Assistant Bottling Manager

Sazerac Company Overview

Build your career at Sazerac! With almost 400 years of rich history, Sazerac Company has thrived as an independent, American family-owned company with operations in the United States and around the world. Since the 2000s, Sazerac has averaged double digit growth every year! Sazerac Company produces and markets the most award-winning bourbons and whiskeys in the world, including Buffalo Trace, Pappy Van Winkle, Eagle Rare, Blanton’s, and Sazerac Rye. Additionally, Sazerac owns many popular brands across a range of spirits, including Fireball, Southern Comfort, Seagram’s V.O., Myers’s, Goldschläger, Parrot Bay, 99 Brand, and Platinum Vodka. 

We’re proud of our award-winning culture and distilleries. Our Louisville office has been named one of the “Best Places to Work in Kentucky” four times, and our Buffalo Trace Distillery has earned the title of “world’s most award-winning distillery” through the dedication of our craftsmen for well over 200 years. Whether you’re a recent graduate or an experienced professional, Sazerac provides extraordinary opportunities for growth with competitive salaries and benefits in an exciting, entrepreneurial industry.

Company/Location Overview

Iron Bull Distillery is a part of the Sazerac Company. We are in Halethorpe, Maryland and offer a great work culture, competitive compensation and benefits as well as a focus on work/life balance. We are currently searching for a professional, positive, trustworthy and reliable Assistant Bottling Manager to join our team.  The schedule for this role is 5PM-3AM.  We operate Monday-Thursday and some Fridays.

Job Description/Responsibilities

The Assistant Bottling Manager is directly responsible for managing the departmental activities of Processing, Bottling, and Warehousing operations. They provide supplemental support on leading, planning, and directing the resources, including maintenance support teams, to meet safety expectations, production requirements, continuous improvement project activities, and stretch targets for the department. Manages/mentors first-level supervision, and departmental coordinators and leads operations to maximize utilization of resources to achieve departmental efficiency, and budget adherence; and leads C.I. projects to support the Operations Vision.

Additional responsibilities include: 

• Manage the safety programs for the Processing, Bottling, and Warehousing departments through the development and execution of safe practices, process documentation, and ensure understanding of SOPs to minimize the severity of workplace accidents. Monitor and enforce all OSHA and Company safety regulations and policies. Direct responsibility for Operations Supervisors and production staff to reduce injuries and improve safety KPIs with the target of zero recordable injuries.
• Meet and exceed customer expectations through efficient management of line efficiency targets and stretch goals for the Processing, Bottling, and Warehouse departments. Manage deliverables of product on time, within budget and to meet all quality specifications. Work with the Shipping Department and Customer Service Department to deliver results to improve the SOAR Report, Order Fill Rate and on time shipments.
• Monitors and enforces all Company, OSHA, EPA, labor agreement, safety regulations, rules and policies. Leads Root Cause Corrective Actions for sustainable improvement.
• Responsible for managing departmental supervisors and support personnel to achieve target & stretch plans. This role supports the department manager to accomplish Safety objectives, Quality Standards, Company Policies, Good Manufacturing practices and Production requirements within specified budgets. Trains, monitors, evaluates, and develops employees. Provide technical assistance to direct reports and associates for best practice  resolution of  safety, quality, and 
• Conduct PDS reviews with Operations Supervisors and staff to improve the skills and performance of all employees in the assigned departments. Trains, evaluates, and develops Operations Supervisors and ensures they develop all direct reports and association front-line team members. Creates and executes a personal development plan with the Operations Manager to improve a skill/competency that will develop interpersonal skills and improve performance.
• Manages departments to accomplish production requirements within guidelines for safety, quality, cost, service, and regulation which meet plant goals. Plan and implement operational improvements by working with supervisors and employees on joint problem-solving techniques. Create /evaluate production efficiency plans and organize and direct improvements utilizing root cause corrective action techniques. Employees must adhere to all Personal Safety, Food Safety, Quality, and Environmental Policies and Practices.
• Ensure adherence to Personal Safety, Food Safety, Quality, and Environmental Policies and Practices. Plan, layout, and assigned resources and work expectations for departmental supervisors and labor associates to achieve short-term and long-range planning. Analyze and resolve problems relating to product quality. Investigate all quality issues and ensure QA complaints trend to zero. Enforce the monitoring of quality line checks by shift to deliver 100% inspection at established time intervals. Manage/ Lead/drive continuous quality improvement efforts across the site.
• Manage/lead/drive supervisors and production team members to maintain good housekeeping conditions and comply with safety and sanitation rules and requirements. Lead departmental initiatives to be world-class in a 5S facility.
• Leads as an example in professionalism and fosters organizational policies and rules of conduct. Develop multiple salaried exempt Supervisors and their teams in career development. Understands career goals of employees and works with them to develop skills that will help them meet their career goals. Creates and executes a personal Career Development Plan with manager.
• Provide support to the New Product Development Team for efficiency in operations and manage within timelines and budgets. Provide input to evaluate equipment capabilities and capital expenditure requirements. Leads along with the management team to implement new initiatives including new products and packages. Coordinate work with other departments to maintain product quality and in-field delivery targets. Ensure that defect free products are scheduled, produced and shipped, in full and on time to meet customer demand.

Qualifications/Requirements

Requirements

MUST

• Strong planning and organizational skills
• Record of successful leadership
• Strong analytical and technical skills
• Bachelors Degree or commensurate experience
• 2 years Supervisory experience

PREFERRED

• Experience in Alcohol Beverage Industry or CPG overall
• 4 years relevant experience (minimum)

Physical Requirements

• Ability to work overtime if necessary
• Ability to pick up and/or move objects up to 25 pounds without assistance
• In-person job attendance
• Strong communication skills
• Ability to read and write
• Ability to work near moving mechanical parts
• Ability to pay attention to detail
• Noise level at work station is loud (metal can manufacturing, large earth moving equipment)
• Ability to work in wet, humid conditions (non-weather)

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