Job Title: Blending Operator
About us
With over 200 brands sold in nearly 180 countries, we're the world's leading premium drinks company. Bring your passion and use your curiosity as you explore, collaborate, and innovate to build brands consumers love. Together with passionate people from all over the world, you'll test new ideas, learn and grow, and unlock a brighter, more exciting future.
Join us to create a career worth celebrating.
About the Function
Our Supply Chain and Manufacturing team are problem-solvers, sourcing, producing, and delivering our much-loved brands to delight customers around the globe. Over half of Diageo's 30,000+ people work in Supply Chain and Manufacturing. It's an intricate and sophisticated operation that's the product of logistical, manufacturing, and technical collaborations
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Purpose Of the Role
To physically Blend and prepare bulk product in the relevant format for supply to the relevant Packaging business partner.
Qualifications and Experience Required
- Matric with Mathematics and Science
- 2 years blending, production, or filtration process experience
- 2 years FMCG experience
- Working at heights certification (mandatory)
- Exposure to HACCP and ISO standards
- Basic computer literacy
Personal Capabilities:
- Team player
- Energetic
- Sets high standards & stretching goals for self.
- Generate solutions.
- Understand and interprets production data.
- Willing to experiment and learn (Accepts and work with change)
- Encourages formal and informal learning.
- Practical
- Creates environment for great teamwork.
- Trusted and respected
- Self-motivated & Self-confident
- Takes responsibility.
- Honest in opinions
- Demonstrate integrity.
- Understands impact of actions on the business
- Reliable timekeeping
- Will work extra time to complete a job when required
- Computer Literate (Ms Word & Excel)
Role Responsibilities
- Supply of bulk liquid on time full at the required quality standard
- Apply the correct Process and Formulations as described on the relevant SOP's.
- Maintain and conduct the cleaning and housekeeping (5S) processes of the facility, plants, and equipment internal and / or external.
- Maintain all ingredients and spirit transfer records and documentation as per the SOP's.
- Prepare for start-up of process steps by ensuring availability of equipment, process aids and ingredients.
- Submit samples for quality approval and conduct the relevant adjustments and ensure all the quality parameters are within specification before filtration start-up.
- This role involves facilitation and interaction with staff from Quality, Bottling, Training, Engineering, Warehouse, Manex, and SHE departments
- All testing and measuring parameters are recorded and deviations reported.
- Report any faulty or non-optimal functioning plant (CIRC Cards),
- Loading and offloading of bulk tankers and containers performed as per standard operating procedure.
- Ensure adherence to quality and food safety standard as defined in SOP.
- Comply with all Working at heights requirements.
- Comply and align with all blending precautions as defined in SOP.
- Always comply with CODEX protocols.
- Adhere to the CIP SOP and matrix.
- Participate in the department Continuous Improvement initiatives Manex
- Assist and participate in the inventory (Stock) control processes.
- Ensure adequate coverage of shift, showing absolute support for colleagues as well as good team spirit.
- Adhere / Comply with nosing requirements for all SKU's
KPI's:
Safety
- Ensuring Risk and Hazards are Identified, reported and corrective measures implemented.
Quality (Right First Time)
- Ensure all Quality Parameters are maintained.
- Maintain suitable housekeeping and cleanliness standards.
Delivery (Efficiency)
- Supply the plan on time in full in accordance with the Blending Plan
- Downtime, repairs, and maintenance are recorded and reported (CIRC Cards)
Cost
- Maintain and improve the relevant waste parameters within the required tolerances.
- Deliver the product within the required time and resources parameters.
Compliance
- Maintain all documentation.
- Complete all records correctly, fully, and honestly.
- Conduct all activities and processes in accordance with relevance LTO Standards
- Attend all mandatory and statutory training.
- Conduct all the Blending activities according to the agreed Technical Manuals and Company Standard operating Procedures.
- Ensure all Quality and Food Safety Management system standards and controls are consistently applied.
Flexible Working Statement:
Flexibility is key to our success. From part-time and compressed hours to different locations, our people work flexibly in ways to suit them. Talk to us about what flexibility means to you so that you're supported from day one.
Rewards & Benefits Statement
We recognise and value performance, offering our people a highly competitive Rewards and Benefits package
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, mindsets, 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.