Spirit Supply Operations Planner

6 months ago


Dumbarton, United Kingdom Pernod Ricard Full time

Spirit Supply Operations Planner

Your Manager: Spirit Supply Operations Manager

Team: Spirit Supply

Location: Dumbarton

Be part of something big

We are Pernod Ricard, a leading company in the global wines and spirits industry with over 19,000 employees globally. We own 16 of the world’s top 100 Spirits Brands and hold one of the most prestigious and comprehensive brand portfolios in the industry with 240 premium brands available in over 160 countries, including: Absolut vodka, Ballantine’s, Chivas Regal, Royal Salute, and The Glenlivet Scotch whiskies, Jameson Irish whiskey, Martell cognac, Havana Club rum, Beefeater, Malfy and Monkey 47 gins, Malibu liqueur, Mumm and Perrier-Jouët champagnes as well Jacob’s Creek, Brancott Estate and Campo Viejo wines.

Here in the UK

In the UK, Pernod Ricard is made up of 3 businesses:

- Chivas Brothers, the largest brand company in the Group, responsible for the production and management of our award-winning Scotch whisky portfolio
- Pernod Ricard UK, which markets, sells and distributes our products in the UK market.
- Pernod Ricard Global Travel Retail, the global and EMEA home of the group’s duty free, air travel and cruises business.

We are an organisation of 2,000 employees in the UK, headquartered in London, in a brand-new office designed with sustainability, ‘conviviality’ and collaboration in mind. We also have offices in Scotland and various distilleries and production sites across the UK from Plymouth to London to Speyside.

Your new team

This position sits in our Chivas Brothers business. At Chivas Brothers, our 1,600-strong team across 27 sites is committed to upholding the heritage of Scotch and ensuring its sustainable future, as well as opening it up to new audiences across the globe.

The scope of Operations stretches from Procurement through conversion (distillation and maturation) and manufacturing (or bottling) to all the downstream Supply Chain activities until the final product is delivered.

In addition, Operations play a very active role in Innovation, Talent Development and Operational Risk Management.

The Spirit Supply team are the link between our three bottling halls and our Bulk Operations team. Based at our site in Dumbarton the team manage our vatting processes to ensure delivery of product to the bottling halls as required.

Your unique contribution

The role of the Spirit Supply Operations Planner is to plan, co-ordinate and report on all spirit movements across the bottling halls and operations, and for external customer requirements.

You will have four main areas of responsibility:

- Planning & Scheduling - you will be responsible for converting bottling demand into operational requirements and ensuring Vat capacity is managed daily to ensure bottling demand is met. You will monitor Drain & Fill operations to coincide with bottling requirements and provide Operations and Transport departments with short-term operational plans and activity schedules. You will also determine workforce requirements to enable plans to be achieved. You will assist in the preparation of medium to long-term scenarios.
- Decision Making - to determine operational process sequence to meet customer demand and provide information on potential issues to management to ensure an initiative-taking approach can be agreed. You will also be responsible for prioritising plans to meet Customer Service.
- Collaboration - to collaborate with both Vatting Process Leaders and Bottling Hall Managers to ensure spirit is delivered On Time in Full. You will also collaborate with local management and direct daily production planning and review meetings.
- New Products and Improvements - to ensure new product processing requirements are obtained from Spirit Quality and processed accordingly. You will facilitate the process of corrective action and continuous improvement within group operations and support and co-ordinate in the delivery of on-going continuous improvement projects as well as identifying opportunities to improve where possible.

Who you’ll be working with

Internally, you will collaborate with Vatting Process Leaders and Bottling Hall Managers as well as management across Manufacturing and Operations. You will collaborate with Quality, Customer Service, and Transport among other functions across the organisation.

Externally, you will collaborate with suppliers.

Your blend of talent

This position could be right for you if you:

- Have previous experience in the planning and co-ordination of operations and manufacturing activities within the FMCG or similar industry.
- Have excellent working knowledge of computerised stock systems, processes, and compliance.
- Can analyse data and take responsibility for changes to production plans and schedules.
- Can work autonomously, managing your own priorities and meeting deadlines.
- Can persuade others and influence change at all levels.

Our mix of benefits

For your health, we offer private medical


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