Warehouse Team Leader - Fixed Term Contract

Diageo; Amherstburg; On-site; CAD 62,000 - 104,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading premium drinks company seeks a CB Team Leader for their Amherstburg plant. The role focuses on managing bottling operations, ensuring safety and quality, and leading a team to achieve production efficiency. Ideal candidates will have supervisory experience in high-speed environments and a strong understanding of operational standards.

Benefits

Highly competitive Rewards and Benefits package

Qualifications

• 2 to 5 years of supervisory experience in a high-speed bottling plant/warehouse.
• Experience in a unionized environment.
• Proven expertise in health & safety standards.

Responsibilities

• Supervise and train employees while ensuring adherence to production standards.
• Manage warehouse operations to optimize efficiencies and reduce labor costs.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives in bottling and warehousing operations.

Skills

Organization

Leadership

Problem Solving

Education

BA/BS in Business, Management, or Engineering

Job description

Job Description :

Job Title: CB Team Leader

About us:

With over 200 brands sold in nearly 180 countries, we’re the world’s leading premium drinks company. Bring your passion and use your curiosity as you explore, collaborate, and innovate to build brands consumers love. Together with passionate people from all over the world, you’ll test new ideas, learn and grow, and unlock a brighter, more exciting future.

Join us to create a career worth celebrating.

About the function: Supply Chain and Manufacturing

Our Supply Chain and Manufacturing team are problem-solvers, sourcing, producing, and delivering our much-loved brands to delight customers around the globe. Over half of Diageo’s 30,000+ people work in Supply Chain and Manufacturing. It’s an intricate and sophisticated operation that’s the product of logistical, manufacturing, and technical collaborations.

Our teams in 100 sites in over 30 countries cover production facilities, supplier relationships, customer collaborations and third-party agreements. We’re committed to realising our ‘Society 2030: Spirit of Progress’ goals, to protect the environment and support our farmers and suppliers. Whatever your skills and experience, we’ll help you to thrive in our inclusive culture.

About the team:

Our Diageo North America (DNA) team represents about 10% of our global population, however accounts for about a third of our net sales and around 45% of our operating profit and is the largest market for premium drinks in the world.

Our Amherstburg manufacturing site is well known for the production of Crown Royal Whiskey. Canada's leading premium Canadian whisky. Crown Royal was blended to commemorate a grand tour of Canada by Queen Elizabeth and King George VI in 1939. There are currently 125 employees on site with 6 Bottling lines producing approx. 4.8M (9L) cases of Crown Royal in 7 sizes

About the role:

The ideal candidate will be able to:

Energize, Engage & Develop People - Perform as a first-level leader providing coaching, support, and direction to work team. Promote positive employee relations through effective management and issue resolution

Deliver outstanding results: Provide business leadership to ensure that team meets or exceeds departmental/plant goals in critical success areas (health & safety, quality, customer services, innovation & cost).

Drive continuous improvement and total employee involvement in critical success areas by empowering employees to utilize lean manufacturing tools.

Decision Making:

Daily staffing of warehouse operations. Prioritizing tasks to be completed with available staff. Daily responsibility for warehouse operations. This includes involvement in quality issues, machine capability, and adherence to work rules.

Financial Responsibility:

Managing warehouse operations to optimize efficiencies and reduce labor costs. Maximizing throughputs while minimizing labor use.

Management Responsibility:

Directly responsible for hourly workers and indirectly oversee maintenance staff.

Role Responsibilities:

• Supervisory responsibilities are in accordance with company policy and applicable laws. Responsibilities include: training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; employee development, rewarding, disciplining, and motivating employees; addressing complaints, resolving conflict, solving problems, and verifying payroll sheets.
• Ensure efficient production is achieved and standards are met. Optimize safety, quality, production, and cost objectives through employee involvement and team building approach to problem solving.
• Train and monitor personnel to ensure proper procedures are followed.
• Communicate production schedules and schedule changes to appropriate departments.
• Direct the planning and implementation of key initiatives to improve bottling/warehousing operations.
• Ensure all monthly safety and food safety audits are completed on time, all corrective action items are completed, and all bottling workers understand the goals.
• Review all production paperwork and ensure all paperwork is filled out accurately and completely.
• Ensure production databases are properly maintained and information utilized for continuous improvement.
• Generate ideas and implement changes in processes and use of equipment to increase efficiency, improve safety and quality, reduce costs, and improve employee morale. Research, write, and implement assigned Capital Authorizations (CAs).
• Remain abreast of industry changes and new technology, equipment, systems, and procedures as they relate to improving the bottling area.
• Assist other departments on material quality, package quality, and other production related issues.
• Work with management staff on safety issues, employee concerns, productivity, and quality.
• Other duties as assigned.

Experience/skills required:

• BA/BS in Business, Management, or Engineering, 2 to 5 plus years of supervisory experience in high speed bottling plant and or warehouse environment; or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Experience in unionized environment a must
• Excellent organization skills. Ability to handle multiple priorities, prioritize effectively and manage time
• Ability to coordinate with other departments, as well as all levels of management
• Through working knowledge and demonstrated expertise in all areas of high speed bottling activities, including machine operations, machine changeovers, start-up, shut down, package quality, Applicable Health & Safety standards, and BATF and/or excise compliance
• Must be able to work a rotating shift

Flexible Working Statement:

Flexibility is key to our success. Talk to us about what flexibility means to you so that you’re supported to manage your wellbeing and balance your priorities 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, mindsets, 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:

Amherstburg Plant

Additional Locations :

Job Posting Start Date :

2025-05-29

Salary Range:

Minimum Salary:

$62250

Maximum Salary:

$103750

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.