Senior Brewery Manager

Role Objective

The Sr. Brewing Manager is responsible for the brewing operations at the plant. This position will set direction, goals, ensure compliance, and provide leadership for the entire brewing organization. The Sr. Brewing Manager will lead a diverse team to meet plant KPI’s while maintaining the utmost quality, food safety and safety standards.

Business Deliverables

Accountabilities:

•Sets strategic plan for the brewing, blending, and raw material handling process areas within the Brewing department.

•Provide leadership and development of autonomous work groups while improving the core operations to enable the strategic direction of brewing and blending operations.

•Accountability for the overall process, ensuring quality and safety standards are met, and coaches through troubleshooting.

•Owns budgeting process to meet P&L targets and overall capital strategy within the brewery.

•Partners with all internal brewery departments including Safety, Environmental, Quality, Maintenance, Central Plant, Supply Chain, Warehouse, ManEx and Logistics.

•Develop talent and allocate resources to identify and assist with the implementation of manufacturing process improvements.

•Ensures the safety, quality, food safety, GMP, GLP, and HACCP requirements are followed by all team members.

Key Metrics & Financial Targets:

•Department KPI’s 

•Engagement Survey action plan implementation

•BRFT – Blending Right the First Time

•Delivery of continuous improvement projects

•Application of Extraordinary Leadership principles (The “How”)

Own, Influence, Collaborate

Own:

•Brewing operations including strategic planning and execution for production attainment and improvement.

•Develop and manage department initiatives and improvements.

•Department safety, quality, food safety, efficiency.

Brewing team development and engagement

Influence:

•Brewery safety, quality, food safety, efficiency

•Brewery and production schedule attainment

•Vendors and suppliers to ensure timely and effective service

Veto:

•Actions or initiatives that jeopardize quality, safety or food safety.

Critical Relationships:

Your cross-functional stakeholders & support needed or given

•Operations, supply chain, quality, EHSS, and Tech Services, Utilities, Maintenance, Engineering, ManEx and People Partner

Shared accountabilities & support needed ot given

•Operations, supply chain, quality, EHSS, Utilities, Maintenance, Engineering, ManEx and People Partner

Skills Needed

Skills Needed To Be Successful:

•Bachelor’s degree in science related field w/7+ yrs of relevant brewing, filtration, liquid blending experience or other high-speed food/beverage manufacturing experience.

•5+ years of demonstrated leadership abilities and interpersonal skills in a manufacturing environment.

•Ability to lead a team in a fast-paced environment with a sense of urgency, and the ability to quickly allocate resources as needed.

•Excellent analytical thinking and innovative problem-solving skills.

•Planning, project management, good financial acumen.

Extraordinary Leadership Expectations:

•Best in our Craft: Process Capability and Reliability

•Made with Humility: Career and Development Capability

•Ambitiously Curious: Cutting Edge Technology

•Daringly Disruptive: Ability to Break Down Barriers

What You Will Learn In This Role

•Enhanced industry and cross functional expertise in bev/alc brewing.

•Expanded capabilities in operations and insights into optimizing brewing production including output and quality.

•Leadership skills – managing a team to KPI achievement and continuous improvement while ensuring the highest level of safety, quality, and attainment.