JOB DETAILS:
Our Supply Chain and Manufacturing team are problem-solvers, sourcing, producing, and delivering our much-loved brands to delight customers around the globe. Over half of Diageo’s 30,000+ people work in Supply Chain and Manufacturing. It’s an intricate and sophisticated operation that’s the product of logistical, manufacturing, and technical collaborations.
Our teams in 100 sites in over 30 countries cover production facilities, supplier relationships, customer collaborations and third-party agreements. We’re committed to realizing our ‘Society 2030: Spirit of Progress’ goals, to protect the environment and support our farmers and suppliers. Whatever your skills and experience, we’ll help you to thrive in our inclusive culture.

About the role
• Accurate forecasting, ordering of all tax stamps;
• Following through to ensure a GRN is done, and payment made for all stamp orders with appropriate documentation;
• Collection of paper stamps from SICPA;
• Reconcile amounts disbursed to URA vs stamps received, including reconciling Digital codes received for local beer vs actual posting on SICPA machine and provide evidence of receipt;
• Review and validate the shift report source documents both for Beer packaging and IDU including review of applicable documentation e.g., BDNs.

• Daily manual activation of paper stamps applied by DHL for all imports, including locally manufactured goods to extent applicable;
• Periodically review DTS Standard Operating Procedures and processes, and functional DTS Work Instructions to ensure full compliance and any draft updates necessary;
• Own the DTS stocktaking process;
• Collect, collate, and review signed off DTS rejects forms for submission to URA on a monthly basis;
• Oversee the process of URA verification of damaged paper stamps;

• Maintain a reconciliation of stamps received from stores, used for manual application, damages returned to stores and stamp balances at hand;

• Review the weekly DTS reconciliations for the various functional departments;
• Prepare the overall monthly end to end and detailed DTS reconciliation, including a reconciliation between URA DTS activation report, production reports, and SICPA rejects forms at a brand level and investigation and follow up on differences;

• Circulate the monthly DTS reconciliation and follow up for review and approval;
• Perform weekly walk abouts to the different DTS areas to verify and validate information, identify DTS risks, and engage Tax manager and other stakeholders where necessary;
• Engage various internal stakeholders on DTS related matters;

• Setting up DTS meetings including tracking follow up actions;
• Conduct systems review and audits of the various DTS platforms e.g., SAP, DTS web portal, DHL DTS web portal; and
• Participate in DTS audits and investigations as and when requested and report findings.

Key skills
• SAP proficiency
• Stakeholder management skills.
• Strong Microsoft Office fluency with advanced excel & data analysis.
• Exhibited Leadership skills.
• Ability to analyze data with attention to detail.
• Strong people relations skills.
• Ability to prioritize and manage workload and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Self-starter with the ability to succeed in a collaborative work environment.
• Ability to partner with other functional teams.
• Ability to navigate multiple data sources for insights & recommendations generation.

Experience / skills required:
• Bachelors degree - Business fields
• At least 2-3 years’ experience in an operational environment with previously held responsibility for Data Analytics.
• Knowledge of the Tax system as an added advantage