Process Lead - Maturation

CVH Spirits; East Kilbride; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

CVH Spirits is seeking a Process Lead - Maturation to oversee cask filling, disgorging and warehousing, ensuring safety, quality and efficiency. You will act as deputy to the Spirit Supply Team Leader, driving continuous improvement and regulatory compliance across East Kilbride and Broxburn, with travel between sites.

The role requires strong numerical and written skills, familiarity with SAP and DRAMS, and a proactive approach to health, safety and process controls.

Qualifications

• Higher level education or workplace training demonstrating strong numerical and written skills.
• Experience with risk assessments and safe working practices is desirable.
• Knowledge of excise regulations and bonded premises operation is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Supervise cask filling, disgorging and warehousing to meet weekly plans.
• Maintain quality controls to high standards.
• Act as site liaison for visitors and regulators.
• Lead health, safety and wellbeing across the site.
• Maintain safe systems of work, risk assessments and permit-to-work processes.
• Support site security and excise compliance requirements.
• Complete HMRC submissions and keep records.
• Ensure SAP, DRAMS, DRAMScan and Scada transactions are timely.
• Lead continuous improvement at team level.
• Coordinate short-term absence cover and people management.
• Coordinate maintenance with engineering teams.
• Build relationships with transport providers and stakeholders.

Skills

Strong communication

SAP

DRAMS

Risk assessments

Process controls

Customer/supplier relationships

Organisational skills

Continuous improvement

Education

Higher level education or workplace training demonstrating strong numerical and written skills

Tools

SAP

DRAMS

Job description

As a Process Lead - Maturation, you will play a key role in ensuring cask filling, disgorging and warehousing activities are completed safely, efficiently and to the highest quality standards. Acting as deputy to the Spirit Supply Team Leader when required, you will provide leadership across site operations, compliance activities and continuous improvement initiatives, helping to ensure operational excellence across our maturation facilities.

Please note: this role is based across two locations, East Kilbride and Broxburn, and will require travel between both sites.

Key Responsibilities

• Supervise and prioritise cask filling, disgorging and warehousing operations to achieve agreed weekly plans.
• Ensure quality controls are maintained and delivered to the highest standards.
• Act as site liaison for internal and external visitors and regulatory bodies.
• Lead and promote high standards of health, safety and wellbeing across the site.
• Maintain safe systems of work, risk assessments and permit-to-work processes.
• Support site security and excise compliance requirements.
• Complete HMRC submissions and maintain accurate warehouse and blend centre records.
• Ensure SAP, DRAMS, DRAMScan and Scada transactions are completed within required timescales.
• Lead team-level continuous improvement activities.
• Coordinate short-term absence cover and support day-to-day people management activities.
• Liaise with engineering teams to coordinate maintenance requirements.
• Build strong relationships with transport providers and other key stakeholders.

What We're Looking For

Minimum Qualifications

• Higher level education or workplace training/qualification demonstrating strong numerical and written skills
• Higher level education or workplace training/qualification demonstrating strong numerical and written skills

Skills

• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Knowledge of SAP and DRAMS would be advantageous.
• Experience of risk assessments, safe working practices and health & safety legislation.
• Good understanding of process controls and process deviation management.
• Ability to build effective relationships with customers, suppliers and transport providers.
• Familiarity with excise regulations and the operation of bonded premises.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to prioritise workloads effectively.
• Proactive approach to continuous improvement and problem solving.

JOB ADVERT CLOSES 18th September

This job will close on the 18th of September. If you have not heard from us within three weeks of submitting your application, unfortunately, your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. We wish you all the best in your future job search.