Guadalajara, MEX
9 days ago
Agave Program Manager
**Job Description :** **About Us** : Diageo is the world’s leading premium drinks company, boasting a diverse and exceptional collection of brands, including Don Julio, Casamigos, Johnnie Walker, Smirnoff, Baileys, Captain Morgan, Tanqueray, and Guinness. Our purpose—Celebrating life, every day, everywhere—is at the heart of everything we do, shaping our people, diversity, brands, performance, and the value we create. **About You** : We seek a hardworking and diligent professional to coordinate and drive the advancement of our agave supply process. We aim to meet our objectives with zero accidents, while embedding sustainability, inclusion, and diversity in everything we do. We are on a mission to excel in the Tequila industry, from Plant to Glass. In this role, you will be responsible for implementing a clear and structured program/project management model to ensure timely, high-quality, and efficient delivery of our agave initiatives. **Functions:** Coordinate the development and implementation of the own agave supply model, ensuring alignment with our short-term (annual) cultivation plans for agave plantations. This role will oversee the entire process, from land screening to agave harvesting, ensuring a comprehensive and well-structured execution of the program. + **Agave Program Management:** Oversee all aspects of our agave plantation program, from land screening to harvesting, ensuring smooth and efficient operations. + **Supply-Demand Planning:** Implement and maintain the own agave supply model to forecast short-term agave needs and production requirements. Regularly update forecasts based on changing conditions and new data. + **Activity Planning & Modeling:** Develop, execute, and maintain a monthly activity model for agave cultivation and harvest, enabling detailed planning and efficient resource allocation. + **Project Management Discipline:** Establish project management governance, cadence, methodologies, and reporting structures for agriculture initiatives, including multi-year programs and productivity enhancement projects. + **Partner Management:** Build and maintain strong relationships with key internal and external key partners, including Legal, Procurement, Health & Safety, HR, Talent, Finance, Operations, and Geomatics. Effective communication and follow-up will be essential for ensuring seamless coordination and execution of agave plantation activities. This role presents an exciting opportunity for an experienced professional to play a key role in our agave supply strategy. The successful candidate will drive strategic growth, optimize operations, and foster a high-performance and collaborative culture within our team. **Experience required/Skills/Capabilities/Languages:** + Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in engineering, Agro Sciences, Administration. + Bilingual (English & Spanish) + Project/Program management certifications as PMP, PgMP, PMI-SP, PMO are desirable. + Solid partner management, interpersonal skills, managerial skills including effective/straightforward communication and fact-based decision making. + Good knowledge of Microsoft Office packages. + Knowledge of project and project management tools. + Highly analytical and with expertise in modeling, statistics, planning methodologies, budget planning & administration. + Result oriented, self-managed, quick learner, ability to deal with pressure/ambiguity and challenging deadlines. W **e offer stellar benefits!** **Worker Type :** Regular **Primary Location:** Guadalajara **Additional Locations :** **Job Posting Start Date :** 2025-02-28 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/)
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