Distillery Production Manager - Dynasty Spirits : Job Details

Company Description

Dynasty Spirits, Inc located in Dallas, TX, is a company driven by passion, innovation, and a commitment to quality and consistency in the spirits industry. With a diverse family of brands ranging from botanical vodkas to ready-to-drink margaritas, Dynasty Spirits offers something for every taste and occasion, building strong relationships and loyal followers.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include, but not limited to, the following:

A Production Manager ensures that manufacturing equipment and tools function properly and increase an organization's efficiencies. Their duties include building production schedules, making sure production processes stay within budgets and deadlines while maintaining quality standards and reviewing the productivity of an organization's manufacturing equipment.

Production Management

• Oversee the installation of equipment, and maintaining working order of machines
• Evaluation, recommendations, and implementing usage of systems.
• Maintains staffing requirements to fulfill the production schedule, continuously training and reinforcing Dynasty policies to maximize employment retention and morale.
• Creates and maintains production schedules and capacity plans to support short- and long-term production goals.
• Establishes, documents, and maintains Standard Operating Procedures for areas of responsibility.
• Establishes and communicated distillery production and KPI's, helping drive process improvement.
• Develop technical expertise and general knowledge of all spirits through training, spirits education and tastings for the bottling team and across the company, including our hospitality coworkers.
• Deliver products based on sales demand.
• Select and coordinate material suppliers and analyze, optimize and control production costs.
• Adhere to and propose GMP's (good manufacturing practices)
• Remain abreast of industry changes and new technology, equipment, systems, and procedures as they relate to improving the distilling area.
• Analyze, optimize and control production costs.
• Monitors performance of all production equipment, scheduling/performing maintenance as needed and coordinating/managing contractors/vendors as necessary
• Maintains order, cleanliness and proper sanitation of production facilities, storage areas and equipment.

Team Building & Culture

· Hire, train and supervise the production team.

· Attend and conduct team meetings and outings.

· Conduct performance reviews and propose incentives.

· Fosters positive working relationships and good communication.

· Consistently provide leadership through coaching and accountability, for direct reports and fellow coworkers.

Qualifications/Experience

· Must be familiar with beverage bottling line processes, including experience working with tanks and totes and other distillery related equipment.

· Exceptional people management and leadership experience required — Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job.

· Make recommendations/suggestions for equipment maintenance, necessary training or other improvements as identified.

· Must be results oriented and self-motivated, while thriving in a dynamic, fast‑paced environment

· Excellent computer skills with a proficiency in MS Office and Google docs.

· Mechanical — Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.

· Must have experience driving a forklift.

· Judgment and Decision Making — Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.

· Quality Control Analysis — Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance.

· Strong project management capabilities and time management skills.

· Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

· Must have a valid driver's license and be willing to consent to a background check post acceptance.

Requirements

· Production Operations Experience: 5 years (Preferred)

· Beverage Bottling: 1 year (Preferred)

· Operations Management: 3 years (Preferred)