Coooperage Manager

Sazerac Company • East Bernstadt, KY

47d • Onsite

About The Position

The Cooperage Manager is responsible for managing the barrel production function at the plant. Duties include coordinating and directing the manufacturing operators to achieve scheduled production, monitor and update quality standards and government regulations relating to production, assign & train personnel for production, and problem solve & recommend improvements as necessary. Coordinate shipments with Logistics Manager and customer warehouse managers.

Requirements

• Excellent oral & written communication skills
• Strong analytical and technical skills
• Bachelor's degree
• 5 years management experience
• 5 years experience designing and/or implementing osha, haccp, usda programs
• 10 years supervisory experience
• Ability to pick up and/or move objects up to 50 pounds without assistance.
• Strong communication skills
• Ability to work near moving mechanical parts
• Ability to work in wet, humid conditions (non-weather)
• Noise level at work station is loud (metal can manufacturing, large earth moving equipment)
• Ability to work 8 hour shift
• Ability to work overtime if necessary
• Ability to pay attention to detail
• Ability to read and write
• Ability to pay attention to detail
• In-person job attendance

Nice To Haves

• Knowledge of lean manufacturing principles
• Working knowledge of ms office products (word, excel and outlook)

Responsibilities

• Exceeding expectations across all customer segments, including external and internal customers.
• Comprehensive safety program developed and led by team members and managers to include safety training initiatives, written safety programs and rules tailored to the work of individual departments and designed to at least meet Federal, State and provincial safety requirements.
• PDS system design and implementation to include active PDS evaluation for each team member with regular feedback sessions between team member and manager, overall grid rating for each team member, 360 degree feedback program. Identify the #1 Skill to be developed by each team member.
• Create, Implement and Evaluate cost saving projects that will drive costs out of the business without resulting in a reduction in quality.
• Continuous communication and reinforcement of company culture. Team Member assessment of culture monitored on regular basis via Sazerac Culture Survey and limited use of Best Places to Work surveys. Tangible results in improvement of culture scores based on survey feedback.
• An ongoing effort to improve products, services, or processes. These efforts can seek "incremental" improvement over time or "breakthrough" improvement all at once. All are evaluated in the light of their efficiency, effectiveness and flexibility.
• Develop Key Performance Indicators for all company disciplines and create a system that will automatically extract and/or collect data for each indicator that will be displayed in Dashboards and Reports

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager