Corporate Security and Brand Protection Lead job at Diageo | Apply Now

The role holder will be expected to execute the following responsibilities: –

Corporate Security:

• Protecting company employees, assets, brands, reputation and business operations/activities from actual or potential security threats.

• Preparing and/or reviewing high quality reports including intelligence briefings, threats assessments and investigation reports.

• Having a comprehensive understanding of all the businesses managed by UBL and the risks they face and producing a resultant security risk assessment.

• Providing strong leadership of the security function and maintaining close links with UBL Leadership and Extended Leadership teams.

• Communicating corporate security risks to the UBL Leadership team and providing appropriate advice and mitigations.

• Developing and driving proactive security programmes with stakeholders to ensure continued safe and effective operations of the business including the development and cascade of appropriate security guidelines for the business.

• Ensuring the physical security of all designated facilities and personnel in UBL, IDU and EABRL including regularly conducting security vulnerability assessments.

• Contributing to the global response to crisis and other significant events.

• Establishing and maintaining close liaison with relevant law enforcement and government officials for purposes of effectively performing the role.

• Conducting training and security awareness for employees and third-party providers; and providing professional security advice and consultation to corporate management.

• Coordinating and managing Control Room Operations including the third-party service provider.

• Scoping, implementation and reporting of progress on Corporate Security Projects.

• Implementation of Business Continuity Management (BCM) initiatives across the business in line with Diageo requirements including ensuring timely sign off of Business Continuity Plans (BCPs) and conducting quarterly BCM testing.

Brand Protection:

• Working with the other Corporate Security and Brand Protection Manager in developing, driving, and embedding a collaborative Brand Protection strategy across the business.

• Coordinating the development and implementation of programs and systems designed to protect our brands and ensure the attainment of company sales targets through creating contestable sales space in the market. This will entail engagement of the company’s Brand Protection third party provider and law enforcement to coordinate surveillance, investigation and prosecution of matters concerning counterfeit, contraband, parallel trading, and other tasks relating to anti-illicit trade in the market.

• Developing and implementing strategic departmental priorities, embedding global standards and ways of working.

• Driving the building of Brand Protection knowledge management by coordinating and delivering capability trainings to both internal and external stakeholders including employees, traders, regulators, law enforcement authorities, etc.

• Coordinating regular monitoring and reporting on the illicit trade landscape within the market, sharing key insights, trends, and recommendations for action by the business and/or the relevant authorities.

• Coordinating the collection of samples of products that are suspected as being counterfeit, substandard, dumped, contraband and products that have infringed the company’s Intellectual Property Rights. The samples will then be consolidated, marked and shipped for analysis at a designated point indicated by UBL and also shared with the Enforcement Authorities for their investigation and further action.

• Gathering evidence on the supply chain related to products that are counterfeit, substandard, dumped, contraband and products that have infringed the company’s Intellectual Property Rights and report to the Corporate Security and Brand Protection Manager for further action.

• Coordinating market inspections with law enforcement agencies to check for counterfeits, substandard, dumped, contraband and products that infringe on the company’s Intellectual Property Rights; and submit weekly and monthly reports to the Corporate Security and Brand Protection Manager for guidance and action.

• Conducting regular engagements with all relevant authorities that are responsible for the fight against illicit trade in alcohol and driving for continued enforcement and prosecution action against the perpetrators. These include Police, Uganda Revenue Authority (URA), Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS), Uganda Registration Services Bureau (URSB), Directorate of Public Prosecution (DPP), Interpol, etc.

• Preparing and/or coordinating the preparation and review of periodic departmental reports and ensuring their timely submission to the Legal Director & Company Secretary and other designated stakeholders within the business.

General:

• Effective management of all Corporate Security and Brand Protection third-party providers including management of engagement/contracting, instructions, billing, and performance evaluation in line with agreed contractual obligations and performance targets.

• Conducting end-to-end tracking and monitoring of the Corporate Security and Brand Protection Budgets budget, regular communication with Finance teams on the budget status, actuals, accruals, provisions and reporting as and when required.

• Performing any such tasks and responsibilities as may be assigned from time to time by the Legal Director & Company Secretary or aligned on with the other Corporate Security and Brand Protection Manager.

Management Accountabilities

• Drive Corporate Security and Brand Protection business partnering to enable delivery of enterprise-wide objectives and to enhance the delivery of service by Legal to other Functions.

• Participate and contribute to cross functional projects and initiatives to minimize Corporate Security and Brand Protection risks and ensure achievement of the business objectives.

• Actively drive savings and cost management through effective management of third-party providers to ensure that the business gets value for money.

• Driving for improved efficiency and the promotion of ethical and compliant behaviour to enable business sustainability and limit revenue loss from failed internal controls.

• Perform such other special projects and duties as assigned by the Legal Director & Company Secretary and/or aligned on with the other Corporate Security and Brand Protection Manager.

• Innovation

• Enable the business to achieve its business objectives in a legally compliant way while unlocking commercial opportunities through good practice and pushing for enforcement against illicit trade by law enforcement agencies.

• Preserve value (financial and reputational) by minimising the risk of leakage and maintaining compliance with laws and policies.

• Continually seek ways to optimise and improve systems and work processes to drive efficiency and reduce costs including use of technology.

• Ensure that the business receives high quality support (both internal and external) to achieve set objectives.

Leadership Responsibilities:

• Develop capabilities and expertise of the UBL Security team in the company’s security management systems.

• Proactively provide commercial and practical security advice and solutions for the markets, including working with the Corporate Security team and Supply chain management to set policy and standards and manage security programmes.

• Proactively engage the various stakeholders within the business such as the HR, Supply, Legal and Corporate Relations teams on relevant matters affecting the business from a Brand Protection and Corporate Security perspective.

• Proactively lead Corporate Security and Brand Protection initiatives and draw in and coordinate other necessary contributors.

• Build up an effective internal and external (law enforcement, government and elsewhere) network of contacts to assist with the protection of the UBL business and support law enforcement action, as required.

• Be able to communicate clearly and confidently advise senior management on Corporate Security and Brand Protection related risks.

• Supporting efficient management of the Corporate Security and Brand Protection budgets and spend through tracking spend, accruals, provisions and reporting as and when.

• Effective third-party service provider management – follow up on instructions/engagement, tracking performance through clear evaluation criteria & performance scorecards, follow up on verification and timely settlement of bills.

• Ensure and implement continuous training and education of members of the Legal Function and wider business on Corporate Security and Brand Protection.

Top 3-5 Accountabilities:

• Ensuring that UBL Demand and Supply operations are run safely and securely whilst reporting and escalating any incidents in a timely manner as appropriate.

• Provide excellent and pro-active Corporate Security and Brand Protection business partnering to ensure that the business delivers its strategic goals.

• Embed Corporate Security and Brand Protection best practice, governance, and compliance across the business in line with the law and Diageo policies and standards.

• Effective management of third-party service providers to ensure that the business gets value for money and achieves its strategic objectives.

• Building and maintaining effective contacts with relevant law enforcement regulatory and industry bodies.