Packaging Team Leader

Packaging Team Leader x2 positions

Location: Leven

Role Type: Full-Time, Permanent

Shift Pattern: 07am-07pm Friday, Saturday & Sunday (covering requires some flexibility to cover mid-week)

Closing date: 06th November

Do you enjoy leading teams and working in a fast-paced, challenging environment? Are you a leader who thrives on creating an engaging employee experience and shaping change? Then this is the role for you.

Key Site and Team Facts -

• 100+ Brands, 2,500 SKU's & up to 40 million cases packed a year

• Whisky, Gin, Vodka, Rum & a wide range of ready-to-drink products

• Over 1.25m cases per week at peak

• 1100 people including 3rd parties

• 20 lines spread over three halls, with two new lines in the next 18 months

Key Skills -

o Energy and proactivity

o Strong leadership

o Strong in Process

o Influence and diplomacy

o Root cause and problem-solving

Top Accountabilities -

• Bring strong leadership on shift and with your team.

• Implement continuous improvement culture, supporting all Manufacturing Excellence standards and practices.

• Coaching a multi-disciplinary team of production operators and engineers to develop them as individuals and as a team to lead a step change in engagement.

• Delivery of balanced business scorecard results in area to drive performance.

• Ownership of medium to long term strategy for their area including CapEx and investment proposals to support productivity and performance improvement in line with the business strategy.

• Day-to-day accountabilities, responsibilities and ownership of all "run" the business activities. Support, create and develop "improve" activities.

Your impact on the Role-

• Responsible for line production, team management and engagement throughout tier structure
• Managing a team of Equipment Owners, Operators and Engineers.
• Using your skills and passion to drive a continuous improvement culture where people are highly engaged,
• Lean manufacturing principles are at the forefront of how we do business.
• Work decisively and with agility supporting a continuous growth and change culture

Working with Us

Join us and you can expect a highly competitive base salary, plus a comprehensive benefits package including:

- Contemporary work-life balance policies and wellbeing activities
- Private medical insurance
- Product allowance
- Access to discounts at 1000's of retailers
- Contributory pension of up to 14% by Diageo
- Company freeshares upon joining
- Sharesave/sharepurchase/sharematch options
- Cycle to work scheme
- Annual bonus of circa 10% of your base salary (dependent on performance)
- 34 days annual leave per annum including bank holidays
- 6 months of paid parental leave to all employees (irrespective of gender)

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 build 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, groundbreaking brands to the next level.

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