Diageo India operates through its subsidiary United Spirits Limited, India's leading beverage alcohol company, with an outstanding portfolio of premium brands. In 2013-14, Diageo plc acquired a 54.8% shareholding in United Spirits making India one of its largest markets.
Founded in 1826, it is the largest Indian spirits company involved in the manufacture, sale and distribution of beverage alcohol, producing and selling around 120 mn cases of Scotch whisky, IMFL whisky, brandy, rum, vodka, gin and wine. Its portfolio of over 140 brands includes the much-loved McDowell's No.1, Royal Challenge, Signature, and Antiquity as well as Diageo's iconic brands such as Johnnie Walker, VAT 69, Black & White, Smirnoff and Ciroc among others.
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The company has 18 brands that sell more than a million cases each year, of which 4 brands each sell more than 10 million cases annually, generating total revenues of Rs.8353 in FY2015. The organization prides itself on innovative products that have made a mark on the world stage by regularly winning local and international accolades and awards.
Headquartered in Bengaluru, the company has a strong global footprint supported by a committed team of 5500+ employees dedicated to fulfilling the company's mission of becoming the best performing, most trusted and respected consumer goods company in India. The company has a strong distribution network and point of sale coverage and is represented in 81000 outlets across India. It has over 78 manufacturing facilities across 23 states and 3 union territories in India.
A major contributor to state excise revenues, it makes a valuable contribution of over Rs. 35,000 crores annually to the exchequer by way of excise, sales tax, octroi and other levies.
Diageo sincerely believes in being a good corporate citizen and is committed to creating a positive role for alcohol in society through its national Road to Safety programs. Diageo also improves the lives of people in the communities around its plants with particular emphasis on Empowering Women. Its flagship program, Project S-H-E delivers
much-needed initiatives in water, health and education to lead the industry in demonstrating the highest standards of corporate citizenship.
The company is listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE: 532432) and the National Stock Exchange (NSE: MCDOWELL-N).
Visit Diageo's global responsible drinking resource, www.DRINKiQ.com, for information, initiatives, and ways to share best practice.
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Position Name: Executive - Manufacturing Unit Head (TMU) Level: L5-A
Reports to: Head - Manufacturing Operations
PURPOSE OF THE ROLE: This role is responsible for planning, leading, directing and controlling the day-to-day manufacturing operations of a single plant /distilleries including all aspects of finance, human resources, materials, production and process activities in the unit. The role focuses on achieving the Unit production targets, delivery schedules, quality & competitive output, turnover & cost reduction in line with the budget, compliance, excise, quality, EHS and other parameters and guidelines laid down by the organization and region.
TYPICAL ROLE REQUIREMENTS
Qualification:
- BE/ B Tech; MBA (Operations Management)/ PGD in Alcohol Technology
Experience:
- 15+ yrs. experience in an engineering or FMCG or Alco-Bev company
- Experience in material management for 4-5 yrs.
Knowledge & skills:
- Knowledge of alcohol-beverage business
- Thorough Working Knowledge of Unit Operations/Operations Management, Trade Unions
- Basic understanding of company laws
- Knowledge of Statutory Compliances: Labour, Tax , Excise Regulations and related laws
- Knowledge of cost effective inventory principles and management
- Experience in Planning and Managing Warehouse Operations
- Knowledge of standard safety practices and procedures relating to warehouse
operations and equipment.
Best suited for someone who
- High level of professionalism, integrity and commitment
- Ability to communicate both verbally and in writing with line personnel, public contacts, vendors and City department representatives.
AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY
PERFORMANCE MEASURES (QUANTITATIVE / QUALITATIVE)
1 Planning, budgeting, delivery & quality of TMU factories
- Responsible for ensuring manufacturing standards of high quality, quantity
- Turnover
and productivity set for all the TMU factories
- Delivery Reliability
- Monitor and control budget, inventory, overheads, resources for the unit
- Plan Vs Actual
- Plan, implement & review the sourcing and capacity plan with high focus on
- Man-hours lost
cost effectiveness, high quality and improvement for all TMU factories
- Reduction in Quality defect ppm
- Set up, review and monitor quality goals with optimum quality costs in order
- Reduction in Inventory
to achieve planned quality levels
- Cost optimization
* Plan, review & take measures for inventory control
- Quality Improvement %
- Monitor and control raw material & work in progress inventory to maintain
- Man-days lost
production plans
- Monitor & control finished goods inventory within factory
- Liaison between manufacturing and other functions/departments (Sales, HR,
Legal, Finance, Quality, BCC, TC, Opex, Procurement etc.) to ensure zero
downtime in daily operations
- Engage with government bodies (Excise, Labour Commission etc.) to support
achievement of organizational goals
2 People
- Drive a performance driven culture in the team by timely monitoring, review
- Plan Vs Actual
of performance parameters and feedback to the team members
- Adherence to timelines
- Ensure periodic follow-up with the recruitment team to fill the vacant
- Employee Engagement
- I&D
positions with in stipulated time; in case of deviations escalate it to
- Attrition %
appropriate authority
- Engage with the unit employees on change management actions
Diversity statement
Celebrating our inclusive and diverse culture is core to Diageo's purpose of "celebrating life every day everywhere". This purpose is, in itself, inclusive in nature, as it values everybody irrespective of background, disability, religion, gender identity, sexuality or ethnicity.
We know that for our business to thrive and for Diageo to realize its ambition, we depend on having diverse talent with a range of backgrounds, skills, and capabilities in each of the 180 countries in which we operate and to reflect our broad consumer base. We view diversity as one of the key enablers that helps our business to grow and our values, purpose and standards set the conditions for us to respect the unique contribution each person brings.