Job Status: Filled

Bottling Manager-Napa (Wine Jobs: Vineyards & Cellars )

Full Time

  Delicato Family Vineyards (http://www.delicato.com/)

  Napa, California

Delicato Family Vineyards has an immediate opportunity for a Bottling Manager in Napa, California.

Delicato Family Vineyards is a family-owned California winery founded in 1924. Three generations of the Indelicato family have guided grapes from vineyard to bottle and into homes and dining establishments around the world. Delicato Family Vineyards is steadfastly committed to crafting and representing wines of the highest quality produced in accordance with sustainable winegrowing practices. Among the leading and fastest growing wine companies in America, the Delicato Family Vineyards’ portfolio includes Gnarly Head, Black Stallion Estate Winery, Noble Vines, Belle Ambiance, Juxtapoz, HandCraft Artisan Collection, La Merika, Brazin, Bota Box, Massimo, Irony, Domino, Sequin and Twisted.

Position Purpose:

Under little or no supervision and acting on own initiative this position is responsible for daily bottling production performance and all tasks associated with managing the team, receiving bulk wine, inventorying material, bottling operations, shipping cased goods and maintaining the overall condition of equipment and infrastructure.

Function Responsibility:

  • Understands, communicates, and shares Company vision throughout division/organization and provide cross-functional perspective, direction, and support
  • Provides leadership and personal support; coaches, guides, nurtures and develops the right people; leads by example
  • Drives Company focus, manages culture, encourages strong work ethic, and fosters an environment of trust and respect
  • Develops group and individual performance plans in alignment with Company goals and objectives; communicates clearly defined individual and group objectives; maintains level of productivity in unit
  • Trains employees to do their job; sets standards for work performance
  • Monitors performance and provides feedback to direct reports through formal and informal performance feedback; regularly communicates with staff to achieve mutual understanding and desired results
  • Recognizes and addresses performance strengths and limitations of subordinates
  • Manages employee attendance to ensure compliance with Company standards; approve/monitor overtime
  • Communicates and supports Company policies and decisions in a positive manner
  • Develops staffing needs, selects new employees, makes recommendations in job evaluation and compensation, recommends termination actions
  • Conducts team meetings with department employees; includes monthly safety topic
  • Handles employee issues, concerns, and complaints in an objective and confidential manner
  • Provides employees with a safe, comfortable, and rewarding work environment
  • Prepares and monitors department budget

Essential Duties:

  • Executes scheduled bottling production adhering to quality, productivity, compliance and budgetary standards
  • Ensures team is in place, trained and performing at optimal levels in order to meet daily production requirements and other essential functions
  • Encourages clear communication among all individuals and departments to ensure efficient process execution, cross-functional collaboration and overall productivity
  • Initiates capital expenditure requests based on increasing efficiency and/or lowering operating costs
  • Enforces Safety, HACCP, ISO, cGMP, DOE and other applicable business critical standards

Minimum Requirements:

Education and Experience:

  • Bachelor’s Degree in business, food science or related field
  • Five years direct management experience in a production/manufacturing environment

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

  • Proven Lean manufacturing problem solving and related skills, SAP experience

Work Standards:

  • Acts in a manner reflective of the Company culture of High Moral Standards, Innovation and Continuous Evolution, Trust in Team, Continuous Improvement, and Sustainable Relationships
  • Communicates, interacts, and works effectively with others; receptive to feedback and coaching; voices concerns in a constructive manner
  • Demonstrates commitment to safety first; communicates safety concerns; promotes a safe work environment based on established safety standards and training
  • Follows all Company policies and procedures

Delicato offers its employees a generous and comprehensive benefits package.  The core health insurance components include medical, dental and vision, where Delicato covers nearly the entire cost for employees and a large percentage for dependents.  Additional health benefits include life, disability and flexible spending accounts.  Other benefits include 401(k) with generous company match, discretionary profit sharing, paid time off (PTO), paid holidays, wine & merchandise discounts, tuition reimbursement, gym discounts & many more.

EOE

 

 

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