Production Manager Blending - Nights

Job Description Summary:

At The Coca‑Cola Company, we create brands and beverages that inspire moments of connection and refreshment around the world. Every day, we bring people together through our iconic portfolio while advancing sustainable, innovative manufacturing practices. The Production Manager, Blending plays a vital role in transforming quality ingredients into the drinks people love. This role is part of a high‑performance manufacturing team dedicated to maintaining excellence in safety, quality, and efficiency across our blending operations.

Located in Auburndale, FL, this position acts as a key connector between production planning, quality assurance, and line operations—helping ensure our products meet exacting standards while supporting the growth of local and global supply. The manager partners with functional peers across maintenance, safety, and quality to drive continuous improvement and enable a culture of collaboration and accountability. We’re looking for a professional with a strong command of manufacturing operations, a passion for developing teams, and an ability to accelerate improvement through technology, data, and people’s engagement. This opportunity represents the perfect intersection of leadership, process innovation, and purpose—shaping how our beverages come to life while building the future of sustainable production.

What You’ll Do for Us

• Lead day‑to‑day blending production activities, ensuring safety, quality, and schedule adherence while maintaining smooth operational flow across all shifts.

• Manage blending performance metrics, including yield, throughput, and waste reduction, using digital and analytical tools to identify trends and improvement opportunities.

• Partner with maintenance and quality departments to optimize equipment reliability and maintain regulatory and food safety compliance.

• Coach, develop, and empower a team of hourly associates through effective communication, engagement, and continuous learning.

• Collaborate with the scheduling function to balance labor and resource plans with production demands.

• Drive implementation of lean manufacturing and process improvement initiatives to strengthen overall efficiency and reduce variability.

• Maintain documentation and standardized operating procedures within manufacturing systems, ensuring data accuracy and accessibility.

• Support new product introductions by coordinating readiness, material verification, and process validation through blending operations.

• Maintain safety and environmental standards, investigating incidents and embedding proactive risk reduction strategies.

• Champion housekeeping and sanitation excellence and promote a clean, organized, and compliant facility environment.

• Facilitate regular team meetings to share updates, celebrate progress, and align resources toward production goals.

• Partner with cross‑functional teams to translate technical, supply, and quality objectives into actionable production plans.

• Utilize real‑time analytics and system data to adjust operations, drive efficiency, and improve predictive capability within the blending area.

• Model company values through leadership behaviors that reinforce inclusion, collaboration, and operational discipline.

Requirements & Qualifications

• High School Diploma/GED equivalent experience may be considered.

• Minimum of 3 years’ people management experience in a high‑volume production or blending environment.

• Deep understanding of food manufacturing principles, including quality assurance, sanitation, ingredient performance, and critical control points.

• Demonstrated success in leading process improvement initiatives using lean manufacturing or similar continuous improvement methods.

• Strong leadership presence with a focus on coaching, engagement, and skill development across diverse teams.

• Proficiency in digital manufacturing tools, data systems, and MS Office applications; familiarity with automated control systems preferred.

• Proven ability to manage production KPIs, identify innovative operational solutions, and deliver consistent results within cost and quality standards.

• Excellent organizational, communication, and facilitation skills with a collaborative working style.

• Demonstrated capacity for data‑driven decision‑making and the ability to leverage insight for performance optimization.

• Commitment to food safety, environmental stewardship, and safe working practices.

What We’ll Do for You

• Provide opportunities to shape operational excellence, sustainability, and innovation within one of the world’s most trusted consumer brands.

• Enable experiential learning through collaboration with industry‑leading manufacturing professionals and technology systems.

• Offer access to career development pathways that build technical, analytical, and leadership capabilities in production management.

• Empower you to create measurable impact within a dynamic facility producing beverages enjoyed across global and regional markets.

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Our Purpose and Growth Culture:

We are taking deliberate action to nurture an inclusive culture that is grounded in our company purpose, to refresh the world and make a difference. We act with a growth mindset, take an expansive approach to what’s possible and believe in continuous learning to improve our business and ourselves. We focus on four key behaviors – curious, empowered, inclusive and agile – and value how we work as much as what we achieve. We believe that our culture is one of the reasons our company continues to thrive after 130+ years. Visit Our Purpose and Vision to learn more about these behaviors and how you can bring them to life in your next role at Coca-Cola.