Quality Team Lead - Distillery Operations & Compliance

Diageo; Shelbyville (IN); On-site; USD 68,000 - 114,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare benefits

Retirement benefits

Disability coverage

Life insurance

Parental leave

Job summary

Diageo is seeking a Quality Team Lead to manage quality and food safety across two distilleries in Shelbyville, ensuring distillate quality aligns with consumer expectations and Diageo standards.

You will lead the Quality Specialists, drive ISO certifications, oversee test procedures for fermentation, distillation and maturation, and manage the quality budget while targeting cost efficiency and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field.
• 3+ years in Distillation, Brewing, Food & Beverage, Manufacturing.
• Shown leadership and employee engagement skills.
• Project management skills.
• HACCP supervisory/managerial level qualified; ISO 9001 or ISO 22000 lead auditor.
• Experience working with suppliers and ICIX Harford Superuser.
• Excellent knowledge of document control and Management of Change.
• Excellent verbal and written skills.
• Financial and budgeting experience.
• Excellent problem solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage quality and food safety for two distilleries ensuring quality distillate to meet consumer demands.
• Safely leads and handles the Quality Specialists and ensures compliance with Diageo standards and regulatory requirements.
• Ensures high quality products are produced that satisfy Diageo quality ratings from a chemistry and sensory perspective.
• Lead laboratory and application of test procedures relating to fermentation, distillation, and maturation.
• Manage ISO 9001/FSSC 22000 Quality & Food Safety system compliance ensuring certification.
• Develops and effectively runs the Quality budget and optimizes capital investments and expenditures.
• Delivers against cost targets.
• Identifies business risks and completes required change to achieve performance results.
• Effectively leads and develops direct reports.
• Controls costs and drives Quality/Food Safety benchmarks through continual improvement and root cause problem solving.

Skills

Leadership

Project management

HACCP

ISO lead auditor

Document control

Budgeting

Problem solving

English proficiency

Education

Bachelor's degree in Science/Engineering

Tools

ICIX

Harford Superuser

Job description

Diageo is seeking a Quality Team Lead to manage quality and food safety across two distilleries in Shelbyville, ensuring distillate quality aligns with consumer expectations and Diageo standards.

You will lead the Quality Specialists, drive ISO certifications, oversee test procedures for fermentation, distillation and maturation, and manage the quality budget while targeting cost efficiency and continuous improvement.