Plant Director

Who is Swire Coca-Cola?

We are a family-owned bottling company with a story spanning over two centuries. We are one of the largest bottlers of Coca-Cola in North America and distribute more than 50 beverage brands and flavors creating joy for our customers every day. Our 8,000+ driven employees work hard as part of a team that delivers refreshment to over 30 million consumers across 13 states. Begin a journey with us at Swire Coca-Cola and belong to a community of dedicated team members who think big and believe in winning together.

Job Details

Job Level: 8

Why you'll love working at Swire Coca-Cola

Swire Coca-Cola is committed to providing balance to support you in all aspects of your life, both at work and beyond. We offer the benefits you need for physical, financial, and emotional well-being.

Benefits

• Health coverage (3 medical options, dental and vision). 401(k) Retirement Plan w/company match
• Health Savings Accounts w/company match
• FREE virtual primary care, acute care and physical therapy
• FREE Employee Assistance Program
• Company paid (vacation, holidays, sick time, bereavement, jury duty, maternity/parental, disability leave and volunteer time)
• Discounted & free product
• Tuition reimbursement
• Opportunities for career advancement

In addition to health benefits, Swire Coca-Cola is proud to offer you opportunities where you help give back directly to the communities and causes you care about. Note: Enrollment in a Swire Medical Plan is required for some benefits.

A Brief Overview

The Manufacturing Plant Director is responsible for leading all aspects of plant operations to ensure safe, efficient, and profitable production. This role oversees manufacturing, quality, maintenance, engineering, safety, continuous improvement, and workforce management. The Plant Director develops and executes operational strategies that drive performance, optimize resources, improve customer satisfaction, and achieve business objectives while fostering a culture of safety, accountability, and operational excellence.

Responsibilities

• Operational Leadership: Direct and oversee all manufacturing and warehouse operations (where applicable) to achieve production, quality, delivery, and cost targets. Develop and execute plant strategies aligned with organizational goals. Ensure efficient utilization of labor, equipment, materials, and resources. Manage and deliver the results of balanced scorecard across: Safety, Quality, Production Output, Cost, Delivery, and Morale and implement corrective actions as needed to improve metric performance.
• Safety, Health, Environmental Compliance: Champion a culture of workplace safety and environmental responsibility. Ensures plant is in compliance with all KORE Environmental/Safety, ISO-14001 and 45001, requirements and all Federal/ State laws and regulations.
• Quality Management: Ensure products meet customer specifications and quality requirements. Implement root cause analysis and corrective/preventive action plans. Ensures plant is in compliance with all KORE Quality ISO-9001, and FSSC-22000 requirements and all Federal/ State laws and regulations
• Facility, Machinery, Equipment and Capital Expenditure (Capex) management: Ensure that all buildings, manufacturing machinery and equipment are in good and reliable operating condition. Proposes and manage the future capital expenditures for the plant facilities and equipment.
• Financial Performance: Own plant P&L performance and operating budgets. Drive cost reduction initiatives while maintaining quality and service standards. Monitor labor, material, inventory, and overhead expenses. Develop business cases for capital investments and operational improvements. Ensures plant delivers a balanced scorecard across: Safety, Quality, Production Output, Cost, Delivery, and Morale.
• People Leadership: Build, develop, and lead a high-performing leadership team. Establish performance expectations and accountability across the plant. Support workforce planning, succession planning, talent development, and employee engagement. Foster a culture of inclusion, collaboration, and continuous learning.
• Continuous Improvement: Lead Operational Excellence initiative; Integrated Work Systems (IWS) that focuses on people centric management framework with 100% employee engagement and zero loss mindset. Identify losses to improve productivity, quality, throughput, and waste reduction. Drive adoption of best practices and standardized processes.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Ensure good coordination and communication across all functional areas through a structured IBP process. Support new product introductions, equipment upgrades, and facility expansions.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree Manufacturing, Operations Management, Business Administration, or related field required
• Master's Degree MBA or Operations related discipline preferred
• 10-12 years 10+ years of progressive manufacturing leadership experience required
• 2-4 years 3+ years leading a manufacturing plant, business unit, or large operations organization required
• Experience managing multi-functional teams in a manufacturing and warehouse (where applicable) environment required
• Strong financial acumen, including budgeting, forecasting, and P&L management required
• Knowledge of Lean Manufacturing and continuous improvement methodologies required
• Willingness to travel as needed, where needed required
• Willingness to respond to issues when needed and at odd days and hours required
• Integrated Work Systems (IWS) knowledge.
• Experience in food manufacturing.
• Demonstrated success leading organizational change and operational transformations.

Come and join our Sparkling team!

Due to the nature of our work and to help maintain a safe workplace for our employees and customers, after a candidate receives a conditional offer of employment, they will be required to complete pre-employment screening. This includes a criminal background check, drug screening, and for certain roles, a motor vehicle record review.

Screening results are evaluated based on several factors, including the nature and severity of an offense, how much time has passed, the relevance to the position, patterns of repeated offenses, and driving history for roles that require operating a vehicle.

All results are reviewed fairly and in accordance with applicable state and federal laws, including the Fair Credit Reporting Act.

Swire Coca-Cola is an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action employer that participates in the E-Verify program as required by law. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status or other legally protected characteristics. Swire Coca-Cola does not sponsor applicants for work visas.