Senior Site Director — Advanced Manufacturing & Automation

Diageo plc

Montgomery (AL)

On-site

USD 128,000 - 214,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Diageo plc in Montgomery, Alabama seeks a Senior Site Director to provide overall leadership for a flagship, highly automated manufacturing facility. You will deliver world-class performance across safety, quality, service, cost, and productivity while leveraging engineering capability and digital manufacturing to create sustainable competitive advantage.

The role requires 15+ years in manufacturing leadership, a track record of managing large-scale automated operations, and deep collaboration

Qualifications

15+ years of progressive manufacturing leadership in complex consumer products or similar industries.
Proven experience leading a large-scale, highly automated manufacturing operation.
Demonstrated success partnering with engineering organizations to maximize automation, manufacturing technology and capital investments.
Strong record delivering operational, financial and people performance simultaneously.
Experience leading organizational transformation and building high-performing cultures.
Expertise in Lean Manufacturing, TPM, Six Sigma and Manufacturing Excellence.
Executive presence with ability to influence at all organizational levels.
Experience managing significant capital investments, modernization programs or greenfield/start-up environments.

Responsibilities

Provide overall leadership and strategic direction for the manufacturing site.
Deliver benchmark performance across Safety, Quality, Service, Cost, Productivity, Compliance and Employee Engagement.
Lead, coach and develop a multi-disciplinary leadership team spanning Operations, Engineering, Manufacturing Excellence, Quality, EHS, Human Resources and Finance.
Establish a high-performance culture built upon accountability, transparency, trust and continuous improvement.
Own annual operating plans, capital investment strategy, technology roadmap and long-term site strategy.
Provide strategic leadership to the Engineering function, ensuring technology investments improve safety, quality, service, reliability and productivity.
Champion automation, digital manufacturing and advanced technologies to improve operational performance.
Partner with Engineering and Manufacturing Excellence to establish long-term asset reliability and modernization strategies.
Lead execution of innovation, capacity expansion, productivity, automation and transformation initiatives.
Ensure capital investments deliver measurable operational and financial benefits.
Develop leadership capability, succession planning and organizational effectiveness across the site.
Partner with regional and global functions to support enterprise objectives.
Serve as the visible leader of the site through growth and change.