Bottling Team Lead

About Us

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 plays a critical role in delivering Diageo's iconic brands to consumers around the world. Our manufacturing teams are focused on safety, quality, performance and continuous improvement, ensuring we consistently deliver exceptional products and customer service.

The Bottling team is responsible for the safe and efficient operation of multiple production lines, ensuring products are manufactured to the highest standards while delivering against production, quality, cost and supply targets.

This is a temporary assignment responsible for the supervision and day-to-day running of the bottling lines on a shift-based 12-hour pattern (7:00-19:00 / 19:00-7:00). You will lead a team of approximately 8-12 operators, ensuring production requirements are delivered safely, efficiently and to the required quality standards, while driving performance across safety, quality, production and cost.

• Supervise the day-to-day operation of the bottling lines, ensuring production requirements are delivered safely, efficiently and to the required quality standards.
• Lead and coordinate the shift team, ensuring appropriate staffing, skills and resources are available to meet production requirements.
• Provide effective leadership, direction, coaching and support to operators and mechanics.
• Ensure the shift delivers against key Safety, Quality, Production, Cost and Supply Excellence targets.
• Make timely decisions and respond effectively to operational issues, breakdowns, quality concerns and changes to the production plan.
• Coordinate with Engineering, Quality, Planning and other support functions to minimise disruption and maintain production performance.
• Drive continuous improvement and employee engagement by empowering team members to identify and resolve operational issues.
• Optimise line efficiency and throughput while minimising waste and downtime.
• Ensure all relevant company policies, procedures and manufacturing standards are consistently followed.
• Provide day-to-day supervisory leadership for the bottling shift, including allocation of people and resources across multiple production lines.
• Monitor and respond to line performance, downtime, quality issues, changeovers and other production losses.
• Lead the team in root-cause problem solving and continuous improvement activities.
• Manage team performance in accordance with company policy, including training, coaching, performance management, recognition, motivation and conflict resolution.
• Coordinate attendance, holidays, overtime and shift cover to ensure appropriate staffing levels.
• Ensure accurate completion of production records, payroll information and other required documentation.
• Support the planning and implementation of key business initiatives across the bottling area.
• Ensure compliance with Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) and other relevant company standards.
• Act as an ambassador for safety, quality and compliance, ensuring all employees understand and follow the required standards.
• Support internal and external safety, quality and food safety audits and ensure corrective…