Global Process Lead, Make Plant Maintenance

OUR CULTURE

We share the passion and entrepreneurial flair of our founder and are guided by our three culture pillars - Fearless, Family and Founders, they inspire our Primos to be the best they can be and drive us forward in all we do. But what does this mean?

Being Fearless; means adopting an agile mindset, being comfortable trying new things and taking risks. We are empowered to question, challenge and innovate.

Family; We treat each other, and our communities, like Family. Always.

Founders; The spirit of entrepreneurship is at the heart of everything we do. We see the business as if it’s our own. We do the right thing for the business and we all take accountability for our work.

When you join Bacardi, you become part of our family and gain more than just a job.

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, standardized, 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 standardization with local realities while translating operational needs into SAP S/4HANA - enabled execution that delivers measurable improvements in reliability, safety, cost, and performance.

RESPONSIBILITIES - WITH OUR CONSUMER AT THE HEART YOUR KEY FOCUS WILL BE:

Global Process Lead – Manufacturing & Maintenance

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, ensuring clarity, consistency, and performance visibility

Guide fit-to-standard process design aligned with industry-leading manufacturing and TPM practices

Lead Manufacturing & Maintenance process design within the Transformation program, 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 digitization, and adoption across sites

Lead identification, prioritization, 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

Maintenance Excellence & TPM

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:

o Autonomous Maintenance (AM)

o Planned / Preventive Maintenance (PM)

o Focused Improvement (FI)

o Asset & Equipment Lifecycle Management o Early Equipment Management (EEM)

o Training & Capability Development • Define global standards for:

o Asset criticality and prioritization

o Loss analysis and elimination

o Equipment condition monitoring and reliability centered maintenance (RCM) o Preventive & predictive maintenance

o Maintenance KPIs and tiered performance management

o 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:

• o Clean master data structures
• o Effective maintenance planning and execution flows
• o Accurate performance and cost reporting
• o Support design decisions, testing, deployment, and adoption across waves

SKILLS - THE SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE NEEDED TO CREATE YOUR LEGACY

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 organizations

Strong understanding of end-to-end manufacturing and maintenance process architecture

Manufacturing Leadership & Operational Credibility

o Leverage first-hand manufacturing leadership experience to ensure processes are practical, executable, and value-driven

o Act as a trusted partner to Plant Directors, Operations, Engineering, and Maintenance leaders

o Balance global standardization 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.

Experience with agile transformation methodologies.

PERSONAL QUALITIES – SHARE OUR FOUNDER’S PASSION AND ENTREPRENEURIAL FLAIR

Belonging: You have a strong capacity to create a culture of ‘Belonging’, where people feel appreciated for who they are, what they do, and who they can become

Self-Awareness: You have high levels of self-awareness, are reflective and know yourself well, understanding both your own strengths and weaknesses and your impact on others

People Agility: You bring a deep ability to understand and relate to people and navigate through tough situations to harness and multiply collective performance

Results Agility: You demonstrate consistent delivery of results in first-time situations by inspiring teams, exhibiting a presence that builds confidence in yourself and others.

Mental Agility: You can think critically to penetrate complex problems and expand the possibilities by making fresh connections. You think strategically whilst being execution focused and bring creativity to the challenges you’re presented with

Change Agility: You have a deep natural curiosity, desire to experiment and ability to effectively deal with the heat of change. You have a growth and learning mindset: ready to test, stumble, learn and apply from experience

LEADERSHIP AGILITY

At Bacardi we care deeply about finding brilliant talent who can bring the following personal attributes to help elevate our 3Fs: Fearless, Family, Founder culture to the next level.

Belonging: You have a strong capacity to create a culture of ‘Belonging’, where people feel appreciated for who they are, what they do, and who they can become

Self-Awareness: You have high levels of self-awareness, are reflective and know yourself well, understanding both your own strengths and weaknesses and your impact on others

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