Global Process Lead, Make Plant Maintenance

1870 John Dewar & Sons Ltd.; Glasgow; Hybrid; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive Pay Package

Health & Wellbeing

Job summary

Bacardi is seeking a senior Global Process Lead for Make, covering Manufacturing and Maintenance, to drive TPM, Maintenance Excellence, and SAP S/4HANA-enabled execution across a global manufacturing network. You will own end-to-end process architecture, standardization, and digital ways of working, partnering with OT/IT to enable end-to-end visibility and reliability.

The role emphasizes enterprise process ownership, cross-functional leadership, and delivering measurable improvements in safety,

Job description

OUR CULTURE

We share the passion and entrepreneurial flair of our founder and are guided by our three culture pillars - Fearless, Family and Founders, they inspire our Primos to be the best they can be and drive us forward in all we do. But what does this mean? Being Fearless; means adopting an agile mindset, being comfortable trying new things and taking risks. We are empowered to question, challenge and innovate. Family; We treat each other, and our communities, like Family. Always. Founders; The spirit of entrepreneurship is at the heart of everything we do. We see the business as if it’s our own. We do the right thing for the business and we all take accountability for our work. When you join Bacardi, you become part of our family and gain more than just a job.

YOUR OPPORTUNITY

This role is the Global Process Lead (GPL) for Make covering Manufacturing and Maintenance, reporting into the Global Process Owner for Make. As the GPL for Manufacturing and Maintenance, you will work within a broader Global Transformation Process. You will be the enterprise lead of Bacardi’s global Make and Maintenance processes, with a specific mandate to drive Maintenance Excellence and Total Productive Manufacturing (TPM) across manufacturing operations. You will define, govern, and continuously improve Bacardi’s end to end Make and Maintenance process architecture, ensuring it is fit-for-purpose, standardized, scalable, and embedded into SAP S/4HANA. This role is critical to delivering reliable operations, asset performance, safety, quality, and cost competitiveness across Bacardi’s global manufacturing network.

ABOUT YOU

You are a senior manufacturing and maintenance leader with strong shop-floor credibility and a proven track record of embedding Maintenance Excellence and TPM as a way of working, not a program. You bring enterprise-level process ownership, effectively balancing global standardization with local realities while translating operational needs into SAP S/4HANA-enabled execution that delivers measurable improvements in reliability, safety, cost, and performance.

RESPONSIBILITIES

WITH OUR CONSUMER AT THE HEART YOUR KEY FOCUS WILL BE:

• Global Process Lead – Manufacturing & Maintenance

  Lead global Manufacturing & Maintenance process ownership, including preventive, predictive, reactive, calibration, refurbishment, and continuous improvement maintenance models

  Own global process taxonomy (L1–L3) and governance for Manufacturing & Maintenance, ensuring clarity, consistency, and performance visibility

  Guide fit-to-standard process design aligned with industry-leading manufacturing and TPM practices

  Lead Manufacturing & Maintenance process design within the Transformation program, shaping the future-state operating model and digital ways of working across sites

  Develop the Connected Frontline Worker (CFW) roadmap for Manufacturing & Maintenance, including role-based experiences, standard work digitization, and adoption across sites

  Lead identification, prioritization, and delivery of high-value AI and advanced analytics use cases for the shop floor (e.g., predictive maintenance, anomaly detection, quality insights, loss intelligence)

  Partner with OT/IT/Digital teams to integrate SAP S/4HANA with shop floor systems (MES, CMMS/EAM, historians, IIoT platforms), enabling end-to-end visibility and decision-making

  Set standards and guardrails for AI-enabled work execution on the shop floor, including human-in-the-loop decisioning, model performance monitoring, and continuous improvement

• Maintenance Excellence & TPM

  Lead the Operating Model development for global TPM strategy, embedding asset care, operator ownership, reliability engineering, and loss elimination

  Design and govern end-to-end TPM processes, including:

  • Autonomous Maintenance (AM)
  • Planned / Preventive Maintenance (PM)
  • Focused Improvement (FI)
  • Asset & Equipment Lifecycle Management
  • Early Equipment Management (EEM)
  • Training & Capability Development

  Define global standards for:

  • Asset criticality and prioritization
  • Loss analysis and elimination
  • Equipment condition monitoring and reliability centered maintenance (RCM)
  • Preventive & predictive maintenance
  • Maintenance KPIs and tiered performance management
  • Ensure TPM processes are fully integrated with Make, Maintenance, Quality, Safety, and EHS processes

  Partner with sites to transition from reactive to proactive maintenance cultures

  SAP S/4HANA EnablementOwn Make and Maintenance business requirements for SAP S/4HANA (e.g., SAP PM, PPM, PP/DS integration)

  Partner with IT and system integrators to ensure:

  • Clean master data structures
  • Effective maintenance planning and execution flows
  • Accurate performance and cost reporting
  • Support design decisions, testing, deployment, and adoption across waves

SKILLS

• Minimum 15 years’ experience in manufacturing and supply chain roles
• Direct manufacturing management experience (e.g., Plant Manager, Operations Director, Engineering or Maintenance Leader)
• Proven leadership in Maintenance Excellence and TPM
• Prefer, hands-on experience leading or supporting SAP S/4HANA implementations in manufacturing/maintenance environments
• Experience operating in global, matrixed organizations
• Strong understanding of end-to-end manufacturing and maintenance process architecture
• Manufacturing Leadership & Operational Credibility

  Leverage first-hand manufacturing leadership experience to ensure processes are practical, executable, and value-driven

  Act as a trusted partner to Plant Directors, Operations, Engineering, and Maintenance leaders

  Balance global standardization with local regulatory, safety, and operational realities

• Demonstrated ability to lead and implement cross-functional projects/programs
• Proven experience deploying commercial process improvements
• Strong change management and stakeholder engagement abilities at the executive level
• Strategic thinker with excellent analytical, communication, and governance capabilities
• Experience with agile transformation methodologies

PERSONAL QUALITIES – SHARE OUR FOUNDER’S PASSION AND ENTREPRENEURIAL FLAIR

• Belonging: You have a strong capacity to create a culture of ‘Belonging’, where people feel appreciated for who they are, what they do, and who they can become
• Self-Awareness: You have high levels of self-awareness, are reflective and know yourself well, understanding both your own strengths and weaknesses and your impact on others
• People Agility: You bring a deep ability to understand and relate to people and navigate through tough situations to harness and multiply collective performance
• Results Agility: You demonstrate consistent delivery of results in first-time situations by inspiring teams, exhibiting a presence that builds confidence in yourself and others
• Mental Agility: You can think critically to penetrate complex problems and expand the possibilities by making fresh connections. You think strategically whilst being execution focused and bring creativity to the challenges you’re presented with
• Change Agility: You have a deep natural curiosity, desire to experiment and ability to effectively deal with the heat of change. You have a growth and learning mindset: ready to test, stumble, learn and apply from experience

LEADERSHIP AGILITY At Bacardi we care deeply about finding brilliant talent who can bring the following personal attributes to help elevate our 3Fs: Fearless, Family, Founder culture to the next level.

Belonging: You have a strong capacity to create a culture of ‘Belonging’, where people feel appreciated for who they are, what they do, and who they can become

Self-Awareness: You have high levels of self-awareness, are reflective and know yourself well, understanding both your own strengths and weaknesses and your impact on others

People Agility: You bring a deep ability to understand and relate to people and navigate through tough situations to harness and multiply collective performance

Results Agility: You demonstrate consistent delivery of results in first-time situations by inspiring teams, exhibiting a presence that builds confidence in yourself and others

Mental Agility: You can think critically to penetrate complex problems and expand the possibilities by making fresh connections. You think strategically whilst being execution focused and bring creativity to the challenges you’re presented with

Change Agility: You have a deep natural curiosity, desire to experiment and ability to effectively deal with the heat of change. You have a growth and learning mindset: ready to test, stumble, learn and apply from experience

Disclaimer: Bacardi seeks talent from all backgrounds to bring diversity of thought, agility and capability to our organization across the globe.

We promote a working environment where all employees are treated and rewarded fairly. We do not tolerate any form of discrimination that adversely affects individuals or groups on the basis of national origin, race, color, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, age, and any other legally protected aspect of a person’s identity. U.S. applicants have rights under Federal Employment Laws.

Perks of Working for us

• Competitive Pay Package
• Competitive Holiday/Paid Time Off, plus additional days offered ( i.e., volunteer day, allowing you to give back to the community)
• Retirement/Pension Plan
• Health & Wellbeing
• Medical, Critical Illness, and Life Insurance
• Employee Assistance Programs
• Best-in-class, family-friendly, and inclusive leave policies

Additional Benefits The benefits /perks may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Bacardi, your work location, and are subject to change. Some benefits may be subject to an employee contribution. Some benefits may be fully or partially subsidized.

Incentive plans are linked to the nature of your employment and can vary based on region, market, function or brand.

Join a world-class team. Recognized by Forbes as one of the World's Best Employers 2026

We are a family-owned spirits company with more than 160 years and seven generations of heritage. Our portfolio boasts more than 200 brands and labels including icons of today and of tomorrow. You could be part of this legacy.

Are you ready to unleash your potential?

Bacardi is the world's largest privately-held international spirits company. More than 8,000 people across the globe work toward a common purpose to Make Moments Matter. At Bacardi we are guided by our 3Fs culture of being Fearless, treating each other like Family, and having a Founders mentality. And have plenty of fun along the way! BE FEARLESS We empower our teams to question, challenge and innovate. This means adopting an agile mindset, being comfortable with trying new things and taking risks, without being reckless. BEHAVE LIKE FAMILY We treat each other, and our communities, like family. We call each other "Primos" (Spanish for cousins) because being part of the family gives you the support you need to be the best you can be. THINK LIKE A FOUNDER The spirit of entrepreneurship is rooted in our legacy. We treat this business as if it was our own. We do the right thing for the business and take accountability for our work.