Senior Executive - Blending

Job Title: Senior Executive - Blending

About the Function:

Our Supply Chain and Manufacturing team are problem-solvers, sourcing, producing, and delivering our much-loved brands to delight customers around the globe. Over half of Diageo's 30,000+ people work in Supply Chain and Manufacturing. It's an intricate and sophisticated operation that's the product of logistical, manufacturing, and technical collaborations.

Our teams in 100 sites in over 30 countries cover production facilities, supplier relationships, customer collaborations and third-party agreements. We're committed to realising our ‘Society 2030: Spirit of Progress' goals, to protect the environment and support our farmers and suppliers. Whatever your skills and experience, we'll help you to thrive in our inclusive culture.

1. Blend Preparation & Execution

• Prepare blends for whisky, rum, vodka, brandy, and other spirits as per approved recipes.
• Measure, mix, and adjust blend components to meet organoleptic and chemical specifications.
• Ensure precise adherence to blending instructions, maturation standards, and filtration parameters.

2. Quality & Sensory Compliance

• Conduct sensory evaluation (appearance, aroma, taste) to ensure blend consistency.
• Collaborate with Quality teams to meet product standards, stability, and regulatory requirements.
• Identify and correct quality deviations before batch release.

3. Blend Planning & Inventory Management

• Maintain stock levels of ENA, malt spirit, matured spirits, caramel, flavours, and additives.
• Support planning teams to ensure daily/weekly blend readiness for bottling lines.
• Maintain accurate blending records, batch sheets, and spirit movement documentation.

4. Process Control & Documentation

• Monitor temperature, filtration efficiency, proof strength, and blending yields.
• Prepare production and blending reports as per excise and internal compliance norms.
• Ensure full traceability of every batch from raw material to final blend.

5. Safety, Hygiene & Compliance

• Follow safety, quality, and food safety (FSSAI) guidelines in blending areas.
• Ensure hygiene standards for blending tanks, pipelines, filtration systems, and storage vessels.
• Collaborate with excise officers for accurate documentation and inspections.

6. Continuous Improvement

• Participate in kaizen activities to improve blending yield, cycle time, and quality.
• Support new product development trials and recipe improvement initiatives.
• Suggest process improvements for consistency and operational efficiency.

Key Skills & Competencies

• Strong knowledge of ENA, matured spirits, sensory evaluation, and blending science.
• Understanding of filtration, maturation, proof adjustment, and spirit chemistry.
• Proficiency in SAP / ERP for spirit movement and blend documentation.
• Analytical skills for lab results interpretation (ABV, colour, turbidity, fusel oils).
• Strong discipline, attention to detail, and adherence to quality systems.
• Good coordination skills with production, quality, warehouse, and excise.
• knowledge in safety & manufacturing Excellence will be added advantage
• Blend & Production posting in system- NEWGEN DELTA regularly and tracking the stock positions.
• Performance monitoring, Training & Development of Unit QC on sensory, L1, GMP, testing/analysis, calibration of instruments , LMR, FSSA & FSMS.
• All Blends coordination with TC for Formula & Blend Procedure - 1st batch approval.
• Maintain & Monitor stocks position of Spirits/ HBS/Caramel/Food flavour etc...

Qualifications

• B.Sc. / M.Sc./B.Tech in Chemistry / Food Technology / Biotechnology
• Diploma or certification in Distillation/Alcohol Technology (added advantage)
• 2-5 years' experience in blending, distillation, bottling, or alcoholic beverage industry.

Flexible Working Statement: Flexibility is key to our success. From part-time and compressed hours to different locations, our people work flexibly in ways to suit them. Talk to us about what flexibility means to you so that you're supported from day one.

Diversity statement: 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 the next level 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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Client-provided location(s): Cuttack, India

Job ID: Diageo-JR1120919

Employment Type: FULL_TIME

Posted: 2025-12-12T19:09:15