Vat Hall Team Leader

Introducción del empleo

Join the heart of our spirit making process as a Vat Hall Team Leader and play a key role in ensuring our world class whiskies and spirits are crafted to perfection. Based within our Vat Hall in Bellshill, you will lead, support, and develop a high performing team responsible for preparing, managing, and delivering spirit for bottling. If you’re passionate about operations, people leadership, and continuous improvement, this is a fantastic opportunity to step into a role with genuine impact.

Responsabilidad del cargo

• Leading day to day Vat Hall operations to deliver production targets efficiently and safely. 
• Managing, motivating, and developing the team to support high performance and engagement. 
• Ensuring all spirit preparation, batching, and transfer activities meet accuracy, safety, and regulatory requirements, including HMRC compliance. 
• Monitoring performance and driving continuous improvement across processes and working methods. 
• Building strong working relationships with Bottling, Wet Goods, Supply Chain, Compliance, Quality and our partner sites at Girvan and Dufftown to ensure smooth operational flow. 
• Maintaining high standards of housekeeping, hygiene, safety, and adherence to all H&S, Environmental and Customs & Excise regulations. 
• Completing documentation, reports, and system updates accurately and on time.

Nuestro candidato ideal

• Experience in a production, manufacturing, or spirit processing environment. 
• IOSH and COMAH training preferred, with experience leading teams through change and managing a demanding workload in a fast‑paced environment
• Strong people leader with the ability to coach, motivate, and build high performing teams. 
• Proactive mindset with a strong focus on safety, quality, and continuous improvement. 
• Confident decision‑maker with excellent problem‑solving skills. 
• Clear and effective communicator who works well across multiple departments. 
• Understanding of process operations, compliance, or HMRC controlled environments. 
• Committed to upholding WG&S values and delivering high standards consistently.

Be part of something exceptional, your next chapter starts here.

Qué podemos ofrecerte?

• 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.

Acerca de 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.