About this role
- Coca-Cola Beverages Florida, LLC (Coke Florida) is a family-owned independent Coca-Cola bottler that is the third largest privately-held and the sixth largest independent Coca-Cola bottler in the United States.
- Coke Florida sells, markets, manufactures and distributes over 600 products of The Coca-Cola Company and other partner companies including Monster Beverage Corporation and BODYARMOR.
- In 2025, for the 4th year in a row, Coke Florida was named as a US Best Managed Company by Deloitte Private and The Wall Street Journal. This program recognizes outstanding U.S. private companies and the achievements of their management teams in four key areas: strategy, ability to execute, corporate culture, and governance/financial performance.
Eligible full time Coke Florida Associates can participate in our Total Rewards Program which includes:
- Total Wellness Programs including health, dental and vision plans
- 401K program with healthy company match
- Supplemental Life Insurance
- Three weeks of vacation pay, and 10 company paid holidays*
- Tuition reimbursement
- Employee Assistance Programs (EAP)
- Competitive compensation
Coke Florida is looking for a Production Manager based out of our Jacksonville location. We’re currently looking for day shift, working 7:00AM-4:00PM. Nights, weekends and holidays as needed.
What You Will Do:
As a Coke Florida Production Manager, you will be responsible for manufacturing product using efficient and safe manufacturing processes through the supervision of production team members. Must adhere to the schedule and ensure that quality standards are met.
Roles and Responsibilities:
- Staff, train, evaluate and develop team members.
- Manage line efficiencies, key performance indicators and down time.
- Manage within labor and OPEX budget.
- Monitor the production process, make periodic checks and adjust equipment or work practices according to standard operating procedures.
- Ensure equipment in the area assigned is in working order and that working
- conditions are safe at all times.
- Verify the readiness of the production line at start-up and supervise change overs.
- Manage overall package and product quality to ensure all standards and specifications.
For this role, you will need:
- High school diploma or GED
- At least 5 years of production/manufacturing experience
- Prior experience managing budgets
- At least 3 years of supervising production staff required.
- Basic computer and database application skills.
Additional qualifications that will make you successful in this role:
- Bachelor's degree preferred.
- Familiarity with manufacturing systems.
- Forklift certification
This job description is not an exhaustive list of all functions that the employee may be required to perform, and the employee may be required to perform additional functions. Coke Florida reserves the right to revise the job description at any time and to assign additional duties and responsibilities as needed.
Employment with Coke Florida is at-will. The employee must be able to perform the essential functions of the position satisfactorily and, if requested, reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions of their job, absent undue hardship.
Coca-Cola Beverages Florida is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class.
Other facts
About Coke Florida Careers
Coca-Cola Beverages Florida is an independently owned and operated Coca-Cola Bottling Company. We are proud to distribute Coca-Cola beverages to over 60,000 customers in Florida and over 21 million consumers every day. Headquartered in Tampa, Florida, we currently have over 5,000 employees and operate 18 sales and distribution centers throughout Florida.
While keeping the rapidly changing consumer, customer and market dynamics in mind, we are focused on creating and capturing value for customers while also doing good in our local communities. Our culture is steeped in passion for our people and brands; partnership with The Coca-Cola Company, consumers, customers and communities; and performance built on sustainable and profitable growth. True to the Coca-Cola brand, our company works to inspire moments of optimism and happiness. We are committed to serving our customers and consumers. Our goal is to develop talent within our company, creating opportunities for employee advancement.
What you'll do
- The Production Manager is responsible for overseeing the manufacturing process and ensuring that production team members adhere to safety and quality standards. This includes managing line efficiencies, monitoring production processes, and ensuring equipment is in working order.
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