Bottling Production Platform Manager

Job Description

Job Description

This role is based at our Bardstown, KY Bottling facility.

What the Role Is

The Bottling Production Platform Manager is responsible for the overall performance, leadership, and operational success of an assigned production platform operating across all three shifts at the Bardstown Bottling Facility. This role has full accountability for platform performance including safety, quality, delivery, cost, and continuous improvement metrics. The Manager leads shift leads and cross-functional teams to drive operational excellence, implement the Heaven Hill Production System, and achieve world-class performance standards.

This position ensures strong execution of safety initiatives, TPM and preventive maintenance activities, quality improvements, workforce development, and data-driven performance management. The Platform Manager is expected to rotate shifts as necessary to support production needs, resolve operational challenges, and drive achievement of platform goals.

How You Will Spend Your Time?

Operational Leadership

• Provide leadership and oversight for all production activities within the platform across three shifts.
• Lead and develop platform leads and production teams to ensure consistent operational performance.
• Maintain accountability for platform KPIs including safety, quality, throughput, efficiency, waste, cost, and OEE.
• Monitor operational performance through daily management systems and DDS board processes.

Safety & Compliance

• Drive a strong safety culture focused on prevention and continuous improvement.
• Reduce recordable accidents and Total Case Incident Rate (TCIR) toward world-class performance levels.
• Ensure compliance with all company safety policies, procedures, and regulatory requirements.
• Lead platform safety & compliance initiatives and improvements.

Quality & Customer Expectations

• Lead initiatives that improve product quality and ensure compliance with customer expectations and specifications.
• Analyze production data and trends to identify improvement opportunities and prevent defects.

Maintenance & Reliability

• Partner with the Maintenance Department to ensure effective execution of preventive maintenance (PM) and Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) programs.
• Lead equipment reliability improvements through TPM pillars, centerline management, and autonomous maintenance practices including Clean, Inspect, and lubricate activities.

Continuous Improvement

• Lead the implementation and expansion of the Heaven Hill Production System within the platform.
• Drive Lean manufacturing initiatives and TPM activities to improve operational efficiency.
• Responsible for overall development and ownership of Platform Improvement Plan
• Utilize data analysis to identify trends and implement corrective and preventative actions.
• Ensure health of overall DDS and Improvement Planning systems including updating standards, coaching team members, and completing health checks.

Capital & Resource Management

• Lead and support capital investment initiatives related to platform improvements.
• Manage platform inventory levels to ensure operational continuity and cost control.

Performance Management & Metrics

• Own platform metric reporting and accountability through the Direction Setting process.
• Conduct regular data reviews to track trends, identify issues, and implement corrective actions.

Team Development

• Lead operator training and development programs.
• Support leadership development for shift leads and production leaders.
• Foster a culture of engagement, accountability, and continuous improvement.

Operational Support

• Rotate shifts as needed to address operational challenges, support teams, and ensure alignment across all shifts.

Who You Are…

Required Skills and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Operations Management, Industrial Technology, or related field
• Minimum 5 years of leadership experience supervising and managing complex teams in a manufacturing environment.
• Demonstrated experience with TPM, Lean Manufacturing, and continuous improvement methodologies.
• Experience managing production metrics, operational performance systems, and improvement initiatives.
• Strong leadership and team development capabilities.
• Data-driven decision making and problem-solving skills.
• Experience managing cross-functional relationships, particularly with maintenance teams.
• Knowledge of TPM, preventive maintenance systems, and reliability practices.
• Strong project management and capital project leadership abilities.
• Ability to work across multiple shifts and adapt to operational needs.
• Safety performance (Recordable Rate / TCIR)
• Product quality metrics
• Production efficiency and throughout
• Equipment, reliability and up time
• Inventory control
• Continuous improvement implementation
• Workforce training and development

Physical Requirements

While performing duties of job, the employee is occasionally required to:

• Stand; walk; use hands and fingers to handle, or feel objects, and use a computer; reach with hands and arms
• Lift and/or move up to 50 pounds

Benefits

• Paid Vacation
• 11 Paid Holidays
• Health, Dental & Vision eligibility from day one
• FSA/HSA
• 401K match
• EAP
• Maternity/Paternity Leave

Heaven Hill and its affiliates are committed to fostering a diverse workforce as an Equal Employment Opportunity company. We invite applications from candidates of all backgrounds, without regard to race, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, natural origin, gender identity or expression, age, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristic.