Job Description :Title: Quality Team LeadReports to: Senior Quality Manager
About this roleManage quality and food safety for two distilleries ensuring quality distillate to meet consumer demands
- Safely leads and handles the Quality Specialists and ensures compliance with Diageo standards and regulatory requirements.
- Ensures high quality products are produced that satisfy Diageo quality ratings from a chemistry and sensory perspective.
- Lead laboratory and application of test procedures relating to fermentation, distillation, and maturation .
- Manage ISO 9001/FSSC 22000 Quality & Food Safety system compliance ensuring certification.
- Develops and effectively runs the Quality budget and optimizes capital investments and expenditures. Delivers against cost targets
- Identifies business risks and completes required change to achieve performance results.
- Effectively leads and develops direct reports.
- Controls costs and drives Quality/Food Safety benchmarks through continual improvement and root cause problem solving.
Key Outputs:- Deliver Quality plan - ensure high quality distillates and by-product production.
- Optimize quality standards through manufacturing excellence and quality driven business systems.
- Maintain accurate document control for the site.
- Drive the quality engagement platform and a continuous improvement culture.
- Build & leverage relationships within Diageo supply sites and the broader NA business.
- Ensure that project opportunities are aligned with the NA Quality Strategy.
Experience/skills required:- Bachelor's degree in related field (e.g. Science, Engineering etc.).
- 3+ years in Distillation, Brewing, Food & Beverage, Manufacturing Industry.
- Shown leadership and employee engagement skills.
- Project management skills.
- HACCP supervisory/managerial level qualified
- ISO 9001 or ISO 22000 lead auditor qualified
- Experience working with suppliers and ICIX
- Harford Superuser
- Excellent knowledge of document control and Management of Change
- Excellent verbal and written skills
- Financial and budgeting experience
- Excellent problem solving skills
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We recognise and value performance, offering our people a highly competitive Rewards and Benefits package including:
Worker Type :Regular
Primary Location:Shelbyville
Additional Locations :Job Posting Start Date : 2026-10-05
SHELBYVILLE, KENTUCKY: SALARY RANGE IS FROM $68,400 TO $114,000 (ANNUAL)
At Diageo certain roles are eligible for additional rewards, including annual incentive payment and stock awards. US-based employees are eligible for healthcare benefits, retirement benefits , short-term and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance, wellness benefits and industry leading parental leave, among others. (Benefits/perks listed may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Diageo and the country where you work.) The salary range displayed is the salary range for the role's primary location. 
