Co-Manufacturing Manager

ABOUT US

OLIPOP was founded in 2017 by Ben Goodwin and David Lester. Ben and David have been working together for nearly a decade to find accessible solutions to bring the benefits of digestive health to as many consumers as possible.  OLIPOP is a deliciously refreshing tonic that is crafted with prebiotics, botanicals and natural plant fiber to support your microbiome and benefit digestive health. We're on a mission to provide an affordable, delicious alternative to soda that delivers leading edge health benefits to mainstream consumers.

OUR TEAM

Our team is a special bunch, with a very unique way of working. We’re all fully remote, which makes us all highly collaborative and resourceful. We share a singular mission to make the world a better place with a product that supports your health and is truly enjoyable. And while we’re invested in our product, we’re equally invested in one another's personal development. We’re tightly knit, we’re genuine and we’re always pushing the envelope to do a better job than we did the day before.

At Olipop our values lead the way we create our products, engage with each other, and interact with our community.  Being a part of the OLIPOP team is about more than a career, and therefore we seek to recruit and include people with a diversity of abilities, backgrounds, and cultures to better serve our diverse community of customers.

THE ROLE

We have an exciting opportunity to join our team as our Co-Man Manager. This position is responsible for building and executing strategies to develop and manage finished good supply solutions for the company's co-manufacturing needs. In this role you will create and maintain strong partnerships with co-manufacturers, while also identifying and introducing new strategic co-manufacturers to support the company's growth and innovation initiatives. 

WHAT YOU’LL NEED

Humility, Aspiration, Commitment, Integrity, and Engaged Empathy- our OLIPOP company values. Startup is as much a personal journey as it is a professional one. We can teach you functional skills, but we can’t change the way that you view and interact with the world. To succeed at a company like this, you need to be able to fail, learn, adapt and fail again. You need to be able to keep going when others would likely give up. You need to be able to find a way when it seems impossible. You need to be humble enough to learn and confident enough to express yourself. If this is how you’ve lived your life, if these are the lessons your lived experiences have taught you, then we’d love to hear from you.

REPORTS TO

Director of Procurement

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Processes and Procedures Management - Manage internal processes and procedures specific to co-manufacturing.
• In partnership with the Quality manager, attend and supervise production runs at the co-packer, ensuring the product meets taste and quality standards, and is made to spec.
• Production Planning - provides insight, data validation, benchmarking, and score-carding to make sure our outsourced production needs are consistently met or exceeded.
• Project Management - maintain project schedules for new product introductions and process improvement initiatives.
• Routinely identify and evaluate new finished good sources of supply for Company by identifying suppliers with new and evolving capabilities.
• Ensures the production schedule is effectively communicated, displayed, and systematically executed.
• Effectively and efficiently manage multiple projects and priorities, ensuring timelines are met.
• Determine the most cost-effective production location for co-manufactured and repacked items to ensure a stable and consistent supply to the company's distribution centers.
• Develop the annual Co-Manufacturing financial plan, including setting standards, monthly forecast updates, and identifying potential risks and opportunities.
• Ensure capabilities and processes are in place to deliver our innovation pipeline; source and develop new partnerships and supply chains and integrate them into the OLIPOP way.
• Drive continuous improvement of product development methods for increased efficiency and shortened time to market.
• Conduct evaluations of external manufacturing capacity, capability, and economics as required, including capital requirements, labor requirements, and logistics requirements
• Product ownership – strong understanding of production standards manual, bill of materials, etc.
• Identify key KPI metrics and develop methods to track; implement and lead Quarterly Business Reviews with all manufacturing partners.
• Gain a broad knowledge base in ingredients, quality, packaging, manufacturing, shipping, regulatory, etc.
• Collaborates with cross-functional team members on a regular basis and proactively address, resolve, and/or call out any operational issues affecting the timely purchasing of product.
• Work closely with customer fulfillment, marketing, quality, sales, ecom, and other stakeholders.

COMPENSATION

$100K - $110K

QUALIFICATIONS

• 5 - 8 years of experience in Supply Chain, QA, Contract Manufacturing, or other related supply chain functions.
• Proven business, negotiation, and analytical/problem-solving skills; experience negotiating and developing and managing contracts and agreements.
• Extensive knowledge of manufacturing and contract management.
• Experience working with Netsuite and / or Oracle ERP a strong plus.
• Solution-oriented problem solver and possesses a growth mindset.
• Ability to handle complex situations involving multiple SKU’s, channels, and distribution models.
• Transparent, open/honest communicator and strong relationship building and management skills.
• Ability to be a collaborative leader and team member in a dynamic high growth environment. 
• Ability to resolve, recommend, and strategically influence conflicting interests and priorities from different functions.
• Experience working in a startup, high growth environment is also a plus.
• Experience working successfully with remote teams in multiple states.
• This position is fully remote. 20% travel to co-packers as required.

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.  Olipop does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, retaliation, parental status, military service, or other non-merit factor. Applicants and employees are protected from discrimination under Federal law. For more information, please see EEO is the Law.

COVID-19

OLIPOP requires all employees, unless they have received an approved exemption as an accommodation for a medical issue or sincerely held religious belief, to be “up to date” on their vaccines prior to their date of hire. A person is considered “up to date” on their COVID-19 vaccines after they have received their primary series of doses and their booster shots, when eligible. When a person is not eligible for a booster, they are considered “up to date” two weeks after they receive the final dose of their primary series. When a person is eligible for a booster, they are considered “up to date” immediately after they receive the booster. This policy applies to any vaccine authorized to prevent COVID-19 by the FDA, including by way of an emergency use authorization, or by the World Health Organization (WHO), or an active COVID-19 clinical trial (non-placebo). Vaccination verification (or accommodation approval) must be completed before the date of hire.