Beverage Production Manager

Beverage Production Manager

The beverage production manager oversees all beverage production areas. Their responsibilities include oversight of (fillers, high-speed can lines, palletizers, high-speed blow molders), ensuring that production goals are met, quality of finished product meets company standards, ensuring that materials are available for the production team and ensures that the work environment is safe.

Essential duties and responsibilities include:

• Effectively supervise and improve use of resources so that material, labor, supply and equipment waste is minimized
• Improve production processes to meet or exceed production efficiency goals
• Effectively supervise and improve measurable product quality so that defects and waste are minimized
• Create efficient work schedules based on sales demand and forecast
• Monitor the work of employees, provide feedback and coaching in a timely manner
• Understand production schedules in order to efficiently manage material and labor requirements
• Ensure workforce is properly trained in all key functions
• Supervise the safety of the production workforce and address safety violations promptly
• Report and analyze production metrics daily
• Adapt to changing priorities and use effective approaches for choosing a course of action
• Identify what needs to be done and take action before being asked, when the situation requires
• Develop an environment of respect and trust
• Maintain confidentiality regarding key information and communications
• Ability to work overtime as needed to meet business needs
• Perform other duties as assigned

Minimum requirements include:

• Associate's degree
• Minimum of 2-4 years production management experience, preferably in beverage industry
• Strong written, verbal and listening skills
• Ability to communicate effectively in the English language (written, verbal and listening). Spanish is also a plus.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office: Excel & Word
• Ability to interact with a diverse workforce
• Strong problem-solver
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions and decimals