Job Description :

Job Title 

Manager, Packaging Equipment – Diageo NAM

Level- L5

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.

 

About the Function:

Research and Development

To be used for the Job Profiles of: Research and Development

We’re visionaries, researching and developing the liquids, packaging and products that shape our industry and much-loved brands. Our founders were incredible entrepreneurs whose brilliant minds helped shape the alcohol industry. Our Research and Development team continue this legacy, reimagining our brands for the world today.

At our state-of-the-art research facilities around the globe, we have a collaboration of innovative minds working together to develop the products and solutions of tomorrow. We welcome your specialist skills and inspiring ideas and will support you to grow and develop in our inclusive culture.

Context / Scope:
NA Technical plays a key role in achieving Supply’s goal to become a Best in Class CPG Company.  The Manager, Packaging Equipment role is in the Packaging & Technology Group (P&T) within NA Technical. The Packaging & Technology Group delivers packaging expertise, drives supplier performance, and promotes brand reputation by collaborating with suppliers to deliver impactful, high quality packaging components.  This role provides leadership in establishing critical equipment standards to safeguard the technical equity of our core brands and provides expertise in packaging material technology and production filling line interaction, enabling delivery of our NA Innovation and Optimization pipelines.

Purpose of Role:

The purpose of the role is to use strong functional expertise within packaging related equipment and production processes, with environmental understanding to drive sustainability, innovation, and growth agenda.  To provide technical expertise to others in materials, material/machine interactions, and manufacturing.  To strengthen and grow the technical equity of our brands by leveraging functional expertise to solve critical problems, define and improve the accuracy of our technical standards, and verify performance of our manufacturing sites against these high standards.  Stand in the future, be an active participant in shaping the destiny of P&T, be creative, inspire yourself and others to break out of existing business paradigms, raising the creative effectiveness of the entire Technical Organization.

Market Complexity:

As part of the end-to-end supply chain, NA Supply has an extensive network of wholly owned and Third-Party Operation sites across the US and Canada.  In North America, Diageo owns and operates a network of manufacturing, bottling, distilling and warehousing sites, wineries and vineyards.  NA Technical is an organization of 150+ people with a $20M budget, operating across several locations within the US and Canada.  From these locations NA Technical manages the Technical Equity for Diageo NA Supply and Demand across the Diageo portfolio, and for our core North American brands globally.  
 

Role Responsibilities:

Top Accountabilities:

Deliver the investigation, development and research of packaging equipment to improve performance, lower costs, improve quality and operating efficiency.Develop partnerships with key conversion partners to understand the short term and long-term supply opportunities as they relate to packaging equipment  Work in partnership with suppliers/OEM to enhance capabilities and drive performance resulting in improved quality and plant efficiency for our production sites as well as supplier sites.Provides expert level leadership and guidance in resolving critical challenges in manufacturing or commercialization of complex packaging or pack / machine interaction issues, including leading cross-functional Root Cause Problem Solving exercises.  Establishes processes and leads efforts to define technical standards for our core products and processes, both domestically and globally.Builds strong relationships and networks at all levels of the organization to improve Diageo value working across the global supply, procurement, and regulatory communities, and with internal/external partners to strengthen the equity of our products and Diageo’s reputation.

Experience / skills required:

Qualifications and Experience Required:

4 year Bachelor's Degree or equivalent required. Preferably in Engineering, Science or Packaging Equipment Technology5-7 years’ experience in R&D, packaging equipment technology and/or Engineering related roles of increasing responsibility within the Food & Beverage Consumer Packaged Goods businesses.Ability to leverage deep functional expertise in primary and secondary packaging to solve complex technical problems and lead implementation of solutions.Strong technical depth and performance management skills, dynamic cross-functional interaction, and highly effective project management, communication, and negotiation skills. Strong leadership skills in influencing across multiple levels within the organization, creating possibilities (entrepreneurial mentality), change management, managing for value and people performance, sound commercial judgment, and ability to build alignment with key business partner’s, leadership & one’s team.Be able to mentor and coach packaging engineers, supervisors and operators to better understand equipment functionality and performance – Management exp is a plus not required.Role requires 20% domestic travel.

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 including:

· [Recruiter to list relevant market/region benefits].

 

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.

 

Feel inspired? Then this may be the opportunity for you.

 

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Worker Type :

Regular

Primary Location:

Plainfield Tech Centre

Additional Locations :

Job Posting Start Date :

2025-02-06

Salary Range:

Minimum Salary:

$106313

Maximum Salary:

$177188

At Diageo certain roles are eligible for additional rewards, including annual incentive payment and stock awards. US-based employees are eligible for healthcare benefits, retirement benefits , short-term and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance, wellness benefits and industry leading parental leave, among others.  (Benefits/perks listed may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Diageo and the country where you work.)  The salary range displayed is the salary range for the role’s primary location.