Spirit Prep Shift Lead; FTC)

This is a critical, high-profile role supporting the continued growth of the headquarters of the Bacardi UK Supply Chain  Spirit Prep Shift Lead will assist the Spirit Prep Manager in the overall operational success of Westthorn bulk department, including:

• Delivery of KPI's, ensuring operational and procedural accuracy and consistency
• Lead and develop the operational team
• Provide technical leadership to assure quality and consistency of the spirit handling and liquid to the highest standards
• Continuous Improvement of output performance, continually reviewing and recommending improvements to production processes
• Point of escalation for DRAMS and SAP compliance
• Promote and cascade the philosophy of Safety-First ensuring conformance to Company Vision and Values
• Dayshift position with required flexibility to support shifts as needed

ARE YOU READY TO EMBARK ON YOUR NEXT MOVE ?

Do you dare to be different?

Are you willing to question, challenge and innovate in pursuit of excellence?

Can you work collaboratively and inspire others?

Are you ready to make your mark?

Don Facundo Bacardí revolutionized the world of rums. As the cocktail industry continues to flourish every day, we strive to follow his legacy and delight the most demanding in the industry - our consumers! That's where you come in!

• People
• Manage cross functional shift-based team, including objective setting, performance reviews, training development, and attendance management
  
  Manage and further increase skills flexibility across the team
• Resource planning to meet demands of the bottling operations and shift coverage

• Promote and cascade the philosophy of Safety-First ensuring conformance to Company Vision and Values
• Reinforce correct EHS behavior's through personal example in all daily operations
• Develop a strong understanding of best Process Safety practices, embed these safe practices in operating procedures
• Participate in incident control Rota for Westthorn site
• Manage and control Permits within operational area, including overseeing isolations as required

• Meet delivery requirements of internal and external customers, on time & in full
• Ensure operational areas achieve the weekly output targets and drive metric improvements.
• Participate in daily direction setting and ensuring that department supports sites operational needs
• Enable BOS framework within area and drive performance utilizing systems
• Champion structured Continuous Improvement (CI) and best practice
• Promote and cascade the Company Vision and Values providing leadership, guidance and support to all direct reports via Process Excellence and Continuous Improvement
• Champion CI, optimizing Global operating standards and lean manufacturing process tools
• Root cause analysis to be completed for all bottling outages assigned against spirit prep with robust corrective measures identified and implemented

• Adherence to all HMRC regulations, capturing all transactions accurately on the appropriate business systems (SAP, EMCS, DRAMS and PCS7)
• Ensure compliance to ISO and HACCP Standards.
• Ensure transaction flow across bulk processing systems occur real time and accurately
• Routine stock tacking and validation of system status to the physical status with in-depth system analysis for any anomalies identified

• Maintain group quality standards - ensuring production of the highest quality spirit across all whisky brands and Gin

• Capture and log all departmental spend to ensure in line with the assigned budget
• Preparation of capital expenditure documentation for process development

• Accountable for the accuracy of stock management system, quality and…