Senior Plant Manager

Coca-Cola Beverages Florida; Florida; On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Total Wellness Programs

401K program

Tuition reimbursement

Three weeks of vacation

Employee Assistance Programs

Job summary

Coca-Cola Beverages Florida is seeking a Senior Plant Manager to lead operations at their Hollywood facility. This role involves overseeing manufacturing processes, ensuring quality and safety standards, and managing production capabilities. The ideal candidate will have over 10 years of manufacturing leadership experience, preferably in the food and beverage industry, along with skills in Lean/Continuous Improvement and automated systems. Competitive benefits include wellness programs, a robust 401K, and substantial vacation time, aiming to cultivate a high-performance culture.

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years of progressive leadership experience in manufacturing, operations, or production environments.
• Prior manufacturing leadership experience is required; food and beverage industry experience preferred.
• Demonstrated success leading Lean / Continuous Improvement initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Lead the technological and cultural transformation of a large, high-speed manufacturing center.
• Ensure compliant operations across the entire plant.
• Develop initiatives for performance, quality, and safety standards.

Skills

Leadership in manufacturing

Lean / Continuous Improvement

Strategic thinking

Strong communication skills

Team-oriented leadership

Problem-solving skills

Education

10+ years in manufacturing leadership

Tools

Automated Warehouse Systems

Warehouse Management Systems (WMS)

Job description

Who We Are

• Coca-Cola Beverages Florida, LLC (Coke Florida) is a family-owned independent Coca-Cola bottler that is the third largest privately-held and the sixth largest independent Coca-Cola bottler in the United States.
• Coke Florida sells, markets, manufactures and distributes over 600 products of The Coca-Cola Company and other partner companies including Monster Beverage Corporation and BODYARMOR.
• In 2025, for the 4th year in a row, Coke Florida was named as a US Best Managed Company by Deloitte Private and The Wall Street Journal, recognizing outstanding U.S. private companies and the achievements of their management teams in key areas of strategy, execution, culture, and governance/financial performance.

What We Offer

• Total Wellness Programs including health, dental and vision plans
• 401K program with healthy company match
• Supplemental Life Insurance
• Three weeks of vacation pay, and 10 company paid holidays*
• Tuition reimbursement
• Employee Assistance Programs (EAP)
• Competitive compensation

Coke Florida is looking for a Senior Plant Manager based out of our Hollywood location, working Monday - Friday with occasional nights and weekends.

What You Will Do

The Senior Plant Manager serves as the operational leader for Coke Florida's Hollywood area manufacturing facility. This role will operate as a business owner, leading the technological and cultural transformation of a large, complex high‑speed manufacturing center that integrates with advanced automated warehouse systems, ensuring safe, efficient, and compliant operations across the entire plant. The Senior Plant Manager provides functional leadership across Production, Quality Assurance and Maintenance while ensuring safe and compliant end‑to‑end operations.

Roles and Responsibilities

• This leader operates as a business owner‑driven performance, building capability, integrating high‑speed production with advanced automated warehousing systems (such as Vertique), achieving key performance measurements related to personnel safety, quality and food safety, service, and cost, while continually improving process reliability and supply chain performance.
• Drive a culture of accountability, collaboration and data‑driven decision making.
• Develop initiatives to achieve performance, quality, and safety standards and ensure achievement of manufacturing goals.
• Lead, develop, motivate teams while fostering a high‑performance culture.
• Collaborate with Technology and Engineering in on‑site design and supporting construction, operation, improvement and maintenance of manufacturing assets, warehouse automation, Warehouse Management Systems (WMS), technologies, and processes.
• Collaborate constructively across departments to implement changes, resolve issues, and drive continuous improvement.
• Work with Sales for planning and forecasting of new business.
• Optimize production capabilities to achieve customer satisfaction while attaining operating cost goals.
• Partner with Human Resources to develop a succession plan while supporting employee development, engagement, policy development and retention.
• Responsible for plant financial P&L performance, directing, managing, and monitoring the overall plant operations.
• Conduct regular meetings with customers and community stakeholders to monitor relationships, re‑affirm strategies, and steward the business value created for customers and the community.

For this role, you will need

• Minimum 10 years of progressive leadership experience in manufacturing, operations, or production environments.
• Prior manufacturing leadership experience is required; food and beverage industry experience preferred.
• Demonstrated success leading Lean / Continuous Improvement initiatives.
• Proven warehouse leadership; Automated Warehouse experience with Automation Storage & Retrieval Systems (ASRS), Automated Guided Vehicles (AGV), and Vertique highly desired.
• Strong strategic thinking skills, with the ability to translate long‑term vision into actionable operational plans.
• Strong understanding of budget development, financial management, and cost‑control strategies.
• Excellent organizational, analytical, and problem‑solving skills, with a track record of improving operational performance.
• Clear and concise written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to influence at all levels of the organization.
• Highly collaborative, team‑oriented leader with a solutions‑focused mindset.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast‑paced production environment.
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to build trust, credibility, and alignment across teams.

• Manufacturing, transportation, warehousing, and distribution experience within the Coke system preferred.
• Engineering experience is a plus.

This job description is not an exhaustive list of all functions that the employee may be required to perform, and the employee may be required to perform additional functions. Coke Florida reserves the right to revise the job description at any time and to assign additional duties and responsibilities as needed.

Employment with Coke Florida is at‑will. The employee must be able to perform the essential functions of the position satisfactorily and, if requested, reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions of their job, absent undue hardship.

Coca‑Cola Beverages Florida is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, status as a veteran, or basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class.