Join an iconic brewery shaping Scotland’s drinks industry.
For more than four centuries, Wellpark Brewery has stood at the heart of Glasgow—home of Tennent’s and Scotland’s leading brewer led distributor. Built on a culture of trust, we help venues across the country with everything from draught beer to fine wine, guided by unique insights into Scottish hospitality and a commitment to doing what’s best for our customers, our people, and our world.
Overview
As Packaging Manager, you’ll lead the day to day performance of our packaging operations—setting a clear vision, developing your team, and delivering measurable results across safety, quality, service, cost and sustainability.
About the Role
* Own Safety, Quality, Hygiene & Environment—ensure compliance with company standards, best practice, in line with current legislation; continually improve processes and behaviours.
* Deliver the plan and line performance—hit weekly production schedules; lead Morning Production and Top Loss meetings; drive OEE, efficiency, yield and loss reduction.
* Resource and plan effectively. Make sure people, facilities and materials are in place; build technical and behavioural capability; proactively shape production plans using performance analysis.
* Lead objectives and projects and set annual area objectives; manage performance and project delivery using continuous improvement methodologies; facilitate team meetings and improvement sessions.
* Develop and manage the team. Create an open, responsive, and cohesive environment; set individual objectives and PDPs; ensure credible succession and back fills; recognise great performance.
* Ensure SOP compliance, upskill teams, and promote continuous learning.
* Optimise costs, manage maintenance, and support capital projects.
* Provide technical guidance and support effective resolution of operational issues; champion best practice production engineering.
About you
* Degree or relevant qualification preferred.
* A demonstrable track record of leading high speed packaging operations and delivering top tier performance through people.
* Strong leadership: engaging, coaching and empowering teams; positive change agent with excellent communication skills at all levels.
* Proficient in IT systems
* Commercial awareness and stakeholder influence; disciplined in organisation, administration and project management.
* Solutions focused, resilient under pressure, and confident challenging constructively to drive improvement.
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