Job Overview: The Project Specialist is responsible for supporting internal and external project operational activities including general daily operations, bulk sales, logistics, ingredients, inventory control, and reports. This role plays a central part in ensuring smooth, efficient, and cost-effective operations for both Hazlitt Red Cat Cellars and East Coast Crush and Co-Pack.
Full-Time (40+ hours/wk average)
Compensation: $20-$25 per hour
Essential Position Functions
Purchasing, Ingredients, and Inventory Control
- Purchase supplies for Harvest, Cellars, Lab, and select Bottling and Warehouse operations
- Receive, label, enter in Vintrace, and ensure delivered ingredients moved to identified storage location
- Perform spot inventory checks and monthly inventory audits
- Plan and lead year-end Ingredients inventory
- Provide customers with requested Ingredient reports
- Contact customers to resolve expiring ingredients and inactive dry and finished goods inventory; coordinate appropriate disposal or return to customer
Bulk Wine Sales
- Collaborate with Marketing to raise awareness of available bulk wine
- Proactively identify and engage new sales channels and customers
- Maintain the Bulk Tracker
- Fulfill sample requests and manage Bulk Purchase Agreements
- Coordinate dispatch logistics with customers
- Submit documentation to Accounting for invoicing
Samples Shipping
- Receive, package, schedule shipping, and track samples including incoming bulk wine, customer protocol, lab analysis, bulk wine inquiries, quality, and customer ad hoc
- Maintain orderly and clean Box Room and re-order supplies
Bulk Logistics
- Ensure compliance with customer-specific delivery and load-out requirements
- Schedule inbound and outbound bulk wine shipments, add to Vintrace Calendar, notify Cellars
- Prepare and manage required transportation documentation
- Serve as Scale Master
- Complete and send bulk intake reports to customers
Record Keeping and Reporting
- In Vintrace, enter and update operational and project-specific production information
- Update and maintain customer-specific trackers
- Provide customers with requested reports daily, weekly, and monthly
- Photocopy received documentation such as incoming bulk and ingredients documents, and disseminate to customers
- Interact, as needed, with Warehouse and Packaging teams on behalf of customer projects
All other duties as deemed necessary for the successful operation of the company.
Qualifications:
- Minimum 2-year degree in business, or related field
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office (Excel and Word a must)
- Data based management experience with meticulous data entry and proofreading skills, ensuring optimal data integrity and quality assurance
- Excellent organizational skills
- Superb writing and communication skills
- Previous experience in a Manufacturing Environment preferred.
Email resumes to [email protected]

