We are looking for a General Manager to run our new brewery in Tianjin, China. We will break ground in February and likely have it up and running by May. The brewery will be a JV with our Chinese Partner. You would be an employee of that JV AND of our Asian spin-off company San Francisco East Bay Brewing. You will report to the SFEBB and Schubros CEO Ian Schuster.
After the brewery is finished you would take over operations from our Global Brewmaster and the SFEBB CEO. You would be fairly autonomous, and be in charge of staffing up and running Sales, Local Marketing (some communications will come from HQ), Trade Marketing, and Production. Our Global Brewmaster will run R&D for Global Brands and will assist in Local Brand development, control of which will be delegated to you. He will also be involved in personnel selection and training of your production staff, but they will belong to you and be matrixed to him as well. So you need not be production-side super-savvy (but of course that helps).
We are looking for individuals with at least 8 years experience in all of the below:
And with 8 years experience in at least 4 of the below:
This position is located in Tianjin, China. You will report to the SFEBB CEO.
After the brewery is finished you would take over operations from our Global Brewmaster and the SFEBB CEO. You would be fairly autonomous, and be in charge of staffing up and running Sales, Local Marketing (some communications will come from HQ), Trade Marketing, and Production. Our Global Brewmaster will run R&D for Global Brands and will assist in Local Brand development, control of which will be delegated to you. He will also be involved in personnel selection and training of your production staff, but they will belong to you and be matrixed to him as well. So you need not be production-side super-savvy (but of course that helps).
We are looking for individuals with at least 8 years experience in all of the below:
- Management of Manager Level Persons
- Profit and Loss Management
- Mandarin language
- Business Experience in China (including Hong Kong and Macau) or Taiwan
And with 8 years experience in at least 4 of the below:
- Brand Marketing
- Field Sales
- Key Account Sales
- HR
- Production or QA
- Budget Development and Resource Allocation
- A Consumer Goods industry company -- preferably in the beer industry, but this is not an absolute requirement
This position is located in Tianjin, China. You will report to the SFEBB CEO.