Job Description

Job Location Salem - SALEM, VA 24153

On-Premise Operations Manager

Join the Blue Ridge Beverage Team!

Blue Ridge Beverage Company, Inc., a leading distributor of beer, wine, and non-alcoholic beverages in Central and Southwest Virginia, is looking for a full time On-Premise Operations Manager to help grow our business.

On-Premise Operations Manager drive community engagement and enhance the company’s image through oversight of special events and draught line cleaning within the Division.

Job Type: Full-Time

Benefits:

• Comprehensive Medical Insurance, including health, dental, prescription, and vision care.
• Paid time off plus 3 scheduled paid holidays and 3 floating holidays.
• Basic Life and AD&D Insurance.
• Short-term and Long-term Disability.
• Flexible Spending Accounts for health care and dependent care.
• 401(k) Retirement Plan with employer contribution.

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for planning and directing special events for the Division to ensure all contractual and legal requirements are met.
• Conducts short and mid-range planning for events to coordinate activities between the company and customers and ensure proper inventory and staffing levels are available.
• Administers all phases of events, including but not limited to customer licensing, order creation, equipment, staffing, and inventory communication.
• Trains, supervises, and works with employees and volunteers to properly staff events.
• Ensures all equipment required for events is properly maintained, including cleaning, maintenance, storage, and transport.
• Directs all activities for a team of Draft Technicians. Responsibilities include recruiting, training, planning, and directing work, appraising, and managing performance.
• Responsible for managing all aspects of the Division’s draught line cleaning program, including scheduling, ensuring Technicians are properly trained and certified, maintaining equipment, supplies, logs, and other administrative materials.
• Provides staffing relief by covering sales routes as needed when assigned Account Manager is unavailable.
• Designs and prints point of sale materials for the division sales team as needed.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Relationships & Roles:

• Maintains professional internal and external relationships throughout the company.
• Demonstrates a high level of integrity.
• Interacts and collaborates with company employees at all levels in a respectful manner.
• Leads by example, builds trust, values others, holds employees accountable, and communicates effectively with others in a team environment.
• Demonstrates sense of urgency in accomplishing goals and objectives.
• Demonstrates flexibility and able to work nights and early mornings as training, team-building, and other circumstances dictate.

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements:

• Associate’s degree or education equivalent from a two-year college or technical school or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 3 years of relevant sales, marketing, or event planning experience. Experience in the three-tier system of beer, wine, or spirits preferred.
• Demonstrated successful and positive personal leadership, interpersonal, organizational, administrative, and written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to articulate distinct brand and product attributes and competitive position.
• Excellent listening, negotiating and presentation skills with retailers and community partners.
• Strong computer skills, including proficiency in Microsoft Office suite.
• Demonstrated success in setting priorities; exceptional analytic, organization, and problem-solving skills; strong ability to multi-task across diverse projects, issues, and scenarios, with the ability to pivot quickly.
• Demonstrated successful working relationships with clients, suppliers, and other internal and external contacts.
• CDL-B license, or willingness to obtain, and driving record that meets the criteria for being an authorized driver in accordance with Company policy.
• Ability to safely operate any delivery vehicle, including commercial motor vehicles that have a gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) of up to 26,000 pounds.
• Demonstrated continuous improvement in areas of responsibility.

Must be able to pass a pre-employment drug screen that includes THC.

The following list of physical requirements are required to perform the entire job: frequent bending, stooping, standing, kneeling, reaching, pushing, pulling, and sitting; fine finger and hand manipulation; speaking clearly; hearing so as to be able to maintain conversation; seeing so as to be able to read and to drive a vehicle; and lifting, moving and carrying up to 25 lbs., frequently lift and/or move more than 50 lbs. and occasionally lift and/or move up to 150 lbs. Must be able to work in varying temperatures as assignments may involve working in a cooler.

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EOE