Company description

Entering into our eighth year of business, Cultured South Fermentation company, makers of Georgia’s first and finest kombucha brand, Golda Kombucha has embarked on an exciting journey into the world of Farm-to-Fermentation with our new location that includes a full-scale brewery, taproom, event space and farmlet just minutes away from downtown Atlanta.

Known as the Atlanta Utility Works, the cutting-edge brewery is an 1800’s former farm equipment factory turned food and beverage manufacturing facility with a large taproom and adjacent farm growing herbs and fruit to flavor the fantastic ferments like kombucha produced on-site in our new East Point headquarters.

Job description

This position will provide administrative support to our owner/CEO, whom you will be reporting directly to. The day-to-day responsibilities for this position are muti-faceted and range from administration duties to hands-on production when needed. There is no job too big or too small for our Operations Manager. We are looking for a well balanced person who is skilled at both hands on tasks as well as being thoroughly organized with the ability to create and execute plans and procedures.

Job Duties & Functions:

• Work closely with our CEO on ongoing projects: Coordinate with her directly to create and oversee promotions, events, strategies, growth opportunities and products.
• Manage our managers: Work closely with subordinate managers to ensure operations are maintaining maximum accuracy and efficiency in performing their duties and roles. Manage them to desired goals as production & product desires change throughout the year/seasons. Ex) Seasonal kombucha flavors, seasonal rises in sales of certain products, ensure staff is staying on track with new product R&D, etc.
• Manage our staff: Oversee and check in regularly with all staff members to ensure they are on track and have clear expectations set and met.
• Scheduling: Work closely with production managers to create weekly / monthly work schedules.
• Quality Control: Ensure all products are consistent and high quality, monitoring product quality regularly and communicating your findings with production managers
• Products + Production Knowledge: Work cross-functionally across the company’s 4 departments (1-Fermentation production, 2-Our Vegan Cheese line, 3-Golda Kombucha brewery & 4-Retail-Taproom/Farmers Market), being fully knowledgeable of all of the company’s products and systems, being able to hop in and assist if needed and answer any questions staff & customers may have on products and procedures.
• Organization + Streamlining Initiatives: Consistently work on streamlining business processes to create clarity and consistency between all sectors of company. (ex.- Ordering, storage, usage & flow charts, creating simplified systems, etc)
• First point of contact: Be the first point of contact for customers, the general public, local businesses, etc. Professionally and charismatically represent the company/brand to outside entities and potential retailers. Direct communication to necessary parties/department managers.
• Express yourself & your talents: Bring your own unique skills and passions to the company to both express yourself personally and professionally while bringing success and growth to our business.

Skills and Qualifications:

• You carry an enthusiastic and genuinely positive attitude and are an expert communicator with a strong ability to tactfully delegate responsibilities and collaborate on ideas.
• You possess excellent time management skills and are comfortable working independently, or with limited supervision.
• You’re incredibly organized, focused and flexible.
• You are able to quickly shift directions and multi-task.
• You’re able to focus on the big picture while staying attentive to every little detail.
• You’re highly productive and driven, but are also a strong team player.
• You’re a great facilitator of ideas and are able to pull strong ideas from the staff to integrate them into meaningful strategies for improvement in the company.
• You’re able to develop comprehensive, cost-effective solutions to operational challenges/problems.
• You view and use problems as opportunities for improvement and growth.
• Experience in fermentation, food production and management desired but not required.

Benefits & Compensation:

• Competitive wage
• 401(k) and match up to 3.5%
• Medical/Health wellness plan including mental health, all prescriptions paid

Job Type: Full-time

Schedule: 2 days off per week - Typically Sundays and one weekday. You should be flexible to work a variety of hours to reach the shifting demands of the company, including weekends. Flexible schedule to align with home/work life balance.

Compensation

this position is: hourly, $15-20/hr

Application instructions

Deadline

no deadline