The purpose of the role is to partner effectively with the country Leadership team such that the people and talent agenda guarantees and amplifies organisational performance. The HRD will build robust people plan to drive engagement and performance, including action orientated talent assessments, succession planning to future-proof the business.

Partner with the market leadership team to build and deliver an ambitious and Disruptive Approach to Talent through talent plans which include robust succession planning to future proof the business, resourcing for our biggest opportunities at pace, strong proactive pipeline of talent, leveraging our employer brand proposition and creating exciting accelerated career path for people which strengthens our talent bench. Creates an inclusive culture where each employee feel valued for their uniqueness and are able to maximize their impact. The HRD will lead on Inclusion and Diversity strategy to deliver our ambitious Society 2030 goals and ensure this is integrated through all HR levers (talent, reward, capability, engagement etc). Drive performance enablement by coaching the General Manager and leadership team members to create an agile, stretching, fast-pace and focused performance culture and highly engaged organisation. Act as a custodian of Diageo Values and Reputation. This is about ensuring compliance and ethics standards are embedded and championed in the business. Drive effectiveness across the HR organisation to ensure we maximize the skills and capability and create capacity in organisation by brilliant basics and optimizing the partnership between in market HR business partners, COEs (like reward, talent engagement) and the shared service center.

• Circa 10+ years of HR experience within fast-paced, dynamic multinational companies
• Successful track record in HR Business Partner roles, leading various disciplines of the HR function (Talent, reward, I&D, employee relations, culture, etc)
• Demonstrable capability in driving cultural transformation and change management is an advantage
• Strong understanding of a P&L, including overhead management and data-lead decision making
• Experience of managing multiple stakeholders in matrix environment
• Demonstrated experience in coaching and performance management of senior leaders.
• Degree qualified, preferably in HR or Business.