Bottling Operations Manager

What is Cirkul?

Cirkul is a rapidly growing beverage technology company on a mission to make a healthier world by helping people enjoy drinking more water.

The team at Cirkul developed an innovative beverage delivery system that makes drinking more water delicious, fun, and personalized. The technology reduces the shipping weight of bottled beverages by 96% and uses 84% less plastic. Cirkul offers its customers 100+ unique flavors, all with no sugar, zero calories, no artificial colors, and a range of functional enhancements online, at Walmart, and other retailers across the United States.

What is this role?

As the
Bottling Operations Manager
for Cirkul you will be responsible for overall operational metrics for a new bottling department. You will coach and develop salary and hourly team members into a high performing work system with an outstanding culture that solves problems, overcomes obstacles, and generates world class results. The Operations Manager will partner with Engineering, Quality Assurance, HR, and multiple other departments to deliver world class results.

The Bottling department is a new technology for Cirkul and the Operations Manager will need to leverage their experience and skill to develop the technology, systems and processes, and educate the balance of the company on best practices.

What does an average day look like?

• Driving Results:
  Manage and improve all KPIs including safety, quality, production, cost, and staffing to world class levels
• Taking Ownership:
  Lead all areas of the production department and creatively solve problems to drive Quality, Growth and Production
• Making Decisions:
  Apply Cirkul's best practices while developing new best practices where needed
• Cultivating Relationships:
  Attract, Retain, Coach, Develop and empower employees to develop a highly skilled and flexible organization.
• Instilling Trust:
  Develop and Implement a world class culture and work system
• Customer Focus:
  Ensure that Cirkul's quality and production standards are being met to deliver a high quality product to our customers every time

What background should you have?

• 5+ years leading in a high velocity bottle filling and packaging organization in roles of increasing responsibility
• Candidates with all aspects of bottling are preferred, including Quality Assurance, sanitation, sorting, orienting, filling, capping, collating, case packing, water handling, mineralization, blow molding, customization, and storage.
• Demonstrated ability to manage Quality Assurance while obtaining production goals.
• High level of understanding in world class manufacturing excellence and continuous improvement systems and processes
• Demonstrated ability to manage safety results and safety culture
• Demonstrated ability to deliver world class results in a highly demanding work environment while maintaining high standards and holding others accountable for getting strong results the right way
• Demonstrated ability to make autonomous decisions with minimal guidance
• Strong organizational, communication, and leadership skills
• Willing to work hard, stay until the job is complete, and demonstrate resilience
• Have a positive attitude, willing to work with multiple levels of employees, and thrive in a fast paced environment.

What do we offer?

• Competitive salary based on experience and market
• Generous benefits, 401k match, and PTO (even insurance for your fur babies)
• Employee discounts on Cirkul products
• Opportunity to work with a best in class team, in a hyper growth company, taking over the hydration industry
• A culture that rewards results

Please note: At this time, we will not provide sponsorship for employment visas. Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States without current or future sponsorship.

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