Job Req ID: 107644

Job Type: Full-time

Work Category: Onsite,

Sponsorship: Not Available

Compensation: $66,880 - $100,320 / Annually

A Taste of What You'll Do

Join Four Roses and play a key role in shaping the quality, consistency, and innovation of our award-winning bourbon portfolio. In this position, you will lead sensory panel activities, manage sensory data, and support the development of programs that help ensure product excellence across our distillery operations. Through organoleptic evaluations, barrel approvals, and formulation support, you will contribute directly to maintaining the character and integrity of our brands.

You will partner closely with the Master Distiller, Liquid Inventory Manager, Operations, Quality, and Senior Fermentation Scientist to support product formulation, inventory management, maturation programs, and liquid development initiatives. Your work will help drive informed decisions related to barrel quality, blending, forecasting, and inventory allocation while maintaining accurate records and supporting continuous improvement efforts.

This role also provides an exciting opportunity to contribute to product innovation. You will participate in experimental trials, track analytical and sensory results, document findings, and collaborate across teams to evaluate new ideas and technologies. Success in this role requires a strong scientific mindset, attention to detail, problem-solving skills, and a passion for sensory evaluation, quality, and continuous learning. You will be expected to demonstrate ownership, accountability, initiative, and a commitment to food safety, product quality, and innovation.

What You'll Need

• Bachelor's degree in Chemistry, Food Science, or a physical, chemical, or biological science plus 2 years of organoleptic sensory experience with alcoholic beverages, food, or fragrance experience reflecting increasing levels of responsibility.
• Required to travel by automobile up to 10% during the course of business.
• Required to be 21 years of age or older.
• Required to lift and move up to 25 pounds.
• Experience using Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel, and Outlook.
• Experience adapting to bottling line software.
• Familiarity with GC/MS and general analytical methods.
• Willingness to sample and critically evaluate alcohol samples.
• Experience making decisions in a high-pressure and fast-paced environment.
• Strong problem-solving, critical thinking, and reasoning skills.
• Required to travel to company offices, sites, and/or meeting locations for onboarding, training, meetings, and events for development, department needs, and business delivery up to 5% of the time, with or without reasonable accommodation. This may be in addition to travel requirements, if applicable, as listed in this job description.
• Required to be 18 years or older. This may be in addition to other age requirements, if applicable, as listed in this job description.

How You'll Stand Out

• Bachelor's degree in Chemistry, Food Science, or a physical, chemical, or biological science plus 4 years of organoleptic sensory experience with alcoholic beverages, food, or fragrance reflecting increasing levels of responsibility.
• Experience in beverage alcohol production.
• Experience with inventory software, forecasting, and Power BI.

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Our Benefits & Perks

We are committed to providing competitive compensation, perks, and a culture that supports your well-being. Benefits depend on your work category and may include medical and dental coverage, 401k plans, profit sharing, pet insurance, company holidays, access to an employee wine shop, and more! Additional information will be provided before your first interview.

The Fine Print

• The Company does not sponsor for employment-based visas for this position now or in the future.
• We offer a broad salary range to allow for long-term growth. Actual compensation paid within the range will be determined by multiple factors, including, but not limited to, education, experience, knowledge, skills and abilities, internal equity, and alignment with market data. Although we estimate the successful candidate hired into this role will be placed between the entry point and middle of the range, the decision will be made on a case-by-case basis related to these factors. In addition to the salary, this position may be eligible for bonuses, incentive plans, or participate in tasting room tip pools, as applicable.
• This position will be based in the location(s) specified in the job posting and requires working on-site with no telecommuting option. You will be expected to live within a commutable distance.
• It is the Company's policy for job postings to be open to internal candidates for a minimum of 5 days and to external candidates, if applicable, for a minimum of 3 days.