Manufacturing Excellence Manager

About Diageo

Diageo is a global leader in beverage alcohol with an outstanding collection of brands including Johnnie Walker, Crown Royal, Bulleit and Buchanan's whiskies, Smirnoff, Cîroc and Ketel One vodkas, Captain Morgan, Baileys, Don Julio, Tanqueray and Guinness. Our performance ambition is to be one of the best performing, most trusted and respected consumer products companies in the world. We are proud of the brands we make and the enjoyment they give to millions. We are passionate about alcohol playing a positive role in society as part of a balanced lifestyle.

Diageo is listed on both the New York Stock Exchange (DEO) and the London Stock Exchange (DGE). For more information about Diageo, our people, our brands, and performance, visit www.diageo.com. Visit Diageo's global responsible drinking resource, www.DRINKiQ.com, for information, initiatives, and ways to share standard methodology.

About Diageo Montgomery

As part of its efforts to build an increasingly resilient and efficient supply network, Diageo North America is opening a new 360,000 square foot manufacturing and warehousing facility in Montgomery, Alabama. The facility will have a multi-million case annual production capacity for Diageo’s leading beverage alcohol brands. This site will enhance the company’s North America supply chain operations and support future growth for the company’s export business.

The new facility, referred to as ‘Diageo Montgomery,’ will provide a new point of operations closer to the company’s beverage distributors in the southern region. The site’s strategic location is expected to reduce required road travel, significantly helping to further mitigate carbon emissions associated with logistics operations. The facility will also employ top-tier technology for more efficient water and energy usage.

Purpose of Role

• Provide thought leadership in developing practical solutions to complex analytical problems.
• Execute critical initiatives to deliver growth site-wide.
• Serve as a key member of the site’s steering committee and coach to embed a sustainable continuous improvement (CI) culture.
• Ensure best-in-class practices align and support Diageo’s Relay ambition across all maturing, brewing, packaging, and warehouse operations.
• Work directly with different departments (plant floor and management) to implement improvements and deploy best-in-class practices/standards.
• Drive strategic, operational, and organizational initiatives through analytics and CI implementation efforts.
• Lead the site’s manufacturing excellence program, including 5S, Set Up Time Reduction, Autonomous Maintenance, Focused Improvement, and Asset Care.
• Improve performance—efficiency and OEE—by standardizing ways of working based on best-in-class practices, site inputs, and global standards.
• Ensure all procedures and ways of working are properly documented, up-to-date, and accessible to all users.
• Build capabilities by improving the skills of Operators and Team Leaders (Supervisors) through a standardized up-skilling program.
• Provide technical support and serve as the subject matter expert in all aspects of Manufacturing Excellence (CI).

Key Outputs

• Support and model behaviors to deliver Zero Harm.
• Collaborate with operational partners to deliver against critical metric objectives.
• Drive reduction in targeted waste streams.
• Support, coach, and track root cause problem solving to permanently address issues.
• Using lean techniques, optimize safety, quality, production, and cost objectives through employee involvement and a team approach to problem solving.
• Direct the planning and implementation of key initiatives to improve all operations.
• Conduct regular meetings with teams to drive performance improvement and increased engagement.
• Remain abreast of industry changes and new technology, equipment, and systems to improve key operations.
• Link with planning to develop clear guidelines for effective planning of operations.
• Benchmark and measure performance against best-in-class standards.
• Monitor a balanced scorecard of critical metrics (e.g., OEE, Schedule adherence).

Qualifications

• 4-year Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent (preferably in Engineering or a related field), with advanced training and experience in Lean Manufacturing / CI (Lean/Six Sigma Certification/5-S).
• 5+ years of track record across a range of Engineering or Manufacturing fields, preferably in the beverage/food business or CPG companies, including time in both front-line and management roles.
• Solid, demonstrated experience in implementing best-in-class tools and lean manufacturing techniques and leading plant-wide change initiatives.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Leadership skills, particularly in creating possibilities, change management, consistently delivering great performance, and a strong sphere of influence.
• Exceptional influencing skills and proficiency in presentation and training.
• Ability to influence without direct control of resources.
• Demonstrated leadership and role modeling in breakthrough performance coaching to build high-performing teams.
• Excellent organization skills and ability to handle multiple priorities.
• Superior problem-solving and analytical skills (quantitative and qualitative).
• Demonstrated passion for solving problems and manufacturing and operational excellence.
• Self-motivated with the ability to achieve high impact within Diageo North America.

Location

Diageo Montgomery
7000 Celebration Way
Hope Hull, AL 36043

Pay

Salary range is from $91,200 to $152,000 (annual). At Diageo, certain roles are eligible for additional rewards, including annual incentive payments and stock awards.

Benefits

• Healthcare benefits
• Retirement benefits
• Short-term and long-term disability coverage
• Basic life insurance
• Wellness benefits
• Industry-leading parental leave

(Benefits/perks listed may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Diageo and the country where you work.)