About the team:

About the role:

The Balcones Asset Care Manager will support operations at the Balcones Distillation site. The position provides essential managerial leadership in the areas of Safety, Plant Maintenance, Asset Performance, Manufacturing Excellence, CAPEX Budgeting, Planning and Project Management. Position requires a strong knowledge of fast paced distilling and packaging equipment.

The Asset Care Manager will need to be able to set up a 5-year asset care and replacement strategy, including a capital expenditure program. Strong leadership and communication skill are critical for this role. The candidate should be capable of innovative thinking and driven to maintain momentum while maintaining a healthy industrial climate. Ability to prioritize and balance multiple projects, tasks and organizational needs in an environment that is always dynamic. Ideal candidate will be able to work across multiple functions.

Specifically:

Provide expert guidance in process, design, and engineering required for the proper planning, budgeting, design, and implementation of projects.

Implements process enhancements to improve the processes and efficiency.

Utilizes visual factory concepts to improve asset utilization and plant performance. -

Directs and builds the capability of the asset care technicians.

Tracks standard manufacturing measures, prioritizes and plans plant maintenance opportunities.

Assume a key role in Governance e.g. observing and acting on Diageo's Code of Business Conduct

Decides type and extent of plant engineering and related programs for accomplishing strategies and objectives

Role Responsibilities:

This role has Functional and Managerial responsibility to:

Create and oversee Plant Capex (Capital Expenditures), Departmental and Maintenance budgets. Ensure the right fiscal controls are in place and observed.

Ensure regulatory compliance and control in all areas.

Meet or exceed the annual plan for budget and critical metrics, which includes proposing cost saving proposals and project summaries, including alternatives and recommendations

Prepare bid packages, scope of work, equipment specifications etc.

Oversee direct and/or indirect reports and outside contractors. Establish and manage project teams.

Provides engineering and technical expertise to achieve the lowest cost while providing high quality products and customer service levels.

Identify, implement and promote technology to improve safety, quality, efficiencies, productivity and reduce cost. -Develop Diageo culture, principles and values.

Energize, Engage & Develop People.

Experience / skills required:

Minimum of 8 years of technical /Production/Engineering/Maintenance Management in consumer products/goods or manufacturing.

Preferred experience in distillation or packaging.

Demonstrated success, performing as a manager in a production organization. -Proven track record in managing multiple projects technically and financially. •

Leadership - Demonstrated capability:

Able to set objectives, define roles, assign tasks, motivate to success. -Exhibits outstanding team building and communication skills.

Ability to influence, persuade, convince, compromise, build consensus. -Able to resolve conflict.

Technical Competence: In-depth knowledge of project management, technical operations and engineering.

-4 year Bachelor's Degree or equivalent, preferably in Engineering: BSME, BSEE, Chem Eng.

Rewards & Benefits Statement:

We recognise and value performance, offering our people a highly competitive Rewards and Benefits package including:

Diversity statement:

Our purpose is to celebrate life, every day, everywhere. And creating an inclusive culture, where everyone feels valued and that they can belong, is a crucial part of this.

We embrace diversity in the broadest possible sense. This means that you'll be welcomed and celebrated for who you are just by being you. You'll be part of and help build and champion an inclusive culture that celebrates people of different gender, ethnicity, ability, age, sexual orientation, social class, educational backgrounds, experiences, and more.

Our ambition is to create the best performing, most trusted and respected consumer products companies in the world. Join us and help transform our business as we take our brands to the next level and build new ones as part of shaping the next generation of celebrations for consumers around the world.

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