Manufacturing NBD Lead

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, Traveller, and Sazerac Rye. Additionally, Sazerac owns many popular brands across a range of spirits, including Fireball, Svedka, Wheatley, BuzzBallz, 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.

The Manufacturing NBD Lead manages and coordinates the NBD change and innovation management process (PIF/PCF) for Operations functions including domestic and global Co-manufacturing. Responsible for timely and successful coordination and completion of project activities for the creation or revision of Finished Goods and products. This role will partner with marketing, sales, operations, and numerous other cross functional groups to support new product launches working with the cross functional teams to assist in bottle selection, manufacturing capabilities/ challenges, and timelines. This role will coordinate directly with the manufacturing sites to determine production location, feasability, and capital requirements of each NBD project. This role will assist in determining overall strategic production locations for NBD items and other SKU's across the network. This role will directly manage PIF's/ PCF's generated by the Operational Excellence team.                

• Serve as manufacturing point for determining production locations and capabilites for all NBD products. Partner with marketing, sales, NBD, and manufacturing teams to understand feasabilaty for NTW projects. Load and update the company NBD project tracker with new project information. Identify components, change requirements, and align completion dates to support project target date. Evaluate project progress and communicate on critical-path action items. Take part in change management by: determining topics and action items for bi-weekly manufacturing/marketing review meetings.
• Ensure proper prioritization of tasks within project teams. Reviews completeness of projects and project documents; ensure all required actions have been identified and assigned. Can track and select site capabilities to make informed manufacturing decisions on NBD items
• Using information from ERP and NBD System , this role enters information into project trackers. Identifies appropriate team members, issues instruction email with directives, deadlines and other status-related items (overdue, upcoming actions) to ensure project completion. Enter tasks into company systems (PPT, NBD GUI) where applicable. Track accountability and status for internal and external actions related to project progress.
• Partner with marketing, sales, operations, and numerous other cross functional groups to support new product launches. Work with the cross functional teams to assist in bottle selection, manufacturing capabilities/ challenges, and timelines. Maintain a prioritized list of new initiatives and ensure projects are communicated and managed in order to achieve target ship dates and volumes. Participates in NBD Steering Committee providing performance data and assists with process improvement.
• Reports periodically on timelines, processes, and improvement opportunities. KPI reporting on a monthly basis; ad hoc reporting as needed. Tracking site preparedness in terms of project timelines.
• Regularly complete the analysis of component system data identify errors and omissions and amend data records according to directions. Utilize BOM's to appropriatly determine manufacturing locations and capabilities
• Develop a Career Plan for myself that will allow me to achieve my overall career objectives.
• Utilize the PDS system for self-development leading to continuous improvement in performance.
• Maintain, monitor and report on Company wide NBD project performance in terms of project volumes, timings and completions.
• Manufacturing lead for NBD related items. Supports marketing, sales, procurement, and operations in new product development. Responds to all inquiries and issues of internal and external customers quickly and proactively provides updates. Ensure potential project delays are addressed and preventive actions identified. Supports on time NBD goals.

Must-Have:

• 2+ years experience in a fast paced environment
• 2+ years relevant experience (minimum)
• Ability to quickly learn new systems/processes
• Bachelors Degree or commensurate experience
• Excellent analytical, interpersonal, communication and presentation skills
• Detail Oriented
• Strong planning and organizational skills
• Working knowledge of MS Office Products (Word, Excel and Outlook)

Preferred:

• Experience in Alcohol Beverage Industry or CPG overall
• 2 years implementation or project management experience.

Physical Requirements:

• Ability to pay attention to detail

Placement within the salary range is calculated based upon years of directly relatable experience for the position.

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A career at Sazerac offers you the opportunity to reach your full potential as part of a creative, decisive, high-performance team. Sazerac values the needs and wants of our team members and offers inclusive benefits to attract and retain the best talent. Our culture is built upon the values of hard work, diligence and personal responsibility.

Sazerac Team Members enjoy:

• Competitive Pay
• Comprehensive Benefits from Day One including medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance.
• Family Coverage: Options to cover family members, including domestic partners.
• 401(k) Plan: Immediate access to a matching 401(k) plan.
• Flexible Time Away: Enjoy paid time off (PTO), holidays, and parental leave.
• Mental Health and Wellness: Access to mental health care and wellness incentive programs.
• Educational Support: Benefit from tuition reimbursement and our scholarship program for dependents of Sazerac team members.
• Fun Extras: Enjoy branded apparel, fun events, and a team member bottle purchase program.
• Training and Development: Opportunities for professional growth and development.

Benefits, salary range, and programs may vary by role or location. For roles within our commercial team - the Salary range refers to base salary only and does not include car allowance, annual bonus, fuel or cell phone reimbursement. Please ask your Talent Acquisition Partner for more information about our total rewards package. 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.