Guinness Open Gate Brewery Team Leader

The Guinness Open Gate Brewery is the home of experimentation in beer at St. James's Gate in Dublin City. It is an experimental brewery which dates back over 100 years, and our gates are open for discovery. Guinness Open Gate Brewery is a hidden secret just waiting to be discovered. Visitors are welcomed to our taproom and beer garden to sample experimental beers that will not be found anywhere else As an Open Gate Brewery Ambassador, you will work in a busy bar environment, welcoming visitors from the four corners of the world on a celebration of Guinness experimentation, where your role is to help visitors celebrate and explore the joy of beer, guiding them through tasting beer, assessing its flavour and quality, and with an ability to describe why it tastes the way it does.

About the Role

This beer savvy candidate will be the day-to-day beer and hospitality lead at the Guinness Open Gate Brewery, assisting the manager in setting a welcoming tone and culture which is distinctly Guinness.

The position is primarily based in Dublin at the Open Gate Brewery, where you will welcome visitors to explore the joy in making and sharing beer, exploring flavour, beer styles and pairings with our many guests. You may also from time to time be asked to represent Guinness in other markets. Your working hours will be spread across days ,evenings andweekends, interacting face to face with trade representatives, general public and the broader beer community.

Responsibilities:

• Day to day lead on visitor experience functions, including bar experience, consumer events, corporate events, brand events, staff lead and scheduling, inventory and control of operating supplies, opening and closing
• Leading the consumer facing experience on a day to day basis.
• Works collaboratively with the GOGB brewery team & guest breweries to manage the delivery and schedule of rotational beer for the bar
• Is the lead on creating a beer centric culture among the team
• Assists with building brilliant beer centric experiences for consumers
• Leading the beer and food experience delivery for GOGB to ensure excellent hospitality and service for guests in a way that supports the Guinness culture
• Assists the GOGB manager with creating and building welcoming experiences for key stakeholders in the Guinness Brand Teams, GOGB Supply and Brewery Team,
• Working with on-site colleagues, to deliver full compliance to both statutory and agreed Diageo standards in respect of Health & Safety, Fire Safety, and Environment.
• Play a leading role in delivering brand immersion and engagement with consumers, key influencers including media and fostering great relationships with hospitality and tourism sector.
• Emergency response, crisis management, visitor safety and business continuity management
• Directly contributes to performance and sales/ per capita targets
• Owns the development of a strong service and beer culture at the GOGB
• Provide line manager direction & supervision to team members.

Role Requirements:

• At least 18 months hospitality and beer supervisory experience.
• Able to show good leadership & people skills and a business orientation.
• Enthusiasm and knowledge for all thing's beer
• Be a great communicator, and able to bring the wider teams on the journey of igniting their passion for beer.
• Flexible with work schedule including weekends, holidays, and evenings

Working with Us

Flexibility is key to success in our business and many of our people work flexibly in many different ways, including part-time, compressed hours, flexible location. Please talk to us about what flexibility means to you and don't let anything stop you from applying.

• We offer a highly competitive rewards and benefits package including: Contemporary work life balance policies and wellbeing activities
• Contributary pension scheme
• Share options
• Designated annual leave
• Daily lunch allowance
• Flexible hours working allowance

Our purpose is to celebrate life, every day, everywhere. And creating an inclusive culture, where everyone feels valued and listened to, is a crucial part of this.

We believe the most diverse and inclusive culture makes for a better business and a better world.

We know that for our business to thrive and for Diageo to realise its ambition, we depend on having diverse talent with a range of backgrounds, skills and capabilities in each of the countries in which we operate and to reflect our broad consumer base.

Around the world we have a number of inclusive Business and Employee Resource Groups known as BRGs and ERGs. These influential groups, made up of our people, represent variousviewpoints, experiences andcommunities who generate thought-provokingworkto enhance ourbusiness and workplace, creating a sense of belonging and opportunities for all.

Join us, and you'll be part of an organisation that embraces 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 — an inclusive culture that celebrates people of different gender, ethnicity, ability, age, sexual orientation, social class, educational backgrounds, experiences, mindsets, and more. And you'll help us champion inclusion and diversity across our entire business: with our employees, our suppliers, across our brands, and within the communities in which we operate.

About Us

With over 200 brands sold in nearly 180 countries, we're the world's leading premium drinks company. Every day, over 30,000 talented people come together at Diageo to create the magic behind our much-loved brands.

Join us and you'll collaborate, explore, and innovate. Challenge and be challenged. Together with passionate people from all over the world, you'll build brands consumers love.

We value each other and celebrate different perspectives. In our inclusive culture, you'll have the backing you need to test new ideas and learn from them. Harness your passion and desire to grow as you make your mark. Let's unlock a brighter, more exciting future together.

Our ambition is to create the best performing, most trusted and respected consumer products companies in the world. To achieve this, we need the world's very best people. We're looking for people with curiosity, creativity, boldness and a sense of purpose to take Diageo and our timeless, pioneering brands to the next level.

Feel inspired? Then this may be the opportunity for you.

With over 200 brands sold in more than 180 countries, we're the world's leading premium drinks company. Every day, over 30,000 talented people come together at Diageo to create the magic behind our much-loved brands. From iconic names to innovative newcomers – the brands we're building are rooted in culture and local communities. Our ambition is to be one of the best performing, most trusted and most respected consumer products companies in the world.

Our founders, such as Arthur Guinness, John Walker, and Charles Tanqueray, were visionary entrepreneurs whose brilliant minds helped shape the alcohol industry. And through our people, their legacy lives on. Join us, and you'll collaborate with talented thinkers, leaders, and makers from all corners of the world. Together, you'll innovate and push boundaries, shaping a more inclusive and sustainable future that we can all be proud of.

With diversity at our core, we celebrate our people's unique passions, commitments and specialist skills. Because when varied voices, mindsets, and personalities come together, great ideas are born. In our supportive culture, your voice will be heard and you'll be empowered to be you. Just bring your ambition, curiosity and ideas, and we'll celebrate your work and help you reach your fullest potential.

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