Shift Manager

Job Description :

About us 

With over 200 brands sold in nearly 180 countries, Diageo is home to some of the world’s most iconic drinks. From Johnnie Walker and Guinness to Tanqueray, Smirnoff and Don Julio, we craft brands chosen for life’s moments — from everyday connections to landmark celebrations.

Bring your talent, curiosity and ambition, and strive for your personal best alongside people who challenge, support and learn from each other. Together, as one outstanding team, we keep learning, improving and raising the bar for our brands, our business and each other.

Join us and play your part in making life’s moments mean a little more.

 

About the Function

 

 

 

About the role

 As the Shift Manager at Baileys, you will provide leadership to the End-to-End operations on shift basis with specific responsibilities in several key areas listed below.

You will ensure the production of top-quality products in a safe and hygienic environment, maintaining compliance standards.

This role includes leading shift teams to meet all key performance targets, including Health & Safety, Customer Service, Quality, Cost, Flexibility, and People Development.

You will develop team members to reach their full potential, crafting successful teams through effective mentor and facilitation skills.

Additionally, you will drive production performance to world-class levels by continuously setting high standards and targets for continuous improvement, and support the rollout of the manufacturing excellence strategy.

 

You will be responsible for:

 Health and Safety:

·       Demonstrate personal commitment to Health & Safety and drive improvements in the safety culture across the production team.

·       Continuously reduce the number of accidents and environmental incidents, ensure thorough accident/incident reporting and investigation

Quality:

·       Uphold and drive quality standards across shifts, taking ownership of compliance with standards, supporting root cause analysis of quality issues, achieving world-class hygiene standards, completing line quality checks as per SOPs, and addressing customer and supplier concerns.

Performance:

·       Deliver extraordinary levels of performance across the site by ensuring shift teams adhere to manufacturing excellence principles and standards, supporting line teams during changeovers and line cover, and leading material suppliers effectively.

People Performance:

·       Achieve high performance through excellent engagement, coaching, and mentoring, challenge and manage poor performance, foster a high-performance coaching culture, ensure 100% completion of individual 1:1s and Personal Development Plans, and deploy people management processes consistently. You will also maintain positive relationships with team members, trade unions, and the wider site team, work closely with the training department to ensure appropriate training.

 

 

Experience / skills required

 

 

Working with Us

Flexibility is key to our success. Talk to us about what flexibility means to you so that you’re supported to manage your wellbeing and balance your priorities from day one.

We recognise and value performance, offering our people a highly competitive Rewards and Benefits package including: 

 

 

 

Our purpose is crafting iconic drinks chosen for life’s moments. And it’s our people, with their different experiences, perspectives and talents, who make that possible.

 

We value diversity in its broadest sense and want everyone to feel they can belong, contribute and strive for their personal best. You’ll work alongside people with different backgrounds, experiences and perspectives — challenging, supporting and learning from one another as one outstanding team.

 

Together, we’re constantly learning and improving, combining the strength of our people, capabilities and iconic brands to raise the bar, grow and win.

 

Wherever you join us, you’ll have the opportunity to contribute, make an impact and play your part in making life’s moments mean a little more.

 

Ready to bring your best? This could be your opportunity.

 

If you require a reasonable adjustment, please ensure that you capture this information when you submit your application.

 

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Worker Type :

Regular

Primary Location:

Baileys Mallusk

Additional Locations :

Job Posting Start Date :

2026-10-26