Processing Supervisor - Buffalo Trace Distillery

About the role

Buffalo Trace is the world’s most award-winning distillery — and the team that keeps it running is just as impressive. As our Processing Supervisor, you’ll own the shift: from bulk alcohol receiving to batching, blending, and filtration. You’re the link between raw ingredients and the bottle, and you take that seriously.

Responsibilities

• Safety, every shift. Enforce DOT/Hazmat, confined space, and TTB compliance — and actively build a culture where zero recordables is the expectation, not the goal.
• Production operations. Manual batching, automated blending, RO water systems, filtration — you decide how to deploy equipment, people, and tankage to keep Bottling on schedule.
• The numbers. Track and drive key metrics: Juice Loss %, WGs/Labor $, OT utilization, and Department OHV.
• Your team. Coach, develop, and lead Processing employees with fairness and accountability. Conduct investigations, deliver safety kickoffs, and invest in people’s growth.
• Compliance. Maintain clean TTB records (122s, 137s, calibrations, system transactions) and support internal and external audits without missing a beat

Qualifications

• Required 3+ years of processing experience in a fast-paced manufacturing or production environment
• Proven supervisory experience — you’ve led a team and it shows
• Strong analytical instincts and problem-solving skills
• Solid MS Office skills (Excel especially)
• General knowledge of processing and receiving operations
• PREFERRED: Experience with ERP/MRP/WMS systems
• Alcohol beverage industry background
• Familiarity with beverage processing equipment
• Union environment experience
• Inventory control and budget process knowledge