageo's purpose of "celebrating life every day everywhere". This purpose is, in itself, inclusive in nature, as it values everybody irrespective of background, disability, religion, gender identity, sexuality or ethnicity.

We know that for our business to thrive and for Diageo to realize its ambition, we depend on having diverse talent with a range of backgrounds, skills, and capabilities in each of the 180 countries in which we operate and to reflect our broad consumer base. We view diversity as one of the key enablers that helps our business to grow and our values, purpose and standards set the conditions for us to respect the unique contribution each person brings.