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Whisky Operations Administrator

Organisation: The Macallan Distillery

Salary: £28000- £35000

Location: The Macallan Estate, Easter Elchies, Aberlour AB38 9RX

This role provides day to day administration support to the Macallan Maturation team and Glenrothes operations teams. Cover for the day to day running of Macallan reception, including all office administration is also required. The role is key to ensure that all HMRC requirements are met in relation to operational documentation, record keeping and stock control.  Although based at the Macallan site, the role provides administration support to Macallan Maturation and Distillation teams and stock administration support for Glenrothes, Highland, Parkmore and Buchley sites. The role is also key to ensure that good working relations with internal and external customers are maintained and that operational teams are supported to deliver the required business targets.

This role involves managing the distribution of barcode labels for New Make Spirit (NMS) and mature spirit operations, processing W8 paperwork and SDVS checks for warehousing activities, and overseeing NMS filling sheets and delivery orders. Responsibilities include coordinating spirit movement compliance, recording vatting and racking details, processing sample requests, and handling cask regauge requests. The role also manages data on cask receipts, dispatches, movements, and stock control of consumables, while handling invoicing, duty payments, and cask-related financial tasks. Additional duties include supporting office administration, managing outgoing mail and samples, liaising with finance, raising purchase orders, and promoting continuous improvement in cooperage operations.

You are IT literate with a good knowledge and experience of MS Office programmes.  Strong organisational skills with excellent attention to detail to ensure accurate record keeping and data entry.  Experience of using stock management systems e.g. SAP.  Warehouse or distillation knowledge is desirable.  Basic problem-solving skills and experience of working to deadlines.  Strong communication skills across many stakeholders.  Ability to adopt new technologies, implement and use when required.  Ability to be self-motivated and demonstrate ownership over 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.

Application Deadline: Monday 14/10/2024