Job Introduction
We have a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Laboratory Leader to join the Liquid Quality Team at William Grant and Sons. You will lead your team to provide expert support for bottling and luxury operations, assuring mature spirit and final packaged goods quality as well as some exciting projects to ensure our business thrives for long term growth. Working collaboratively and cross functionally, you will ensure all products are adequately specified and approved, assuring product quality and performance fully meets the expectations of all key stakeholders.
Main Responsibility
If you are the successful candidate, you will take the liquid quality lead in all matters relating to internal and third-party bottling operations, working closely with distillery sites and new liquid development. You will ensure that all analytical testing requirements and risks for quality and performance are adequately identified, and that a management plan is in place to address or minimise any risks to product quality. You will be responsible for managing the process of development and deployment of relevant analytical methodologies or tools and quality standards and drive continuous improvement in everything you do.
Our Ideal Candidate
As our ideal candidate, you will have a can do attitude alongside exceptional leadership skills and the ability to create a high performing team. You will be emotionally grounded in strong values with a highly effective communication style with the ability to use data to drive decisions. Key to the success of your role is your experience in analytical chemistry, laboratory equipment, method development, sensory analysis as well as extensive experience of quality systems and process implementation. You must also have a passion for learning.
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. If you have any questions or need some support with your application we’d love to hear from you. So please get in touch with our HR team at recruitment.enquiries@wgrant.com.
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