Business Planning Analyst

Business Planning Analyst 

Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands or Edinburgh, Scotland 

Contract: Permanent 

Closing Date: 23rd July 2025

About Us 

With over 200 brands sold in nearly 180 countries, we’re the world’s leading premium drinks company known for our wonderful collection of iconic brands such as Johnnie Walker, Smirnoff, Baileys, Captain Morgan, Tanqueray, Guinness and more. Bring your passion and use your curiosity as you explore, collaborate and innovate to build brands consumers love. Together with passionate people from all over the world, you’ll test new ideas, learn and grow, and unlock a brighter, more exciting future. Join us to create a career worth celebrating!

About the Function 
  

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 realising 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 

We are seeking a detail-oriented and analytically driven Business Planning Analyst, who can be based in either Amsterdam, Netherlands or Edinburgh Park, Scotland. In this role, you will partner closely with both category and regional teams to support and embed key Business Planning strategies and priorities, including Inventory Management, Strategic Material Management, Supply Chain Resilience and Strategic Planning. 

You will play a vital role in enabling the successful delivery of business objectives through strong data-driven insights and collaboration. This position requires a proactive attitude with strong problem-solving capabilities and a passion for continuous improvement. 

Key Responsibilities will include: 

Global Inventory Management 

• Improve, maintain, and evolve dashboards to generate actionable insights 

• Identify key drivers contributing to the generation of SLOBS 

IOP (Inventory Operating Plan) Maintenance 

• Ensure high levels of data accuracy and timeliness during cycle operations 

• Champion a culture of continuous improvement in partnership with Key Users 

• Analyse opportunities for safety stock reduction between UTL and IOP 

Strategic Material Management 

• Complete stock surgery processes using automated datasets to highlight write-off opportunities 

• Collaborate with regional teams and MPR category stakeholders to understand forecast changes, assess potential impacts, and develop mitigation plans 

• Segmentation 

• Partner with category and regional teams to define and implement segmentation strategies 

• Lead enhancements to the hold segmentation process on a biannual basis 

• Facilitate strategic discussions to categorise SKUs effectively across Diageo's global footprint 

About You 

This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to Diageo’s long-term business planning efforts, helping shape the future of our supply chain and inventory strategies. We are looking for someone who is not only analytical and organised, but also thrives in a collaborative, fast-paced, and inclusive environment. 

You are passionate about using data and insights to drive better decision-making and are comfortable working with global teams across functions and time zones. You embrace complexity and enjoy solving problems with a structured, solutions-oriented approach. 

To be successful in this role, you’ll bring: 

Experience & Skills 

• Experience in business planning, supply chain analytics, or a related field 

• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities, with the ability to translate data into meaningful insights 

• Ability to collaborate and communicate effectively with cross-functional teams and stakeholders 

• Excellent project management skills, with a proactive and dedicated attitude 

• Confident in presenting data and insights to both technical and non-technical audiences 

• Demonstrated leadership in driving continuous improvement initiatives 

Qualifications 

• A degree or equivalent experience in Supply Chain, Business Analytics, Engineering, Finance

Technical Skills 

• Proficiency in tools such as APO, SAP, Power BI, SQL Management, or Databricks 

• Familiarity with Python and tools such as Alteryx 

• Strong working knowledge of supply chain systems, analytics platforms and reporting tools 

At Diageo, we are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace. If you believe you have the right mindset and transferable skills for this role, even if you don't meet every requirement listed, we would still love to hear from you.

Working with Us 

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, approaches, 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! 

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