Packaging Operations Team Lead - Baileys
Packaging Operations Team Lead - Baileys
Nangor Road, Dublin
Full-time/Permanent
Advert closing date : 17th August 2025
About Us
With over 200 brands sold in nearly 180 countries, we're the world's leading premium drinks company. Bring your passion and use your curiosity as you explore, collaborate, and innovate to build brands consumers love. Together with passionate people from all over the world, you'll test new ideas, learn and grow, and unlock a brighter, more exciting future.
Our indulgent blend of aged Irish whiskey and luscious Irish dairy cream, with hints of cocoa and vanilla, is loved the world over and sold in over 160 countries. Produced and bottled exclusively in Ireland, Baileys is enjoyed drizzled over ice cream, swirled into coffee or simply poured over ice.
The world's supply of Baileys comes from two production sites; Dublin and Belfast. Over 6.7 million cases of Baileys Original and Baileys Flavours leave the gates of these two sites every year, destined for over 130 countries worldwide.
About This Role
We're looking for a Team Lead to join our packaging operations at Baileys, Nangor Road. In this hands-on leadership role, you'll drive the efficiency of a busy production line and lead your team to deliver outstanding results - safely and to the highest standards.
You'll play a crucial role in ensuring our teams are motivated, challenged, and proud of their achievements. If you're passionate about leading people, committed to excellence, and thrive in a fast-paced environment - we'd love to hear from you.
You will be responsible for:
- Leading your team on the floor daily to meet production targets.
- Ensuring safety, quality, and performance standards are consistently achieved.
- Driving continuous improvement with bold action planning and delivery.
- Developing your team through coaching, recognizing great performance, and addressing issues promptly.
- Collaborating with maintenance teams to ensure equipment reliability.
- Utilising visual management tools and daily routines to keep the team focused and accountable.
To be successful in this role, you will need:
- Solid management experience in a manufacturing or production environment - you'll have directly led teams, not just supported them
- A strong track record of managing performance and developing team capability through coaching and support
- Proactive structured problem evaluation and resolving issues quickly learnt through exposure to Lean, Six Sigma, TPM or Manufacturing excellence
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to engage and influence across different teams and functions
- A continuous improvement mindset - always looking for better ways of working and encouraging others to do the same
- Willingness to work a rotating shift pattern (no night shifts)
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Shift Pattern and Working Hours
This role operates on a rotating shift schedule with shifts from 7 AM to 4 PM and 3 PM to midnight. You'll work an average of 38 hours per week across the year, with shifts adjusted during peak times to meet demand. During quieter periods, you'll typically have Fridays off to support a better work-life balance.
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:
- Contemporary work life balance policies and wellbeing activities
- Shift allowance
- Healthcare allowance
- Product allowance
- Contributary pension scheme
- Annual performance bonus
- Share options
Our purpose is to celebrate life, every day, everywhere. And creating an inclusive culture, where everyone feels valued and that they can belong, is a crucial part of this.
We embrace diversity in the broadest possible sense. This means that you'll be welcomed and celebrated for who you are just by being you. You'll be part of and help build and champion an inclusive culture that celebrates people of different gender, ethnicity, ability, age, sexual orientation, social class, educational backgrounds, experiences, mindsets, and more.
Our ambition is to create the best performing, most trusted and respected consumer products companies in the world. Join us and help transform our business as we take our brands to new heights and build new ones as part of shaping the next generation of celebrations for consumers around the world.
Feel inspired? Then this may be the opportunity for you.
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Perks and Benefits
Health and Wellness
- Health Insurance
- Health Reimbursement Account
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Life Insurance
- Short-Term Disability
- Long-Term Disability
- FSA
- FSA With Employer Contribution
- HSA
- HSA With Employer Contribution
- Fitness Subsidies
- Pet Insurance
- Mental Health Benefits
Parental Benefits
- Birth Parent or Maternity Leave
- Non-Birth Parent or Paternity Leave
- Fertility Benefits
- Adoption Assistance Program
- Family Support Resources
- Adoption Leave
Work Flexibility
- Hybrid Work Opportunities
Office Life and Perks
- Commuter Benefits Program
- Casual Dress
- Happy Hours
- On-Site Cafeteria
- Holiday Events
Vacation and Time Off
- Paid Vacation
- Paid Holidays
- Personal/Sick Days
- Leave of Absence
- Volunteer Time Off
Financial and Retirement
- 401(K)
- Pension
- Stock Purchase Program
- Performance Bonus
- Relocation Assistance
Professional Development
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Promote From Within
- Mentor Program
- Access to Online Courses
- Lunch and Learns
- Internship Program
- Leadership Training Program
- Associate or Rotational Training Program
Diversity and Inclusion
- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Program
- Employee Resource Groups (ERG)
- Woman founded/led
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