Job Description : Job Title: Regional Customer Marketing Manager About the Function: Our Sales team love building relationships, connecting with customers to sell our much-loved brands in new and vibrant markets where they can thrive. They help sell our iconic brands across 180 countries every year. We’re operating across different markets, channels, and areas of expertise. Using your curiosity and passion, you’ll make the most of consumer insight and digital platforms, reaching new customers, markets, and celebrations to help us achieve our growth potential. We’ll support your learning and growth as you develop your career with us and work with people across our business to realise your fullest potential About the Role Qualification:

• MBA in Sales and Marketing Experience:
• 6- 8 years experience
• Worked in the Alco—Bev/ FMCG industry Knowledge & skills:
• Brand / customer marketing experience with strong execution skills
• Very strong analytical skills both qualitative & quantitative
• Planning, budgeting, execution and review for portfolio handled
• Strong interpersonal skills and executional mind-set
• Strong communication & negotiation skills
• Retail activation related experience
• Decisive & effective problem-solving ability
• Detail orientation, strong organizational skills Best Suited for someone who
• Who enjoys building strategy and execution, both
• Can drive multiple stakeholders in-line with business ambitions
• Has an innovative bent of mind to identify opportunities and come with new ideas
• Is market oriented AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY 1 Regional strategy planning and implementation
• Strategize to prepare a Customer Marketing Annual Calendar and execute customer marketing initiatives and activations in-line with brand plans , to deliver NSV and market share ambitions for the brands handled
• Lead the quarterly/annual planning in coordination with Marketing /HO Customer Marketing/ Sales team
• Develop and drive visibility / activation plans channel-wise across clusters
• Manage customer marketing budget for the portfolio Delivery of NSV and market share ambition for portfolio handled 2 Channel management
• Implement the Channel Leadership Programs with defined levers / metrics in coordination with the cluster teams
• Develop visibility strategy for the respective channel and oversee execution through state customer marketing manager
• Lead the annual & quarterly Channel-Brand activation planning process within the clusters and evaluate activations in the channel – Collaborate with HO Commercial Team to support Brand Building activities
• Understand regional nuances in channels which are used in designing local programs 3 Budget adherence
• Plan, allocate and monitor quarterly/ annual brand-wise TTL Budgets for the clusters
• Follow financial protocols and procurement processes for budget utilization
• Ensure marketing spend stays within the approved budgets at the regional level. Budget vs. Actual 4 Brand
• Drive seamless route to consumer effectiveness by building brand imagery, creating demand through consumer winning activations, perfect outlet program and leveraging USL portfolio for effective sell-out.
• Ensure brand health by constantly monitoring maket share/ IOP achievements
• Monitor competition activities Market share /IOP 5 Performance governance
• Establish a robust M&E mechanism for customer marketing initiatives
• Use learning of an M&E for forward planning Winning activation portal 6 Drive SNOP process
• Manage communication, discussion and alignment of calendar inputs
• Plan activation M&E review and linkage of inputs to volume forecasts Qualitative 7 Accounting governance
• Be responsible for CARM compliance, Auditory compliance, accurate provisioning
• Track and review aging of provisions and Open PO/MIGO Audit reports 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:RPC Bangalore Additional Locations : Job Posting Start Date : 2026-04-07 With over 200 brands sold in more than 180 countries, we’re the world’s leading premium drinks company. Every day, over 29,000 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. DRINKiQ What's your DRINKiQ? Take our quiz to understand how alcohol is made and explore the effects of drinking. You can discover everything you need to know at DRINKiQ