Global Process Lead, Make Plant Maintenance

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YOUR OPPORTUNITY

This role is the Global Process Lead (GPL) for Make covering Manufacturing and Maintenance, reporting into the Global Process Owner for Make. As the GPL for Manufacturing and Maintenance, you will work within a broader Global Transformation Process. You will be the enterprise lead of Bacardi’s global Make and Maintenance processes, with a specific mandate to drive Maintenance Excellence and Total Productive Manufacturing (TPM) across manufacturing operations. You will define, govern, and continuously improve Bacardi’s end‑to‑end Make and Maintenance process architecture, ensuring it is fit‑for‑purpose, standardised, scalable, and embedded into SAP S/4HANA. This role is critical to delivering reliable operations, asset performance, safety, quality, and cost competitiveness across Bacardi’s global manufacturing network.

About You

You are a senior manufacturing and maintenance leader with strong shop‑floor credibility and a proven track record of embedding Maintenance Excellence and TPM as a way of working, not a program. You bring enterprise‑level process ownership, effectively balancing global standardisation with local realities while translating operational needs into SAP S/4HANA‑enabled execution that delivers measurable improvements in reliability, safety, cost, and performance.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead global Manufacturing & Maintenance process ownership, including preventive, predictive, reactive, calibration, refurbishment, and continuous improvement maintenance models
• Own global process taxonomy (L1–L3) and governance for Manufacturing & Maintenance
• Guide fit‑to‑standard process design aligned with industry‑leading manufacturing and TPM practices
• Lead Manufacturing & Maintenance process design within the Transformation programme, shaping the future‑state operating model and digital ways of working across sites
• Develop the Connected Frontline Worker (CFW) roadmap for Manufacturing & Maintenance, including role‑based experiences, standard work digitisation, and adoption across sites
• Lead identification, prioritisation, and delivery of high‑value AI and advanced analytics use cases for the shop floor (e.g., predictive maintenance, anomaly detection, quality insights, loss intelligence)
• Partner with OT/IT/Digital teams to integrate SAP S/4HANA with shop floor systems (MES, CMMS/EAM, historians, IIoT platforms), enabling end‑to‑end visibility and decision‑making
• Set standards and guardrails for AI‑enabled work execution on the shop floor, including human‑in‑the‑loop decisioning, model performance monitoring, and continuous improvement
• Lead the Operating Model development for global TPM strategy, embedding asset care, operator ownership, reliability engineering, and loss elimination
• Design and govern end‑to‑end TPM processes, including:
  • Autonomous Maintenance (AM)
  • Planned / Preventive Maintenance (PM)
  • Focused Improvement (FI)
  • Asset & Equipment Lifecycle Management (Early Equipment Management (EEM))
  • Training & Capability Development
• Define global standards for:
  • Asset criticality and prioritisation
  • Loss analysis and elimination
  • Equipment condition monitoring and reliability‑centred maintenance (RCM) – preventive & predictive maintenance
  • Maintenance KPIs and tiered performance management
• Ensure TPM processes are fully integrated with Make, Maintenance, Quality, Safety, and EHS processes
• Partner with sites to transition from reactive to proactive maintenance cultures

SAP S/4HANA Enablement

• Own Make and Maintenance business requirements for SAP S/4HANA (e.g., SAP PM, PPM, PP/DS integration)
• Partner with IT and system integrators to ensure:
  • Clean master data structures
  • Effective maintenance planning and execution flows
  • Accurate performance and cost reporting
  • Support design decisions, testing, deployment, and adoption across waves

SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

• Minimum 15 years’ experience in manufacturing and supply chain roles
• Direct manufacturing management experience (e.g., Plant Manager, Operations Director, Engineering or Maintenance Leader)
• Proven leadership in Maintenance Excellence and TPM
• Prefer, hands‑on experience leading or supporting SAP S/4HANA implementations in manufacturing/maintenance environments
• Experience operating in global, matrixed organisations
• Strong understanding of end‑to‑end manufacturing and maintenance process architecture
• Experience with agile transformation methodologies
• Leverage first‑hand manufacturing leadership experience to ensure processes are practical, executable and value‑driven
• Act as a trusted partner to Plant Directors, Operations, Engineering and Maintenance leaders
• Balance global standardisation with local regulatory, safety and operational realities
• Demonstrated ability to lead and implement cross‑functional projects/programs
• Proven experience deploying commercial process improvements
• Strong change management and stakeholder engagement abilities at the executive level
• Strategic thinker with excellent analytical, communication and governance capabilities

PERSONAL QUALITIES

• Belonging – Create a culture of belonging where people feel appreciated
• Self‑Awareness – High levels of self‑awareness, reflective, and understanding of own strengths and weaknesses
• People Agility – Ability to understand and relate to people and navigate tough situations to harness collective performance
• Results Agility – Consistent delivery of results in first‑time situations by inspiring teams
• Mental Agility – Think critically, build fresh connections, strategic yet execution focused, bring creativity
• Change Agility – Curiosity, desire to experiment, growth mindset, learning from experience

PERKS OF WORKING FOR US

At Bacardi, we are committed to providing our Primos with a comprehensive Total Rewards package of compensation, benefits, incentives, allowances, well‑being, and much more to meet the needs of themselves and their families. It goes beyond just cash – the total rewards programme is based on pay for performance and linked to company and individual performance.

• Competitive Pay Package
• Competitive Holiday/Paid Time Off, plus additional days offered (e.g., volunteer day)
• Retirement/Pension Plan

HEALTH & WELLBEING

• Medical, Critical Illness, and Life Insurance
• Employee Assistance Programs
• Best‑in‑class, family‑friendly, and inclusive leave policies

Disclaimer: Bacardi seeks talent from all backgrounds to bring diversity of thought, agility and capability to our organisation across the globe. We promote a working environment where all employees are treated and rewarded fairly. We do not tolerate any form of discrimination that adversely affects individuals or groups on the basis of national origin, race, colour, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, age, and any other legally protected aspect of a person’s identity. U.S. applicants have rights under Federal Employment Laws.