**Job Description :** **About us** With over 200 brands sold in nearly 180 countries, we’re the world’s leading premium drinks company. 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:** + **Experience:** Robust background in strategic procurement within the beverage industry, especially in high-volume production environments, with proven expertise in Ready to Drink (RTD) and Third Party Operations (TPOs). + **Market Knowledge:** Deep understanding of the Latin American beverage market, particularly Diageo’s operations in Brazil and neighboring regions, with insight into market dynamics and supply chain complexities. + **Analytical Skills:** Exceptional analytical abilities to evaluate supplier performance, market trends, and identify opportunities for operational efficiency, cost savings, and innovation through value engineering. + **Communication and Negotiation:** Outstanding communication and negotiation skills, enabling the building and maintenance of strong relationships with suppliers and internal stakeholders, enhancing business partnerships. + **Project Management:** Proven project management expertise with a track record of successfully leading cross-functional initiatives, driving strategic change, and delivering business impact aligned with global and local priorities. + **Talent Development:** Commitment to upskilling teams, fostering career development pathways and a culture of learning aligned with Diageo’s talent retention and capability-building goals. **Diversity statement:** 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, mindsets, 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 new heights 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. If you require a reasonable adjustment, please ensure that you capture this information when you submit your application **Worker Type :** Regular **Primary Location:** Sao Paulo **Additional Locations :** **Job Posting Start Date :** 2025-07-24 With over 200 brands sold in more than 180 countries, we’re the world’s leading premium drinks company. Every day, over 30,000 talented people come together at Diageo to create the magic behind our much-loved brands. From iconic names to innovative newcomers – the brands we’re building are rooted in culture and local communities. Our ambition is to be one of the best performing, most trusted and most respected consumer products companies in the world. Our founders, such as Arthur Guinness, John Walker, and Charles Tanqueray, were visionary entrepreneurs whose brilliant minds helped shape the alcohol industry. And through our people, their legacy lives on. Join us, and you’ll collaborate with talented people from all corners of the world. Together, you’ll innovate and push boundaries, shaping a more inclusive and sustainable future that we can all be proud of. With diversity at our core, we celebrate our people's unique passions, commitments and specialist skills. Because when varied voices, mindsets, and personalities come together, great ideas are born. In our supportive culture, your voice will be heard and you’ll be empowered to be you. Just bring your ambition, curiosity and ideas, and we’ll celebrate your work and help you reach your fullest potential. **DRINKiQ** What's your DRINKiQ? Take our quiz to understand how alcohol is made and explore the effects of drinking. You can discover everything you need to know at DRINKiQ (https://www.drinkiq.com/en-gb/)