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Cider, Beer & Beverage Maker

Job Type: Full Time
When: Monday - Friday
Location: Production Facility

Are you passionate about crafting high-quality beverages and ensuring they reach customers in perfect condition? We're looking for a dedicated and detail-oriented Cider and Beverage Maker & Packager to join our team. This role offers a mix of creativity, precision, and adaptability—ideal for someone who thrives in a dynamic production environment.

Challenges That Are Also Opportunities:

Independence in Work – This role offers the opportunity to take full ownership of tasks, allowing you to develop efficiency and mastery in a focused environment. You'll have the freedom to set a steady workflow, honing your skills and ensuring top-quality production without external disruptions.
Flexible Schedule – This role allows for variability in work hours, giving you the autonomy to find a rhythm that suits production demands and personal preferences. Adaptability is key, but it also means controlling your own workflow to optimize output.
High Expectations for Procedures & Accountability – Precision is essential, and high standards ensure that every product meets excellence. This is an opportunity to take pride in meticulous work, own your responsibilities, and be a key player in delivering top-tier beverages.
Last-Minute Juggling for Sales Orders – Customer demand can shift rapidly, requiring adjustments on short notice. Instead of seeing this as a stressor, it's a challenge that keeps the work engaging and dynamic, pushing you to refine problem-solving skills and maintain a steady momentum in production.

Qualifications:

Experience in beverage production (cider, beer, seltzers) and packaging required
Ability to work independently and maintain efficiency in a solo environment
Strong attention to detail and adherence to quality control standards
Willingness to adapt to changing priorities and last-minute order demands
Proper communication with other staff including sales director and tasting room manager
Ekos software experience preferred

Desired Minimum Qualifications:

Education: High School Diploma or equivalent (college degree desired)
Desired Experience: 3-5 years in a similar or related field, this can include home brewing experience
Have a basic understanding of Excel, Word, Google Docs and the ability to learn cider making web based programs quickly and efficiently
Age: Over 21 only

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by and employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand; walk; use hands to handle or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with arms; climb or balance on ladder; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; and talk and hear. The employee must frequently lift and/or move items up to 55 pounds and move kegs which close to 165 pounds.

Salary and Benefits

Coyote Hole offers a competitive salary, health care and paid vacation.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Coyote Hole is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, gender, religion, age, disability, political beliefs, sexual orientation, or marital/familial status.

Apply

To apply, please submit your resume with your availability and include a short note explaining what makes you passionate about the craft cider industry, as well as why you believe you are the right candidate for the role in our tasting room to: jobs@coyotehole.com.

Director of Sales / National Accounts

Job Type: Full Time
When: Monday - Friday
Location: Production Facility

Coyote Hole Craft Beverages is seeking a Director of Sales / National Account Manager to prioritize driving sales and promoting the brand. This position will report to the CEO and work closing with both the retail operations and production managers. They will manage the sales representatives across our distribution footprint to ensure all initiatives are strategic, align with the company goals and leverages to deliver ROI.

Primary Job Responsibilities

Senior Sales Leadership
- Set and represent the standard of excellence in sales, leadership, and management for the sales organization and other brewery managers
- Own and represent the Sales Department and communication of conditions, trends, analysis, action plans and needs to other managers and owners
- Act as department’s loudest advocate and toughest critic to constantly strive for nothing short of excellence
- Develop and maintain Annual Business Plan for the company and each distributor partner
Distributor Development
- Direct distributor focus and execution as primary communicator and business manager of distributors
- Conduct monthly business reviews
- Forecast all orders by distributor partners with production manager
- Oversee orders and direct inventory management of all distributor partners
- Communicate with distributors on their goals and priorities for sales
People Management
- Oversee development plans and professional growth for all direct reports
- Budge management of all direct reports
- Lead the primary communication of all business priorities, standards, goals, objectives, support & education materials to direct reports
Market Development
- Develop and recommend product positioning, packaging and pricing
- Grow share of mind and market share in accounts
- Act as the “Face of the Business” with communication and interaction with distributors, retailers and consumers
- Build and maintain strong partnerships with key accounts in territory
- Develop, communicate, ensure and enforce brand standards
- Operate within all assigned budge and resource parameters. Build an align budgets and spending plans
National Account Development
- Build, maintain and develop strong working relationships with national accounts at all necessary levels
- Create and execute all national account programming and opportunities
- Develop and deliver presentations, communicate using analytics and trend data as appropriate

Qualifications and Experience

4+ years of excellence in brewery, cidery, wine or distributor sales/sales management. Must have excellent working knowledge and demonstration of skills relating to distributor process, national accounts, achieving results, market analysis, inventory management, market trends, retail execution, forecasting and budgeting
Bachelors or Master’s Degree in Business or Marketing preferred
Proven ability to manage, lead and develop people
Core competencies: business acumen, professional communication proficiency, presentation skills, results driven, strategic thinking and technical capacity
Proven experience with analyzing data from internal to distributors
Chain store whole experience
Travel is required to reach outlying markets and out of state markets
Some weekend and night work required for events and promotions
Host weekly sales meetings
Use Ekos Software to track all sales, calls, activities and work by sales reps
Conduct quarterly distribution reviews analyzing sales vs. quarterly goals
Help manage brand ambassador programs to ensure tastings are maximized to line up with Coyote Hole’s key priorities

Salary and Benefits

Coyote Hole offers a competitive salary, health care and paid vacation.

Equal Opportunity Employer

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Seasonal Tasting Room Associate

Job Type: Part Time & Full Time
Location: Coyote Hole's Lake Anna Tasting Room

Are you a craft cider geek? Do you like working in a fast paced environment, interacting with people and just talking about cider? Then we have the perfect job for you! We are looking for someone like you to join our family owned, craft cidery that specializes in producing premium 100% Virginia grown hard cider.

We are a family owned and operated company that is just about to hit our first year in business located at Lake Anna, VA. Our summer months are crazier than ever with the influx of vacationers that visit Lake Anna and we need your help!

We are currently looking to add members to our team in our tasting room for the summer and fall seasons. This job is both easy and rewarding with the right attitude, but we have high expectations of what you’ll be expected to learn and the customer service you provide. This job could lead to an expansion of duties as time passes, so come grow your careers with as we grow!

Requirements:

Must be 21+
Able to lift 50 lbs
Able to work evenings, weekends and some holidays
Have a passion for craft cider
Customer service experience in a face-to-face capacity
Ability to learn & think quickly
Have a professional and positive attitude

Other responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

Greeting guests on a timely fashion
Consistently performing opening and closing procedures
Accurately transact POS sales through POS system
Serving pints, filling growlers and tastings
Conducting tastings and telling our story
Bussing / washing glasses, keeping bottled products well stocked
Coordinating and managing events held at the cidery
Social media postings
Changing kegs & maintaining organization of walk in cooler
Having a sincere desire to make every tasting experience memorable and engaging

Line / Prep Cook

Job Type: Part Time
When: Nights and Weekends
Location: Lake Anna Tasting Room

We are looking for our newest family member to join our pack! We are a close team, with high expectations and work ethics. Come grow with us.

Main responsibilities will include:

Prepare all food items as directed in a sanitary and timely manner.
Follow recipes and presentation specifications.
Operate standard kitchen equipment safely and efficiently.
Clean and maintain sanitation in practicing good safety and sanitation. Assist with the cleaning and organization of kitchen and equipment.
Restock items as needed throughout the shift.
Adhere to all sanitation and food production codes.
Teamwork with bartenders to maximize customer service and sales.
Covid and regular cleanings are shared with bartenders in all areas with customers.
Opening and closing kitchen area.
Regularly cook apple cider donuts with our recipe.
Dependability and accuracy are required.

Working nights and weekends is required.

Brand Ambassador

Job Type: Part Time
When: Nights and Weekends
Location: Northern Virginia

Do you love craft cider? Do you like talking cider with anyone and everyone? Then we have the perfect job for you! We are currently hiring Brand Ambassadors who will be the face of Coyote Hole at off and on site events. Our Brand Ambassadors strive to spread our fun-loving culture and premium 100% Virginia grown hard cider all while having fun and creating Coyote Hole fans along the way. All events will be located in Virginia.

We are a family owned and operated company that is just about to hit our first year in business located at Lake Anna, VA. Our footprint is quickly spreading, events attendance is increasing and we need your help!

We are currently looking to add members to our team as Brand Ambassadors on a part-time basis. This job is both easy and rewarding with the right attitude, but we have high expectations of what you’ll be expected to learn and the customer service you provide. This is a part-time job that is for the most part nights and weekends. Part-time position can turn into a sales represntative position for the right candidate.

Requirements:

Must be 21+
Able to lift 50 lbs
Able to work evenings, weekends and some holidays
Have a passion for craft cider
Customer service experience in a face-to-face capacity
Ability to learn & think quickly
Have a professional and positive attitude
Good communication skills with team members and event audience

Other responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

Greeting guests at events and tastings on a timely and friendly fashion
Accurately transact POS sales through POS system
Conducting tastings and telling our story
Setting up festival spaces (tents, tables, etc...)
Setup of equipment at events (kegs, jockey boxes, etc...)
Changing kegs & maintaining organization of event equipment
Having a sincere desire to make every tasting experience memorable and engaging