Processing Team Lead

Title: Processing Team Lead

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. It is central to our purpose to celebrate life, every day, everywhere!

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 us at www.diageo.com. Visit Diageo's global responsible drinking resource, www.DRINKiQ.com, for information, initiatives, and ways to share standard methodology.

Context/Scope:

This role is constantly leading multiple priorities across processing on a shift. The role requires quick decision making capabilities that will have impact to schedule adherence, safety and quality.  The role is directly responsible for the overall performance of a specific part/area on a shift. This role will have supervisory responsibilities for up to 12 people on crew.

Purpose of Role:

Responsible for running the day to day production requirements across the processing area, including daily processing planning, safety, quality, coordinating staffing assignments, safety activities and departmental budget activities.  Provide relevant training and development opportunities for the continued growth of the employee and team as a whole.  Provide business leadership to ensure that team meets or exceeds Supply Excellence critical metrics.  Drive continuous improvement and total employee engagement in critical success areas by empowering employees to use Supply Excellence tools and techniques.  Optimize efficiencies and reduce labor costs as well as improving through puts while minimizing labor use

Key Outputs:

• Supervisory responsibilities are in accordance with company policy and applicable laws. Responsibilities include but not limited to training employees, batch and labor planning, appraising performance, rewarding, focusing, and motivating employees; addressing complaints, resolving conflict, solving problems, scheduling vacations, and verifying payroll sheets.
• Ensure efficient production is achieved and standards are met. Optimize safety, quality, production, and cost objectives through employee involvement and team building approach to root cause problem solving and continuous improvement
• Direct the planning and implementation of key business initiatives to support the department.  This includes GMP/ ISO / FSSC / CARM Compliance/ MMS. Is an ambassador for safety, compliance and quality.
• Ensure production databases are properly maintained and information used for continuous improvement and planning purposes.
• Support all safety and food safety audits.  Will be responsible for investigating and instituting all  corrective and preventative action items.  Processing team should have a clear understanding of the goals.
• Generate ideas and implement changes in processes and use of equipment to increase efficiency, improve safety and quality, reduce costs, and improve employee morale.
• Seeks, shares and adopts ideas and standard methodologies inside and outside the company as well as embracing change that is introduced cross functionally.
• Builds and maintains relationships that motivate, guide, and/or reinforce the breakthrough performance of others toward goal accomplishments. Develops self and others to improve performance