US Spirits Vendor Managed Inventory Planner

Job Description :

Job Title: US Spirits VMI Planner

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.

Join us to build a career worth celebrating.

Which company will you join?

From Arthur Guinness to Johnnie Walker, our business was founded on people of outstanding character, and in 250 years, nothing has changed. We’re the world’s leading premium alcohol company! Our brands are industry icons including Johnnie Walker, Crown Royal, Bulleit and Buchanan's whiskies, Smirnoff, Cîroc and Ketel One vodkas, Captain Morgan, Baileys, Don Julio, Tanqueray and Guinness. Our success is thanks to the strength of our people, in every role. It’s why we trust them with our legacy and why we reward them with the career-defining opportunities that they deserve. Our ambition is to build the best performing, most trusted and respected Consumer Products Company in the world. To achieve these, we need the very best people!

At Diageo, our purpose is to celebrate life everywhere, every day. To do that, you will join an organization that is passionate about customers and consumers, and proud of what they do. Diageo teams constantly set high goals and then try hard to exceed them. We are also an incredibly diverse organization, and we value each and every one’s talent and personality.

About the team:

Own distributor inventory performance across SGWS and BBG states. This role sits at the center of Supply Chain and Commercial, translating demand signals into replenishment decisions that improve service while optimizing cash and cost. You’ll operate as a trusted business partner to distributors and internal teams, using data and judgment to anticipate risks, solve problems, and drive execution.

About the role:

• Distributor Inventory Performance: Optimize finished goods inventory across assigned distributors to deliver best-in-class service levels
• VMI Planning & Order Creation: Build and implement VMI plans that generate accurate orders and inform supply forecasts
• Service Excellence: Identify and resolve risks to prevent out-of-stocks, delays, and disruption
• Cross-Functional Alignment: Partner with Sales, Supply Planning, Demand Planning, Logistics, and Finance to balance multiple priorities
• Distributor Partnership: Serve as the primary point of contact for distributor planning teams, building trust and driving accountability.
• Distributor Inventory Performance: Optimize finished goods inventory across assigned distributors to deliver best-in-class service levels
• VMI Planning & Order Creation: Build and implement VMI plans that generate accurate orders and inform supply forecasts
• Service Excellence: Identify and resolve risks to prevent out-of-stocks, delays, and disruption
• Cross-Functional Alignment: Partner with Sales, Supply Planning, Demand Planning, Logistics, and Finance to balance priorities
• Distributor Partnership: Serve as the primary point of contact for distributor planning teams, building trust and driving accountability

Role Responsibilities:

• Translate data into clear replenishment actions that improve service and reduce excess inventory
• Anticipate issues and lead solutions across internal and external partners
• Influence without authority—balancing commercial priorities with supply constraints
• Drive continuous improvement in ordering patterns, lead times, and planning parameter
• Lead regular business reviews with distributors to improve performance and strengthen partnerships.

• Develop and maintain VMI plans that generate recommended orders and provide a reliable signal to Supply Planning
• Monitor distributor inventory, shipments, and service metrics; take action to resolve gaps against service and DSI targets
• Lead the order lifecycle from recommendation through delivery, including raising critical issues and expediting when needed
• Communicate proactively with distributors on order status, risks, and logistics updates
• Ensure adherence to ordering guidelines and improve distributor ordering behaviors
• Lead recurring alignment meetings with distributors and internal partners
• Manage exceptions including quality issues, product constraints, and transfers

What Success Looks Like

• Minimal distributor out-of-stocks and consistently high service levels (e.g., ≥97% case fill rate)
• Disciplined inventory positions (maintain DSIs within target range; no chronic overstock or shortage)
• Strong distributor relationships and high trust
• Fewer escalations driven by proactive issue management

Experience / skills required:

• 3+ years in supply planning, VMI, customer operations, or related roles (CPG or beverage alcohol preferred)
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to translate data into decisions
• Ability to handle multiple stakeholders and influence outcomes
• Comfortable operating in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment
• Solid understanding of inventory management and logistics concepts
• Advanced Excel skills; experience with planning systems a plus
• Strong communication skills with both internal teams and external partners

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.

Rewards & Benefits Statement: 
We recognise and value performance, offering our people a highly competitive Rewards and Benefits package.

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, 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. 

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Worker Type :

Regular

Primary Location:

Stamford

Additional Locations :

Job Posting Start Date :

2026-03-23

 

 

STAMFORD, CT: SALARY RANGE IS FROM $74,175 TO $123,625 (ANNUAL)

 

 

 

 

At Diageo certain roles are eligible for additional rewards, including annual incentive payment and stock awards. US-based employees are eligible for healthcare benefits, retirement benefits , short-term and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance, wellness benefits and industry leading parental leave, among others.  (Benefits/perks listed may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Diageo and the country where you work.)  The salary range displayed is the salary range for the role’s primary location.