Job Title: Supply Chain FPA Manager

Location: Budapest

Contract: permanent

About us

With over 200 brands sold in nearly 180 countries, we’re the world’s leading premium drinks company. From global icons like Johnnie Walker, Guinness and Tanqueray to Smirnoff and Don Julio, we create brands consumers love. Bring your passion and use your curiosity as you explore, collaborate and innovate. 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

Finance at Diageo is about more than the numbers, it’s about shaping the decisions behind them.

From guiding investment to unlocking growth, this team plays a critical role in how we perform today and how we plan for tomorrow. You’ll work with data, insight and digital tools to influence strategy and help drive a business that operates at global scale.

It’s a fast-moving environment where no two days are the same, and where you’ll be supported to build your skills, grow your career and make a real impact.

About the role

The Make FP&A Manager is a senior L5A role within the post-Prism Supply FP&A operating model, supporting the Make planning and performance management capability. The role converts manufacturing activity, production cost, process-order performance, conversion cost, usage, yield, scrap, manufacturing overhead and cost-center movements into clear, action-oriented insight for Make leaders, regional teams and functional cost owners.

The role sits between the Make Director / Make Planning Lead, regional Performance Managers, Manufacturing, Costing, Data/DDH, D&T and Supply Finance teams. It is expected to manage driver-based analysis, coordinate forecast and planning inputs, support Prism dashboard and data-product adoption, and reduce reliance on fragmented Excel-based reporting.

Success in this role means moving Make FP&A from manual number production to standardized, self-service and action-oriented performance management: what happened, why it happened, so what, what action is required, who owns it and by when.

Key Responsibilities

◆ Make performance insight and variance analysis

·       Manage accurate and timely analysis of Make actuals, forecast, AOP and scenario views using Prism standard dashboards, SAP data and agreed definitions.

·       Explain key movements in production cost, conversion cost, process-order variance, yield, usage, scrap, overheads and cost-center performance through clear driver-based analysis.

·       Prepare senior-ready performance narratives and support monthly Make routines, close reviews and forecast discussions.

·       Translate manufacturing performance into practical recommendations, risks, opportunities and accountable follow-up actions.

◆ Forecasting, planning and scenario support

·       Coordinate AOP, forecast and latest-estimate inputs for Make cost areas, ensuring assumptions, activity drivers and cost movements are transparent and aligned with Prism logic.

·       Maintain driver-based views of production volume, routing/activity assumptions, conversion rates, BOM/routing impacts, standard cost movements and cost-center trends.

·       Support scenario modelling linked to production plans, site performance, SKU mix, efficiency changes, productivity actions and one-off operational impacts.

·       Identify risks and opportunities impacting Make performance and support timely escalation through the Make Director and relevant stakeholders.

◆ Prism adoption, standardization and continuous improvement

·       Promote the use of standard Prism dashboards, routines, taxonomy, KPI definitions and data-quality controls for Make performance management.

·       Challenge duplicate manual reports, repeated reconciliations and local workarounds where standard Prism outputs exist.

·       Document recurring process gaps, data-quality issues and improvement opportunities and feed them into the Prism continuous-improvement roadmap.

·       Contribute to Lean, automation and AI-enabled improvement opportunities that reduce cycle time, improve insight quality and strengthen cost-owner accountability.

◆ Stakeholder partnering and action ownership

·       Partner with Supply Operations, Manufacturing, plant finance, Costing, Performance Managers, Data/DDH, D&T and regional Supply Finance teams.

·       Translate complex SAP, Material Ledger, process-order, cost-center and operational information into simple messages for business stakeholders.

·       Support action-oriented performance routines by tracking agreed actions, owners, deadlines and business outcomes.

·       Provide constructive challenge to functional cost owners and finance stakeholders while maintaining strong relationships and service discipline.

◆ Controls, data quality and governance

·       Ensure analysis is based on agreed data sources, controlled logic, documented assumptions and transparent reconciliations.

·       Validate Prism MVP and industrialized DDH / Databricks outputs where Make process logic, business scenarios or data definitions are in scope.

·       Identify SAP, Material Ledger, process-order, routing/BOM or cost-center data issues impacting Make performance reporting and support root-cause follow-up.

·       Maintain high standards of accuracy, confidentiality, control discipline and compliance with Diageo finance and data-governance requirements.

Key Systems & Tools

·       SAP FI/CO/MM, Material Ledger, process orders, cost centers, standard costing, BOM/routing and manufacturing variance data.

·       Prism dashboards, Power BI, Excel and enterprise reporting / self-service analytics tools.

·       DDH / Databricks industrial data products and MVP outputs where relevant to Make performance management.

·       Teams, SharePoint, PowerPoint and collaboration tools for performance routines, documentation and stakeholder communication.

·       Advantageous: familiarity with Alteryx outputs, Power Automate, SAP BW, Anaplan / IBP or other planning and reporting platforms.

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

·       Accuracy, timeliness and quality of Make actuals, forecast, AOP and scenario analysis.

·       Quality of driver-based explanations for production cost, process-order variance, yield, usage, scrap, overhead and cost-center performance.

·       Adoption and effective use of Prism dashboards and standard Make performance routines.

·       Reduction of manual reporting, duplicate Excel work and recurring reconciliation effort.

·       Quality of stakeholder partnering, action follow-up and support to Make performance discussions.

·       Timely escalation and resolution support for data-quality, process or control issues impacting Make visibility.

What you'll bring

·       University / college degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Economics, Supply Chain, Engineering or a related field.

·       5+ years of experience in FP&A, Supply Finance, manufacturing finance, controlling, performance reporting or business analytics; FMCG or complex manufacturing experience preferred.

·       Strong understanding of manufacturing cost drivers, production planning, process orders, standard costing, conversion cost, yield, usage, scrap, overheads and COGS performance.

·       Experience supporting planning, forecasting, actuals review and performance routines across markets, plants or regions.

·       Strong SAP FI/CO/MM knowledge; familiarity with Material Ledger, BOM/routing logic, process orders, cost centers and production variance analysis.

·       Comfortable using Power BI, Excel, SAP extracts and self-service reporting to analyse trends, variances and cost drivers.

·       Understanding of DDH / Databricks concepts, data lineage, dashboard adoption and workflow automation is advantageous.

·       Strong communication and stakeholder management skills; able to create senior-ready analysis, commentary and presentation materials.

·       Fluent English written and verbal communication skills.

Flexible Working Statement

Flexibility is key to our success. Talk to us about what flexibility means to you, so that you’re supported to manage your wellbeing and balance your priorities from day one.

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.

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