Senior Director, Fort Smith Operations

Location: Fort Smith, Arkansas, US

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Pernod Ricard is a global premium spirits and wine company. We're the team behind leading brands such as ABSOLUT Vodka, Jameson Irish Whiskey, Malibu, Kahlua Liqueur, Beefeater Gin, and Avion Tequila, as well as many more superior wines and exquisite champagnes!

Working at Pernod Ricard is all about igniting conviviality in all that we do. Derived from the French word convivialite, it means human connection, authenticity, friendliness, and joviality. Conviviality is energy and spirit with a splash of je ne sais quoi and is a core philosophy around how we live and work at Pernod Ricard.

Salary

The salary range for this role, based in Fort Smith, is $ to $. The range will vary if outside of this location. Base salaries are determined during our interview process, by assessing a candidate’s experience, skills against internal peers and against the scope and responsibilities of the position.

We are seeking a dynamic and experienced Sr. Director, Operations to support our Fort Smith manufacturing location. This role is critical to establish strategic direction and action plans for Bottling, Material Handling, Engineering/Maintenance and factory systems to support the site and regional strategy. The Sr. Director will partner to ensure the site is adhering to regulatory and compliance, export operations, and logistics execution.

This role will work to ensure compliance and excellence in Customer Service, Quality, Cost, Delivery, Product, Safety, Environmental and Employee Health & Safety. This senior leadership position will be responsible for challenging existing norms, leading change initiatives and delivering projects on time and within budget. The role will focus on developing organizational and people capabilities to maximize business objectives and results, ensure sustainable succession planning and employee engagement.

Alongside team development the role will have a strong focus on continuous improvement, cross-functional communication and cooperation between functions to maximize site opportunity and profitability.

The ideal candidate has a solid understanding of manufacturing operations and supply chain with a proven track record of high levels of effective partnership across a cross-functional team. This individual is expected to foster continuous transformation, shaping processes and culture that together improves the organization's operational effectiveness as well as its capacity for change while maintaining/enhancing employee engagement. The Sr. Director, Operations for Fort Smith will be responsible for end-to-end operations enabling organizational growth ambitions.

• Personnel Management (Effectiveness): Lead/coach salaried leadership through development plans tailored to individuals, toward continuous improvement to enable a high-performing team which maximizes engagement and performance.
• Builds high-performance work groups focused on customer service and delivering results. Inspires and motivates employees to achieve performance levels and potential through coaching, communication, and training.
• Develop department culture that fosters teamwork, fast pace, training, effective communication, accountability and high individual performance.
• Utilize training matrix to ensure all employees are trained on company policies, safety programs, regulatory standards and ISO work instructions as defined by company standards.
• Manage drawback program liaison with PRUSA Tax.
• Strong cross-functional collaboration to ensure customs compliance for imports and exports of bulk goods, dry goods, case goods, equipment, and samples.
• Proactively identify and mitigate risks related to regulatory compliance and supply chain disruptions.
• Strong cross-functional export operational excellence partnership, ensuring timely and compliant delivery of goods to international markets.
• Liaise with regulatory bodies to ensure compliance with export regulations.
• Strong cross-functional partnership to optimize export processes to enhance efficiency and reduce costs.
• Develop and maintain positive…