Group BPM Manager

Job description

**Job Description :**

**Job Title:** Group BPM Manager

**About the function**

Our Finance team deliver sustainable growth for our business, customers, and much-loved brands.

We’re part of a $12.2 billion gross profit Organisation, responsible for driving an exceptional level of performance and creating the potential for future growth.

Whether we’re applying our digital capabilities and analytics to inform our business strategy or creating capacity to invest in the future — no two days are the same in our Finance team.

Wherever your skills lie, we’ll help you to learn and develop, supporting you along the way in our inclusive culture.

**About the role :**

To drive strategic initiatives and commercial performance by providing financial leadership and insights that enable effective decision-making and business growth in the Premium Spirits segment.

Partner with the General manager, Finance and commercial teams to optimize revenue streams, market expansion, and strategic investments.

**Role Responsibilities:**

**Strategic Planning & Growth**

- Manage financial aspects of planning process and growth initiatives

- Develop financial models for market expansion and new business opportunities

- Evaluate potential strategic partnerships

- Support development of 3-5 year strategic roadmap with robust financial analysis

- Model scenarios for market and product portfolio expansion

**Commercial Performance**

- Partner with Sales and Marketing to optimize pricing strategies and promotional ROI

- Analyze channel profitability and customer portfolio performance

- Evaluate new revenue streams and business models

- Support trade spending efficiency and promotional planning

- Monitor competitor activity and market share performance

- Evaluate distribution models and market-entry strategies

**Business Development & Investment**

- Develop rationales for strategic investments and expansion efforts

- Evaluate ROI on brand investments and marketing campaigns

- Analyze new product development opportunities and launch costs

- Support commercial contract negotiations with financial insights

- Assess strategic CAPEX requirements for growth initiatives

**Performance Analysis & Insights**

- Develop commercial KPIs and performance dashboards

- Provide insight on market trends and their financial implications

- Analysis of brand performance and portfolio mix

- Track and analyze market share data and competitive intelligence

- Monitor and report on strategic project delivery and benefits realization

- Co-ordinate the Integrated Reporting Reconciliation (IRR) process within the IBP cycle.

**Experience / skills required**

- Professional accounting qualification (ACCA, CIMA, ACA, CPA(K) or equivalent)

- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in Finance, Business, or related field

- 7+ years of finance experience, with significant commercial finance exposure

- Advanced financial modeling and valuation skills

- Experience with strategic planning and analysis

**Essential Skills & Knowledge:**

- Strong understanding of alcoholic beverage industry dynamics

- Commercial acumen and strategic thinking capability

- Knowledge of route-to-market strategies and trade channels

- Experience in strategic planning and execution

- Strong stakeholder management and influence skills

- Advanced analytical and problem-solving abilities

**Desired Experience:**

- Previous experience in FMCG or beverage industry

- Track record of supporting successful commercial initiatives

- Experience in strategic transformation projects

- International market experience

- M&A or corporate development experience

**Personal Qualities:**

- Strategic mindset with ability to see big picture

- Strong commercial acumen and business instinct

- Excellent communication and presentation skills

- Ability to influence senior stakeholders

- Proactive and results-driven approach

- Comfortable with ambiguity and change

**Flexible Working Statement:**

Flexibility is key to our success.

From part-time and compressed hours to different locations, our people work flexibly in ways to suit them.

Talk to us about what flexibility means to you so that you’re supported 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 the next level 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.

**Worker Type :**

Regular

**Primary Location:**

Nairobi HQ

**Additional Locations :**

**Job Posting Start Date :**

2025-10-31

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.

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