Manager, Beverage Operations & Quality

Bevi is on a mission to transform how beverages are delivered and consumed. Our smart hydration systems eliminate the need for single-use bottles and cansmaking it easy fun and sustainable to stay hydrated. As the category leader in IoT-enabled beverage technology were building a future where Bevi machines are everywhere people live work and connect. Weve raised over $160M in venture capital serve thousands of customers across the US Canada UK and Ireland and weve been rapidly growing year over yearsaving over 1 billion bottles from addition to driving hypergrowth with our current product line Bevi is heavily investing in new product development.

Bevi is seeking a Manager Beverage Operations & Quality to lead the team responsible for delivering safe consistent high-quality beverage products produced at our co-packers. This role oversees Bevis beverage production network end-to-end and manages a team including our Beverage Quality Manager and Senior Beverage Process Engineer.

In this role youll drive operational excellence strengthen our food safety and quality systems and help scale production capabilities as our beverage portfolio grows.

Your Day to Day

• Lead and develop the beverage operations team (Quality Process Engineering) including people management performance management setting priorities ensuring alignment across functions and fostering a culture of accountability and continuous improvement.
• Own performance at Bevis beverage co-packers responsible for team overseeing day-to-day production execution onsite audits yield and throughput performance adherence to specifications and corrective action plans ultimately owning the health of the production lines.
• Drive strategy and NPI roadmap execution partnering with R&D to define and implement processes standards and systems that enable a high volume of new product launches to scale efficiently while maintaining quality safety and speed-to-market.
• Oversee process engineering and continuous improvement Oversee process engineering and long-term continuous improvement driving scale-up of new products optimization of existing manufacturing processes and structured root-cause problem-solving (RCA/8D/DMAIC). Develop multi-year improvement roadmaps focused on increasing throughput and reliability at co-packers including identifying automation opportunities leading trials and validations and mapping capital or line-modification projects needed to meet Bevis future production and capacity goals.
• Strengthen food safety and quality programs including supplier documentation recall readiness regulatory compliance ongoing audits retain programs and trend analysis to ensure products meet all safety and quality requirements.
• Own subtier supplier and flavor house performance including managing issues with raw materials flavors packaging components and driving corrective actions testing and validation of any changes impacting beverage quality or manufacturability.
• Partner closely with R&D Supply Chain and Product ensuring smooth commercialization of new beverages effective transfer of formulas and processes and fast data-driven scale-up of production
• Report production and quality KPIs highlight risks and communicate improvement plans and co-packer performance to senior leadership.

Requirements

• 7-10 years of experience in beverage or food manufacturing including hands-on work with co-packers or external manufacturers.
• Experience leading teams in quality process engineering or manufacturing operations.
• Strong knowledge of FDA regulations HACCP programs food safety systems and supplier quality management.
• Depth in process improvement FMEA SPC process validation and structured problem-solving methodologies.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills with the ability to influence internal stakeholders and external partners.
• Bachelors degree in Engineering Food Science or related field
• Ability to be in-office 45 days per week.
• Willingness to travel up to 20% mostly domestic travel with occasional opportunity to travel to UK facility

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Benefits:

• Comprehensive medical dental and vision insurance plans with BlueCross BlueShield 95% paid by employer
• 401(k) with company match
• Flexible PTO plus 12 company holidays and additional paid days for sick leave etc
• Generous fully paid parental leave for both birth parents and non-birth parents
• Fully employer paid disability and life insurances
• Wellness and fitness reimbursements
• Monthly stipends for cell phone use and commuting costs
• Onsite snacks weekly catered lunch and (of course) unlimited Bevi ... plus composting and terra-cycling too
• Happy hours team-building events bagel breakfasts Values awards - and more.

Were excited about supporting career growth and would love to be part of your professional journey. We know that talent comes in many forms and we value individual accomplishments specialized knowledge and genuine passion over just checking boxes on a requirements list. If any of our positions interest you please apply! Our recruiting team will contact you about next steps if wed like to move forward together.

A member of the Bevi Talent team will be reaching out about next steps if we would like to move forward.

Accommodations:

Bevi is committed to an inclusive hiring process and we aim to provide accommodations for persons with disabilities. If you need any accommodations for the application or throughout the interview process please contact .