Plant Manager (Beverage Manufacturing)

Location: On-site, West Sacramento, CA

About the role

The Plant Manager oversees daily operations of the beverage manufacturing facility, ensuring safe, efficient, and cost-effective production while meeting quality, food safety, and regulatory requirements. This role leads production, maintenance, quality, safety, sanitation, and warehouse teams to achieve plant performance goals.

Responsibilities

• Lead plant operations across production, maintenance, quality, sanitation, and logistics.
• Ensure production schedules, throughput, yield, and efficiency targets are met.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives, including Lean, Six Sigma, TPM, and OEE.
• Manage capital projects, equipment upgrades, and line installations.
• Maintain compliance with FDA, OSHA, EPA, HACCP, SQF/BRC, GMP, and other applicable standards.
• Lead audits, corrective actions, safety programs, and employee training.
• Manage and develop department managers, supervisors, and plant teams.
• Own plant budgets, labor costs, operating expenses, and key performance indicators.
• Identify opportunities to reduce downtime, scrap, and operating costs.
• Partner with Supply Chain, R&D, Sales, and Corporate teams on inventory planning, product launches, and plant initiatives.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Operations Management, Food Science, or related field.
• Manufacturing leadership experience required; beverage, food, or CPG experience strongly preferred.
• Strong knowledge of safety, quality, and regulatory requirements.
• Strong analytical, communication, leadership, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to lead effectively in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, including Excel and Outlook.

Work Environment & Physical Requirements

• Fully on-site in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
• Ability to work around moving machinery and loud noise while wearing required PPE.
• Ability to stand, sit, bend, climb, kneel, and crouch as needed.
• Ability to frequently lift or move up to 50 pounds.

Pay

$150,000 - $180,000 DOE