Production Specialist – New Formats

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Act as the main point of contact between RYZE and co-manufacturing partners for ready-to-drink (RTD) beverages, non-powder product formats, and specialized project lines.

• Oversee daily operations and partner relationships concerning RTD beverages and non-powder product lines.

• Facilitate weekly meetings with co-manufacturers to assess performance, review production timelines, and mitigate operational risks.

• Conduct site visits to execute line audits, confirm manufacturing processes, and enhance partner relations.

• Manage the onboarding process for new co-manufacturers, encompassing pilot tests, initial production runs, and process validations.

• Collaborate with the Quality team to ensure specification compliance, address quality holds, and oversee corrective action plans.

• Work alongside the Innovation team to convert new product requirements into actionable manufacturing plans.

• Coordinate the staging of materials and outbound shipments with the Logistics team.

• Guarantee timely reporting of raw materials, packaging, and finished goods inventory; resolve stock discrepancies.

• Collaborate with Raw Material Planning to ensure material availability ahead of scheduled production runs.

• Validate vendor schedules against internal planning models and communicate any capacity limitations or disruptions.

• Support the Accounting department with purchase order verification, invoice reconciliation, and document retrieval.

⛳️ Requirements

• Demonstrated experience in consumer packaged goods (CPG) manufacturing, particularly with RTD beverages and alternative product formats (such as gummies, chocolates, and variety packs).

• Comfortable working on-site in manufacturing environments and adept at managing technical production workflows.

• Highly organized with a proven history of leading cross-functional initiatives and maintaining complex projects on schedule.

• Strong interpersonal abilities to manage external partner relationships and escalate critical path issues internally.

• Practical experience with NetSuite, Slack, Claude, Planning Tools, and Google Workspace.

• Capability to manage intricate, concurrent production workstreams.

• Willingness to travel frequently for on-site inspections.

🏝️ Benefits

• Routine travel for on-site inspections.

• Opportunity to collaborate with a mission-driven, fast-paced team.

• Cross-functional interaction with Quality, Innovation, Logistics, Raw Material Planning, and Accounting teams.