Packaging Area Manager

Mark Anthony Group is an entrepreneurial drinks company, built from the ground up by thinking differently, innovating and doing the unexpected. Our company is rooted in family values, a bold vision and relentless determination to continuously raise the bar and make a positive difference in consumers' lives.

Founded in 1972, we’ve grown organically from a one-person import wine business into an international drinks company whose hallmarks include a portfolio of luxury wineries and iconic beverage brands, including White Claw® Hard Seltzer, Mike’s Hard Lemonade, and Cayman Jack .

The Packaging Area Manager is responsible for the leadership, performance, innovation, and continuous improvement of a defined area in the Packaging Operations Department, ensuring safe, efficient, and reliable operations while achieving quality, productivity, cost, and service objectives. This role provides both front-line and strategic leadership, with a strong emphasis on developing supervisors, leads, and frontline team members through coaching, performance management, succession planning, and capability building.

Responsible for daily operational execution, KPI management, inventory control, troubleshooting, and enforcing safety and quality standards, the Packaging Area Manager drives innovation and operational excellence within their area of responsibility.

• Assist in developing and implementing the strategic plan for the Packaging team.
• Drive innovation within the assigned packaging area by identifying, evaluating, and implementing new technologies, processes, equipment improvements, and best practices that enhance safety, quality, productivity, and cost performance.
• Develop, implement, and sustain lean manufacturing processes and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Communicate Packaging department priorities and align team objectives with business goals.
• Ensure Safety and Quality are at the forefront of all activities for all Packaging team members.
• Lead the development of supervisors, leads, and frontline team members through coaching, mentoring, performance management, succession planning, and capability-building initiatives.
• Build a high-performing culture that promotes accountability, engagement, ownership, teamwork, and continuous learning.
• Actively mentor and coach packaging operators, leads, and supervisors to maintain focus on safety, quality, efficiency, and continuous improvement.
• Drive Packaging safety policies and procedures, including the use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and adherence to Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs).
• Ensure continuous operation of process equipment through active operator management, process monitoring, and troubleshooting.
• Effectively communicate operational priorities, process changes, and performance expectations through shift handovers, daily production meetings, email, action logs, work orders, and other communication channels.
• Effectively communicate job knowledge and process changes to the operations team members and management through various forms of daily communication (shift handover meeting, daily production meetings, email, action logs, work orders, etc).
• Ensure tasks in packaging, sanitation, quality, and maintenance are completed according to MAB standards.
• Ensure adherence to ISO, GMP, JSA, and HACCP food safety programs as they relate to the manufacturing process.
• Drive quality and reproducibility of results through routine packaging performance audits.
• Audit documentation to ensure completion of inventory checks, quality inspections, sanitation requirements, SOP compliance, and basic maintenance tasks.
• Drive preventative and routine maintenance programs, including operator inspections and equipment lubrication…