Last Updated on July 19, 2023
Title: Business Operations Manager
Location: Kingston-upon-Thames, England
This role offers a fantastic opportunity to join one of the most exciting spirits companies in the World, in an Operations role within the Supply Chain, Logistics and Operations function. You will lead the day-today operations to ensure the smooth running of the organisation and minimising business risk, this includes leading business improvement projects and ensuring we remain compliant to local laws.
The Sazerac Company produces and markets the most award-winning bourbons and whiskeys in the world, including Buffalo Trace, Pappy Van Winkle, Eagle Rare, Blanton’s, and Sazerac Rye. Additionally, Sazerac owns many popular brands across a range of spirits including Fireball, Southern Comfort, Paddy Irish Whiskey, Tuaca and Peychaud’s.
Since 1850, Sazerac Company has thrived as an independent, American family-owned company with operations in the United States and around the world. Since 2008, Sazerac has experienced double-digit growth every year! We attribute our success to a unique blend of our history, culture, brands, relationships, innovation, technology, and most importantly, our people. Whether you are a recent graduate or an experienced professional, Sazerac provides extraordinary opportunities for growth with competitive salaries and benefits in an exciting, entrepreneurial industry.
Hi-Spirits is the UK subsidiary of the Sazerac Company and is one of the UK’s leading spirit distributors and brand builders representing an award-winning range of Sazerac owned and third-party agency spirit brands. Our enviable, diverse portfolio of award-winning brands include the UK’s fastest growing bourbon brand, Buffalo Trace, the UK’s largest American whiskey liqueur brand, Southern Comfort, and the number 1 sambuca brand in the UK, Antica Sambuca.
We have a highly passionate and motivated team of industry experts working across multiple functions including Sales, Marketing, Finance and Operations. Our reach extends across all BWS channels in the UK and our key to success is building long term partnerships with some of the best operators in the industry to bring our brands to life. We’re proud to say we do things a little differently to other drinks companies, highlighted by our belief in bringing the right brands to each consumer through a multi-faceted and flexible approach. An approach which allows us to work with a wide array of brands from category leaders to new, incubator brands.
The UK & Ireland Business Operations Manager is responsible for the day-to-day operations of Hi-Spirits, both the physical office infrastructure (IT & Facilities) and the wider UK wide compliance to ensure we operate as efficiently as possible & comply with local laws. As Business Operations Manager you will play a key role in the alignment of the business with our Parent company in the US (Sazerac) while working with external stakeholders to ensure we meet all appropriate timelines. You will also play a part in the development of operational processes and systems as we position ourselves for continues significant growth.
| Position Title: | Business Operations Manager UK & Ireland |
| Qualifications/Experience: | 3+ years’ experience working in a similar role within FMCG supply chain with experience in project management & delivering change.
High level of technical capability including Microsoft excel etc, comfortable working with large sets of data across multiple sources. Demonstrates experience decision making, prioritising a broad workload and collaborating cross functionally. |
| Reports To: | Operations and Logistics Director |
| Reason for Position: | Running the daily operation of the supply chain while supporting process and system improvements that will support the business growth. |
| Responsibilities: | Office management, through the Facilities and Operations assistant ensuring the day to day running of the Hi-Spirits office plus business rates and Utilities.
Project management to bring new brands to the UK & Ireland market, working with brand managers, sales team, supply chain and global production. Company compliance, ensuring the business remains compliant to local laws and regulations and pays all taxes and levies such as packaging waste, DRS and business insurance. Product compliance, working with our US compliance team, brand managers and 3rd parties to ensure our existing and new products meet all required regulations. IT maintenance and development as we align our operation with our parent company (Sazerac). |
| Requirements: | A creative, challenger mindset
Supporting and developing others to drive performance improvement for individuals and the whole team. Excellent communication skills with experience collaborating across functions and with senior stakeholders. Project management skills with the ability to successfully plan, manage, prioritise tasks and evaluate across multiple projects. Focused on continues improvement across all tasks. High level of technical capability Must demonstrate commercial acumen with a strong ability to analyse and draw insights from data to drive business efficiencies. Willing to learn, proactive, positive can-do attitude and desire to own decisions |
If you would like to apply for this role, please email rebecca@hi-spirits.com