Description
Great People Work Here
BizTX: Co-Creating WOW Through Digital Innovation
It’s an exciting time to be part of BizTX at Twinings Ovaltine. At the heart of this iconic brand, we’re on a mission to drive exponential growth and productivity through cutting-edge technology to transform the business globally.
We’re not here to simply provide IT services. We’re technology leaders and strategic partners, co-creating innovative solutions that help the business run, grow, and transform. Everything we do is guided by our commitment to ‘WOW’ our consumers, customers and colleagues. WOW experiences, WOW solutions, and WOW impact.
Our people think differently. We have an exponential mindset that helps us push boundaries and shape what’s next. The future at Twinings Ovaltine is full of possibility and we’d love you to be a part of it.
Note: This is 12 Months FTC role.
ROLE PURPOSE:
The role exists to address recognised gaps in specialist capability and capacity, providing authoritative ownership of manufacturing security risk, architecture and controls across all factories as well as the definition and delivery of the Manufacturing Security programme of work.
Key Responsibilities
OT & Manufacturing Security Subject Matter Ownership
* Act as the authoritative OT / Manufacturing Security SME for Twinings OVO.
* Own manufacturing security architecture, principles and technical standards aligned to ABF policy and IEC 62443.
* Provide expert judgement on security risk, design decisions and trade‑offs in safety‑ and availability‑critical environments.
* Ensure clear lines of accountability for manufacturing security exist across central teams, sites and third parties.
BAU OT Security Ownership
* Own the ongoing OT security posture across all manufacturing sites.
* Develop and maintain asset inventories and security baselines for critical manufacturing systems.
* Drive factory‑specific security roadmaps addressing risk, technical debt and end‑of‑life technology.
Risk & Vulnerability Management
* Own the OT vulnerability management lifecycle, governance and reporting.
* Ensure vulnerabilities identified via monitoring platforms, assessments and third parties are risk‑rated, tracked and owned.
Incident Response & Resilience
* Act as the senior OT security lead during manufacturing‑related security incidents.
* Define, maintain and exercise OT incident response playbooks and recovery plans, including ransomware scenarios.
* Ensure threat detection and monitoring technologies are fully leveraged.
Network & System Security
* Ensure appropriate segregation and segmentation of manufacturing environments from IT networks.
* Ensure secure remote access solutions are implemented without compromising security or safety.
Transformation & Delivery Accountability
* Define scope, priorities and sequencing for the Manufacturing Security transformation programme.
* Retain accountability for outcomes while leveraging assigned Project Management resources where appropriate. Ensure effective transition of delivered capabilities into BAU operation with clear ownership and support models.
Stakeholder & Partner Engagement
* Build trusted relationships with manufacturing leadership, engineering teams and operational staff.
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
* Strong hands‑on experience in OT / Manufacturing environments with practical understanding of industrial networks, segmentation and production constraints.
* Demonstrable expertise in OT / Manufacturing Security and real‑world application of IEC 62443 principles.
* Experience acting as a technical authority, shaping security outcomes rather than simply executing plans.
* Strong incident management leadership experience in availability‑critical environments.
* Pragmatic, risk‑based mindset with the ability to balance security, safety and production continuity.
* Strong communication skills, both verbal and written.
* Experience owning security outcomes within complex, federated and international organizations.
* Proven leadership experience, with the ability to prioritise activities and influence internal and external stakeholders to achieve results.
* Experience working alongside Project Managers while retaining technical and risk accountability.
* Relevant professional certifications such as CISSP, CISM, GICSP, PMP or MSP.
* Experience of delivery in the cyber security space and knowledge of security frameworks & standards (e.g. ISO 27001, NIST CSF, CIS, GDPR, SOC 2, IEC62443)
Benefits
* Yearly bonus based on personal contribution and financial performance
* Flexible working options
* 25 days holiday plus 8 bank holidays and the option to buy and sell holidays
* Onsite Gym and Wellbeing Centre
* Perkbox – employee discount scheme with discounts online, in high street stores, cinema, holidays, restaurants and many more
* Pension scheme with your contributions matched for up to 10% of your salary
* Cycle to work scheme
* SimplyHealth Cash plan
* Onsite Staff shop and online staff discounts
* Access to LinkedIn Learning
* Access to ABF Networking, connect, collaborate, and grow across the ABF Group.
Twinings has become one of the world’s most renowned tea companies over its 300-year history because we never stop learning, never stop experimenting and never stop inventing. We take pride in our tea from bud to cup and have been working with some of our tea estates around the world since the early 18th Century.
More than 300 years later, the love of tea is still here - and so are we! We still sell tea from Thomas’s shop, and we still work hard to bring the most innovative new blends to tea lovers around the world. Now, we have over 500 varieties and our teas are cherished all over the world. Our expert master blenders taste more than 3,000 cups of tea every week. So you can be sure the next cup you taste will be every bit as good as the one yesterday or the day before.
Our approach to Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
At TwiningsOvo, we believe in the power of diversity to drive innovation and meaningful work. We are committed to building a workplace where people from all backgrounds, identities, and experiences feel safe, valued, have a sense of belonging and are empowered to thrive. Inclusion is more than a goal, it’s how we work together every day. As an equal opportunity employer, we prohibit any unlawful discrimination against an applicant on the basis of their ethnicity, colour, religion, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, national origin, family or parental status, disability, neurodiversity, age, socioeconomic background or any other status protected by law and are committed to promoting diversity across our workplace.
Applicants may be entitled to reasonable adjustments under the terms of the Equality Act. A reasonable adjustment is a change in the way things are typically done which will ensure an equal employment opportunity.
Please inform our Talent Acquisition or HR Shared Services team if you need any assistance completing your application or to otherwise participate in the application process.