LOCATION: LEOMINSTER, HEREFORDSHIRE
WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR
Enthusiastic operations whizz required to lead production and operations at Gattertop Drinks Co with overall responsibility for the production, bottling hall, warehousing, and distribution.
Gattertop Drinks, producers of Damson No 12 and Botanic No 7 are recruiting for an Operations/Production Manager with solid experience in a similar role to lead the production and operations team at the production HQ in Herefordshire.
WHERE YOU FIT IN
You would be based at the Farm keeping production of the Damson No 12 smooth to meet company targets with growing demand for our vodkas. You will be running company operations and the production unit; in charge of supply, bottling, warehousing, HMRC compliance, inventory and working closely with the sales team in London.
You’ll be analysing business performance, implementing new systems, and looking to increase efficiency where possible while managing production and capital costs, along with overall responsibility for multi-site Health and Safety. Reporting to the Yorkshire-based Founder and Director, this is a challenging but exciting opportunity.
The ideal candidate would be an independent self-starter who is ambitious and is prepared to grow and own this area of the business. The individual should be comfortable multitasking, attention to detail and strives to deliver exceptional work.
CORE RESPONSIBILITIES
PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT: All production and packaging, productivity plus new product development, research and development
LOGISTICS & DISTRIBUTION: Off-site warehousing, just-in-time goods to site, direct-to-consumer 3PL, on-site trade order fulfilment, importing and exporting excise goods and compliance
COMPLIANCE: HMRC excise duty (W1/W5, AWTD), waste packaging regulations, carbon accounting
QUALITY CONTROL: Overall technical management responsibility, customer quality audits
INVENTORY: Ownership of monthly stock takes, ownership of bill of materials and cost controls (alongside Accounts), intelligent purchasing, negotiating with suppliers.
– Health and Safety, Environmental and quality plant engineering, and maintenance.
– Working with all departments to communicate effectively
– Tracking budgets, reporting KPIs monthly
– Ensure that any part-time staff are operating efficiently
– Picking, harvesting and storing ingredients
-Support in local event management and markets, logistics and sales
-Local deliveries
-Involved in local sales and marketing opportunities
JOB SPECIFICATION
Personal Specification
– 1+ years of operations management.
– Consumer goods manufacturing with enthusiasm for the production of spirits.
– A strong ability to learn new systems including excel.
– Good communication skills with other remote team members.
– Timely organisational and planning skills.
– Attention to detail when packing products for customers.
– Ability to manage production, filtering and bottling process in a constructive, concise and detailed way.
– Good planning and forward-thinking skills for managing stock levels.
– Logical, thorough and detailed record-keeping.
– Willingness to be flexible with their time in times of high levels of demand.
– Driving licence essential.
