Who We Are:
BRĒZ is on a mission to reduce human suffering and maximize human potential through conscious compounds. Our innovative line of social tonics offers captivating alcohol alternatives, featuring hemp-derived THC, CBD, and Lion’s Mane mushrooms for an unparalleled experience. BRĒZ is one of the fastest-growing beverages in the US, on a comparable growth track to Liquid Death, Prime, Alani, and other beverage giants. This is your opportunity to hop on a rocket ship startup at an early but secure phase.
www.DrinkBREZ.com
Who You Are:
- Thrive in fast paced, dynamic startup environments
- Passion for functional wellness, non-alcoholic beverage, cannabis, mushrooms, and other adaptogenic or nootropic therapeutic compounds
- Embrace creativity and innovation, and always up for a new challenge
- Eager to join a team aiming to revolutionize the beverage industry and make a meaningful impact on the lives of our customers
Your Responsibilities & Expectations:
Supply Chain Management
- Streamline and scale supply chain for our growing portfolio of products, including vetting suppliers, procuring raw materials, and identifying areas of improvement in the development of finished goods.
- Continuously optimize and oversee the network of external vendors, including co-packers, raw material suppliers, and logistics vendors to drive operational efficiencies and cost savings.
- Supervise supply chain management from production planning and procurement through to fulfillment of customer orders that meet or exceed company-set KPIs.
Logistics and Fulfillment
- Innovate and refine logistics processes across all partners with the Chief Operating Officer.
- Oversee BRĒZ’s 3rd party transportation and warehouse logistics providers, manage day-to-day relationships, and troubleshoot fulfillment related needs.
- Create schedules and tracking/organizational SOPs for shipments and inventory.
Production and Inventory Management
- Manage co-manufacturing partners and production run planning, including coordination of production timelines, ingredients, freight, packaging.
- Oversee network of 3rd party co-manufacturers, including contract processes, tolling fee negotiations, setting operating processes, managing quality controls, and all other facets of the ongoing relationships.
- Work with the Compliance & Quality Lead to ensure food safety, quality, and regulatory compliance
- Own demand planning to assure proper product inventory levels across DTC, retail, Amazon, and all other sales channels
- Collaborate with Sales & Marketing to understand how retailer demand and sampling needs impact product demand to ensure high fulfillment rates and in-stock ratios
New Product Development
- Lead go-to-market plans for new products, including flavors, packaging, and sizes, while managing new operational initiatives and partnerships.
- Demonstrate effective project management and continuous improvement skills, especially in the launch of new product lines with a focus on speed to market
Financial Planning and Reporting
- Assist with key financial planning and reporting, including forecasting, tracking, reporting, and financial and operational analysis.
- Establish and maintain appropriate processes and dashboards for measuring necessary aspects of business operations
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience preferred.
- 5+ years of experience in operations, shipping, logistics, and compliance.
- Strong forecasting and operational finance skills, experience building P&Ls.
- Experience building and maintaining dashboards to monitor KPIs and deliver against operational targets.
- Highly proficient in Google Workspace, Slack, and other enterprise software tools.
- Organized, detail-oriented, with the ability to multi-task and balance multiple projects and requests at once.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Excellent relationship-building skills.
- Basic familiarity with the hemp-derived THC space (desired but not essential).
- Experience in documentation related to logistics, packing, shipping, and freight transactions.