Commercial Planning Associate

Commercial Planning Associate 

Title: Commercial Planning Associate 

Level: L6 

Location: Toronto 

Function: Commercial Strategy & Planning 

Manager: Sr Channel Manager 

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About Diageo:

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 enthusiasm and use your curiosity as you explore, collaborate and innovate.

Together with dedicated people from all over the world, you’ll test new ideas, learn and grow, and unlock a brighter future.

Join us to create a career worth celebrating!

ROLE PURPOSE: 

Support commercial planning for respective channel, helping translate channel strategy, brand priorities, AOP building blocks, and customer plans into organized tools, trackers, insights, and execution materials. 

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES: 

• Support channel and customer planning activities for Channel / national commercial planning, including plan development, analysis, calendars, and status tracking. 

• Maintain AOP building-block trackers, risks/opportunities, baseline inputs, and performance updates. 

• Coordinate with Brand, Sales, RGM, Analytics, Supply, and Finance to gather inputs and follow up on actions. 

• Prepare selling stories, PiCoS tools, customer materials, meeting decks, and execution support documents. 

• Analyze sales, distribution, customer, pricing, and activation data to identify issues and opportunities. 

• Support AI/IBP and commercial planning routines with accurate assumptions and documentation. 

• Ensure plans, files, and stakeholder communications are organized, current, and actionable. 

Key Outputs: 

• Planning trackers, calendars, and status reports for respective channel. 

• AOP building-block updates, baseline inputs, and performance summaries. 

• Customer/channel selling materials and PiCoS support tools. 

• Meeting decks, action logs, and follow-up documentation. 

• Opportunity/risk analyses and recommended next steps. 

QUALIFICATIONS/EXPERIENCE REQUIRED: 

• 3+ years of commercial planning, sales support, category, analytics, customer marketing, brand, or operations experience. 

• Strong Excel, PowerPoint, data interpretation, organization, and communication skills. 

• Ability to manage details, deadlines, and multiple stakeholders across functions. 

• Understanding of sales channels, customer planning, AOP, or execution processes preferred. 

• Proactive problem solver who can convert inputs into clear tools and actions. 

Flexible Working Statement:

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

Rewards & Benefits Statement:

We recognize and value performance, offering our people an attractive Rewards and Benefits package.

Diversity statement:

Our purpose is to celebrate life, every day, everywhere. And creating an inclusive environment, 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 environment that celebrates people of different gender, ethnicity, ability, age, sexual orientation, social class, educational backgrounds, experiences, mentalities, 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.

Feel inspired? Then this may be the opportunity for you!

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Protecting candidates is very important to us. All communications regarding your application will come from an email address ending in @diageo.com. In our recruitment process, we'll never ask for money. 

Minimum Salary

57,750

Maximum Salary

96,250