Packaging Team Leader

R & A Bailey & Co Unlimited Company; South Dublin; On-site; EUR 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Diageo in Dublin is hiring a Packaging Team Leader to manage a high-performing team on a new Guinness filling line project at Nangor Road. This 2-year fixed-term contract places you on a fast-paced manufacturing floor.

You will drive safe, efficient packaging operations, lead problem-solving, and work with engineering and quality teams to meet production targets.

Experience in FMCG/Manufacturing leadership and Lean Six Sigma are desired; strong people leadership will shape daily performance.

Qualifications

• Experience leading a team in a fast-paced FMCG/manufacturing environment.
• Strong problem-solving skills and continuous improvement mindset.
• Comfortable operating on a shop floor and driving cross-functional collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Leading and developing a team responsible for packaging operations.
• Delivering performance across safety, quality, cost, reliability, and environmental standards.
• Interpreting production plans and ensuring output targets are achieved.
• Responding quickly to operational issues and implementing effective solutions.
• Collaborating with engineering, quality, and support functions to maximise performance.
• Leading daily Tier 1 meetings and contributing to wider operational performance reviews.

Skills

Production leadership

Lean Six Sigma

TPM

Manufacturing Excellence

People management

MS Office

SAP

Quality systems

Tools

SAP

Microsoft Office

Job description

Job Description : Job Title: Packaging Team Leader Location: Nangor Road, Dublin Contract: Fixed Term Contract - 2 years Work Pattern: Please see production schedule details below

About Us

An exciting time to join Baileys Irish Cream This is a truly unique opportunity to join Diageo at a pivotal moment. Baileys Irish Cream has secured production for a major Guinness innovation and as a result a brand-new filling line is being installed at our Nangor Road site. You’ll be joining a newly formed team responsible for the first production runs– offering a rare chance to get involved from day one, help shape ways of working and build experience on a Guinness beer filling line… all while working within the Baileys site.

About the Role

As a Packaging Team Leader, you'll play a key role in leading a high-performing team within a fast-paced manufacturing environment. You'll be responsible for ensuring safe, efficient and reliable packaging operations while driving performance against production targets. Working closely with cross-functional teams, you'll take ownership of operational challenges, lead problem-solving activities, and create a culture of accountability, engagement, and continuous improvement. Collaboration with engineering, quality, and support functions.

Key responsibilities

• Leading and developing a team responsible for packaging operations.
• Delivering performance across safety, quality, cost, reliability, and environmental standards.
• Interpreting production plans and ensuring output targets are achieved.
• Responding quickly to operational issues and implementing effective solutions.
• Collaborating with engineering, quality, and support functions to maximise performance.
• Leading daily Tier 1 meetings and contributing to wider operational performance reviews.

About You

We're looking for a confident and motivated people leader who thrives in a busy production environment and is passionate about delivering results through their team. You'll be visible on the shop floor, building strong relationships, recognising great performance and having the courage to address challenges when they arise. A natural problem solver, you'll take ownership of issues and work collaboratively to drive continuous improvement and operational excellence. You'll bring:

You’ll bring

• Experience in a production leadership role, ideally within an FMCG or manufacturing environment.
• Experience managing, coaching and developing teams in a fast-paced operational setting.
• Strong problem-solving skills, with knowledge of Lean Six Sigma, TPM, Manufacturing Excellence, or similar methodologies.
• Good commercial awareness and understanding of key business drivers.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office, SAP and quality management systems.
• Physical capability to operate effectively in a manufacturing environment, including handling packaged goods up to 15kg when required.

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:

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 new heights and build new ones as part of shaping the next generation of celebrations for consumers around the world.

With more than 200 brands sold in over 180 countries, we are home to a diverse portfolio of drinks enjoyed around the world. Every day, our talented colleagues bring creativity, expertise and passion to the brands people know and love. From established favourites to exciting new launches, the brands we build are shaped by culture, connected to local communities and made for life’s moments. By understanding our consumers and building strong, trusted relationships with our customers, we help our brands remain relevant, distinctive, and accessible. Our founders, including Arthur Guinness, John Walker and Charles Tanqueray, were visionary entrepreneurs whose ambition and ingenuity helped shape the drinks industry. Today, that pioneering spirit lives on through our people. Join us and you’ll work alongside talented colleagues from around the world, bringing together different perspectives, experiences and specialist skills. Together, you’ll challenge convention, explore new possibilities and help shape a more inclusive and sustainable future. You’ll be empowered to learn, grow, thrive, and make a lasting impact.

Feel inspired? Then this may be the opportunity for you.