SEA IBP Intern

About Us Diageo was created in 1997 but its business is built on the principles and foundations laid years before by giants of the industry – Arthur Guinness, John Walker, Elizabeth Cumming and many more. Today, Diageo is a world class leader in beverage alcohol, producing an outstanding collection of over 200 brands and owning the top two largest spirit brands in the world, Johnnie Walker and Smirnoff and 20 of the world’s top 100 spirit brands. Its portfolio also includes Mortlach, Singleton and Talisker Malt Whiskies, Cîroc and Ketel One vodkas, Captain Morgan, Baileys, Don Julio, Tanqueray and Guinness. Diageo has built a strong platform for growth – through investment in its own brands, and by acquisition to broaden the geographical footprint and category depth and range. The company’s strong local business units are well-positioned to win in increasingly competitive and fast-paced environments. Diageo’s portfolio is well-diversified across price-tiers, enabling it to participate where consumer opportunity is greatest, and to capture shifts in consumer preference. Diageo's culture is built and maintained by the five values that underpin its business and guide how Diageo works. At Diageo, employees are passionate about its customers and consumers and want to be the best . They give each other the freedom to succeed and value each other . Employees work hard so they can be proud of what they do and how they do it. While Diageo moves at pace, constantly evolving and improving, its values remain consistent. Diageo wants that employees live these values every day, everywhere so that Diageo can be proud of what they do and be the best that they can be. Purpose of Role This role is responsible for supporting the IBP function unlocking productivity benefits by automating manual work using AI and Advanced Excel features. About the Role The SEA IBP Intern will support the IBP team in identifying, simplifying and automating manual processes across the IBP cycle. The role will leverage AI, Advanced Excel and digital analytics tools to improve productivity, data accuracy, speed of insight generation and standardization across SEA markets. The intern will gain hands-on exposure to end-to-end IBP processes, cross-functional stakeholder management, AI-enabled automation and data-driven decision making across SEA markets. Role Responsibilities: What this Internship experience will provide: Clear Project Plan: Map current processes and identify pockets of manual work in IBP Framework (Demand Review/Supply Review/Integrated Reconciliation/Management Business Review) and Align on 3-5 top priorities to automate. Stakeholder Management: Align with relevant stakeholders within IBP team and cross functionally (Commercial and Finance) on main pain points by interviewing users. Design, Develop and Implement Solutions: Map out timelines on solutions needed and work in agile mode to deliver solutions and document the SOP on these solutions. Compliance in using AI: Adhere to compliance rules ensuring data confidentiality is not compromised Automation Mindset: Question statusquo and find newer ways of higher productivity business solutions. Testing and Adoption: Test solutions across relevant scenarios, gather user feedback and continuously improve solutions to drive wider adoption KPIs Reduce manual effort in selected IBP processes by atleast 40%. Deliver 3–5 automated solutions for agreed priority IBP use cases. Establish standardized, refreshable templates for key SEA IBP meetings. Reduce preparation time for DR / Pre-DR / S&OE reporting by atleast 10 hours per month. Achieve successful adoption of automated tools across agreed SEA markets. Provide documentation, training and handover for all implemented solutions. Role Requirements Skills and Capabilities Strong analytical & problem-solving skills Good listening skills and effective communication skills Curious mindset with an eye for automation Experience Current university students or recent graduates with hands-on experience using Advanced Excel and AI tools are welcome to apply Qualifications Degree or equivalent in appropriate supply chain, mathematical, engineering, or business degree. Advanced Excel and interest/experience in AI are essential Experience in Power Query/Power Automate/Basic Data Modelling/Power BI/Tableau will be an advantage Other Requirements: For local student (citizenship/PR), no work pass is needed. International Students Enrolled in Approved Local Universities (NUS, NTU, SMU, SUTD, SIT): No separate work pass is required, provided they hold a valid Student's Pass issued by the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA). The internship must either be part of their official course curriculum (compulsory or elective industrial attachment) or take place during scheduled vacation periods. We will not be able to sponsor other students apart from the two categories above. Preferably full-time for 3 months following our office working hours. Current set up is hybrid 3 days in the office. Our commitment to inclusion and diversity We know that for our business to thrive and for Diageo to realize its ambition, we depend on having diverse talent with a range of backgrounds, skills and capabilities in each of the 180 countries in which we operate, and to reflect our broad consumer base. We view diversity as one of the key enablers that helps our business to grow and our values, purpose and standards set the conditions for us to respect the unique contribution each person brings. Flexibility is key to success in our business and many of our staff work flexibly in many different ways, including part-time, compressed hours, flexible location. Please talk to us about what flexibility means to you and don’t let anything stop you from applying. For any questions, please reach out to our Talent Engagement Lead, John Cedrique Rimonte, johncedrique.rimonte@diageo.com