THE ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES 

Reports to: Head of Operations

Key internal relationships: Head of Operations, Supply Operations Executive (Logistics), Head of Commercial

Key external relationships: key contacts at our brewing partner, raw material suppliers, logistics partners

Key responsibilities

1. Production planning: using sales forecasts to plan upcoming demand, and liaising with our brewery to ensure that we’re producing the right amount of stock at the right times, requiring a high level of attention to detail and organisation skills.

2. Raw material ordering: forecasting raw material usage in-line with production plans, ordering sufficient raw material stocks, and managing inbound logistics at the brewery in order to maintain healthy raw material stock levels and to prevent any potential production downtime as a result of raw material shortages.

3. Product quality: being the champion of product quality at JUBEL - ensuring that all products released are within specification and in-line with our internal criteria for product quality.

4. Brewery logistics: managing our day-to-day traffic in and out of the brewery to ensure that all deliveries and collections run smoothly and efficiently in order to maintain a strong working relationship with our brewery partners.

5. Building strong relationships with all key stakeholders at our brewing partner, and supporting to implement a robust quarterly review process with key objectives and KPIs to drive mutually beneficial results.

6. Capacity planning: managing projects around future brewing and production capacity.
Brewing projects: working with the brewery to identify and execute brewing efficiency projects to reduce waste and/or cost wherever possible.

7. Sustainability projects: owning any sustainability projects relating to brewing and working with the relevant stakeholders to deliver sustainability-focused projects - i.e. managing our ongoing “Plant to Pint” sourcing project to increase transparency and traceability of raw materials throughout our supply chain.

8. Invoice approval: reviewing production invoices received from our third party brewery to ensure that all invoices are correct and charged at the right prices as per our contract brewing agreement.

9. Supporting the brewery heavily to help solve unforeseen problems that might disrupt our production schedule and planned stock availability - developing a strong technical understanding of the brewing process and brewery operations.

This is not an exhaustive list of duties and is subject to review in agreement with the postholder.

PERSON SPECIFICATION 

Qualification: Degree, preferably with analytical experience 

Behaviour: someone who shares and displays the JUBEL culture:

I. Values Driven: our five values aren’t just words on a wall. They are the attitudes, behaviours and skills we value in our team to influence who gets hired, promoted, or let go. We embrace diverse personalities and working styles, but every team member lives and breathes our five values:

1. Thirsty: outstanding delivery through an insatiable drive, work ethic, and external competitiveness - want it

2. Action Oriented: working at race pace with a positive and open mind towards everything, doing beats talking

3. Sustainable: operating in a way so that our planet, relationships, sales and energy levels are all built to last

4. Off-Piste: safe = risky. Bold and brave approach with smart risks and no fear of failure

5. Curious: strong and broad appetite to learn - ask questions, be humble, embrace feedback

II. High Performance: We believe the best perk we can offer people is a team of great people to work with who are equally motivated, passionate and driven.

III. Freedom & Responsibility: People who take real responsibility are rare - self-starting, motivated, disciplined, proactive, not letting anything slip through the net, and working as hard on their own as they do in front of others. We hire for real responsibility so we can have true autonomy. You are treated like an adult and trusted, so you won’t be asked where you are or what you’re doing.

Knowledge & Experience

• Strong academic track record
• Experience of balancing and managing a high number of priorities
• Managing stakeholders and communicating across the business
• Being proactive and not letting things slip through the net

Skills

• Analytical
• Attention to detail
• Organised
• Problem solver
• Commercial

OTHER DETAILS

Start date: as soon as possible

Location: Office Based in Kennington, London

Salary banding: £30,000-£33,000 (based on experience)

Share options: every member of the team is issued share options each year they are with the business

Annual gift: £100 gift budget for each year you are with the business (e.g. year 3 = £300 to spend however you wish)

Hours: full-time, flexibility will be essential as occasionally you will be required to work some evenings and weekends

Holiday policy: unlimited holiday policy

Wellbeing: private healthcare, dental care and stress relief counselling service, plus monthly personal wellbeing budget

Team engagement: annual ski trip in March with everything apart from spending money covered by the company

JUBEL is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to a work environment that supports, inspires, and respects all individuals and in which personnel processes are merit-based and applied without discrimination on the basis of race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, age, disability, national or ethnic origin, or other protected characteristic.