Team Leader - Production

Whyte & Mackay; Grangemouth; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Life assurance

Competitive pension

Product allowance

35 days annual leave

Enhanced family-friendly policies

Job summary

Whyte & Mackay is seeking a Team Leader - Production in Grangemouth to oversee bottling lines and lead a manufacturing team. The role focuses on health, safety, quality and achieving production targets while promoting continuous improvement across the site.

The ideal candidate will bring FMCG experience, strong leadership, and robust knowledge of GMP, 5S and accreditation standards. A competitive package is provided including leave and benefits.

Qualifications

• Experience in a FMCG environment.
• Experience implementing change and new processes.
• Knowledge of BRC, ISO and OHSAS.
• Knowledge of CI procedures.
• Knowledge of 5s and GMP practices.
• Knowledge of business management systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead production teams to meet health, safety, quality standards and targets.
• Foster continuous improvement and share best practices across shifts.
• Ensure compliance with external accreditation requirements and internal SOPs.
• Collaborate with other departments to optimise production performance.

Skills

People leadership

Health & safety

Continuous improvement

Quality & compliance

Job description

Team Leader - Production Whyte & Mackay Grangemouth, Scotland, United Kingdom

Job Title: Team Leader - Production

Function: Supply Chain

Location: South Lumley Street, Grangemouth

Job Level: (Internal Reference Only) 4 (Managerial)

Contract: Full Time / Permanent

Role Reports to: Operations Manager

Date vacancy will close: Friday, 4th September 2026. Where we receive high numbers of applications we may close vacancies early. If you think this is the right opportunity for you please don't delay in applying!

Who we are

Born in Glasgow, made in Scotland and enjoyed around the world. Whyte and Mackay is home to a collection of multi-award-winning global whisky brands led by The Dalmore , Fettercairn , Jura and Tamnavulin . Our mission is to be a driving force in whisky, renowned for building brands that stand-out. Enabled by our brilliant community of 675 colleagues, reaching across 17 countries and counting. We're led by our values, continuing to grow and invest and looking for great talent to join our brilliant community. Ready to hear more?

What the opportunity looks like

The Production Team Leader role at Whyte and Mackay focuses on supporting bottling production teams to meet health, safety, quality standards, and production targets while fostering continuous improvement and exemplary behaviour.

Skills and experience that will help you be a success

For this role we’re looking for:

People Leadership: The Team leader provides clear direction, motivates the team, manages resources and absence, develops skills, and collaborates with other departments to optimize production performance.

Health & Safety: Ensuring compliance with company and legal safety standards, leading incident investigations, conducting risk assessments, and promoting a safe and inclusive work environment are key responsibilities.

Continuous Improvement: The role advocates for continuous improvement initiatives, manages production output and materials, supports training and SOP completion, and encourages sharing best practices to enhance performance.

Compliance and Quality: The leader ensures quality checks in line with standards, meets production and customer service targets, adheres to external accreditation requirements, and supports quality control processes.

Qualifications & Experience

Experience in working in a FMCG environment.

Experience with implementing change and implementation of new processes.

Knowledge of BRC, ISO and OHSAS

Knowledge of CI procedures

Knowledge of 5s and other GMP practices, techniques.

Knowledge of business management systems

Skills/Personal Attributes

Strong interpersonal skills, effective team worker, strong influencer, communicator and motivator

Excellent collaborator maintaining strong, transparent & positive relations with peers & stakeholders

Good communication skills across all levels of the business, including experience of union environment working.

Strong engagement and empowerment skills

Focussed, driven, dynamic and energetic leader

Demonstrates integrity with a pro-active and creative approach

Strong problem-solving skills.

We believe that everyone has the potential for growth in our roles! You may feel you don't tick every box for this role, but if you believe you have relevant experiences that could help you succeed we'd much rather you apply rather than rule yourself out based on any self-limiting beliefs!

We offer a competitive salary, bonus package, life assurance, competitive pension, excellent product allowance, 35 days annual leave, plus enhanced family friendly policies. Our Rewards & Benefits page has further information.