Pickle Production Manager Pacific Pickle Works
- Date Posted February 13, 2019
- Location Santa Barbara, CA
- Category Production
- Job type Full-Time
Pacific Pickle Works is looking for a skilled, organized, energetic, and self motivated person to manage the production of our food products. We are a small company based in Santa Barbara, CA and make all of our products in small batches by hand. This is a full time position. See the following details:
Required skills:
- Great attitude - even in stressful times.
- Ability to foster positive working relationships with all co-workers and outside vendors
- Strong individual and team management skills
- Quick self-learner and ability to figure things out with minimal instruction.
- Ability to make good judgments on how to handle situations in the absence of direct supervision.
- Strong computer skills in programs such as Excel, Google Drive, and ability to quickly learn new specialized applications for things like inventory management, traceability and cost management.
- Appreciation for and interest in the food business
- Strong food production skills with ability to improve efficiency of team, enforce health policies, and report on regulatory requirements.
- Conversational Spanish fluency required
Job responsibilities
- Work closely with management to learn all aspects of the pickle and drink mixer manufacturing business
- Constantly work to improve efficiency of the food manufacturing process and the efficiency of the production team
- Work to improve costs of food production while maintaining a high level of quality.
- Learn and manage the sourcing of all ingredients for food production. Develop relationships with existing ingredient vendors and develop new ones as necessary to improve costs and quality.
- Manage the production schedule to meet sales forecasts and regular supply of products to our distributors and customers
- Manage the scheduling of labor and resources for production
- Manage the team of kitchen employees fostering individual and team growth and development
- Closely monitor and manage ingredient and packaging materials for production using available tools and integrating others as appropriate.
- Maintain all required regulatory and certification records including overseeing the pH testing and documentation for our cannery license.
- Have fun!