Processing Manager

Sazerac Company; Bardstown (KY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Sazerac Co. is seeking a Processing Manager to lead a large-scale spirits processing operation with nine processing areas and a team of supervisors and technicians.

You will oversee batching, filtration, bulk spirits management, and program orders, ensuring product quality, on-time delivery, and cost control. You will partner with the plant laboratory and R&D to scale and introduce new formulas, while coaching and developing supervisors and staff to uphold safety, quality, and environmental

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business or a related field.
• At least five years of relevant experience in a fast-paced, complex manufacturing or processing environment.
• Supervisory experience within batching, processing, beverage production, or related operation.
• Working knowledge of processing and batching activities, including production efficiency, quality controls, inventory management, and loss reduction.
• Experience leading multiple production areas or large operational teams.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook).
• Strong communication skills across all levels of an organization.

Responsibilities

• Lead daily operations across nine processing areas, ensuring production needs are achieved in accordance with safety, quality, regulatory, budgetary, and customer requirements.
• Oversee batching, filtering, bulk spirits management, interplant shipments, and Personalized Barrel Program orders to ensure product accuracy, quality, and on-time delivery.
• Manage liquid, flavor, and ingredient inventory by improving inventory flow, controlling shelf life, minimizing expired ingredients, and reducing product loss and waste.
• Partner with the plant laboratory and R&D to develop, scale, and deliver new product formulas that meet quality, feasibility, and production requirements.
• Develop Processing Supervisors and employees through coaching, performance management, skill development, and consistent execution of safety, food safety, quality, and environmental practice

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Coaching

Education

Bachelor’s degree in business or related field

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Sazerac Company Overview

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, Blanton’s, and Sazerac Rye. Additionally, Sazerac owns many popular brands across a range of spirits, including Fireball, Southern Comfort, Seagram’s V.O., Myers’s, Goldschläger, Parrot Bay, 99 Brand, and Platinum Vodka.

We’re 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 “world’s most award-winning distillery” through the dedication of our craftsmen for well over 200 years. Whether you’re a recent graduate or an experienced professional, Sazerac provides extraordinary opportunities for growth with competitive salaries and benefits in an exciting, entrepreneurial industry.

Job Description/Responsibilities

Lead a large-scale spirits processing operation supporting nine processing areas, more than 200 tanks, four supervisors, four coordinators, and 32 processing employees. This role oversees batching, filtering, bulk spirits movement, flavor and liquid inventory, and the Personalized Barrel Program while ensuring production, quality, safety, and cost objectives are met. The Processing Manager will also partner with the plant laboratory and R&D to successfully scale and introduce new product formulas. This is an opportunity to develop a high-performing team and strengthen processing capabilities across the facility.

What You’ll Do:

• Lead daily operations across nine processing areas, ensuring production needs are achieved in accordance with safety, quality, regulatory, budgetary, and customer requirements.


• Oversee batching, filtering, bulk spirits management, interplant shipments, and Personalized Barrel Program orders to ensure product accuracy, quality, and on-time delivery.


• Manage liquid, flavor, and ingredient inventory by improving inventory flow, controlling shelf life, minimizing expired ingredients, and reducing product loss and waste.


• Partner with the plant laboratory and R&D to develop, scale, and deliver new product formulas that meet quality, feasibility, and production requirements.


• Develop Processing Supervisors and employees through coaching, performance management, skill development, and consistent execution of safety, food safety, quality, and environmental practice

Qualifications/Requirements

Required:

• Bachelor’s degree in business or a related field.


• At least five years of relevant experience in a fast-paced, complex manufacturing or processing environment.


• Supervisory experience within batching, processing, beverage production, or a related operation.


• Working knowledge of processing and batching activities, including production efficiency, quality controls, inventory management, and loss reduction.

Preferred:

• Experience leading multiple production areas, supervisors, or large operational teams.


• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel, and Outlook.


• Strong communication skills with the ability to collaborate effectively across all levels of an organization.

Culture and Benefits

Sazerac offers a comprehensive compensation and benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, 401K, paid time off, and more. These benefits may vary depending 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.