Job Description :

Brand Change & Innovation Project Manager, Scotch Category 

Location - International Supply Technical Centre - Menstrie, Scotland 

Contract - 12 Month Fixed Term Contract 

Closing Date - 30th 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’re looking for a Project Manager to join our Brand Change & Innovation team within the Scotch Category, based at our Menstrie site near Stirling, Central Scotland. 

 

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a team that brings some of the world’s most iconic Scotch and Malt whisky brands to life - including Johnnie Walker, Buchanan’s, Lagavulin, Talisker, Singleton, and Mortlach. 

 

As part of the Brand Change & Innovation team, you’ll work across Innovation, Renovation, Limited-Time Offerings, and Value-Added Packs (VAPs), delivering high-impact projects that help shape the future of our Scotch portfolio. 

In this role, you will: 

Lead cross-functional teams to deliver new product developments and redesigns, ensuring quality, cost and timelines are met 

Play a key role in delivering sustainability targets by driving change across our packaging and product innovations 

Support the Brand Change Manager in delivering a strong pipeline of projects and championing our brand ambitions 

Apply best-in-class project planning, budgeting, tracking and communication practices to maintain rigour in project execution 

Develop packaging components in line with product development and manufacturing interface standards 

This role offers fantastic exposure to a broad range of Diageo functions including Marketing, Innovation, Sustainability, Procurement, Distillation & Maturation, Manufacturing, Finance, Data and Supply Chain.

It’s a great platform to showcase both your leadership and technical capabilities, while making a real impact on the future of Scotch. 

About You 

We’re looking for someone with character - motivated, open-minded and resilient. You’ll be commercially aware, thrive in a fast-paced environment, and build strong relationships across teams. 

You’ll ideally have: 

A degree or equivalent experience, preferably in a technical field 

Strong project management skills and experience leading cross-functional projects 

Knowledge of packaging materials and processes, including liquid development, design, manufacturing and transit 

An understanding of the new product development process and risk management practices 

Great organisation and communication skills, including reporting and presenting 

If you're passionate about innovation, sustainability and shaping iconic Scotch brands, we’d 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 listened to, is a crucial part of this. We believe the most inclusive and diverse culture makes for a better business and a better world. We know that for our business to thrive and for Diageo to realise its ambition, we depend on having diverse talent with a range of backgrounds, skills, and capabilities in each of the countries in which we operate and to reflect our broad consumer base. 

 

Join us, and you will be part of an organisation that embraces diversity in the broadest possible sense. This means that you will be welcomed and celebrated for who you are just by being you. You will be part of — and help build — an inclusive culture that celebrates people of different gender, ethnicity, ability, age, sexual orientation, social class, educational backgrounds, experiences, mindsets, and more. And you will help us champion inclusion and diversity across our entire business: with our employees, our suppliers, across our brands, and within the communities in which we operate. 

We value each other and celebrate different perspectives. In our inclusive culture, you will have the backing you need to test innovative ideas and learn from them. Harness your passion and desire to grow as you make your mark. Let us unlock a brighter, more exciting future together. 

 

Our ambition is to create the best performing, most trusted and respected consumer products companies in the world. To achieve this, we need the world’s best people. We are looking for people with curiosity, creativity, boldness, and a sense of purpose to take Diageo and our timeless, pioneering brands to the next level. 

 

Feel inspired? Then this may be the opportunity for you! 

Worker Type :

Regular

Primary Location:

International Supply Technical Centre – Menstrie

Additional Locations :

Job Posting Start Date :

2025-07-15