Description

An industry leader, The Wine Group is one of the world's foremost producers of award-winning wines across more than 60 wine brands and many winery facilities in California, New York, and Australia. Headquartered in Livermore, California, TWG is an industry innovator when it comes to developing, marketing, and selling wine brands beloved by consumers around the world, including Cupcake, Franzia, Benziger, Imagery, Tribute, 7 Deadly, Cooper & Thief, The Dreaming Tree, Charles Smith Wines, and more. The Wine Group believes in producing wine using sustainable and earth-friendly practices to foster healthy land and agriculture for generations to come. The company demonstrates environmental stewardship through its commitment to clean energy and by ensuring that all its owned vineyards are certified sustainable or biodynamic. To learn more, please visit: www.thewinegroup.com.

JOB SUMMARY

The Bottling Operations Director is a strategic leader responsible for overseeing all technical aspects of bottling operations to ensure safety, quality, efficiency, and compliance with industry standards. This role drives innovation, grows people, optimizes processes, and ensures seamless integration of technology and equipment to support large-scale production for one of the world's leading wine producers. 

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Lead with Purpose: Champion TWG's values, mission, and key strategies while inspiring your team to achieve excellence. 
• Grow People: Mentor leaders at all levels, fostering a culture of development and creating a pipeline of future-ready talent for broader organizational impact.  
• Drive Results: Deliver, safety, quality, and performance outcomes by empowering and motivating your team to exceed expectations  
• Operational Excellence: Oversee day-to-day technical bottling operations, guiding engineers, supervisors, and technicians to meet and surpass performance goals. 
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with QA, Cellar, Warehouse, HR, Supply Chain, and Engineering to elevate site-wide performance. 
• Innovate and Improve: Lead process and product innovation, identify continuous improvement opportunities, and implement strategies that deliver measurable results in efficiency and cost savings. 
• Strategic Leadership: Own and manage CAPEX planning and execution and OPEX budget for Technical Bottling Operations.  
• Performance Management: Hold teams accountable, and drive results through clear expectations and candid communication through measurable KPIs and OKRs. 

QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience: 10+ years of experience in technical bottling operations within beverage, wine, or food manufacturing.  
• Education: Bachelor's degree in engineering, Operations Management, or related field. 
• Expertise: Strong knowledge of automation, packaging technologies, and regulatory compliance.  
• Leadership: Proven success in managing large-scale manufacturing operations and implementing process improvements.  
• Skills: Exceptional leadership, communication, and project management skills.  
• Mindset: Critical thinker, results-driven, and passionate about continuous improvement and innovation. 

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

• Primary work activities are within both office and manufacturing environments 

COMPENSATION

• Hiring Salary Range Posted: $161,200 - $241,800.
• Actual compensation will be based on factors such as experience, skills, knowledge and abilities, education, and other position-related factors.

 

At The Wine Group, we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or other characteristic protected by law.

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