Job Title: Blending Intern
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.
About the role:
It is development role which focused supplying Bulk Liquid to the Isipingo Packaging Department and other Packaging business partners, in line with the business goals and objectives, to maintain a high efficiency, low cost, good quality and acceptable safety standard operation. To implement company’s manufacturing processes, systems, and procedures. Accountable for Supervising / leading blending, filtration, mixing process operations. Leading and ensuring loading and offloading of bulk tankers and containers. Maintain and Lead a Safe and Healthy Working Environment and Improve Quality and Food Safety Compliance Agenda.
Experience / skills required:
ND in Quality, or Production or related
Accountabilities :
Actively this role shall own the entire process to ensure the delivery of the bulk products to internal and external customers On Time In Full at the required Quality. Planning & Co-coordinating Blending processes to ensure the on time in full of no error supply of Bulk liquid to all our Packaging Partners internal and external. Translation of packaging plan into blending plan and communicate timeously to all stakeholders. Comply with the Customs, Excise and Duty payment process as defined in the Tanker offloading SOP. Stand in for the Blending Manager when required for Business continuity. Ensuring all ingredients and processing aids are available for production. Ensuring all utilities (Steam; Air and Water) are available for blending production. Ensure cleaning and sanitizing of the Plants and equipment in accordance with quality standards. Ensure all autonomous maintenance processes are consistently applied and implemented in line with the maintenance plan. Participate in AM audits. Prepare for, Receiving, offloading, Loading and dispatch of consolidated flavours and blended liquids. This role involves facilitation and interaction with all relevant stakeholders both internally and externally. The individual must have a positive impact on Quality, Cost, Delivery, Safety and Morale/people in the department through correct application of Continuous Improvement methodologies. Participate and/or lead the relevant root cause analyses for any non-conformances. This role requires you to work shifts. Lead and support the Blending Operators to execute the relevant production plans in accordance with the set KPI’s Lead the people management agenda related to the Blending Operators (HR/IR policies and procedures). Spend adequate time on the floor to support, coach and guide operators. Manage attendance and manpower requirements. Apply Performance Management Practices consistently with direct reports. Ensure continuous handover across shifts and within the team members. Partner with capability personnel to ensure the development and growth of the Blending Operators. Ensure blending operator’s skills matrix are updated timeously. Effectively lead and deliver department and site KPIs. identify opportunities on the shift and the plant to drive KPI improvement. Accountable for maintenance of documentation. Accountable for records to be correct, completed fully and honestly. Conduct all activities and processes in accordance with relevance LTO Standards Attend all mandatory and statutory training. Conduct all the Blending activities according to the agreed Technical Manuals and Company Standard operating Procedures. Ensure all Quality and Food Safety Management system standards and controls are consistently applied, Ensure prompt adherence of team members to standard escalation procedures. Ensure 5 WHY is completed on shift inline with stipulated standards. Ensure all down time activities is properly recorded.
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.
Worker Type :
Fixed Term Contract (Fixed Term)
Primary Location:
Isipingo
Additional Locations :
Job Posting Start Date :
2026-06-01
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