Business Leader (Manufacturing)

Full-Time, Permanent Role

Location: Cameronbridge Distillery, Leven

End date to apply: 08th July’2024

Join our Cameronbridge Distillery which is the largest grain distillery in Scotland and contributes single grain whisky to some of our much-loved Scotch brands including Johnnie Walker and produces white spirits including Smirnoff, Gordon's Gin and Tanqueray.

The Bio-energy plant at the Cameronbridge distillery is the first distillery in the world to combine biomass combustion, anaerobic digestion and water recovery and has a major contribution to the delivery of Diageo’s Society 2030 ambitions including supporting the global sustainability agenda among other vital goals.

The purpose of the role is to own the New Make Grain Spirit (NMGS) production teams to achieve our ambitious site results and setting clear strategic direction to your operational area to be responsible for the business. You will be one of three Business Leaders driving the process team on site comprising both Operators and Engineers. This role requires an individual who excels in spending time on the ground engaging, motivating, and encouraging your team to deliver world-class performance (50-60% time on the shop floor).

Some of the Key Responsibilities:

• To lead and advocate good governance to ensure that all health, safety and environment, quality, cost and reliability standards are met.
• Embed a strong Tier 1, feeding into Tier 2, leading and motivating the shift team to take accountability in all aspects of the balanced scorecard.
• To lead & advocate the Tracc Programme (Diageo’s lean manufacturing toolkit) to develop performance, standards, capabilities and asset care to exceed balanced scorecard targets.
• Deliver agree efficiency savings through identification and implementation of focussed improvement projects.
• Providing mentorship and support to all direct reports and their teams, to facilitate achievement of department targets and successful delivery of continuous improvement projects.
• To run the high level of day-to-day complexities in a complex and busy operational environment to deliver high-quality products safely to plan.
• Handle contractors via our permit to work system.

Your Impact on the Role:

• With continuously striving for next-level performance, you will follow leader's standard work and ensure all team members follow standard operating procedures.
• Working to deliver the Asset Care plan in partnership with the Engineering Centre.
• Conducting Permit Writing and Control of contractors, with support from the Site Management Co-ordinator, where required and signing off on management checks with support from Site Management Co-ordinators.
• Mentoring and leading situational problem-solving on shift and, engaging with daily operational review meetings to discuss persistent performance issues.
• Influencing support functions to support their improvement initiatives

Build a "high-performing team”. Lead the team through defined phases of development. Identify capability needs of the team members and the team.

About You

• Experience or relevant qualifications relating to Lean Manufacturing / Six Sigma / Manufacturing Excellence is desirable
• The NEBOSH Health and Safety qualification is a pre-requisite for the role – if you don’t already have it you need to be willing to achieve this qualification within your first year.
• Similar experience and a great track record in a world-class FMCG production/ manufacturing/ pharma or, any similar environment.
• Natural leaders with a consistent track record in leading a high-performing team
• Proactive structured problem evaluation & solving skills learnt through exposure to Lean, Six Sigma, TPM or Manufacturing excellence.

This role requires an element of shift work following an early shift, back shift and core shift rotation and working 1 in 3 weekends. You will also be part of the sites duty manager team and be On-call 1 week in 12.

Join us and you can also expect a highly competitive and flexible rewards and benefits package including:

• Modern work-life balance policies and wellbeing activities
• Competitive shift allowance on top of the base salary
• Annual bonus of circa 10% of your base salary
• 6 months, fully paid, family leave for ALL parents - regardless of gender
• Highly competitive pension scheme
• Private Medical Insurance
• Product Allowance
• Sharesave/ Sharepurchase/ Sharematch options

Our purpose is to celebrate life, every day, everywhere. And crafting an inclusive culture, where everyone feels valued and listened to, is a crucial part of this. We believe the most inclusive and diverse culture makes for a better business and a better world. 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.

Join us, and you'll be part of an organisation that embraces 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 — an inclusive culture that celebrates people of different gender, ethnicity, ability, age, sexual orientation, social class, educational backgrounds, experiences, mindsets, and more. And you'll help us champion inclusion and diversity across our entire business: with our employees, our suppliers, across our brands, and within the communities in which we operate.

About Us

With over 200 brands sold in more than 180 countries, we’re the world’s leading premium drinks company. Join us, and you’ll be celebrated for your work and empowered to be you. Together with people around the world, you’ll innovate and push boundaries, shaping a tomorrow worth celebrating.

Our ambition is to create the best performing, most trusted and respected consumer products companies in the world. To achieve this, we need the world’s very best people. Join us and help to take Diageo and our timeless, pioneering brands to the next level.

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