Manufacturing Supervisor

Build your career at Sazerac! With almost 400 years of rich history Sazerac Company has thrived as an independent American family-owned company with operations in the United States and around the world. Since the 2000s Sazerac has averaged double digit growth every year! Sazerac Company produces and markets the most award-winning bourbons and whiskeys in the world including Buffalo Trace Pappy Van Winkle Eagle Rare Blantons and Sazerac Rye. Additionally Sazerac owns many popular brands across a range of spirits including Fireball Southern Comfort Seagrams V.O. Myerss Goldschläger Parrot Bay 99 Brand and Platinum Vodka.

Were proud of our award-winning culture and distilleries. Our Louisville office has been named one of the Best Places to Work in Kentucky four times and our Buffalo Trace Distillery has earned the title of worlds most award-winning distillery through the dedication of our craftsmen for well over 200 years. Whether youre a recent graduate or an experienced professional Sazerac provides extraordinary opportunities for growth with competitive salaries and benefits in an exciting entrepreneurial industry.

The Manufacturing Supervisor leads daily processing operations that support the bottling schedule while ensuring product quality regulatory compliance and operational efficiency. This role oversees batching blending filtration ingredient receiving inventory management and team performance in a safe high-performing manufacturing environment. Youll have the opportunity to lead a skilled team drive continuous improvement initiatives and make a direct impact on production performance quality and cost. Success in this role comes from balancing people leadership operational execution and a commitment to safety and quality.

• Lead daily processing operations including batching blending filtration ingredient receiving inventory management and resource planning to meet production schedules.
• Promote a strong safety culture by ensuring compliance with safety food safety environmental quality DOT Hazmat and regulatory requirements.
• Monitor and improve operational performance metrics including product loss labor efficiency overtime quality and production costs.
• Coach develop and lead team members through performance management employee engagement and career development.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives while partnering with cross-functional teams to support audits compliance and business objectives.

Required

• Bachelors degree.
• Minimum 3 years of supervisory experience in manufacturing processing receiving or production operations.
• Strong analytical technical and problem-solving skills with proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word Excel and Outlook).
• Ability to communicate effectively across all levels of the organization and manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.

Preferred

• Experience in beverage processing food and beverage manufacturing or consumer packaged goods (CPG).
• Experience with inventory control perpetual inventory systems budgeting and regulatory compliance.
• Experience leading teams in a union manufacturing environment and working with beverage processing equipment.

Sazerac offers a comprehensive compensation and benefits package that includes medical dental vision 401K paid time off and more. These benefits may varydepending on location and work type. Learn more about how we support our employees here.

Sazerac is committed to equality of opportunity without regard to race color religion national or ethnic origin veteran status age gender gender identity or expression sexual orientation genetic information physical or mental disability or any other legally protected status.

Whats Next:

After you apply a recruiter will review your application and reach out to qualified candidates. Selected candidates will follow our interview process which may include a phone screen hiring manager interview and panel interviews with business leaders. There may be additional steps or assessments throughout the process dependent on the position. Applicants who are not selected to move through the process at any stage will be notified via email.

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