Barrel Aging Warehouse Manager

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.

Welcome to Barton 1792 Distillery, Barton Brands of Kentucky.  Our proud heritage dates to 1879 with the founding of the Tom Moore Distillery in Bardstown, Kentucky.  Renamed Barton 1792 Distillery, we continue to produce the highest quality spirits for over 130 years. In 2009, we became a part of Sazerac Company which was established in 1850 and is a leading U.S. spirits supplier with a portfolio of award-winning brands. Sazerac is an independent, family-owned company; we attribute our success to a unique blend of our history, culture, brands, relationships, innovation, technology, and most importantly, our people.

The Barrel Aging Warehouse Manager leads barrel aging operations while ensuring safety, quality, efficiency, and maintains full regulatory compliance. You’ll drive process improvements across warehouse systems, reporting, inventory, and experimental programs, while championing modern tools like WMS and automated KPIs. You’ll develop a strong, skilled team—building future leaders, enhancing SOPs, and fostering a safety-driven, high-performance culture.  This role has 3 salaried direct reports and 60 hourly team members.

• Lead a robust safety culture by overseeing the warehouse safety program, ensuring timely completion of work orders, and verifying that all employees receive required training
• Manage all aspects of barrel quality and barrel-warehouse operations to maximize final product quality
• Modernize and integrate vendor record-keeping systems, streamline reporting processes, and improve operational workflows
• Oversee warehouse systems for experimental whiskeys, ensuring optimal use of System 21, AS400, and Access databases
• Ensure precise execution of dump instructions, optimize bar-coding procedures, and champion the use of the Warehouse Management System (WMS)
• Create and maintain performance development plans, while helping identify and prepare future supervisors, team leaders, and crew needs
• Manage the used bourbon barrel program, including customer relationships, planning, logistics, inventory control, and quality oversight
• Ensure timely sampling, proper documentation, and seamless integration of sampling processes within WMS systems
• Lead the team in implementing, updating, and documenting SOPs to enhance consistency, efficiency, and continuous improvement
• Foster a collaborative and empowered work environment that supports self-directed teams, strong employee relations, and full compliance with Collective Bargaining Agreement
• Contribute to the development of the Aging Warehouse Quality Assurance program, including barrel inspections, leak detection, and structural warehouse evaluations, while upholding all safety, quality, and environmental policies
• Ensure full compliance with OSHA, EPA, TTB, and all applicable regulatory requirements for warehouse operations
• Support public relation events as needed, including giving tours and hosting guests. Manage operations for the Single Barrel Program, including sampling, customer interactions, and warehouse coordination

• Bachelor's Degree
• Minimum of 5 years of leadership experience
• Proven leadership experience managing both salaried and hourly teams, with a focus on safety and performance
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, capable of interacting at all levels of the organization
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook) and knowledge of Warehouse Management Systems (WMS) and ERP systems
• Strong analytical and organizational skills
• Ability to work independently and manage multiple projects
• Professionalism and discretion with confidential information

Preferred

• Minimum of 10 years of leadership experience
• Prior leadership experience in warehouse, production, or operations management (preferably in spirits or manufacturing)
• Experience with systems like System 21, AS400, and Access databases
• Strong knowledge of safety management, regulatory compliance (OSHA, EPA, TTB), and quality assurance
• Experience in project management and driving process improvements

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