Responsible for production team consisting of Brewers, Cellar People, Packaging, and Quality Assurance - producing ~20,000 bbls/year across 5 locations in the greater Boston area. Plan, organize, and prioritize daily production goals while managing an extremely complex production plan consisting of over 100 “core” brands and continuous R&D and innovation resulting in over 200 new brands each year. Streamline production model based on Just In Time packaging and releasing of beer - requiring close coordination with Sales, Logistics, and Marketing. Manage all production planning, new brand development, sourcing/purchasing, and inventory management. Budget management for labor, cost of goods, and utilities. Capital project execution for improving quality and reducing costs. Led team consisting of 4 Department Managers and 30 hourly employees in production and QA.Created Production planning process in conjunction with Sales analyst to produce detailed plan with Quarterly look ahead for both packaging and brewing.Created/Managed R&D of over 400 new brands - New Brand Development Process, coordinating activities between the creative owner, sales, marketing, purchasing, accounting/finance, production, and quality assurance.Built preventative maintenance processes, resulting in increased packaging line efficiencies/reduced run times by 25%.Improved production efficiencies and reduced Hourly OT by over 40%.Capital Projects Executed:De-stoning and puree machine, eliminating the cost of outside processing of fruit for the wild beer program - saving $20,000 per year..Keg washing/Filling machine, reducing headcount in packaging by 2 and increasing efficiencies 65%.Flash Pasteurizer - to eliminate production losses due to microbiological risks associated with adjuncts and barrel aging - saving $165,000 year..De-Canter Centrifuge - reduced process loss by 5%, saving approximately $1.1MM annually.

Responsible to meet Key Process Indicator (KPI) metrics in areas, lead a team of 5 salaried and 40 hourly employees through continous improvement initiatives, safety, quality, performance, maintenance, environmental compliance, and P&L of the warehousing and distribution center, managed budgets for labor, maintenance, and facilities totaling $1.2 million, managed transportation schedules for all finished goods, maintaining on-time loading, maximizing truck weights, and optimizing labor, managed team to build brewing and packaging schedules, order all raw materials, and order all packaging materials to meet production requirements.

Responsible to manage change through continuous improvement efforts, manage budgets for maintenance and payroll of over $5 million, manage a portion of the production facility consisting of three can lines, and a bottle line producing over 6 million barrels of beer a year, managed a team of over 100 people consisting of hourly operators, machinists, electricians, 2 business Unit Managers, 3 Shift Managers, 13 Group Managers, 2 Process Improvement Engineers, 2 Maintenance Managers, to meet Key Process Indicator (KPI) metrics in areas of safety, quality, performance, maintenance, environmental compliance, and Cost of Goods Sold for packaging facility.

Promoted and responsible for safety, quality, performance and profitability of two high speed can lines producing over 2 million barrels per year,  Lead staff 30 consisting of packaging line Group Managers, Maintenance Reliability Manager and hourly employees, managed labor and maintenance budgets of over $2 million

Responsible for managing union staff in operation and maintenance of high speed packaging line equipment.Implemented process changes that resulted in reduced utilities usage.Improved unit efficiencies through effective management of maintenance personnel.Supported high-level objectives by effectively reacting and managing unforeseen events.Created organizational tools for process management Trained new Group Manager hires

Responsible for daily operation of all Brewing activities, including fermentation and filtration. Also responsible for ordering of raw materials, record keeping and tax reporting of all production.Developed new recipes and managed multiple yeast strains.Performed preventative and corrective maintenance on equipment.Managed all plant quality issues and sanitation.Acted as a representative in public and corporate events.