Production Team Lead - PM Shift

About the job:

Our production team members do an impressive job of preparing and packaging all the delicious coffee delivered to our guests and Digital subscribers. We’re looking for an incredible leader with sharp attention to detail to join our dedicated team in bringing delicious Blue Bottle Coffee to guests everywhere.

This is a full-time position reporting to the Roastery Leader.

You will:

• Ensure our daily coffee production orders are complete and shipped each day through direct communication with our production team members and guiding our production progresses throughout the day.
• Train production team members on all packaging tasks using our approved training content, and on-the-job training. Cross-training all team members on packaging processes.
• Help lead a team of talented craftspeople and dedicated production team members. Your systemic improvements will ease your team’s workload and bring clarity to increasingly complex scenarios.
• Use our digital shipping software, while troubleshooting and innovating, as needed to create and print labels both Domestic and International for our coffee and production needs
• Maintain opening/closing checklists and logs, lead daily team huddles, and communicate and troubleshoot any production setbacks.
• Monitor and maintain inventory levels of production supplies. Updating inventory low-level reorder points, and re-order quantities for production items as necessary. 
• Collaborate with all members of the coffee production team, professionally, respectfully and with integrity.
• Stock and organize received production materials within the facility, making them accessible for our production team members.
• Label and organize various coffee and coffee packaging to efficiently and successfully fill orders
• Fulfill and pick up all expedited shipping by its assigned pick up time
• Lead by example by blending, bagging and packing coffee with high attention to detail
• Sweep floors, clean bag machines and tables
• Collaborate with all other members of the team, including your Production Leader, professionally, respectfully and with integrity
• Work and support production shifts 
• Follow and support all Food Safety, Quality, and Good Manufacturing Practices rules and regulations

You are:

• Excited to help improve work processes for you and your team
• A team player and thrive in environments where teamwork and collaboration are needed to successfully accomplish a task
• A great communicator, both with your team and with your leader
• Committed to building long-lasting professional relationships

You have:

• A love and/or respect of delicious coffee
• +1 year production experience, preferably in coffee
• Basic computer skills including: Opening, saving and sending electronic files; experience using email; basic knowledge of Microsoft Word (or similar programs), Google Suite (Google Docs, Google Numbers), iWork (Pages, Numbers, Keynote)
• The ability to read, write and speak English proficiently

Physical requirements

• This role is a physical one and the physical demands outlined below are representative of those that must be met for a team member to be successful in the role. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job which we’ve mapped out below. 




• You have:
• The ability to stand, walk, sit for long periods of time (at least 8 hours per day and 5 days per week)
• The use of hands to handle or feel and the ability to reach with hands and arm
• The ability to stoop, kneel, or crouch
• The ability to squat, bend, twist and reach for items below waist level or above shoulders
• The ability to lift, push/pull, carry and/or move up to 50 pounds
• The ability to listen and speak
• The ability to climb ladders, stairs, ramps and uneven floor and/or surfaces as needed
• The ability to have close visual acuity to perform repetitive visual checking, counting, spotting small defects, determine accuracy of numbers and package 

A few benefits we offer:

• Health, dental, and vision coverage for eligible employees starting on your first day
• 401(k) plan
• Paid time off
• Free drinks at any of our cafes and a complimentary bag of beans to take home each week
• Discounts on any Blue Bottle food items and merchandise

At Blue Bottle, you’ll be critical to guests enjoying delicious coffee. We aim to provide delightful hospitality to everyone who visits us, in person or online. If you’re ready to help bring amazing products to life, please apply and join us.