Beverage Operations Manager - Niagara Bottling

At Niagara, we’re looking for Team Members who want to be part of achieving our mission to provide our customers the highest quality most affordable bottled water.

Consider applying here, if you want to:   

• Work in an entrepreneurial and dynamic environment with a chance to make an impact.   
• Develop lasting relationships with great people.   
• Have the opportunity to build a satisfying career.

We offer competitive compensation and benefits packages for our Team Members.

Beverage Operations Manager

The Beverage team is a division overseeing Niagara’s service of beverage products to retail and branded customers.  We leverage our strong analytical and execution competencies, detailed knowledge of the product and market, our ability to build and maintain positive relationships and our knowledge of Niagara’s core competencies to help grow Niagara’s Beverage business.

The Beverage Operations Manager is responsible for the operational and financial success of retail and branded customers.  This position will focus on the success of the Beverage business by working with cross-functional teams to ensure quality, service, and other success metrics are met. 

Essential Functions

• Lead internal teams in resolution of systemic QA, service, and internal process issues
• Responsible for operational KPI Oversight (Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Quality, Reporting, etc.) for both retail and beverage customers
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (Planning, Replenishment, Procurement, QA, Beverage Development, Manufacturing, Logistics, Customer Service, Sales, Analytics, IT, Finance and Program Management) to solve systemic operational challenges and drive strategic optimization opportunities
  • Lead cross-functional operational change management
  • Ensure proper resource allocation, drive prioritization, communicate progress and escalate as needed
• Coach, support & mentor, along with providing strategic direction and insight, to cross-functional operations team members (Supply Chain, IT, QA, Finance, etc.)
• Monitor asset utilization against goals and collaborate with functional teams to drive improvement opportunities
• Identify internal and external opportunities that may be enhanced or automated by technology such as supply chain visibility and communication tools such as supplier portals and EDI
• In collaboration with Finance, Manufacturing, Inventory and Planning identify and quantify addressable areas of scrap
  • Identify and develop long-term strategies, processes, and initiatives to sustainability reduce scrap
• Please note that this job description does not contain a comprehensive list of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job.  Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without prior notice.
• Travel Requirements: 10 - 20%

Qualifications

• Minimum Qualifications:
  • 6 Years  – Experience in Field or similar manufacturing environment
  • 6 Years  – Experience in Position
  • 6 Years  – Experience managing people/projects

             *experience may include a combination of work experience and education

• Preferred Qualifications:
  • 10+ Years– Experience in Field or similar manufacturing environment
  • 10+ Years – Experience working in Position         
  • 10+ Years – Experience managing people/projects

*experience may include a combination of work experience and education

Competencies

• Finance and Strategy: Ability to interpret and analyze financial statements in order to develop financial models to craft profitable Beverage business strategies.
• Story Telling: Ability to develop executive level communications (PowerPoint or Memos) that present data at an executive level and provide meaningful context to aid in decision making.
• Strategic Thinking: Leveraging experience, operational knowledge and analytics; formulate holistic business strategies that appropriately assess strengths and evaluate risk to maximize profitability. 
• Comfort with Ambiguity: Ability to lead in an ambiguous environment where roles and responsibilities, processes and systems are undefined.
• Positive Attitude: Ability to contribute consistently and positively in a high-paced, fast-changing, and sometimes unpredictable work environment.
• Collaboration: Work with cross functional/multi-disciplinary teams across the organization to drive key business development initiatives from creation to implementation in partnership with key stakeholders.
• Communication:  Ability to effectively engage with internal customers, subject matter experts, and executive leadership to drive strategic change.
• Influence: Ability to influence and drive results in a complex technical and business environment, including ability to communicate and influence various internal stakeholders and across functions.
• Key interpersonal traits: Motivation, creativity, adaptability, unquestionable ethics & integrity, and a willingness to take calculated risks.

This position embodies the values of Niagara’s LIFE competency model, focusing on the following key drivers of success:

• Lead Like an Owner
  • Manages a safe working environment, accurately documents safety related training, and effectively communicates safety incidents
  • Provides strategic input and oversight to departmental projects
  • Makes data driven decisions and develops sustainable solutions
  • Skilled in reducing costs and managing timelines while prioritizing long run impact over short term wins
  • Makes decisions by putting overall company success first before department/individual success
  • Leads/facilitates discussions to get positive outcomes for the customer
  • Makes strategic decisions which prioritize the needs of the customer over departmental/individual goals
• InnovACT
  • Continuously evaluates existing programs and processes, and develops new initiatives to increase efficiency and reduce waste
  • Creates, monitors, and responds to departmental performance metrics to drive continuous improvement
  • Communicates a clear vision, organizes resources effectively, and adjusts the strategy as needed when managing change
• Find a Way
  • Demonstrates ability to think analytically and synthesize complex information
  • Effectively delegates technical tasks to subordinates
  • Works effectively with departments, vendors, and customers to achieve organizational success
  • Identifies opportunities for collaboration in strategic ways
• Empowered to be Great
  • Makes hiring decisions primarily based on culture fit and attitude, and secondarily based on technical expertise
  • Engages in long term talent planning
  • Provides opportunities for the development of all direct reports
  • Understands, identifies, and addresses conflict within own team and between team

Education

• Minimum Required: 
  • Bachelor's Degree in Supply Chain, Logistics, Management Science, or related field

• Preferred: 
  • Master's Degree in Supply Chain, Logistics, Management Science, or related field

Certification/License:

• Required:           N/A
• Preferred:          N/A

Foreign Language

• Required:           None Required
• Preferred:          None Required

Typical Compensation Range

$130,380.85 - $189,052.24 / Yearly

Bonus Target: 10% Annual

Benefits

https://careers.niagarawater.com/us/en/benefits

* *Los Angeles County applicants only** Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, the California Fair Chance Act, and any other applicable local and state laws.

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