Swire Coca-Cola Hiring for Production Manager at Bellevue, WA Full Time

Who is Swire Coca-Cola? We are one of the largest bottlers of Coca-Cola and other beverage brands in America. Our 7,000 hardworking and passionate employees produce and distribute more than 50 brands and flavors across 13 states. We have as many careers as we have flavors, and regardless of which role you choose, you have a direct impact on Swire Coca-Cola, our products, and the communities we call home.

What does a Production Manager do at Swire Coca-Cola?

In this role, you are accountable for building a high performing production team that is engaged and committed to deliver a journey to World Class Manufacturing performance. You will achieve this through building a culture of continuous improvement with a focus on delivering zero operational defects and losses and by ensuring the safety of our people always comes first. You will ensure appropriate processes, capabilities and routines are in place to deliver sustained production excellence.

Responsibilities:

• Maintain a safe and secure work environment. This includes building a proactive safety culture, facilitating safety meetings, performing safety inspections, and leading investigation of accidents when necessary.
• Build a continuous improvement culture and capability by ensuring zero loss and employee ownership are the focus. Develop self-directed teams to have autonomy to make decisions that deliver results.
• Direct and manage leaders to establish and maintain production and quality control standards to support ISO-9001, ISO-14001, OSHA-18001, and FSSC-22000 requirements.
• Take responsibility for creating and managing the plant operating budget, including managing the Production P&L, operating expenses, cost variances and capital expenditures.
• Build a performance driven culture through effective annual capital and operational planning, cascading key goals and ensuring a balanced scorecard is used to track and manage performance.
• Coordinate across functions to ensure that all site equipment and machinery is in base operating condition and is capable to run to target.
• Take ownership for the hiring and development of employees and ensure an appropriately staffed and diverse workforce is recognized, engaged and retained.

Requirements:

• High School Diploma / GED; Bachelor’s Degree preferred
• 8+ years progressive experience in beverage production, maintenance, and warehouse operations.
• Understanding of OSHA and manufacturing safety requirements.
• Experience in delivering sustainable continuous process improvement programs through engaging and empowering teams.
• Proven leadership capability in developing managers and other key employees within an operation. Demonstrated ability to build capable, high-performing teams.
• Strong business acumen with experience managing an operational P&L and operating budget.
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Knowledge of data analytics and appropriate KPI’s for measurement of manufacturing systems.
• Working knowledge of ISO Management Systems for Safety, Quality and Environmental.
• Proven ability to handle sensitive and confidential situations and information with discretion and professionalism.
• Some travel as required – up to 10%.
• Ability to manage and respond to issues when needed for a 24/7 operation.

Base pay range is $99,816 to $124,770 plus bonus structure. Pay offered will depend on candidate’s geographic location, prior relevant experience, knowledge, skills, & abilities.

At Swire Coca-Cola, we offer a comprehensive benefits package for full-time associates and their families. Benefit options include: Medical, Dental, Vision, Pharmacy, Medical FSA, Dependent Care FSA, Health Savings Account, Life Insurance, Supplemental Life Insurance, Accidental Death & Dismemberment Insurance, Short-Term Disability Insurance, Long-Term Disability Insurance, Accident Insurance, Critical Illness Insurance, Employee Assistance Program, Telehealth, Virtual Mental Health Counseling, 401(k) with Company Match, and Tuition Reimbursement. We also offer the following paid time off benefits on a calendar year or anniversary year basis: 80 hours of Paid Vacation, 1 hour of Paid Sick Leave for every 40 hours worked (unless otherwise subject to a more generous local requirement), 7 Paid Holidays, 3 Paid Floating Holidays, 8 hours of Paid Volunteer Leave, up to 8 weeks of Maternity Disability Paid Leave (based on eligibility), and up to 2 weeks of Parental Paid Leave (based on eligibility).

Swire Coca-Cola is an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action employer that participates in the E-Verify program as required by law. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status or other legally protected characteristics.