Commercialization Lab Specialist

About Us:

With over 200 brands sold in nearly 180 countries, we're the world's leading premium drinks company. Bring your passion and use your curiosity as you explore, collaborate, and innovate to build brands consumers love. Together with passionate people from all over the world, you'll test new ideas, learn and grow, and unlock a brighter, more exciting future.

Join us to create a career worth celebrating.

About the Function, Supply Chain and Manufacturing:

Our Supply Chain and Manufacturing team are problem-solvers, sourcing, producing, and delivering our much-loved brands to delight customers around the globe. Over half of Diageo's 30,000+ people work in Supply Chain and Manufacturing. It's an intricate and sophisticated operation that's the product of logistical, manufacturing, and technical collaborations!

Our teams in 100 sites in over 30 countries cover production facilities, supplier relationships, customer collaborations and third-party agreements. We're committed to realising our ‘Society 2030: Spirit of Progress' goals, to protect the environment and support our farmers and suppliers. Whatever your skills and experience, we'll help you to thrive in our inclusive culture.

About the Role:

This position is responsible for daily support and operation of the Commercialization Lab and all its activities. Activities will include commercialization trials, sales sample production and small-scale retail production!

Role Responsibilities:

• Provide hands on support for operations in the Commercialization Laboratory, including trial specific and day-to-day operational activities. Coordinate and supervise temporary staffing resources when required, maintain stock levels, upkeep and maintenance of equipment and lead capital investment projects. Identify and lead efficiency and continuous improvement efforts toward the goal of world-class Pilot Scale Laboratories.

• Provides technical support to all business partners. Support may include product/raw material testing, validation of manufacturing processes, root cause problem solving for technical issues or serving as a source of technical product information.

• Demonstrates trouble shooting and problem-solving abilities to resolve technical issues related to production equipment, production logistics and technical issues encountered during trials.

Specific Responsibilities:

• Lead pilot scale trials for Liquid Development, Pack, Process Technology and Sales Sample production. Provide all necessary materials, process equipment, and expertise to optimally complete all trial objectives while maintaining full compliance with local, state and federal regulations. Maintain all required GMP, HACCP and TTB compliance and documentation.

• Commission, maintain, inspect and operate with a high level of competence, all new and existing C Lab equipment. Perform routine CIP & Maintenance on all C Lab Processing and Packaging equipment and utility systems.

• Develop expertise and SME status in Pilot Scale Batching & Processing activities. ( i.e. ingredient procurement, blending, filtration, bottling, quality assurance, milling, mashing, fermentation, pilot scale distilling and brewing)

• Support Zero Harm initiatives for the Pilot Plant and the Brand Technical Center safety programs .

Experience and Qualifications:

• 2+ years of Technical and Professional development experience in CPG, beverage experience preferred.

• BS in Chemical Engineering, Food Process Engineering, Food Science or related technical field / equivalent prior experience.

• Solid theoretical knowledge of liquid processing and packaging equipment with demonstrated knowledge of product commercialization and manufacturing processes/procedures.

• Solid business acumen, communication, interpersonal, influencing and relationship-building skills.

• Experience in a fast paced environment, with the ability to lead and provide guidance and cut-through in the face of ambiguity.
• Experience working within cross-functional teams, and an understanding of effective project management principles.

Flexible Working Statement:

Flexibility is key to our success. 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.

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