Assistant, Wine Tracking at Constellation Brands in Madera, California

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Position Summary

• The purpose of this position is to perform compliance and wine tracking activities associated with production operations at Mission Bell Winery. The Wine Tracking Assistant provides guidance and support to cross functional departments (enology, bottling/cellar operations, finance, etc.) to ensure the winery is operating within mandated compliance regulations. This position provides tracking and financial duties that include inventory management and timely government reporting.
   

Responsibilities
 

Day to Day

• Track and maintain real-time status of wine movements/inventory


• Ensure integrity of data within reporting databases (AS400, SAP, departmental spreadsheets)


• Maintain records, wine transactions, wine analysis, and compositions


• Maintain bottling/barrel operations in wine systems


• Prepare work orders/documents for various wine activities (pumping, movements, etc.)


• Daily work order processing to ensure real time checks and balances for wine production and/or wine movements


• Inventory processing: Responsible for tank inventory reconciliation, responsible for fiscal year-end inventory and reconciliation of both tanks and barrels


• Provides and assists the winemaking, and operation departments in the collection and analysis of information needed to support Mission Bell optimization and continuous improvements efforts.
   

Training/Continuous Improvement

• Participates as a functional team and customer groups with the focus on process improvements, driving efficiency, and streamlining workflow


• Support larger winery initiatives such as development of systems and procedures to ensure the data integrity of all supported recordkeeping systems.  This includes both automated and manual systems


• Train end users on new and existing tools/reports


• Works collaboratively with cross functional groups to optimize cellar activities and seeks opportunities to continually improve processes and workflow with larger winery initiatives in mind.
   

Minimum Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent


• 0-2 years of experience (equivalent combination of education and experience is acceptable)


• Skilled in the use of MS Word, MS Excel, MS Access, MS PowerPoint


• Good verbal and written communications skills


• Detail-oriented


• Good organizational skills


• Ability to handle multiple tasks and priorities


• Strong math skills


• Excellent time and resource management skills
   

Preferred Qualifications

• Skilled in writing reports, presenting information and responding to questions from groups of managers, suppliers and internal customers


• Skilled with systems such as AS400, SAP


• Experience solving practical problems in situations where only limited standardization exists
   

Physical Requirements/Work Environment

Must be at least 21 years of age. Must be able to sit and/or stand for long periods of time and work on a computer for extended periods. Lifting may be required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

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Equal Opportunity

Constellation Brands is committed to a continuing program of equal employment opportunity. All persons have equal employment opportunities with Constellation Brands, regardless of their sex, race, color, age, religion, creed, sexual orientation, national origin or citizenship, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition (cancer or genetic characteristics), marital status, gender (including gender identity or gender expression), familial status, military or veteran status, genetic information, pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related conditions (or any other group or category within the framework of the applicable discrimination laws and regulations).