Business Leader

Business Leader - Cooperage

Cambus, Alloa, Scotland

Full-time, Permanent

3-shift rotation pattern

Closing Date: 12th November 2024

Join our Supply Team

As the home of iconic brands such as Baileys, Guinness, Smirnoff, and Johnnie Walker, at Diageo we source, produce and deliver 6.5 billion litres of world-leading products every year across 180 markets globally. Because of this huge undertaking, we rely on highly advanced systems as well as the very best talent to make sure our businesses continue to run smoothly.

Cambus is a key site within the Scotch spirit supply chain, handling over 9000 tankers of new make & mature spirit per year through the tank farm, exporting to 35 countries worldwide, the cooperage on site produces over a quarter of a million rejuvenated casks and over 100,000 minor repairs per year for the filling of new make malt & grain spirit. Also located on site is a traditional cask filling store, which can fill over 3 million liters of new make malt & grain spirit and contains the bodega sherry cask processing plant. All in all a very lively production site within the Scotch category.

About this Role

As a Business Leader, you will work at the tier 1 and 2 levels, leading and motivating your team to take accountability for delivering outstanding performance.

Your role will ensure compliance with health, safety, environment, quality, cost, and reliability standards while driving adherence to regulatory requirements. You will implement significant changes within a continuous improvement culture, applying high levels of engagement, leadership, and manufacturing excellence methods and tools.

In a sophisticated and fast-paced operational environment, you will lead daily complexities to deliver plans safely and effectively. You will also lead the site team in deploying manufacturing excellence practices and handle contractors within your operational business area, including permit writing and contractor management.

Key Accountabilities

• Uphold standards through effective practices and own critical metrics targets across shifts and areas.
• Set and deliver team goals for quality, safety, and waste, ensuring all team members follow standard operating procedures.
• Drive performance improvement through ambitious action planning and delivery.
• Sign off production plans and deploy resources for Asset Care and 5S requirements.
• Plan and drive the Asset Care agenda, developing team morale, recognizing great performance, and addressing underperformance timely.
• Apply RCPS principles, lead situational problem-solving, and engage in Daily Operational Review meetings to address performance issues.
• Build team capability, influence support functions, and lead the team through defined phases of development.

About You

As a Business Leader, you will need demonstrable leadership skills with a track record of leading hard-working teams, strong ability to manage people performance, and the capacity to coach and develop a multi-disciplined team. Demonstrating role model behaviour and mentoring others to exceed mandatory minimum requirements. The ability to build effective working relationships with partners and collaborate with cross-functional teams.

Operational experience is desirable but not essential for this role. Experience working in an exciting, quality- and customer-focused FMCG environment is advantageous.

Proactive and structured problem-solving skills developed through exposure to Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, or Manufacturing Excellence is also desirable along with a basic financial awareness and understanding of business drivers and budgeting processes.

Ability to plan and deliver critical metric improvement, planning efficiency, adherence to maintenance schedules, continuous improvement (CI), backlog management, and maintenance management, would be advantageous.

Experience working within a Performance Management structure, including critical metrics and Tier Review Meeting Structure, proven adherence to Core Processes and Standards, and understanding of Asset Care practices are important.

If you are ready to take on a challenging and exciting leadership role, driving continuous improvement and dedication in a dynamic environment, apply now to join our team in Alloa!

Working with Us

Join us and you can also expect a highly competitive and flexible rewards and benefits package including shift allowance, annual bonus, product allowance, 6 months paid family leave, private medical insurance, share options, contributary pension scheme.

Celebrating our inclusive and diverse culture is core to Diageo's purpose of "celebrating life every day everywhere". This purpose is, in itself, inclusive in nature, as it values everybody irrespective of background, disability, religion, gender identity, sexuality or ethnicity.

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.

About Us

From Arthur Guinness to Johnnie Walker, our business was founded on people of great character and in 250 years, nothing's changed. We're the world's leading premium alcohol company. Our brands are industry icons. And our success is thanks to the strength of our people, in every role. It's why we trust them with our legacy. And it's why we reward them with the career-defining opportunities that they deserve.

Our ambition is to create the best performing, most trusted and respected Consumer Products Company in the world. To achieve these, we need the world's very best people.

We're looking for people with creativity, boldness and a sense of purpose to take Diageo and our timeless, pioneering brands to the next level.

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