Mezcal EHSQ. Manager

About us:

Diageo is the world's leader company on premium spirit drinks with a remarkable and diverse collection of brands, including Don Julio, Unión, Casamigos, Johnnie Walker, Smirnoff, Baileys, Captain Morgan, Tanqueray and Guinness. Our purpose is to celebrate life everyday everywhere has a very important role for our company, for our people, for our diversity, our brand and how we perform and create shares value. Diageo's performance ambition is to become the most trusted and respected CPG ranked #1 in Service. Within Supply Chain this translates into goals that aim to deliver world class service at best cost and cash, driving value to enable new growth opportunities.
About the Role:

The significance of this role is important as a governance lead implementing Diageo Guidelines and policy with Mezcal TPOs liquid production and Bottling.

• To ensure compliance with all Diageo quality standards, regulatory requirements, and Local legislation, incoming from the LTO audit process
• Lead the Mezcal TPOs partners to align with the overall aspects of Diageo Guidelines: Safety, Quality, Environment, Regulations, Food Defense, Food safety.
• Minimise risk of quality and food safety incidents with Mezcal sites.

Key Accountabilities:

• Mezcal TPOs Bottling process control: Responsible for all Quality processes (Product Quality, Food Safety, Packaging materials, efficiency issues, Non-Conformance, corrective actions, Market and Concerns Management, and Risk Management) at the Mezcal TPO sites.
• Business Development: Diageo Supplier risk audits (License To Operate). As lead auditor give support to handling the Mezcal audit agenda, such as Third Party Operations for Liquid and Bottling sites.
• TPOs Suppliers Development: Work with Mezcal TPO´s and Diageo sites to improve their process to compliance Diageo Guidelines and bring them to an acceptable level to operate, the main controls are Compliance and risk management, Occupational Health and Safety, Environment, Assurance of incoming goods, quality process control, Finished goods Handling, HACCP, ISO 9001, Security; to compliance Diageo guidelines to operate.
• SPIRITS OF PROGRESS 2030: Manage of first level Diageo important metrics: Responsible for supervising the key goals (H&S, Environment, Quality, compliance) through the "Monthly Mezcal TPOs governance review".
• Driving improvements: To improve the critical metrics and Quality matter to avoid incidents.

Requirements & Experience:

• Experience setting up quality, safety, and environmental standards and governance strategies.
• 3 years' experience in a quality process including reception, production, and bottling lines.
• Typically educated to degree standard in chemical engineering, food chemical or relevant equivalent and or science related.
• Lead Auditor on ISO standard or similar.
• Capable of identifying trends and behaviors and looking for continuous improvement.
• Experience receiving audits from local and external entities
• Influencing and leadership skills

Excellence in Supply Chain:

Upholds Standards - The role holder will be expected to embrace the Diageo standards, apply them effectively in his role and always adhere to them.

Continuous Improvement - The role holder will be expected to be flexible and embrace change, continually looking for ways to improve everything he does. He will use various continuous improvement tools and techniques to solve problems. Will also be encouraged to own the relationship with the following key external partners: Agave incoming, Aging& Blending, Production, Bottling, Warehousing, internal and external auditors.

Organization and follow up: The role holder will guide his team being the example having a proper organization and follow up to the objectives, metrics, and people development

We offer stellar benefits!

Diversity Statement:

Celebrating our inclusive and diverse culture is central to Diageo's purpose to 'celebrate life every day everywhere'. This purpose is, in itself, inclusive in nature, as it values everyone regardless of their origin, 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 see diversity as one of the key enablers that helps our business grow and our values, purpose and standards set the conditions for us to respect the unique contribution that each person brings.

Flexibility is key to success in our business and many of our employees work flexibly in many different ways including part-time, compressed hours, flexible location. Talk to us about what flexibility means to you and don't let anything stop you from applying.
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