Manufacturing Operations Product Manager bei Pernodricard

Manufacturing Operations Product Manager

Your Manager: Manufacturing and Production Portfolio Director

Team: Global Tech

Location: Chiswick, London. We operate a hybrid working approach, which allows you to manage your time between home and office.

Be part of something big

We are Pernod Ricard, a leading company in the global spirits industry with over 19,000 employees globally. We own 16 of the world’s top 100 Spirits Brands and hold one of the most prestigious and comprehensive brand portfolios in the industry with 240 premium brands available in over 160 countries, including: Absolut vodka, Ballantine’s, Chivas Regal, Royal Salute, and The Glenlivet Scotch whiskies, Jameson Irish whiskey, Martell cognac, Havana Club rum, Beefeater, Malfy and Monkey 47 gins, Malibu liqueur, Mumm and Perrier-Jouët champagnes.

Here in the UK

In the UK, Pernod Ricard is made up of 4 businesses:

• Pernod Ricard UK, which markets, sells and distributes our products in the UK
• Chivas Brothers, the largest brand company in the Group, responsible for the production and management of our award-winning Scotch whisky portfolio
• Pernod Ricard Global Travel Retail, the global and EMEA home of the group’s duty free, air travel and cruises business.
• The Absolut Group, the brand owner of our global white spirits portfolio, whose Gin brand unit and Business Acceleration team sit in London.

We are an organisation of 2,000 employees in the UK, headquartered in London, in a brand-new office designed with sustainability, ‘conviviality’ and collaboration in mind. We also have offices in Scotland and various distilleries and production sites across the UK from Plymouth to London to Speyside.

Your new team

Our global Tech team operates in an agile manner within a dynamic product organisation. Immerse yourself in a collaborative environment where innovation thrives, and your contributions will play a direct role in shaping the path of our cutting-edge products. As a key player in our agile setup, you'll have the opportunity to enhance efficiency, foster creativity, and play a pivotal role in our product development process. Become part of a team that embraces adaptability and values continuous improvement, ensuring we stay at the forefront of global technology advancements.

You will be working as part of the Manufacturing & Production team who are responsible for all products covering Manufacturing & Production, including areas such as Quality, Research & Development, Product Life Management, Operations, Optimisation, Sustainability & Responsibility and Spirit Management.

This role will be responsible for our solutions under Manufacturing Operations, covering areas such as Operations (Bottling Planning, Scheduling & Execution, Plant Maintenance, etc), Optimisation (Digital Twins, etc), Sustainability & Responsibility and Spirit Management (Spirit Manufacturing & Production). 

Your unique contribution

The responsibilities encompass steering the strategic vision and roadmap for mid and long term within the Product Family. This includes ensuring comprehensive coordination across multiple squads dedicated to the Product Family, and effective value realisation to the business.

Who you’ll be working with

Internally, you’ll work with the Product Portfolio Director, Domain Proximity Lead, Product Owner and Resources Lead

Externally, your contacts will be External Vendors (product selection, implementation, maintenance & support)

Your blend of talent

This position could be right for you if you have:

• Strong knowledge of the functions
• Deep strategic planning capabilities
• Strategic thinking & value-driven mindset (roadmap creation, product vision articulation, value monitoring…)
• Experience in Product Management and people management, preferably within a multiple-teams structure
• Strong communication & stakeholders management skills (customer centricity…)
• Good industry knowledge and insights into key challenges for the domain/family
• Experience in managing roll-out plan of IT projects/programs/products
• Understanding of agile mindset & practices

Our mix of benefits

For your health, we offer private medical insurance, critical illness cover and an optional healthcare cash plan and dental insurance.

Our lifestyle benefits options include 28 days’ annual holiday, your employee pension, share incentive plan, family care, season ticket loans, free mortgage advice, payroll giving and more!

You can access lots of gifts & discounts, including an allowance each year to spend on our brands in our staff shop and employee discounts from a range of high street retailers.

We have regular events in our very own office bar, employee-run networks, a culture of flexibility and trust and a variety of tools and resources to help you focus on your wellbeing and mental fitness.

Conviviality: the Pernod Ricard Way

We have our own way of doing things. We call it conviviality! It’s our way of being, and something unique you feel and experience when working for Pernod Ricard.

We’re committed to conviviality, and with this, you’ll be Proud to Belong to our Pernod Ricard family. You’ll be Empowered to Perform, supported to succeed, and acknowledged for the value you bring.

We combine all this with our Commitment to Care: we are unlocking the magic of human connection to transform our industry and make a positive impact on the world though our strong focus on sustainability and responsibility.

We’re committed to diversity and inclusion

People are at the heart of everything we do at Pernod Ricard and are the foundation of our collective spirit as ‘Créateurs de Convivialité’.

We promote diversity and inclusion throughout our business and supply chain. In our teams, we proactively foster a diverse work force and an inclusive culture – an environment where we can truly be ourselves. 

We will assess your application for this role based on your skills, experiences and achievements, not your gender, age, ethnic or educational background or any other such factors. Please feel free to leave these off your CV and application form if you so wish.

Similarly, if you would like to discuss opportunities for flexible working or require accommodations or support to complete our application process, please let us know.

Responsible drinking

As ‘Créateurs de convivialité’, we want to turn social interactions into genuine and friendly experiences of sharing and wellbeing.

In our culture, we want to create diverse teams in which our differences contribute to our success. Therefore, all are welcome at Pernod Ricard, regardless of your religious beliefs or personal choices on the consumption of alcohol.

In our business, we work together with industry members, civil society, governments, local authorities and UN bodies to promote responsible drinking. 

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