Zevia

Operations

• Oversight of Zevia’s co-pack manufacturing locations including managing co-packer relationships and ensuring adherence to Zevia’s procedures and standards across manufacturing, quality, sanitation, warehousing, inventory, product launches, packaging, capabilities, and raw materials.
• Manage collaboration for certification runs, best practice opportunities and new product runs at existing co-packers and suppliers; onboard co-packers and assist with Zevia standards and best practices training; evaluate co-packer qualifications, equipment capabilities, and needs; facilitate and support TRP (track, rank, publish) processes including waste, changeovers, equipment performance, batching audits, inventory management and quality adherence.
• Provide plant and warehouse support in food safety, quality assurance, sanitation, manufacturing and innovation.
• Support initiatives focused on co-packer waste reduction, best practices and productivity improvements to optimize manufacturing cost per case, focusing on batching, filling, temperature, air content, CO2 levels, and speeds.
• Support development and improvement of co-packer programs ensuring adherence to Zevia’s processes and procedures, SQF compliance, sanitation and CIP completion, audit support, and tech support for key programs.
• Work closely with co-packers to ensure product specifications and procedures are followed; provide mentorship and training; assist co-pack teams in improving quality and efficiency; identify and propose solutions to equipment and procedures.
• Create SOPs for new procedures; drive innovation and strategic development; collaborate with Zevia internal teams on new products and co-packer initiatives.
• Provide continual support at co-packers across receiving, batching, sanitation, production, start up, change over, specifications, cans/packaging, palletization, tunnel pasteurization, warehousing, and inventory; implement procedures to increase productivity and decrease downtime; work closely with Quality to ensure regulatory and customer requirements are met.

Manager, Co-Pack Operations