Packaging Team Leader

With over 200 brands sold in nearly 180 countries, Diageo is home to some of the world’s most iconic drinks. From Johnnie Walker and Guinness to Tanqueray, Smirnoff and Don Julio, we craft brands chosen for life’s moments — from everyday connections to landmark celebrations.  

Bring your talent, curiosity and ambition, and strive for your personal best alongside people who challenge, support and learn from each other. Together, as one outstanding team, we keep learning, improving and raising the bar for our brands, our business and each other.  

Join us and play your part in making life’s moments mean a little more 

Supply Chain & Manufacturing is where our brands are made, moved and delivered to the world. With over half of our people working across more than 100 sites, this is a complex, large-scale operation that brings together production, logistics, engineering and supplier partnerships.

It’s fast-paced and hands-on, with teams working together to ensure quality, efficiency and sustainability at every stage. From sourcing ingredients to getting products into customers’ hands, you’ll play a role in delivering the brands people know and love.

• Work at the tier 1 level to lead and motivate the shift team to take accountability to deliver Special performance in all aspects of the balanced scorecard (Safety, Quality, Service, and Cost) and morale.
• Ensure that all health, safety and environment, quality, cost and reliability standards are met and driving conformance to regulatory and accreditation standards (e.g. ISO/HACCP etc.) in packaging.
• Implement significant change within a continuous improvement culture. High level of engagement and leadership and ME methods and tools
• Manage the high level of day to day complexities in a complex and lively operational environment to deliver high quality products in a safe manner to plan. This will need a well-developed understanding of the future demand on their lines or area.               
• Lead line team in the deployment of MMS practices
• Drive 5S quality standards and steadfast compliance to 5S standards.
• Actively spend 80% of time on shop floor

• Own critical metric targets across shifts as well as for the line/process.
• Set and deliver the team goals for quality, safety and waste              
• Follow leader standard work and ensure all team members follow standard operating procedures
• Continuously drive for the next level of performance. Be ambitious on action planning and delivery
• Sign off production plan
• Interpret requirements e.g. Asset Care, 5S and deploy resources to make it happen.
• Completely accountable for planning and driving the Asset Care agenda for the shift
• Develop team morale, recognise great performance and take timely action to address under performance where vital

• Ensure accurate application of RCPS through role modelling and leadership. Raise 5 why’s as defined by agreed trigger points and lead situational problem solving on shift. 
• React immediately to issues as they are exposed. Own Accident reports and non-conforming product
• Engage with the Daily Operational Review meetings to discuss persistent performance issues.

• Manage and build capability of the team
• Influence 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.

• Advanced formal training or further education or qualified through experience
  NEBOSH qualification or willing to complete it within 12 months                          
• Relevant  IBD qualification (General Certificate in Spirits/Beer Packaging) or willing to complete within 12 months

• Proven demonstrated ability in production management.  Ideally in a shift based FMCG manufacturing environment.
• Ability to manage people performance, coaching and development of a multi-disciplined team of between 10 to 20 people.
• Proactive structured problem evaluation & solving skills learnt through exposure to Lean, Six Sigma, TPM or Manufacturing excellence.
• Experience of working in an exciting quality & customer focused FMCG environment.
• Basic financial awareness, understanding of business drivers, budgeting processes.
• Standard business (MS Office) and Diageo packages.

• Is familiar with working within the Performance Management approach and Tier Review Meeting setup
• Has a consistent record in adherence to Core Process and Standards
• Demonstrates role model behaviour and coaches others to follow a consistent approach and go beyond mandatory minimum requirements
• Proactively demonstrates the learning curriculums and materials on Diageo Academy and other sources to continuously grow and develop in role.

• Win through Execution - Lead ambitious execution in a fast paced world
• Inspire through Purpose - Amplify our purpose internally and externally
• Shape the Future - Create focus and ownership for shaping Diageo’s future ambition
• Invest in Talent - Harness the full extent of Diageo’s talent and diversity.

Flexibility is key to our success. Talk to us about what flexibility means to you so that you’re supported to manage your wellbeing and balance your priorities from day one.  

We recognise and value performance, offering our people a highly driven Rewards and Benefits package.

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