Senior Beverage Maker

We’re a family-owned company with a 90+ year legacy, that’s consistently recognized as a Glassdoor “Best Places to Work.” We have 130+ brands in our total alcohol beverage portfolio including wine, malt, spirits, and ready-to-drink beverages. We’re home to the #1 wine and spirits brands in the U.S.

- Barefoot Wine & High Noon and are the official sponsors of the NFL, NHL, UFC, and PGA of America.

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As a Senior Beverage Maker, you will play a critical role in bringing exceptional alcoholic and non‑alcoholic beverages to life, ensuring quality, consistency, and innovation across multiple production locations. You’ll lead and influence the beverage production process from concept through commercialization, using sensory evaluation, analytical data, and scientific rigor to guide decisions and solve complex quality challenges.

In this role, you’ll partner closely with Operations, Supply Chain, Quality Assurance, Planning, Legal, and Compliance to proactively manage risks, improve processes, and maintain adherence to established standards. You’ll oversee tastings, guide teams through root cause analysis, and ensure production samples consistently meet style targets while balancing quality, cost, and efficiency.

You’ll also lead and develop a team of Beverage Makers, fostering a culture of inclusion, accountability, and continuous improvement. Through structured coaching, clear expectations, and values‑based feedback, you’ll help your team grow while driving performance against business goals.

As part of this role, you’ll support co‑manufacturing operations and help oversee the quality and consistency of key brands, such as High Noon and VMC. You’ll collaborate with internal and external partners, oversee audits, manage production schedules, and provide on‑site or remote guidance to ensure liquid quality and compliance. This is a highly collaborative, hands‑on opportunity for a leader who thrives in a fast‑paced production environment and is passionate about craftsmanship, science, and operational excellence.

• Bachelor's degree in science (STEM) plus 5 years of distillation, beverage production, brewing, winemaking, product development, or engineering experience reflecting increasing levels of responsibility; OR a Bachelor's degree plus 7 years of distillation, beverage production, brewing, winemaking, chemistry, product development, or engineering experience reflecting increasing levels of responsibility; OR Bachelor's degree in science (STEM) plus 4 years of GALLO experience in distillation, beverage production, brewing, winemaking, product development, or engineering reflecting increasing levels of responsibility.
• Required to be at least 21 years of age.
• Required to lift and move up to 50 pounds.
• Required to be available to support production operations as needed, which may include 24‑hour coverage during critical periods. Extended hours may also be necessary during peak seasons or in response to urgent business needs.
• Some roles are required to travel domestically and internationally. Could require up to 20% travel. In those instances a passport would be needed within 4 months of hire.
• Required to identify variances in beverage color by sight and identify beverage flavors by taste and smell.
• Experience applying concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.
• Knowledgeable in the use of MS Word, MS PowerPoint and MS Excel at intermediate level.
• Expertise in applying the scientific method.
• Experience applying principles of logical or scientific thinking to a wide range of intellectual and practical problems.
• Skilled in writing reports and business correspondence.
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