Maturation Operations Planning Assistant

Our Craft

Our vision is to give more by crafting exceptional ultra-premium spirit brands. The Macallan is our leading brand, supported by Highland Park and The Glenrothes in the fast-growing single malt category and Naked Malt in the blended malt category. Our portfolio is completed with Brugal premium rum from the Dominican Republic, The Famous Grouse Blended Scotch Whisky, and Wyoming Whiskey in the American Whiskey category. Edrington also has a strategic partnership with No.3 London Dry Gin. 

Our principal shareholder is a charitable trust, so we were built to make a world of difference. Discover a place where values define our culture. The home of exceptional brands, where people and teams thrive.

Our Blend of Benefits

• Salary £30,000 - £37,000 per annu
• 12 month Fixed Term Contract
• 37 days holiday, plus 4 Giving More volunteer days
• Save for retirement and invest in your future - pension contributions (employee up to 8.75%, employer up to 14%)
• Share in our success with up to 10% Share Reward scheme (subject to eligibility)
• Private medical insurance that covers the cost of private healthcare and includes round the clock access to GP services and menopause health line
• 24/7 support for you and your loved ones to counselling, life coaching and information on financial, mental, and physical wellbeing
• Experience our exceptional brands with a generous annual product allowance, plus at least 20% discount in our staff shop 
• Embrace work-life harmony with 26 weeks’ paid maternity, paternity and adoption leave, and up to five paid carers leave days a year

Embrace Excellence

The purpose of this role is to assist with the scheduling and coordination of Macallan Warehouse and Cooperage operations plus cask movements in and out of other Edrington operational sites, and third-party cooperage subcontractors.  The Maturation Operations Planning assistant will co-ordinate logistics directly through freight and haulage partners where appropriate and work closely with the Macallan Stock Planning team, warehouse operations, wider cask supply team (including Spanish operations), group logistics, distillery sites and strategic planning roles. The role holder will ensure efficient operations scheduling on the Macallan Estate and efficient movement of casks and spirit between sites. This is a fixed term 12 month contract.

Make an Impact

• Collaborate with the wider operations team to deliver excellent quality and service to plan.
• Support with interpreting and combining short to medium term plans from different stakeholders, ensuring practical and efficient logistics.
• Support with scheduling workload for cask shed team and highlight any concerns or issues regarding available resource and progress against plan.
• Support with scheduling workload for warehouse team, fully utilising both shifts, and highlight any concerns regarding available resource or progress against plan.
• Plan and arrange cask despatches and receipts to/from third party and group sites.
• Schedule incoming sherry cask container deliveries from Spain, avoiding demurrage costs where possible.
• Support planning of daily cooperage operations and support Delivery Planning Manager to ensure storage space for full and empty casks optimised.  This includes monitoring useable warehouses and available vacuity.
• Liaise with group operational sites to establish source of fillable casks.
• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to ensure all mature and NMS tankers/cask loads are optimally scheduled.
• Attend planning meetings with the Cooperage and Warehousing team leaders.

Your Talent and Skills

You will have experience within a scheduling, planning, or logistics environement, as well as a keen awareness of health and safety standards.  We're looking for someone with proficiency in Microsoft Office packages, especially Excel and Power BI. Your strong planning, organizational, and communication skills will be essential, as will your ability to multitask effectively within established processes.  You should possess excellent problem-solving abilities and interpersonal skills, and have experience working in a complex, fast-paced environment. While knowledge of the whisky industry is advantageous, it is not essential. Attention to detail is crucial, particularly in accurate record-keeping and data entry. We value self-motivation and the ability to take ownership of tasks.

We’ve put together some criteria that we think is important for this role, but don’t worry if your experience and expertise isn’t an exact match. If you feel that you can add value to our role and to Edrington more broadly, we would welcome your application and be eager to learn more about you.

A Place For Everyone

We’re proud of our inclusive culture – where unique experiences, ideas and perspectives are celebrated. We want everyone to feel respected and empowered to contribute to our success.

Get involved. From colleague networks like Balance, Pride and Kick-Start to inclusion allies and DE&I champions, we encourage our people to be curious, get involved and help us make change happen

Application Closing Date - 11th June 2025