Bottling Function Leader

Job Introduction

A key role that will lead, control and develop the entire bottling operation, at our Bellshill site, to ensure delivery of key results in line with our overall packaging plan.

Main Responsibility

• You’ll manage the Bellshill bottling operation, to the highest possible standard, ensuring continuity of management, a sound control environment, and sharing of best practice.
• Working collaboratively with Supply Chain and other key stakeholders, you’ll harness relationships that ensure overall alignment and manufacturing capability.
• You’ll develop and execute the site operational plan, ensuring the smooth running of the dry goods warehouse, vat and bottling halls and ensure that operations are aligned with the packaging plan, vision & targets.
• Maintain close control over productivity metrics, and associated financial costs, to deliver the best outcomes at the lowest cost via:

    - driving productivity
    - delivering improvement programmes e.g. downtime reduction, changeover efficiency.
    - strong operational routines and control, leading key daily, weekly, monthly performance routines.
   - development of area and team leader populations to deliver exceptional performance.

• Ensure the efficient functioning of operations, crewing appropriately with skilled employees across shifts, optimising labour, promoting teamwork, ensuring employee welfare, and executing efficient changeovers.
• You’ll optimise energy/utility usage, minimising wastage and continuously improving our environmental performance.
• Oversee the planning and delivery of pro-active maintenance, ensure the availability of critical spares and measure performance to identify improvements.
• You will ensure equipment is maintained in proper condition, including regular machine cleaning and housekeeping.
• Ensure that both Health & Safety and statutory standards are complied with (e.g. Environmental, Customs, HMRC) and flag any shortfalls. Work collaboratively with key stakeholders to implement appropriate countermeasures and drive improvements.

Our Ideal Candidate

• A driven, hands-on operational leader who can translate plans into objectives and deliver on performance.
• Has managed diverse teams, developing individuals.
• Possesses multi-functional leadership experience gained, ideally, within an FMCG environment.
• A pragmatic problem solver, with ability to deliver within conflicting constraints.
• A self-reliant individual who has the interpersonal skills to interact and influence at all levels of the business.

Desirable:

• Educated to degree level.
• Experienced in leading a bottling or other FMCG production environment.

What we can offer you

• We offer a competitive salary and benefits which are designed to promote our employees financial wellbeing. Employees are also eligible to participate in a bonus plan.
• Our employees enjoy a generous holiday entitlement and an opportunity to ‘buy’ or ‘sell’ some holiday entitlement.
• Private Healthcare and Doctor@Hand (remote GP service).
• Our employees can join a defined contribution pension plan. Employees contribute either 4% or 5% of salary, the company contributes 8% or 10% depending on the employee contribution. Employee contributions can be made through salary sacrifice.
• Our Employee Assistance Programme offers practical, impartial support on everyday matters ranging from medical, financial and legal to home and family issues. 
• Our Life Assurance cover is a multiple of eight times your annual basic salary.
• Product allocation so that you can enjoy our fantastic portfolio of brands.
• Our Cycle to Work scheme allows you to hire a bike for an agreed length of time, and then snap it up for a fraction of its original value. All while making savings (at least 25%) and spreading the cost.
• Every employee has the opportunity to claim up to £1,000 per year for a charity or charities for which they have raised money, volunteered their time or personally donated.
• Learning resources to help you be your best self.

About William Grant & Sons

A HOME FOR RARE CHARACTERS

William Grant & Sons: a home where Rare Characters thrive.

We value every employee for their rare character, distinctive skills, experience and perspectives. Every one of our colleagues has a role to play in helping us to achieve our growth ambitions.

At William Grant & Sons, our vision is to be A home where rare characters thrive. We value all colleagues for their rare character, distinctive skills, experience and perspectives. Diversity & Inclusion is at the heart of how we do things at William Grant & Sons, fully aligned to our purpose and our company values. We strive to create an environment where we can all be our best and bring our whole selves to work.

OUR AGILE WORKING PHILOSOPHY

Our agile working philosophy is to “Have your best work day everyday”.
Built on trust, we empower our rare characters to have their best work day every day. Where flexibility and positive working experiences help employees to feel connected and release potential across our teams.
We are open to discussing possible agile/flexible working options as part of the recruitment process.

INCLUSIVE RECRUITMENT PROCESS

Diversity & Inclusion is at the heart of how we do things at William Grant & Sons, fully aligned to our purpose and our company values. We want to ensure that our recruitment process is inclusive.