Job Description :

Job Title

• General Manager
• Productivity, Manufacturing

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.

About the Function:

Our Supply Chain and Manufacturing team are problem-solvers, sourcing, producing, and delivering our much-loved brands to delight customers around the globe. Over half of Diageo’s 30,000+ people work in Supply Chain and Manufacturing. It’s an intricate and sophisticated operation that’s the product of logistical, manufacturing, and technical collaborations.

Our teams in 100 sites in over 30 countries cover production facilities, supplier relationships, customer collaborations and third-party agreements. We’re committed to realising our ‘Society 2030: Spirit of Progress’ goals, to protect the environment and support our farmers and suppliers. Whatever your skills and experience, we’ll help you to thrive in our inclusive culture.

About the Role

Job Title:

• General Manager
• Productivity, Manufacturing

Level:

4B

# Direct Reports:

1

# Indirect Reports:

0

Business Unit:

Diageo India

Primary Location:

Bengaluru

Reports To:

• Vice President
• Manufacturing

Employment Type:

• Permanent
• Full Time

Context/Scope:

The Make Productivity role supports productivity improvements and continuous improvement across all manufacturing sites. The role involves identification and execution of cost-saving projects, performance tracking. It requires coordination with unit teams, finance, and other enabling functions to ensure alignment and validation of savings.
The role is a key enabler of the manufacturing strategy by driving operational efficiency, lean execution, and sustainable cost reduction.

Purpose of Position:

To lead productivity project implementation across units, monitor pipeline performance, support cultural transformation, and ensure high-quality data tracking and reporting aligned with global systems. This role will act as a key driver of analytics-based decision-making for manufacturing cost optimization.

Decision Making Authority

Decision Expected

Recommendations Expected

• Identify and recommend productivity improvement areas.- Define and monitor productivity metrics and project milestones.

• Prepare the business cases along with the unit teams

• Suggest cost-saving projects with business cases.

• Recommend lean and capability building initiatives aligned to site maturity.

• Category wise cost analysis and recommendations to align the company strategy

Financial Accountability (Budget/Revenue)

• Responsible for tracking and influencing productivity project savings across all manufacturing sites.- Support validation of business cases and alignment with AOP targets.
• Work closely with finance and site teams to ensure accurate savings delivery.

Call

Market / Function Complexity

• Multi-site operations across geographies with varied cost structures.- Cross-functional stakeholder alignment required with operations, engineering, finance, procurement, and sustainability teams.
• Need for deep understanding of cost drivers, automation, and lean principles to ensure scalability and standardization of improvement projects.

Leadership Responsibilities:

• Drive culture of continuous improvement across units.- Build capabilities of site teams through structured training and workshops.
• Influence change without direct authority across multiple levels in the organization.
• Provide project governance and support on lean, TPM, and six sigma deployments.

Qualifications and Experience Required:

Qualifications:

Experience:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering (Mechanical / Production / Industrial)

• Master’s in Supply Chain, Engineering

• Lean Six sigma Certification

• 10-12 years of experience in a manufacturing/operations excellence role- Exposure to TPM, Six Sigma, or WCM systems

• Proficiency in data analysis and performance tracking

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

• Proficiency in MS Excel, Power BI, or other data tools

• Financial acumen in cost driver analysis

• Effective communication and stakeholder engagement

• Ability to drive projects across functions and geographies

• Self-motivated with strong execution discipline

Success Criteria

• Delivery of productivity savings as per AOP- On-time execution of approved projects
• Regular and accurate performance reporting
• Capability development across sites
• Lean and TPM deployment maturity across units

Succession Plan Opportunities:

General Manager – Unit Head, OMUs

Senior General Manager – Manufacturing (OMUs / TMUs)

Rewards & Benefits Statement: (TE)

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:

Bangalore HO

Additional Locations :

Job Posting Start Date:

2026-02-23