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Location: Milan

Contract terms: Permanent

Language Requirements: Fluent Italian and English

About us 

Diageo is the world’s leading premium drinks company with an outstanding collection of brands, such as Johnnie Walker, Smirnoff, Baileys, Captain Morgan, Tanqueray and Guinness. Our purpose – Celebrating life, every day, everywhere – has a meaningful role in our company, for our people, our diversity, our brands, in how we perform and how we build shared value! 

At Diageo Italy we are creating a new marketing team with the ambition of becoming a strong marketing powerhouse to help drive the next phase of growth across Italy.  

About the role 

Diageo brand teams are the custodians of our brands and ensure their future growth and success.

As a member of this team, you will be the guardian of one of our iconic brands and work to shape their future. 

You will drive and project manage the creation of the brand’s strategy and plans based on consumer, customer and shopper insights, build brand equity and help drive: 

Recruitment/Re-recruitment – both from a customer and consumer perspective. 

Scale – in all commercial elements of the brands, building strong relationships with the commercial teams on the ground to deliver above and beyond the AOP. 

Fame – making these brands the most talked about. You will collaborate with the Global Brand Teams, multiple agencies, cross-functional teams and partners to deliver on our salience and brand love objectives. 

Physical Availability - the ability to see, find and trigger associated memories in a buying context, all resulting in success at the point of purchase. 

Your Key Responsibilities 

Lead cross-agency teams and foster new partnerships in developing the brand’s communication approach and execution in an omnichannel environment (on, off & 3rd space). 

Find, own and build the role the brand plays in culture, working collaboratively with members of the Culture & Entertainment function. 

Shape the brand to thrive in a digital environment, develop long term digital strategy & social media plans. 

Own the shadow P&L for the brands across the market. Understand and respond to the drivers of your brand performance, to deliver the annual operating plan. 

Understand and handle pricing & promo strategy, margin mix and volume drivers. 

Translate strategies into thoughtfully implemented plans that consistently beat the competition and gain share. 

About you 

5+ years of relevant marketing experience with good understanding of Italian market (Consumer, media, culture) 

Existing capability to build meaningful relationships built on mutual trust and respect 

Successful management of senior partners, resulting in strong and positive outcomes 

Holistic skills across various marketing growth drivers as well as a reputation of delivering ground-breaking business results 

Comfort with dealing with ambiguity, complexity and working within a fast-paced, entrepreneurial and matrixed environment 

Demonstrated brilliant execution to high standards across various pillars of brand building 

Deep personal accountability for outstanding performance 

Strong commercial and numerical foresight with attention to detail

Language Requirements: Proficient Italian and English

Our Offer 

An inclusive company culture that puts employees and their development first 

A competitive salary with bonus and many benefits that suit your lifestyle

An industry leading parental leave policy 

…and of course, THE best colleagues! 

Celebrating our inclusive and diverse culture is core to Diageo’s purpose of “celebrating life every day everywhere”. This purpose is, in itself, inclusive in nature, as it values everybody irrespective of background, disability, religion, gender identity, sexuality or ethnicity. 

We know that for Diageo to thrive and to realize its ambition, we depend on having diverse talent with a range of backgrounds, skills and capabilities in each of the 180 countries in which we operate and to reflect our broad consumer base. 

Flexibility is key to success in our business and many of our staff work flexibly in many different ways, including part-time, compressed hours, flexible location. 

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process and to perform essential job functions. 

Don’t let anything stop you from applying! 

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