Update: this position has been filled
Production Manager
The ideal candidate has experience managing a team and enjoys leading, inspiring, and training staff members. Duties of this position focus on training staff, improving efficiency, leading new product development, managing inventory, and more.
This position requires prior experience to oversee butchering, smoking, curing, fermenting, and aging inside Smoking Goose's USDA-inspected meatery where we work by hand in small batches to craft over 40 varieties of cured and smoked meats.
This full-time, salaried position offers $55,000 - $65,000 annually plus health insurance, retirement benefits, and paid time off. Regular working schedule includes daytime hours on weekdays.
Responsibilities include
Oversee hiring and training of food production personnel
Oversee daily production of smoked, cured, fermented, and aged meats
Identify inefficiencies and implement improvements
Develop new products to meet sales goals and increase generated returns
Organize production schedules
Meet order fulfillment requirements and deadlines
Manage inventory
Prepare reports for management team meetings
Requirements include
Prior experience that meets or exceeds at least one of the following thresholds
Five years experience in food production with applicable management experience
Two years management experience in the food industry
Bachelor’s degree in food science, food technology, manufacturing engineering, or related discipline
Demonstrated leadership skills: directing and coordinating personnel
Demonstrated time management skills: achieving production targets within set time frames
Demonstrated decision making skills: gathering evidence and making key production choices
How to apply
Applicants should apply via email only — no phone calls, in-person applications, or social media inquiries, please. Send cover letter and resume to jobs@smokinggoose.com