Bottling Team Leader

Bottling Team Leader - Multiple Opportunities

Your Manager:
Factory Manager

Team: Manufacturing, Bottling Operations a

Location: Kilmalid, Dumbarton

This role involves shift working:

Rotating early and back shifts across

Monday to Thursday

We are Pernod Ricard, a leading company in the global wines and spirits industry with over 19,000 employees globally. We own 16 of the world’s top 100 Spirits Brands and hold one of the most prestigious and comprehensive brand portfolios in the industry with 240 premium brands available in over 160 countries, including:
Absolut vodka, Ballantine’s, Chivas Regal, Royal Salute, and The Glenlivet Scotch whiskies, Jameson Irish whiskey, Martell cognac, Havana Club rum, Beefeater, Malfy and Monkey 47 gins, Malibu liqueur, Mumm and Perrier-Jouët champagnes as well Jacob’s Creek, Brancott Estate and Campo Viejo wines.

In the UK, Pernod Ricard is made up of 4 businesses:

• Chivas Brothers, the largest brand company in the Group, responsible for the production and management of our award-winning Scotch whisky portfolio
• Pernod Ricard UK
  , which markets, sells and distributes our products in the UK market
• Pernod Ricard Global Travel Retail
  , the global and EMEA home of the group’s duty free, air travel and cruises business.
• The Absolut Group, the brand owner of our global white spirits portfolio, whose Gin brand unit and Business Acceleration team sit in London.

We are an organisation of 2,000 employees in the UK, headquartered in London, in a brand-new office designed with sustainability, ‘conviviality’ and collaboration in mind. We also have offices in Scotland and various distilleries and production sites across the UK from Plymouth to London to Speyside.

This position sits in our Chivas Brothers business. At Chivas Brothers, our 1,600-strong team across 27 sites is committed to upholding the heritage of Scotch and ensuring its sustainable future, as well as opening it up to new audiences across the globe.

The scope of Operations stretches from Procurement through conversion (distillation and maturation) and manufacturing (or bottling) to all the downstream Supply Chain activities until the final product is delivered. In addition, Operations play a very active role in Innovation, Talent Development and Operational Risk Management.

The Bottling Operations team are based across three factories at our Kilmalid Campus in Dumbarton. The site produces over 20 million cases of flagship brands every year such as Beefeater, Glen Livet, Chivas and Ballantine’s, the focus on quality is paramount. In addition to Quality focus, we put Safety First above anything else whilst we deliver our customer’s expectations and business targets in efficiency and cost.

Finally, people are at the heart of what we do we are passionate about delivering our results with our teams on the journey.

The Bottling Team Leader is responsible for the execution of the production plan on a daily basis. You will co-ordinate Continuous Improvement activity and manage team performance. This applies not only to machine performance, but also to aspects such as 5S, team meetings, visual management, and problem-solving.

You will also be responsible for the development and engagement of a team of Operators and Multi-Skilled Technicians.

You will have five main areas of responsibility:

• Team Leadership – to motivate the team to achieve targets and should recognise good performance, ensuring open communication and resolution of conflict, if required. You will also be responsible for administration activities such as attendance, overtime payments etc.
• Planning and Control – to interpret the production plan in terms of specific activities and organise the team members to execute this plan. You will ensure the availability of equipment, labour, and material as well as monitoring your team’s performance and progress against the plan and taking corrective actions if needed. You will also be responsible for updating the team's Visual Management (VM) scoreboard and ensure that the team members understand the measures.
• Driving 5S – the team leader will maintain high…