Head of Grain Distilling

Head of Grain Distilling

Your Manager: UK Distillation & Maturation Director

Team: Distillation & Maturation

Location: Glasgow

Contract Type: Permanent

is a worldwide leader in the spirits and champagne industry, blending traditional craftsmanship, state-of-the-art brand development, and global distribution technologies. Our prestigious portfolio of premium to luxury brands includes Absolut vodka, Ricard pastis, Ballantine’s, Chivas Regal, Royal Salute, and The Glenlivet Scotch whiskies, Jameson Irish whiskey, Martell cognac, Havana Club rum, Beefeater gin, Malibu liqueur, and Mumm and Perrier-Jouët champagnes. Our mission is to ensure the long-term growth of our brands with full respect for people and the environment, while empowering our employees around the world to be ambassadors of our purposeful, inclusive, and responsible culture of authentic conviviality.

is the Pernod Ricard business dedicated entirely to Scotch whisky. Our award-winning portfolio features some of the world’s most revered single malt and blended Scotch whisky brands, including Chivas, Ballantine’s, Royal Salute, The Glenlivet and Aberlour, which are exported from Scotland to over 100 countries worldwide. As the world’s No.2 Scotch whisky producer with a 1,600-strong team across 26 sites, we are committed to upholding the heritage and pursuing the progress of Scotch and ensuring its sustainable future, as well as opening it up to new audiences across the globe.

We are hiring a Head of Grain Distilling to be responsible for providing leadership and direction for all grain distilling operations. The role translates business and supply requirements into safe, resilient, and efficient site performance, balancing volume, quality, service, cost, people capability, legal compliance, and sustainability commitments. You will provide visible leadership, bring clarity, support multidisciplinary teams, and ensure that operational improvement and capital investment deliver measurable, sustainable value.

• Promote and support a safety-first culture and ensure full compliance with health, safety, environmental, quality, food safety, and regulatory requirements.
• Lead process safety, risk management, incident learning, and continuous improvement programmes.

• Work with teams to deliver production outcomes safely, reliably and to high-quality standards.
• Improve plant performance through collaboration, insight and continuous improvement, with focus on reliable asset performance, maintenance, operational resilience, and business continuity planning.

• Support teams to improve efficiency, productivity and responsible cost management across energy, water, yield, and asset utilisation.
• Use data, automation and digital tools to inform decisions, solve problems and improve ways of working.

• Lead, coach and develop capable, engaged teams, including direct leadership team.
• Build an inclusive, engaged culture that promotes accountability, collaboration, and continuous learning.

• Deliver ambitious sustainability goals, including decarbonisation, resource efficiency, and environmental performance improvements.
• Partner across the business to balance environmental impact, operational resilience, and commercial performance.

• Shape and deliver the capital investment roadmap, ensuring projects are safely executed and deliver long-term value.
• Build trust-based relationships with key stakeholders, regulators, and industry partners while contributing to strategic business decisions.

• Bring senior leadership experience in distillation, spirits manufacturing or a comparable…