Diageo (Guinness Nigeria) Recruitment 2025

About Diageo

At Diageo, the world’s leading premium drinks company, our 200+ brands span 180 countries, crafted by a team of 30,000 talented individuals. Our brands, deeply rooted in culture, honor visionary founders like Arthur Guinness and John Walker. Join us to collaborate globally, innovate, and build a more inclusive, sustainable future. Embracing diversity, we celebrate unique skills and voices, fostering a culture where individuality thrives, empowering you to reach your fullest potential.

Summary

  • Company: Diageo (Guinness Nigeria)
  • Job Opening: 3 Position
  • Job Type: Full Time
  • Qualification: BA/BSc/HND
  • Location: Lagos, Nigeria
  • Deadline: Varies

1. Job Title: HR Advisor

  • Job Requisition ID: JR1111861
  • Location: Ikeja, Lagos
  • Job Type: Full Time
  • Qualification: BA/BSc/HND
  • Level: L5
  • Reports To: Human Resources Director South West & Central

Top Accountabilities

  • Liaising and partnering with HRBP’s on development plans to support, impact and drive the success of our HR strategy.
  • Supervising employee movements and workplace profile statistics.
  • Ensuring reconciliation of data with various systems for accuracy.
  • Manage relationships with Department of Labour by Reporting, keeping abreast of new developments, advising, and partnering with business and implementing new requirements.
  • Point of contact for people-related queries and processes.
  • Provide support and advice on people policies, procedures, and best practices.
  • Support on the ground onboard of talent to the business.
  • Support HR business partners with talent review process, wellbeing initiatives, and global initiatives rollout.
  • Manage any First Point related queries.
  • Ensure critical controls are in place for HR compliance.

Qualifications & Experience

  • Degree in a relevant field HR, Labour Relations or Industrial Psychology
  • 3+ years of functional HR experience
  • Strong coordination, organisational, reporting and analytics skills.
  • Outstanding communication skills
  • Ability to manage sensitive and confidential information.
  • Has an acute focus on performance and results, is highly accountable, problem-solvers, and determined to win.
  • Demonstrates pace and urgency, responding quickly to challenges and opportunities.
  • Personally resilient – able to maintain emotional balance under pressure and high-performance expectations.
  • Change agent—Leading change—is courageous in thinking about what is possible and has a track record of leading transformation.
  • Adept at building relationships with a broad range of stakeholders
  • Fundamental Project management experience- good with MS Excel, MS Word, and MS Power Point skills.

Application Deadline

18th April, 2025.

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2. Job Title: Marketing Manager, Scotch

  • Job Requisition ID: JR1111859
  • Location: Ikeja, Lagos
  • Job Type: Full Time
  • Qualification: BA/BSc/HND
  • Level: L4
  • Reports To: Portfolio Director Reserve

Purpose of Role

  • The purpose of the role is to drive the business ambition to grow market share for our JW Premium by focusing on brand building and brand equity growth in strategic markets.
  • The role develops and executes marketing plans to drive brand awareness, market penetration, and revenue growth. It requires a deep understanding of consumer behaviour, market trends, and the competitive landscape. 
  • The role will link with the Diageo Global brand teams (GBTs) to ensure that key platforms are developed to serve our market needs.

Role Responsibilities

  • Strategic Planning: develop marketing plans aligned with overall business objectives and brand goals. Conduct market research, consumer insights analysis, and competitive intelligence to identify growth opportunities. Define target audience segments and develop positioning strategies to differentiate the brand in the market.
  • Brand Management and Performance Delivery: Oversee the development and execution of JW Premium Business Plans and growth drivers across various channels, including digital, traditional, and experiential. 
  • Ensure brand consistency and adherence to brand guidelines in all marketing communications and activities. 
  • Monitor brand performance metrics, including market share, brand awareness, and brand perception, and implement strategies to enhance brand equity. 
  • Deliver brand P&L metrics as set out in the Annual Operations Planning Process with a key focus on NSV, GM and CAAP.
  • Integrated Marketing Campaigns: Develop integrated marketing campaigns that leverage a mix of advertising, promotions, social media, PR, and other marketing channels. 
  • Collaborate with internal and external creative teams, agencies, and vendors to develop campaign assets and materials.Monitor campaign performance and ROI, optimizing strategies and tactics to maximize effectiveness and efficiency.
  • Budget Allocation: develop and manage the brands budget, allocating funds across different marketing activities such as advertising, promotions, trade marketing, and digital marketing in line with market prioritisation. Monitor budget expenditures closely and identify opportunities for cost optimization or reallocation as needed.

Requirements
Experience / skills required: 

  • 7 years’ experience in marketing in IPS and/or FMCG/Luxury goods categories. 
  • Candidates should have had similar roles in peer companies. 

Application deadline

17th April, 2025.

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3. Job Title: Commercial Finance Manager

  • Job ID: JR1111857
  • Location: Ikeja, Lagos
  • Job Type: Full Time
  • Qualification: BA/BSc/HND
  • Level: L5
  • Reports To: Finance Director – West and Central Africa

Job Purpose
The Commercial Finance manager will:

  • Be integral to ensuring that reporting is in line with Diageo standards and that it is being reported accurately, timely, and completely.
  • Provide insight and analysis through monthly business performance management reporting and decision support, allowing management to make key decisions effectively and efficiently. 
  • Provide pivotal support to the finance director in ensuring the continuity of business operations as a finance function.  

Role Responsibilities

  • Own the development and roll-out of financial processes focused on excellence in pricing strategy and efficiency and effectiveness through A&P management.
  • Provide financial and commercial input to investment and resource allocation decisions, including pre-and post-evaluation of all significant projects and business initiatives.
  • Drive the execution and realisation of business strategy, as developed in the One Plan, Innovation Gates, and recent projects.
  • Support the development of financially robust Strategic plans for the relevant brands in the Portfolio that will deliver the company objectives.
  • Be the contact point in Diageo for Deloitte.
  • Provide accounting (GL, Cost centre, Internal order) inputs for PO requests and share with Deloitte for PO creation.
  • Request approval from the FD on any exception to our PTP process and share with Deloitte.
  • Hold sessions with Deloitte and PO requestors to review GRNI accruals bookings for the month.
  • Be the contact point in Diageo for the Bank
  • Prepare documentation for foreign vendor payments and coordinate the payment with the bank.
  • Follow-up requests related to employees’ corporate cards with the bank.
  • Be the contact point for the Cameroon Tax Administration. 
  • Coordinate the preparation and the timely submission of the annual tax return.
  • Be the contact point for vendors/Customers. Manage complaints and engage the relevant stakeholders to resolve them.
  • Engage relevant stakeholders for the setup/integration of Diageo Cameroon
  • Perform controls on Diageo Cameroon and be the contact point for any coming audit on Diageo Cameroon.

Experience / Skills Required

  • Graduate qualified accountant or MBA.  
  • Chartered Accountant qualified (or equivalent)
  • A minimum of 4 or more years experience, preferably within an FMCG or recognised accounting firm
  • Has previously performed a financial controller or Finance Director role for a small to medium-sized business. 
  • Has line management experience and managed a small to medium team previously.
  • Change management or project-based experience.
  • Commercially aware and articulate
  • Flexible and able to adapt readily to a changing environment.
  • Willingness to make recommendations against popular/current thinking (if appropriate)
  • Strong understanding of financial and management reporting
  • Proven ability to persuade, influence and build credibility across the functions.
  • Ability to work autonomously and engage cross-functionally.
  • Confident understanding of finance systems – SAP and Sun.
  • Excellent Microsoft Excel and Financial Modelling skills.

Application Deadline

17th April, 2025.

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