Spirit of Progress Manager Southern Africa & Indian Ocean - 12 Month FTC
Diageo Southeast Asia
Date: 6 days ago
City: Johannesburg, Gauteng
Contract type: Full time
Job Description
Key Accountabilities:
The Sustainability Manager is a member of the Corporate Relations Leadership Team and his/her leadership responsibilities would include:
Minimum Requirements:
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.
With over 200 brands sold in more than 180 countries, we’re the world’s leading premium drinks company. Every day, over 30,000 talented people come together at Diageo to create the magic behind our much-loved brands. From iconic names to innovative newcomers – the brands we’re building are rooted in culture and local communities. Our ambition is to be one of the best performing, most trusted and most respected consumer products companies in the world.
Our founders, such as Arthur Guinness, John Walker, and Charles Tanqueray, were visionary entrepreneurs whose brilliant minds helped shape the alcohol industry. And through our people, their legacy lives on. Join us, and you’ll collaborate with talented thinkers, leaders, and makers from all corners of the world. Together, you’ll innovate and push boundaries, shaping a more inclusive and sustainable future that we can all be proud of.
With diversity at our core, we celebrate our people's unique passions, commitments and specialist skills. Because when varied voices, mindsets, and personalities come together, great ideas are born. In our supportive culture, your voice will be heard and you’ll be empowered to be you. Just bring your ambition, curiosity and ideas, and we’ll celebrate your work and help you reach your fullest potential.
What's your DRINKiQ? Take our quiz to understand how alcohol is made and explore the effects of drinking. You can discover everything you need to know at DRINKiQ.
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Key Accountabilities:
The Sustainability Manager is a member of the Corporate Relations Leadership Team and his/her leadership responsibilities would include:
- Being an inspiring leader within the Corporate Relations Leadership Team and in the entire business;
- Become an effective advisor on sustainability issues with the Corporate Relations Director and the Executive;
- Own performance outcomes in terms of driving high-quality sustainability programs across Diageo;
- Drive alcohol in society issues and lead in the development and implementation of sustainable solutions;
- Build, inspire, coach and develop direct report and the sustainability cross-functional team with clear purpose, accountabilities, performance goals and trust;
- Proactively identify, drive and lead business improvement across Diageo;
- Support Diageo in being the top performing, most trusted and respected consumer goods company;
- Implement, audit and manage the stakeholder maps
- Initiate and execute internal campaign to promote Diageo alcohol policy and responsible drinking amongst Diageo employees and third party partners
- Ensure that Society 2030 strategy enhances Diageo’s ambition to be the best performing, most trusted and respected consumer goods company in South Africa
Minimum Requirements:
- Bachelor’s Degree: Public Relations, Sustainability, Communications or related field of study
- Minimum of 4 - 5 years’ experience in managing social campaigns, sustainability programs or in corporate relations;
- Understanding and experience in driving local transformation initiatives to build business sustainability
- Interpersonal relationship building skills and exposure to stakeholder management, e.g., customer, Government, media, and or employee engagement;
- Good industry and commercial understanding - be able to translate regulatory threats into commercial opportunities;
- Good written and verbal skills;
- Impeccable project management skills and ability to manage a big budget - highly organised;
- Ability to mobilise people and teams and exposure to influencing at senior management level;
- Experience in working at a strategic level, developing and implementing community programs either in the corporate or voluntary (NGO) sector;
- Have passion for community and be drive to make a difference;
- Awareness of multicultural differences and sensitivities;
- Ability to impact and influence upwards;
- Ability to work confidently, persuasively and to stand ground, in order to earn the respect of both internal/external stakeholders.
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.
With over 200 brands sold in more than 180 countries, we’re the world’s leading premium drinks company. Every day, over 30,000 talented people come together at Diageo to create the magic behind our much-loved brands. From iconic names to innovative newcomers – the brands we’re building are rooted in culture and local communities. Our ambition is to be one of the best performing, most trusted and most respected consumer products companies in the world.
Our founders, such as Arthur Guinness, John Walker, and Charles Tanqueray, were visionary entrepreneurs whose brilliant minds helped shape the alcohol industry. And through our people, their legacy lives on. Join us, and you’ll collaborate with talented thinkers, leaders, and makers from all corners of the world. Together, you’ll innovate and push boundaries, shaping a more inclusive and sustainable future that we can all be proud of.
With diversity at our core, we celebrate our people's unique passions, commitments and specialist skills. Because when varied voices, mindsets, and personalities come together, great ideas are born. In our supportive culture, your voice will be heard and you’ll be empowered to be you. Just bring your ambition, curiosity and ideas, and we’ll celebrate your work and help you reach your fullest potential.
What's your DRINKiQ? Take our quiz to understand how alcohol is made and explore the effects of drinking. You can discover everything you need to know at DRINKiQ.
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