Systems Lead

Diageo Americas; Newbridge; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Diageo Americas seeks a Systems Lead at Littleconnell Brewery to drive digital system design, validation, and rollout for a world-class manufacturing site. You will partner with D&T and site teams to implement SAP, MIS, MES, LIMS, and related platforms, ensuring accurate data and compliant processes.

The role focuses on validating systems, enabling real-time reporting, and reducing manual inputs while supporting energy and efficiency tracking.

Qualifications

• Advanced formal training or further education.
• Experience with systems in a process environment, supporting operations and performance.

Responsibilities

• Guide the Operations team in implementing the digital strategy for the site toward a paperless, pioneering manufacturing facility.
• Act as the conduit between Digital & Technology (D&T) and Littleconnell Operations team.
• Ensure SAP and Governance Systems meet operational requirements and support on-ground validation.
• Own validation of SAP processes and data flow, coaching teams for site compliance.
• Ensure site systems facilitate real-time financial reporting and stock alignment within SAP.
• Develop and validate Customs reporting for beer release from site.
• Collaborate with St James Gate data team to share knowledge and standard processes.
• Guide MIS, MES, and LIMS providers to support quality and performance reporting.
• Lead cross-over through design, setup, commissioning, and production launch of validated systems.
• Ensure accuracy of production tracking and quality information for track-and-trace.
• Troubleshoot OT/IT interfaces and SAP/MIS/LIMS interfaces to minimize manual inputs.
• Work with providers on digital tracking/reporting to capture energy, capacity, and efficiency metrics.
• Bring the site digital strategy to life with Diageo Digital Strategy teams and Digital Innovation projects.
• Build relationships with central teams, data teams, stock management, and providers to rollout systems.

Skills

Data analysis

MS Office proficiency

Education

Advanced formal training or further education

Tools

SAP

IQS (MIS/MES)

Harford (LIMS)

Word

PowerBI

Outlook

Excel

Job description

Job Description :

Role: SYSTEMS LEAD

Location: Littleconnell Brewery

Contract: 18 Month Fixed Term Contract

About the Function

Supply Chain & Manufacturing is where our brands are made, moved and delivered to the world. With over half of our people working across more than 100 sites, this is a complex, large-scale operation that brings together production, logistics, engineering and supplier partnerships.It's fast-paced and hands-on, with teams working together to ensure quality, efficiency and sustainability at every stage. From sourcing ingredients to getting products into customers' hands, you'll play a role in delivering the brands people know and love.

About the role

Systems Lead is a member of the Littleconnell Operations team, reporting to the Operations Manager. The Systems lead will play a pivotal role in ensuring that the systems being rolled out for the site are designed to meet our operational needs, validate their operation and ensure their smooth implementation. As the team's system subject matter expert, key systems such as SAP, our eco designated Manufacturing Information System (MIS), Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES), Lab Information Management System (LIMS), Governance Systems (e.g. Enablon) and Connected Worker Platforms will require the Systems Lead's input, guidance and validation for effective implementation and integration.

Key Responsibilities

• As the Operations team's system subject matter expert, guide the team in implementing the digital strategy for the site, targeting a paperless and pioneering manufacturing facility.
• Work closely the central Digital & Technology (D&T) and act as the key conduit between D&T and Littleconnell Operations team.
• Ensure systems provided by D&T (SAP, Governance Systems) are set up to meet operational requirements and support the validation of these systems on the ground.
• As the key validation owner within the Operations team, ensure that SAP process orders and other transactions work effectively, with accurate data flow between systems and coach others within the operational teams to ensure site compliance.
• Ensure that the site systems and work practices facilitate physical stock alignment within SAP and allow real time financial reporting.
• Development and validation of the Customs reporting requirements for beer release from site.
• Work with the St Jame's Gate central data team & stock manager to understand our systems and share knowledge and standard process where required.
• Guide our OT systems providers to provide MIS, MES and LIMS systems that support our ambition to be a world class manufacturing facility, with effective quality and performance reporting and information management systems that meet our requirements.
• As the operations team validation owner of these MIS, MES and LIMS systems, work with the providers to ensure a seamless cross over through design, set-up, commissioning, and full production launch.
• Ensuring accuracy of production tracking and quality information for effective track and trace activity.
• Support system interface design and work to troubleshoot and resolve OT/IT interface issues and SAP/MIS/MIS/LIMS interface issues as required , with the aim of minimising required manual inputs.
• Work with our systems providers to ensure the development of all digital tracking/reporting methods to capture key site important metric and performance data, particularly around our energy management, capacity/OOE and extract efficiency.
• Bring the digital strategy for the site to life through close working relationships and standard process sharing with the Diageo Manufacturing Excellence and Digital Strategy teams, becoming a key driver and developer of the Connected Worker Platform (Zaptic) and other digital innovations to support plant performance into the future.
• Build and maintain key relationships with Diageo central teams, St James Gate data team, stock management and systems providers, and manage stakeholders to support the rollout of our systems.
• Understand the impacts of best-in-class Data Management on the business and work pro-actively towards seamless and accurate solutions for the site and our customers.
• Examine our work practices and develop solutions to digitalise, automate and facilitate activities and achieve a paperless and efficient work environment.
• Develop all relevant site workflows to demarcate all relevant reporting and tracking activities for the site operational teams , ensuring all team members are trained in their implementation.

Essential Qualifications/Experience

Advanced formal training or further education Significant experience with systems in a process environment, with a proven track record in system development and management to support operations and performance

Preferred experience

Advanced level Excel skills, particularly in data analysis tools, and MS packages including Word, PowerBI and Outlook. Previous experience developing and managing systems including SAP, IQS (MIS/MES), Harford (LIMS) a