Director of Operations

🚨 Beverage Operations LeaderHelp Scale a High-Growth Functional Beverage Brand📍 Mesquite, Texas (Dallas Area)The Pickle Juice Company is a rapidly growing functional beverage brand backed by private equity investors and expanding across retail, sports, and performance channels.Our product is the only beverage clinically proven to stop muscle cramps, and demand continues to accelerate nationwide.As we scale the business, we’re looking for an operations leader with beverage or bottling experience who can help strengthen and scale our production environment.This role is based at our Mesquite, Texas production facility.The OpportunityWe’re looking for someone who enjoys building, improving, and scaling operations, not just maintaining them.You will play a key role in:• Elevating production performance• Improving systems and processes• Developing people and leadership bench strength• Preparing operations for continued growthThis is an opportunity to make a visible impact inside a growing company with strong market momentum.What You’ll Own• Leadership of production, warehouse, logistics, and inventory operations • Coaching and development of production and operations team members • Driving process improvement and operational efficiency across bottling lines• Improving production planning, scheduling, and throughput • Ensuring compliance with GMP, food safety, and quality standards • Supporting operational readiness for continued national growthThe Kind of Operator We’re Looking ForThe strongest candidates typically come from:• Beverage bottling environments • High-speed packaging operations • Food & beverage manufacturingYou are someone who:• Takes ownership of outcomes • Improves processes instead of working around them • Enjoys developing people and building strong teams • Thrives in growth-oriented environmentsOur CultureAt The Pickle Juice Company, we operate on five core values:CASICCollaboration Accountability Solutions-Oriented Thinking Integrity Champion MindsetWe believe great companies are built by people who take action, own results, and help each other win.Why This Role MattersYou will help build the operational foundation for the next phase of growth at a brand that is becoming a recognized name in sports performance and functional beverages.If you’re looking for an opportunity to improve systems, develop people, and help scale a growing company, we’d love to hear from you.Compensation and Benefits• Base salary: $105,000 – $135,000, depending on experience • Performance bonus opportunity (10–20%) tied to operational results • Health, dental, and vision benefits, 401K • Paid time off and company holidays • Opportunity to grow with a private equity–backed company entering its next phase of expansionWe reward operators who improve systems, develop people, and deliver measurable results.