Research Specialist

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
.

Support the LT&TS leadership team by providing visibility to performance, project execution, risks, resources, and value delivery across Brewing Technical Services, Packaging Technical Services, and the LTC.

• Own the monthly LT&TS scorecard, Hoshin progress tracking, KPI trends, capacity capability, executive dashboards and quarterly business reviews.
• Maintain the innovation readiness, risk, and productivity project portfolio trackers.
• Report project health, milestone adherence, resource loading, escalations, and EBITDA benefits realization.

• Maintain the enterprise technical risk register, FMEA aggregation, heat maps, supplier audit tracker, packaging qualification dashboards, and readiness reviews.

• Build Power BI dashboards, automate recurring reporting, integrate technical data and perform trend and predictive analysis.
• KPI and Hoshin reporting
• Project milestone and mitigation adherence
• Validation of savings and realized benefits
• Report automation and data quality

• LT&TS scorecard, Hoshin tracker, KPI dashboard, project portfolio, technical risk register, governance cadence, benefit tracking and executive reporting standards.

• Project prioritization, portfolio sequencing, resource allocation, risk prioritization, and performance measures.

• Material risks, off-plan projects, unresolved resource conflicts, overdue mitigation actions, benefit or data-quality gaps.

• Operations
  Team: Manage technical data for operations, suppliers and new product innovation.
• Packaging & Brewing Technical Services: Manage project execution, risk visibility, resource coordination and performance tracking.
• Supply Chain: prioritize production and quality projects to mitigate the risk of disruption to operations.
• Engineering
  : collaboration between production, engineering, and technical teams to ensure resources are properly allocated for impactful projects across the business.

• Degree in business analytics, engineering, food/brewing science, supply chain, project management or related field.
• Experience supporting technical, manufacturing, quality, innovation, engineering or operational teams.
• Project and portfolio management, KPI development, risk reporting and data/benefits analysis.
• Power BI, report automation, data visualization, executive presentations, and business case development.

Compensation offered to prospective Team Members has taken internal equity into consideration and can vary depending on a positions’ location. The final agreed upon wage may vary based on the job-related knowledge, skills, and experience of the individual.

• Competitive annual salary from $63,000 to $79,000 based in Columbia, SC
• Bonus plan designed to recognize company performance and individual contributions
• Comprehensive health and welfare benefits
• Company matching 401(k) contributions
• Paid time off including annual leave, paid sick time and holidays
• Extensive opportunities for training, development, and career growth

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