Processing Technician Lead

Sazerac Company Overview

Over 450 of the world’s most extraordinary brands are part of the Sazerac family, including Buzz Ballz, Buffalo Trace, Eagle Rare, Fireball, Svedka, and more. We’re proud to create spirits, cocktails, and experiences for every taste and occasion for people across the globe. Sazerac Company takes pride in fostering a vibrant culture of innovation, craftsmanship, and excellence across our distilleries and operations worldwide.

As a Processing Technician Lead, you’ll help lead the daily operations of our Processing Department to ensure products are blended, batched, filtered, and prepared safely and accurately to meet production schedules. You’ll provide hands‑on leadership to the team, oversee bulk receiving and inventory activities, and help troubleshoot processing issues to keep production moving. This role is ideal for someone with strong processing or beverage manufacturing experience who enjoys leading a team and maintaining high standards for safety, quality, and productivity.

• Lead daily processing activities, including blending, batching, filtering, transferring, and preparation of products according to approved formulas and company specifications.
• Coordinate with the team to meet production schedules while maintaining safe operations, product quality, GMPs, and housekeeping standards.
• Oversee blending adjustments and fixes, batch approvals, bulk receiving, inventory management, and accurate production documentation.
• Provide day‑to‑day direction, training, and support to Processing Technicians and temporary employees while promoting a safe and productive work environment.
• Identify and resolve processing, equipment, quality, and production issues while supporting continuous improvement initiatives.

As a Processing Technician Lead, you’ll help lead the daily operations of our Processing Department to ensure products are blended, batched, filtered, and prepared safely and accurately to meet production schedules. You’ll provide hands‑on leadership to the team, oversee bulk receiving and inventory activities, and help troubleshoot processing issues to keep production moving. This role is ideal for someone with strong processing or beverage manufacturing experience who enjoys leading a team and maintaining high standards for safety, quality, and productivity.

• Lead daily processing activities, including blending, batching, filtering, transferring, and preparation of products according to approved formulas and company specifications.
• Coordinate with the team to meet production schedules while maintaining safe operations, product quality, GMPs, and housekeeping standards.
• Oversee blending adjustments and fixes, batch approvals, bulk receiving, inventory management, and accurate production documentation.
• Provide day‑to‑day direction, training, and support to Processing Technicians and temporary employees while promoting a safe and productive work environment.
• Identify and resolve processing, equipment, quality, and production issues while supporting continuous improvement initiatives.

Required:

• High school diploma or GED equivalent.
• Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience in processing, batching, blending, beverage manufacturing, food manufacturing, or a related production environment.
• Previous experience leading, training, or providing direction to employees in a manufacturing or production environment.
• Strong knowledge of processing, batching, blending, GMPs, safety procedures, and production documentation with the ability to troubleshoot issues and make sound decisions.

Preferred:

• Experience in the alcohol beverage, food, beverage, or consumer packaged goods…