Packaging Manager - SweetWater Brewing

About Tilray Brands, Inc.

Tilray Brands, Inc. (“Tilray”) (Nasdaq: TLRY; TSX: TLRY), is leading global lifestyle and consumer packaged goods company with operations in Canada, the United States, Europe, Australia, and Latin America that is leading as a transformative force at the nexus of cannabis, beverage, wellness, and entertainment, elevating lives through moments of connection. Tilray’s mission is to be a leading premium lifestyle company with a house of brands and innovative products that inspire joy, wellness and create memorable experiences. Tilray’s unprecedented platform supports over 40 brands in over 20 countries, including comprehensive cannabis offerings, hemp-based foods, and craft beverages.

The Packaging Manager provides overall leadership, performance management, and continuous improvement for canning, bottling, kegging, and related packaging operations. The position ensures products are packaged safely, efficiently, and in accordance with quality standards while meeting production schedules and cost objectives.

This role leads Packaging Supervisors, Operators, and support personnel and works closely with Brewing, Supply Chain, Quality Assurance, Maintenance, and Warehouse teams to optimize production flow and operational performance.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Operational Leadership
• Direct packaging operations across production lines and shifts.
• Develop and execute packaging schedules aligned with production requirements.
• Optimize labor, equipment, materials, and production resources.
• Monitor line performance, schedule adherence, downtime, waste, and throughput.
• Ensure accurate shift reporting, production records, and handoff communication.

Team Leadership and Development
• Recruit, coach, mentor, and develop Packaging Supervisors and Operators.
• Set clear expectations and provide regular performance feedback and development planning.
• Support onboarding, technical training, cross-training, and succession planning.
• Foster accountability, teamwork, engagement, and continuous improvement.
• Participate in hiring, promotion, corrective action, and other employment decisions.

Safety, Quality, and Compliance
• Champion a safety-first culture and reinforce PPE and safe work practices.
• Ensure compliance with company safety programs, OSHA requirements, GMP, sanitation, HACCP, and food safety standards.
• Partner with Quality Assurance to maintain product and packaging quality.
• Investigate incidents and deviations and implement appropriate corrective actions.
• Maintain and improve SOPs, sanitation routines, and operational controls.

Equipment, Maintenance, and Materials
• Partner with Maintenance to maximize reliability, uptime, and preventative maintenance completion.
• Support troubleshooting, operator-based maintenance, equipment upgrades, and capital projects.
• Ensure packaging materials are available for scheduled production.
• Maintain accurate material usage, inventory, and reconciliation records.
• Coordinate with Supply Chain and Warehouse teams to support production needs.

Continuous Improvement
• Use production data and KPIs to identify and prioritize improvement opportunities.
• Lead initiatives that improve safety, quality, efficiency, cost, and waste performance.
• Apply Lean Manufacturing and root-cause problem-solving practices.
• Standardize best practices across packaging lines and shifts.
 

Tilray welcomes applications from all qualified individuals and is committed to employment equity and diversity in the workplace.

Accommodations are available for applicants with disabilities throughout the recruitment process. If you require accommodations for interviews or other meetings, please advise when submitting your application.

Please note that Tilray does not authorize, engage, or sponsor any consultants, agencies or organizations that seek certain personal or financial information from you (e.g. passwords, login ids, credit card information). Tilray does not charge any application, processing or onboarding fee at any stage of the recruitment or hiring process.

Tilray does not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than directly from a candidate. Any unsolicited resumes sent to Tilray or any of its subsidiaries, directly or indirectly, will be considered Tilray Brands, Inc. property. Tilray will not pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited resume. A recruiting agency must first have a valid, written and fully executed agency agreement contract for engaged services to submit resumes.