Senior Manager, Manufacturing Excellence

Location: Waddell

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.

Role Purpose:

The Sr. Manufacturing Excellence (Man Ex) Manager role is part of the site leadership team and is responsible for executing the Man Ex program framework deployment within the Brewery. This role will provide continuous improvement leadership and direction to implement the Man Ex values within the brewery and will be accountable for driving improvement in performance & productivity while building a sustainable Manufacturing Excellence program that delivers breakthrough performance improvement and builds capability & efficiency within the brewery team.

Accountabilities & Impact:

• Provides leadership and strategic thinking to implement a continuous improvement culture
• Drives the sustainability and adoption of Man Ex tools and practices throughout the brewery.
• Implements Best Practices/Standards and Man Ex roadmap focused on driving performance with structured and standardized ways of working (incl. formal root cause failure analysis, loss analysis, structured communication, ect.)
• Develops Man Ex capability and change agents working collaboratively with the site leadership team, People Operations and other functions to improve capability of all levels by defining and implementing a standards to deliver sustainable performance improvement.
• Assure adoption of Man Ex standards and best in class practices as defined, developed, and established within our Man Ex framework

Skills & Experiences Needed:

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Operations, Management, or related field with minimum of 10 years of Technical/Production/Engineering/Maintenance Management in consumer product manufacturing
• Demonstrated success in manufacturing operations and continuous improvement
• Lean Six-Sigma Certification
• Exhibits outstanding team building, communication, and interpersonal skills
• Ability to influence indirectly
• Strong partner management, communication, and interpersonal skills
• Strategic planning and decision making, organizational change and tactical management of standards, business processes and internal/external partnerships to support performance goals.

This position has been identified as a safety sensitive position within the state of Arizona.

At Mark Anthony, we exist to Unearth the Extraordinary:

Our Purpose is not just a statement; it is a call to action that binds us together and ignites our passion for making a difference. It is the driving force behind why we do what we do every single day, connecting our global organization across all business units, roles, and locations. We are:

Best in Our CraftWe set the standard with a pursuit of excellence that can be found in everything from our products and processes to our plants and people.

Ambitiously CuriousWe stay curious, dreaming big and navigating the unknown with an enduring belief in better.

Made With HumilityWe bring humility, authenticity, fun, and support to every collaboration and celebrate wins as a team.

Daringly DisruptiveWe disrupt the status quo, moving fast to seize opportunities and acting scrappy to stay ahead of industry giants.

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