Production Coordinator
About the job
- A third-level degree in Industrial Engineering, Electromechanics, Mechanical Engineering, or Mechatronics is required.
- At least two years of prior experience leading food-production teams is required.
- Knowledge of quality and food-safety regulations, food-manufacturing processes, and management and productivity indicators is required.
- Intermediate-to-advanced proficiency with Office utilities, SAP, and Power BI is required.
- Availability to work rotating shifts is required.
- Ensure production volume for assigned lines through management and operational routines with staff, following established supply-book processes to ensure availability of planned products.
- Support areas in meeting consumption targets for energy, bunker fuel, water, and diesel, and yields for containers, caps, and plastics by implementing improvements and corrections to generation and consumption systems in production areas to optimize costs.
- Support maintenance planning for autonomous and preventive services carried out in the unit by internal staff and third parties, based on machine and line availability and by assigning support personnel to maintain plant operations.
- Report and analyze key performance indicators, including line efficiency, paid efficiency, waste indicators, changeover and cleaning rates, raw-material yield, overtime, autonomous-maintenance-plan compliance, accidents and incidents, and unsafe acts and conditions, to identify management and investment improvement opportunities.
- Recommend improvements and corrections to energy-generation and consumption systems in production areas to optimize costs.
- Prepare productivity reports and compile and communicate paid-efficiency data by line in SAP PM, Atlas, and SAP QM when applicable, to control plant productivity.
- Oversee operational, mechanical, scheduled, and daily downtime reports and analyze information gathered through line-level Pareto analysis to control and maintain productivity.
About the company
Grupo Mariposa runs food and beverage businesses serving consumers across Latin America and other markets. Its portfolio includes cbc, a beverage maker; beliv, a house of proprietary drink brands; and Bia, whose businesses cover coffee, culinary products and sweet snacks. Across the group, companies manufacture and sell branded drinks and packaged foods, manage distribution networks, and operate restaurant concepts. They generate revenue through branded product sales, beverage bottling, wholesale distribution and food-service operations, using channels tailored to retail and dining customers. The group traces its operating roots to 1885, when it began as a beverage maker, and is headquartered in Guatemala City, Guatemala.
Company Size
10,001+
Company Stage
N/A
Total Funding
N/A
Headquarters
N/A
Founded
1885
Get referred to Grupo Mariposa
See people who can refer or advise you
Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Family support is tailored: Mariposa says Creciendo Juntos combines employee data with expert partnerships to address household needs.
- Restaurant teams have a shared-system plan: BIA selected SynergySuite in June 2026 for labor, inventory and purchasing across 120-plus restaurants.
- Graduates cross business boundaries: CBC's Guatemala trainee program assigns projects across departments and countries to prepare recruits for greater responsibility.
What critics are saying
- Refinancing leaves limited spare cash: September 2026's Fitch forecast put CBC's free cash flow near zero or negative through 2029.
- The trainee path requires mobility: Beliv's Guatemala opening requires B2 English and availability for two months of foreign travel.
- Regional exposure affects credit strength: Fitch's September 2026 review flags CBC's smaller scale and weaker Caribbean and South American economies.
What makes Grupo Mariposa unique
- Bottling rests on a longstanding partnership: Grupo Mariposa became Pepsi's official bottler in Guatemala in 1942.
- Distribution uses targeted selling tools: CBC says presale and customer-segmentation technology supports more than 2 million points of sale.
- Acquisitions have an integration team: Mariposa's corporate Apex unit supports acquired businesses; its CEO reported over 40 integrations in 2023.
Help us improve and share your feedback! Did you find this helpful?