Job Details

Job Location: Beaumont - Beaumont, CA

Position Type: Full Time

Salary Range: $175000.00 - $225000.00

Job Shift: Day

Job Category: Management

Perricone Juices has joined forces with the esteemed Natalie’s Orchid Island Juice Company, bringing together two leaders in the premium citrus juice industry. This strategic acquisition combines Perricone’s expertise in craft citrus juices with Natalie’s reputation for fresh, high-quality products. Together, the companies are strengthening their market presence and creating exciting opportunities for innovation, operational excellence, and long-term growth.

Perricone Juices is seeking an experienced Director of Operations to lead and advance operations at our Beaumont facility. This position offers long-term stability and a comprehensive benefits package, including health, vision, dental, life insurance, and a 401(k) plan.

Pay Rate: $150,000–$200,000 annually

Shift/Hours: Primarily day shift, with flexibility to support multiple shifts, weekends, holidays, and on-call operational needs as required.

Position Summary

The Director of Operations is responsible for leading, coordinating, and continuously improving all plant activities related to production, extraction, processing, packaging, maintenance, shipping, and inventory management. This role drives results across safety, food safety, quality, cost, productivity, customer delivery, and employee engagement.

The Director of Operations provides strategic and hands-on leadership to a multi-shift manufacturing operation, ensuring production schedules are achieved, resources are deployed effectively, regulatory and customer requirements are met, and continuous improvement initiatives deliver measurable results.

This position manages five subordinate supervisors overseeing approximately 60–70 employees across Maintenance, Shipping, Extraction, and Bottling/Packaging. The Director partners closely with Quality Assurance, Human Resources, Maintenance, Supply Chain, and other departments to ensure safe, efficient, and consistent plant performance. This individual will also serve as Plant Manager in their absence, exercising full decision-making authority.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Production and Operational Leadership: Direct daily production activities across all shifts to achieve production schedules, volume, yield, quality, and customer delivery targets.
• Food Safety and Quality Assurance: Ensure every shift complies with the Juice HACCP plan, food safety plan, Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs), allergen controls, sanitation requirements, and applicable regulatory standards.
• Safety and Environmental Compliance: Lead a proactive safety culture focused on preventing injuries, reducing hazards, and achieving an injury-free workplace.
• People Leadership and Organizational Development: Lead, coach, and develop Supervisors and Shift Leads to strengthen leadership effectiveness, accountability, and operational performance.
• Maintenance and Equipment Reliability: Partner with Maintenance leadership to prioritize repairs, manage equipment reliability, and support preventive and predictive maintenance programs.
• Continuous Improvement and Performance Management: Lead Lean manufacturing and continuous improvement initiatives to improve safety, quality, productivity, and cost performance.
• Cost Control, Budgeting, and Administration: Assist in developing, managing, and monitoring the plant operating budget in alignment with business objectives.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The qualifications listed below reflect the knowledge, skills, and abilities needed for this role. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Food Science, Operations Management, Business Management, Supply Chain, or a related field, or equivalent education and experience.
• At least 10 years of progressive experience in food or beverage manufacturing operations, preferably at the plant management or large-scale operations level.
• At least 5 years of food or beverage manufacturing experience, including 3 or more years of production supervision in a multi-shift environment.

Language Skills

Fluency in reading, writing, and speaking English is required; Spanish proficiency is preferred.