Team Manager (Process Area)

About the Role 

Manage the relevant operational area 24/7 to ensure achievement of delivery, quality and cost targets through highly efficient progressive teams and excellent internal customer relations. To push the performance of their operational areas to WCM standards.

Key result areas:

• Quality, Health & Safety, Hygiene, and Environmental - Ensure all Quality, Health & Safety, Hygiene, Environmental and Food Safety standards are met in relevant process and fermentation areas.
• Stock reconciliation:  Maintain a fit for purpose stock reconciliation system which maintains losses within company agreed loss levels. Carry out weekly and monthly stock reconciliations as directed and provide outputs of these in a timely manner to Finance.
• Yield Management: Measure and control losses within your area of responsibility within company agreed parameters.
• Liquid Delivery – Ensure the delivery of liquids to the packaging lines /Process areas exactly as needed by the weekly production schedule.
• Operational Delivery and Employee Resourcing – Ensure the process/fermentation facility is appropriately resourced, including people, facilities, raw material, etc, to ensure delivery in line with strategic plans and targets.
• Leadership - Lead, manage and develop the operational teams to create an open, responsive and cohesive working environment to support a continuous improvement culture.
• Performance Management – Manage the performance of the team to achieve the area strategy.
• IR/ER - Ensure all local IR issues are handled and managed at an appropriate level, to maintain effective working relationships.
• Planning - Contribute to the preparation of operational plans(Liquid Plans), including analysis of current activities and performance to deliver best practice and more effective operations.
• Continuous Improvement - Work with your team to develop operational solutions to minimise down-time and costs and achieve improved operational targets in line with area strategy.
• Technical Knowledge - Provide technical advice and guidance to operational team and associated functions to ensure effective resolution of operational issues.
• Budgeting - Contribute to the delivery of operational budgets
• Customer - Liaise with external & internal contacts to ensure supply of services/products to meet operational requirements in a timely way.

About you 

• Appropriate third level/technical qualification or relevant experience.
• Experience of managing high volume Operational teams in a shift environment.
• Good working knowledge of process/fermentation processes
• Track record of leading high level performance teams within an operational environment
• Successful track record of problem resolution
• Ability to deliver under pressure
• Strong leadership skills
• Excellent communication skills
• Strong motivational and development approach to support others
• Excellent team player
• Good PC skills
• Quick thinker and learner

About Us 

Operating through the Matthew Clark, Bibendum, Tennent’s and Bulmers Ireland brands, the Group has a market leading range, scale and reach including an intimate understanding of the markets it serves.  

Together we grow, brew, manufacture, market, and deliver some of the world’s favourite drinks. From grass to glass, and everything in between. C&C Group plc is a premium drinks company which owns, manufactures, markets, and distributes a unique portfolio of beer and cider brands in its home markets and across the globe. 

C&C Group’s portfolio of owned/exclusive brands include: Bulmers, the leading Irish cider brand; Tennent’s, the leading Scottish beer brand; Magners the premium international cider brand; as well as a range of fast-growing, premium and craft ciders and beers, such as Heverlee, Menabrea, Five Lamps and Orchard Pig.  

We seek to champion and embed sustainability in everything that we do at C&C. While delivering joy to customers, we always shine a light on people and the planet. We have a clear ESG vision delivering to a better world. We respect, support, and develop all our people to be their best, with a focus on results by creating a culture of winning together. 

We also recognize that people come with a wealth of experience and talent beyond just the technical requirements of a job. If your experience is close to what you see listed here, please still consider applying. Diversity of experience and skills combined with passion is a key to delivering on our mission. Therefore, we encourage people from all backgrounds to apply. Please let us know if you require accommodations during the interview process. 

C&C Group (and inclusive companies) do not accept unsolicited CVs from recruiters or employment agencies in response to any of our roles. For help, please contact our Talent Acquisition Team at careers@candcgroup.com. All applications need to come through the candidate portal https://careers.candcgroupplc.com/vacancies/