Niagara Bottling

• Lead technology scouting, evaluation, and development initiatives aligned with low-cost leadership, manufacturing scalability, and sustainable packaging innovation • Design, develop, and implement Research & Development (R&D) projects, including material evaluations, process-property relationship studies, virtual engineering/modeling, and development of new testing methodologies. • Plan and execute experimental trials on manufacturing lines and pilot systems; collect, analyze, and interpret data to support technical recommendations and scalable implementation. • Develop predictive models and data-driven insights to improve product performance, process robustness, and operational efficiency. • Identify opportunities for product, packaging, and process optimization through analytical and engineering-based approaches. • Collaborate cross-functionally with Manufacturing, Procurement, Quality, Supply Chain, and external partners/suppliers to support strategic innovation initiatives. • Evaluate emerging technologies and external partnerships for technical feasibility, commercial viability, and strategic fit. • Design and conduct laboratory testing using R&D equipment, including development of standard operating procedures (SOPs), technical reports, and validation protocols. • Support manufacturing trials, commercialization activities, and product launches across multiple production facilities. • Present technical findings, strategic recommendations, and project updates to internal and external stakeholders, including leadership teams. • Support intellectual property development, technical documentation, and innovation strategy initiatives.

• Serves as a trusted advisor and SME on compensation principles, policies, and procedures; provides clear recommendations to enable timely, consistent decision-making • Drives evaluation of pay practices and programs across the organization; synthesizes data and stakeholder input to deliver actionable recommendations that improve competitiveness, internal equity, and program effectiveness • Owns complex compensation analyses and interprets trends to provide executive-ready insights, scenarios, and recommendations to HR leadership • Leads end-to-end, organization-wide compensation projects and annual compensation cycle planning, owning project plans, timelines, communications, data quality controls, and stakeholder alignment through execution • Owns market pricing for company jobs: determines benchmark matches, recommends job leveling/classification, and establishes recommended pay ranges; documents methodology and pricing rationale to support consistent governance and decision-making • Leads job description review to ensure responsibilities and requirements are complete, consistent, and aligned to job levels/role expectations; recommends edits to support accurate market pricing and internal equity • Establishes, maintains, and enforces SOPs and data/document maintenance standards; drives adoption to ensure business continuity and consistent execution of compensation processes • Owns preparation and submission of organizational data for compensation and total rewards surveys, ensuring data validation, audit trail documentation, and on-time delivery • Stays current on industry best practices and leads continuous improvement efforts by identifying opportunities, influencing stakeholders, and implementing scalable process and reporting enhancements

• Create, update, and deliver training material for online and classroom learning • Plan and develop multimedia learning courses for Niagara’s learning management system • Assist with the development of video and audio components for learning assets • Collaborate with subject matter experts to ensure accurate content • Evaluate the results of training programs and modify future programs accordingly • Maintain an understanding of Niagara’s LMS system • Write and edit documentation and ensure accuracy according to formatting standards

Role Description At Niagara, we’re looking for Team Members who want to be part of achieving our mission to provide our customers the highest quality most affordable bottled water. Consider applying here, if you want to: - Work in an entrepreneurial and dynamic environment with a chance to make an impact. - Develop lasting relationships with great people. - Have the opportunity to build a satisfying career. We offer competitive compensation and benefits packages for our Team Members. Position: Remote with Travel within (Central/Eastern Region) Systems engineering is an interdisciplinary of engineering that focuses on how to design and manage complex engineering systems over their life cycles. It ensures that all likely aspects of a project or system are considered and integrated into a whole. Essential Functions - Conducts time studies, performs zero base analysis, rate analysis, network analysis, statistical analysis, flow path analysis and supply chain analysis. - Develops metrics for business units within Global Logistics. - Identifies Logistics process improvement opportunities through competitive analysis and critical thinking. - Supports and/or leads cross-functional strategic or process improvement projects. - Develops business tools and solutions based on knowledge, product or technology. - Develops reports and runs ad hoc queries. - Identifies and develops business rules and standard operating procedures to streamline operating processes. - Develops and maintains cost estimates, forecasts, and cost models. - Provides facility and capacity planning analysis for distribution and transportation functions in Logistics. - Reviews and recommends system/software enhancements. - Develops metrics and key performance indicators for assigned business units. - Supports the development of Distribution, Logistics, & Warehouse process improvements in the plant, specific to Warehouse Management Systems (WMS), Laser Guided Vehicles (LGV), Automated Storage & Retrieval Systems (AS/RS) and various other automated or integrated material handling solutions. - Drives the continuous upgrade of production facilities and processes through cost-effective capital projects to meet changing distribution & manufacturing requirements. - Works closely with the Plant Leadership Team, Facility Managers, Supervisors, and other key managers to develop and implement initiatives to enhance productivity. - Responsible for driving process improvements as new technology installations, current process enhancements, and cost control initiatives. - Uses fundamental engineering concepts, practices, and procedures to analyze operational data/methods, identify performance improvement opportunities, and/or implement technology systems that meet business objectives. - Provides analysis, reporting tools, and engineering support for field operations to effectively control and justify operational costs. - Encourages the use of modeling and simulation to validate assumptions or theories on systems and the interactions within them. - Researches, analyzes, and effectively consolidates technical or engineering related information and presents for management review. - Prepares accurate expenditure proposals and/or cost justification analysis with management guidance. - Formulates and presents document research, progress, and results to team members and internal customers. - Applies project management fundamentals and concepts with management guidance. - Develops progress reports, meeting minutes, and field communication memos for management review. - Designs, develops, and implements mathematical modeling and optimization algorithms to deliver competitive intelligence and improvements in business processes. - Interprets and analyzes the results of predictive and descriptive data mining models to assist in decision making. - Develops production capacity models based on production information and forecasted sales. - Works closely with cross-functional teams, OEMs, and our team to develop efficient and effective methods to collect, analyze, and optimize data. - Develops and deploys systems and models that will drive robust analysis and reporting to support accurate and timely value-driven business solutions. - Develops and improves reporting systems that intuitively detect, highlight, and illustrate developing trends and relationships. - Champions initiatives to improve the understanding of business optimization at all levels of the organization. - Works closely with operations to drive consistency in systems where appropriate and provide technical support. - Combines solution results with graphics to create presentations and reports for daily reporting. This position requires up to 50% travel (two weeks per month). Please note this job description is not designed to contain a comprehensive list of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without prior notice. Qualifications - Minimum Qualifications: - 0-1 Years – Experience in Industry, advanced material handling solutions & information technologies along with 1-3 lifecycle implementations of engineered automation systems with varied complexities. - 0-1 Years – Experience in Project Management. - 0-1 Years – Experience managing people/projects. - Preferred Qualifications: - 2 Years – Experience in Industry, advanced material handling solutions & information technologies along with 3-5 lifecycle implementations of engineered automation systems with varied complexities. - 2 Years – Experience in Project Management. - 0-1 Years – Experience managing people/projects. Competencies - Lead Like an Owner - InnovACT - Find a Way - Empowered to be Great Education - Minimum Required: - Bachelor's Degree in Industrial, Mechanical, Electrical or Logistics Engineering or any related discipline of engineering, or equivalent in combined education and considerable experience in similar field. - Preferred: - Master's Degree in Industrial, Mechanical, Electrical or Logistics Engineering or any related discipline of advanced Engineering. Certification/License - Required: - Auto CAD - Preferred: - Simulation Tools & Modeling - Foreign Language: Elementary Proficiency Typical Compensation Range - Pay Rate Type: Salary - $71,314.38 - $103,405.86 / Yearly Benefits - Our Total Rewards package is thoughtfully designed to support both you and your family: - Paid Time Off for holidays, sick time, and vacation time. - Paid parental and caregiver leaves. - Medical, including virtual care options. - Dental. - Vision. - 401(k) with company match. - Health Savings Account with company match. - Flexible Spending Accounts. - Expanded mental wellbeing benefits including free counseling sessions for all team members and household family members. - Family Building Benefits including enhanced fertility benefits for IVF and fertility preservation plus adoption, surrogacy, and Doula reimbursements. - Income protection including Life and AD&D, short and long-term disability, critical illness and an accident plan. - Special discount programs including pet plans, pre-paid legal services, identity theft, car rental, airport parking, etc. - Tuition reimbursement, college savings plan and scholarship opportunities. - And more!

• Manage the full-cycle recruiting process, acting as the primary point of contact for early career candidates, ensuring a seamless experience • Partner with hiring managers and leaders to define needs, build robust talent pipelines, and shape hiring strategies • Build and maintain productive relationships with external university career services, alumni organizations, student organizations and diversity groups to increase brand visibility and build relationships with students • Manage the planning and execution of on-campus recruiting events - including career fairs, info sessions, company presentations, and networking events • Advise and influence hiring strategies and decisions by staying informed on industry and technology trends and the competitive hiring landscapes • Stay informed of trends and innovative recruiting techniques and provide subject matter expertise in the area of University/Campus talent acquisition • Create strong and trusting relationships with all cross-functional partners • Identify opportunities for improving candidate experience and overall process • Manage and track all candidate and campus information, consolidate and analyze results and make recommendations for improvements • Partner with Handshake to leverage the platform for talent attraction • Travel to local and national recruiting and industry events (Travel will average approximately 30% - most travel is seasonal based on campus recruiting events)

• Support the DSD Sales Managers cultivation of the National DSD distribution network through in market support, education and training on all new DSD Distributor’s brought into the Niagara network through this strategic expansion. • DSD Field Specialist will be focused solely on developing DSD execution within each of these distributor’s territories through the following actions: Scheduled weekly visits to contracted DSD Distributors. • Facilitate DSD training and communication on all Niagara strategies, portfolio opportunities through education to Niagara. • Portfolio of brands and how these should be managed and sold by the DSD distribution teams. • Field training and ride-alongs to conduct hands on training at the retail account level with Sales and Merchandising members of the DSD distributor. • Evaluate, analyze and use field reporting tools to measure effectiveness of DSD distributor support of all Niagara brands and strategies. • Review this Data with DSD Sales manager and director on weekly calls once activity has been captured. • Educate DSD distributor leadership on observations and capture of this critical data. • Ensure all blocking and tackling that supports Niagara brands and strategies are being performed on each of these market visits and ride-alongs. • Train the DSD distribution team on up-selling Niagara brands and why this is important. • Support the relationship through building on these relationships. • Communication with Niagara internal teams on any DSD related opportunities around Transportation, Planning, Customer Service, Sourcing, Accounting, Legal, and Manufacturing. • Facilitate quality questions/resolution, audits, and other sales related quality requests. • Assist with customer level documentation requests for promotions, special items, etc. • Work with DSD Sales Managers and Director on any Retail Customer specific bid support and new item rollout closures. • Triage customer and account issues and partner with all teams to identify resolutions. • Facilitate execution of all special programs (ex. causal marketing, cross-promotional, special bonus pack promotions, etc.) • Work closely with Sales leadership and DSD distributors to understand internal goals and executing specific programs that meet Niagara and customer sales objectives. • Optimize use of customer reporting tools and proprietary systems. • Generate all required reports and analyze data to identify business trends and opportunities.