Beverage Manager - Filling Operations

Lead daily production activities for cold-fill juice and tea filling lines to meet safety, quality, cost, delivery, and efficiency targets. Own production performance metrics including OEE, throughput, downtime, waste, and labor efficiency. Partner with Quality, Maintenance, Engineering, and Supply Chain to ensure consistent execution and issue resolution. Build, coach, and lead high-performing teams of supervisors, technicians, and operators. Create a culture of accountability, engagement, and continuous improvement. Deploy and sustain Lean manufacturing tools (standard work, visual management, problem-solving, kaizen, 5S). Lead TPM implementation, including autonomous maintenance, planned maintenance, and equipment ownership. Drive root cause analysis and corrective actions to eliminate chronic losses. Support new line startup and expansion, develop operating standards, staffing models, training plans, and ramp-up strategies. Identify risks during startup and proactively mitigate issues related to safety, quality, and performance. Transfer startup learnings into sustainable operating practices. Identify and lead improvement initiatives that reduce cost, increase capacity, and improve quality. Use data and structured problem-solving to drive decisions. Actively develop skills and capabilities aligned with future leadership opportunities.