Maturation Operations Planner

Our CraftEdrington’s vision is to give more by crafting exceptional ultra-premium spirit brands. The Macallan is our central focus, supported by Highland Park and The Glenrothes in the single malt category. Our portfolio is completed with Brugal rum from the Dominican Republic, Wyoming Whiskey in the American Whiskey category and Valdespino sherry from Jerez in Spain. 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 £33,000-£41,500
• 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 50:50 hybrid working, 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 schedule and coordinate Macallan Maturation and Cooperage operations plus cask movements in and out of other Edrington operational sites and third-party cooperage subcontractors. The operations planner co-ordinates logistics directly through freight and haulage partners where appropriate and works closely with the Macallan Stock Planning team, maturation operations, wider cask supply team (including Spanish operations), group logistics, distillery sites and strategic planning roles. The role holder ensures efficient operations scheduling on the Macallan Estate and efficient movement of casks and spirit between sites. This is a 12 month fixed term contract.

Make an Impact

Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to deliver high‑quality service, lead planning meetings, and ensure all contractor, maintenance, and operational activities are coordinated without disrupting maturation or cooperage work. Interpret and integrate plans from multiple stakeholders, schedule cooperage and maturation workloads, and manage cask and tanker dispatches/receipts, including imports from Spain, while minimising delays and demurrage costs. Work with site and group planners to optimise storage space, plan consolidation and bonding activities, allocate refill casks for filling, and secure sources of fillable casks while understanding capacity constraints. Coordinate with customers, group sites, and commercial cooperages to ensure timely cask supply, organise subcontract repair work, and arrange export certification for wood shipped overseas. Track and report progress against annual plans (e.g., Sherry cask receipts), support system and planning tool development (including cask tracking), drive improvements, and manage the sale and dispatch of excess cask inventory.

Your Talent and Skills

To be successful in this role, you bring experience from a planning or logistics environment, along with a strong awareness of health and safety, ideally supported by relevant qualifications. You are highly proficient in Microsoft Office applications—particularly Excel and Power BI—and confident using stock management systems and planning tools such as the Cask Database or SAP. With excellent planning, organisational and communication skills, you demonstrate strong problem‑solving abilities and an innovative mindset when required. You have well‑developed interpersonal skills and thrive in complex, fast‑paced environments, with knowledge of cask handling considered an advantage. Detail‑oriented and accurate in record‑keeping and data entry, you are self‑motivated, take ownership of your work, and hold a clean driving licence.

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.