**Job Description :** **Manufacturing Excellence (Manex) Lead - Kegging** **St James's Gate Brewery, Dublin** **Full-time/Permanent** **Advert closing date : 17th August 2025** **About Us** Ever since Arthur Guinness took out a 9,000 year lease on a Dublin brewery, some 264 years ago, we have been a business that is defined by the character of the people who work here. Today the team at St James Gate is proud to continue the legacy of Arthur Guinness and in doing so continue to brew the world’s most iconic brands. St. James's Gate Brewery in Dublin is Diageo's largest manufacturing facility in Ireland, and the largest stout brewery in the world, producing over three million pints of Guinness every day, supplying a growing Irish, UK and US market, and exporting to 90 global markets. Our main beer brands are Guinness, Rockshore, Hop House 13, Smithwick's and Harp. We also brew Carlsberg and Tuborg under licence for the Irish market, as well as a range of newer products, most recently Guinness 0.0. The brewery is highly utilised placing a premium on plant and process reliability. **About This Role** As the Kegging Manex Lead at St James's Gate Brewery, you will play a crucial role in supporting the Shift Managers to ensure effective implementation of management practices that drive continuous improvement and performance enhancement. You will actively promote and implement tools and techniques that lead to sustainable improvements across operations teams. **You will be responsible for:** + Actively developing, promoting, and driving the use of improvement tools within the department. + Monitoring performance progress across designated areas, ensuring best practices are shared. + Conducting analysis on loss & waste, validating data, and strategizing improvement priorities. + Participating in ongoing improvement projects using structured methodologies. + Coordinating training and coaching on best practices for teams You will be an integral part of the kegging teams to help develop and coach cultural change and drive towards Zero Stops & Zero Waste & 100% Engagement. ​If you are passionate about driving change and achieving excellence, this role is perfect for you. **To be successful in this role, you will need:** + Experience in a process environment demonstrating a proven track record of utilizing manufacturing excellence tools and techniques such as 5S, setup time reduction, Lean Six Sigma, Asset Care, and DMAIC improvement techniques. + Experience in coaching and influencing a range of stakeholders for success. + Great engagement and communication skills. + Be able to interpret and analyze extensive data sources to identify loss and waste, cost-saving opportunities, and trends. **Working with Us** Flexibility is key to our success. Talk to us about what flexibility means to you so that you’re supported to run 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 + 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.  _If you require a reasonable adjustment, please ensure that you capture this information when you submit your application._ **Worker Type :** Regular **Primary Location:** St James Gate **Additional Locations :** **Job Posting Start Date :** 2025-08-01 With over 200 brands sold in more than 180 countries, we’re the world’s leading premium drinks company. Every day, over 30,000 talented people come together at Diageo to create the magic behind our much-loved brands. From iconic names to innovative newcomers – the brands we’re building are rooted in culture and local communities. Our ambition is to be one of the best performing, most trusted and most respected consumer products companies in the world. Our founders, such as Arthur Guinness, John Walker, and Charles Tanqueray, were visionary entrepreneurs whose brilliant minds helped shape the alcohol industry. And through our people, their legacy lives on. Join us, and you’ll collaborate with talented people from all corners of the world. Together, you’ll innovate and push boundaries, shaping a more inclusive and sustainable future that we can all be proud of. With diversity at our core, we celebrate our people's unique passions, commitments and specialist skills. Because when varied voices, mindsets, and personalities come together, great ideas are born. In our supportive culture, your voice will be heard and you’ll be empowered to be you. Just bring your ambition, curiosity and ideas, and we’ll celebrate your work and help you reach your fullest potential. **DRINKiQ** What's your DRINKiQ? 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