Senior Manager, Beverage Production

Manager of a large team or managers

Career Explorer · Hospitality, Food & Agricultural Operations · Beverage Production Management

M2 · Senior ManagerIndividual contributorSenior Manager

Standard where organizational scale supports the level

What the role involves

Autonomy: Multiple teams / one capability
Scope: Multiple teams / one capability
Time horizon: Quarterly-annual
Expertise and judgement: Balances portfolios, develops managers, allocates resources
Expected impact: Multi-team outcomes and bench strength

Expected skills (24)

Grouped as human, professional and technical. Target proficiency uses the P1–P5 scale, and each row says what that level means for that particular skill.

Human (14)

Skill	Importance	Target	What that level looks like
Coaching Collaboration & Leadership	Core	P3	Handles complex situations, adapts methods and coaches less-experienced colleagues.
Decision making Thinking & Judgment	Core	P3	Handles complex situations, adapts methods and coaches less-experienced colleagues.
Delegation Collaboration & Leadership	Core	P3	Handles complex situations, adapts methods and coaches less-experienced colleagues.
Executive communication Communication & Influence	Core	P3	Handles complex situations, adapts methods and coaches less-experienced colleagues.
Feedback delivery Collaboration & Leadership	Core	P3	Handles complex situations, adapts methods and coaches less-experienced colleagues.
Risk judgment Thinking & Judgment	Core	P3	Handles complex situations, adapts methods and coaches less-experienced colleagues.
Stakeholder management Communication & Influence	Core	P3	Handles complex situations, adapts methods and coaches less-experienced colleagues.
Strategic thinking Thinking & Judgment	Core	P3	Handles complex situations, adapts methods and coaches less-experienced colleagues.
Talent development Collaboration & Leadership	Core	P3	Handles complex situations, adapts methods and coaches less-experienced colleagues.
Conflict resolution Communication & Influence	Supporting	P3	Handles complex situations, adapts methods and coaches less-experienced colleagues.
Inclusive leadership Collaboration & Leadership	Supporting	P3	Handles complex situations, adapts methods and coaches less-experienced colleagues.
Operational discipline Operational Human Skills	Supporting	P3	Adapts Operational discipline in difficult situations and coaches others.
Quality mindset Operational Human Skills	Supporting	P3	Adapts Quality mindset in difficult situations and coaches others.
Safety-first judgment Operational Human Skills	Supporting	P3	Adapts Safety-first judgment in difficult situations and coaches others.

Professional (10)

Skill	Importance	Target	What that level looks like
Business acumen Business & Strategy	Core	P3	Handles complex situations, adapts methods and coaches less-experienced colleagues.
Financial acumen Business & Strategy	Core	P3	Handles complex situations, adapts methods and coaches less-experienced colleagues.
Performance management Business & Strategy	Core	P3	Handles complex situations, adapts methods and coaches less-experienced colleagues.
Food sanitation Food & Agriculture	Supporting	P3	Owns complex Food sanitation cases/processes, improves controls and coaches colleagues.
Guest relations Hospitality	Supporting	P3	Owns complex Guest relations cases/processes, improves controls and coaches colleagues.
Hospitality service recovery Hospitality	Supporting	P3	Owns complex Hospitality service recovery cases/processes, improves controls and coaches colleagues.
Lean manufacturing Operational Excellence	Supporting	P3	Owns complex Lean manufacturing cases/processes, improves controls and coaches colleagues.
Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) Operational Excellence	Supporting	P3	Owns complex Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) cases/processes, improves controls and coaches colleagues.
Resource management Program, Risk & Sustainability	Supporting	P3	Handles complex situations, adapts methods and coaches less-experienced colleagues.
Standard work Operational Excellence	Supporting	P3	Owns complex Standard work cases/processes, improves controls and coaches colleagues.

Career ladder

Reached from

Manager, Beverage ProductionM1

Next steps

Director, Beverage ProductionM3Management promotion
Move from multi-team management to department leadership; set functional strategy, operating model, workforce plan and investment priorities.

People management requires sustained evidence of coaching, performance management, staffing judgment and organizational leadership - not simply greater individual expertise.

What changes to advance

Move from multi-team management to department leadership; set functional strategy, operating model, workforce plan and investment priorities.

Source: PROCOMER FTZ benchmark; SFIA; PMI · MF335-M2