Food Management Search

Fabrication Supervisor

5-7-2008

Directing the workforce, providing a safe work environment and proper /adequate training. Ensure adherence to procedures that promote the health and welfare of all employees in the department. Apply company employee relations policies in all dealings with employees. Work closely with production and other management to promote efficiency and teamwork within the fabrication department; division. Arrange to have appropriate records and reports prepared and maintained (i.e., daily & weekly Kronos reports, yields & schedules etc). Various duties as required. Attend meetings as scheduled or called. 2:15-Midnight M-F with Saturdays as needed

Scientist-WI

5-5-2008

This person will work with the RTE meat division. They should have at least a BS degree. Experience with Tyson chicken would be helpful. They will conduct basis research and new product research and development of foods. They will develop new and improved methods and systems for food processing, production, and quality control, packaging and distribution. They will study methods to improve quality of foods with regards to flavor, color, texture, nutritional value, convenience or physical, chemical, and microbiological compostion of foods.

R&D Manager/Director

5-5-2008

This position may be either a manager or director's position depending on the candidate hired. This person reports to the VP of Meat and Poultry Technologies. The successful candidate will have a well rounded meat background to include packaging and process. A MS degree is required. Experience with seasonings and savory a plus. There will be 6 to 10 people in the department. Bonus will be in the 10 to 15% range. They will be responsible for development of new value added meat products (snack products), modification of existing products, development of new technologies that would result in competitive differentiation, new customers, and expanded markets.

Product Development Manager

5-5-2008

This person reports to the VP of Snack Technology. It may be a manager or a director's position, depending on the strength of the candidate hired. This person will be responsible for R&D through the manufacturing process; product development, roll out and testing. They will conduct comparative analysis against competitors and provide stategic planning and product direction and features. They will have 5 direct reports. They will manage multi unit R&D departments throughout the company.

Plant Controller-WI

5-5-2008

Individual needs to have a good understanding of the manufacturing process. Will measure and analyze performance in the plant, end of the month, and end of the year reports. Is aware and able to make reccomendations for GMP's, and GSPS.

Production Supervisor

5-5-2008

This plant is privately owned and is growing. It is very much like a large family. There are presently about 200 employees. They make RTE meat snacks here. This position reports to the production manager.Their business has doubled since they started producing the smoked sausage. The position is open because of a promotion.

Quality Manager-KS

5-5-2008

This position is a direct report to the Plant Manager. Our client would really like a strong manager to build a culture of quality. They are looking for strong leadership with fresh ideas. Documentation for new requirements will be very important. QA Manager will have a stagg of 6-7 people that includes techs and a retort specialist. FDA has given them new requirements that should help strengthen the product quality.

MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR 3RD SHIFT

5-2-2008

THERE ARE ABOUT 380 PEOPLE IN THIS PLANT. THE MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR WILL SUPERVISE BETWEEN 12 AND 15 MAINTENANCE TECHS ON 3RD SHIFT. THIS SHIFT WORKS FROM 10PM TO 6AM SUNDAY THRU THURSDAY. THEY WILL REPORT TO THE ENGINEERING MANAGER. AT THIS PLANT THEY HAVE PROCESSED AND NATURAL CHEESE. THEY CUT, WRAP AND SHRED. A HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION IS REQUIRED. ANY KIND OF DEGREE WOULD BE A PLUS. THEY HAVE AN EXCELLENT BENEFIT PACKAGE, 11 PAID HOLIDAYS AND A GOOD RELO PACKAGE. THIS PLANT IS GROWING. THEY HAVE NEW CUSTOMERS, NEW PRODUCTS AND NEW NEEDS. WITH ALL OF THE PRODUCTS THERE ARE A LOT OF CHANGE OVERS THAT THE MAINTENANCE PEOPLE ARE INVOLVED WITH. THEY JUST STARTED NATURAL CHEESE AT THIS PLANT 4 YEARS AGO. THEY HAVE CHUNK, SLICED AND SHRED.

Demonstration Chefs – Culinary Enthusiasts - Part-time - Saturdays

05/02/2008

A Food Promotions Company in partnership with Shaw’s Supermarkets is looking for outgoing food enthusiast who can demonstrate their skills with shoppers on various easy to prepare dinner recipes.

Prepare recipes, educate consumers about the products in the recipes and show them how easy it is to cook 30 minute recipes while promoting cooking at home and basic culinary skills.

This promotion is ongoing and these are every Saturday positions between 10am-4 pm.

Pay Rate is $12 per hour.

Available locations:

Medfield, Groton, Shrewsbury, Auburn, Peabody, Salem, Waltham, Melrose, Newton, Cambridge, Sudbury, Somerville, Belmont, Stow, Gloucester, Boston, South Attleboro, Brockton, South Easton, Fall River, New Bedford, Fall River, Worcester, Mansfield, Dartmouth, Whitinsville, Hanover, Sturbridge, Milford, Chestnut Hill, Norwood, Brighton, Hyannis

Associate Brand Development Manager - CPG

04/25/2008

New personal wash brand product.

Introduce the product to the North American marketplace. Brand is global priority.

Understand the consumer and translate this knowledge to create insightful communication and innovation.

Lead regional and global brand development initiatives.

Develop and deliver inspiring briefs to technical teams, agency teams and other creative teams to deliver amazing product mixes and communication.

Responsibilities:

Lead internal cross-functional teams to deliver at least 2-3 globally-led and regionally-led innovation projects that support the North American launch strategy.

Manage every aspect of the innovation from project creation to launch including insight / concept development and testing, product / packaging development and testing, financial business case development, display development and retailer sell-in.

For global projects, serve as project leader with North American cross-functional team, responsible for shaping global project to meet North American consumer requirements and implementing within the region.

For new North American innovations, media or channel specific advertising opportunities, co-develop focused inspiring briefs with Brand Development Manager to lead the advertising agency to deliver world-class communication. Work with global Brand Development Team to ensure that both regional and global innovations are launched in an excellent, consistent manner (concept, product, package, communication works across categories and countries).

Play a key role with the Brand Development Manager in:

• Supporting global brand key vision, architecture, innovation and communication

• Achieving regional vision, mission and ambitions

Qualifications:

MBA or equivalent experience
2+ yrs experience in: Brand Marketing or Brand Development or CMI
Demonstrated ability to understand a consumer target and position a brand, project, innovation around consumer insights.
Experience leading agencies.
Brand equity management
Consumer understanding
Brand communication
Brand innovation
Brand marketing
Project management
Objective analytical power
Entrepreneurial drive

Cold Storage Warehouse Manager

4-25-2008

This position will manage the Cold Strorage operations, for a new Premier Food organization. In this position, the Cold Storage Manager will oversee a work team of 10-12, including warehouse, Ammonia refrigeration techs, and distribution personnel.

Quality Assurance Manager - Ingredients

04/24/2008

High Protein Nutritional Snack Food Manufacturer.

Responsible for developing, directing and implementing Quality Assurance functions to verify that all raw materials, work in progress and finished product conform to requirements.

Manage the QA function, testing and technical staff. Interfaces with Purchasing, Packaging, R&D, Customer Service, Customers, Quality Control, Production and Suppliers.

Manage group budgetary requirements, daily activities of the QA Technicians, testing procedures, purchase of equipment / instruments, conduct internal audits for effectiveness of QA systems. Audit suppliers to ensure compliance GMP and Microbiological standards. Interface with R&D.

Qualifications:

BS / BA in Food Science or related.

5+ year’s experience in the Food or Pharm Previous supervisory responsibility required.

Safety and Regulatory Specialist

4-24-2008

Job Functions : 1. Responsible for regulatory compliance in all areas including but not limited to: OSHA, EPA, FDA, USDA, Texas state and local authorities. 2. Provide training and education of employees in areas such as safety, regulatory compliance, employee relations and job skills, based on coordination with department management. 3. Keep current on industry developments in areas of safety, government regulations and training. Advise appropriate department heads on requirements in their areas of responsibility in these regards. 4. Monitor and audit implementation of safety programs and regulatory compliance. 5. Review design of facilities, work areas and work procedures and make environmental, health and safety recommendations accordingly.

Sanitation Manager - Fresh / Refridgerated

04/23/2008

Rapidly growing, USDA approved manufacturer of high quality, preservative-free specialty refrigerated foods, distributed to supermarket chains and gourmet food stores throughout the US. 2 state-of-the-art production facilities in NYC and AZ.

The position will be responsible for the delivery, monitoring and control of the sanitation programs. Manage all aspects of the department: leadership, direction, staff training, daily scheduling, development of metrics to measure and communicate performance to team, consistent feedback, coach and motivate, resolve daily operational issues evaluate labor, supplies, chemical usage and disposal costs to determine efficiencies and develop corrective actions.

Ensure safe working techniques and maintaining of records; master cleaning schedule and other regulatory or plant sanitary programs.

Budget responsibilities. Work closely with regulatory agencies, QA, Maintenance, USDA, Warehouse and Manufacturing to ensure desired level of sanitation, operations objectives and goals. Manage a dedicated team of 22.

Qualifications:

3+ years of sanitation, hands-on, management experience.

Working knowledge of USDA, OSHA standards, plant safety regulations, Chemical usage / compliance, Plant Sanitary Standards and SOP’s

Production Personnel Protective Equipment - PPE

Ability to develop and document S.O.P.’s Team leadership skills and experience.

GMP’s, Maintenance Work Orders, Chemical Usage, Plant Sanitary Standards and SOP’s.

Bi-lingual Spanish a plus.

Work flexible hours based upon needs of Operation.

Production Supervisor

4-23-2008

Position will oversee a team of 20-25 in a Food Manufacturing facility, and will also be challenged with special projects in the areas of interest for the client.

Production Supervisor

4-23-2008

Position will oversee a team of 20-25 in a Food Manufacturing facility, and will also be challenged with special projects in the areas of interest for the client.

Production Supervisor

4-23-2008

Position will oversee a team of 20-25 in a Food Manufacturing facility, and will also be challenged with special projects in the areas of interest for the client.

Production Supervisor

2-29-2008

Position will oversee a team of 20-25 in a Food Manufacturing facility, and will also be challenged with special projects in the areas of interest for the client.

Demonstration Chefs – Culinary Enthusiasts - Part-time - Saturdays

04/22/2008

A Food Promotions Company in partnership with Shaw’s Supermarkets is looking for outgoing food enthusiast who can demonstrate their skills with shoppers on various easy to prepare dinner recipes.

Prepare recipes, educate consumers about the products in the recipes and show them how easy it is to cook 30 minute recipes while promoting cooking at home and basic culinary skills.

This promotion is ongoing and these are every Saturday positions between 10am-4 pm.

Pay Rate is $12 per hour.

Available locations:

Portland, South Portland, Auburn, Sanford, Dover - Foxcroft

Demonstration Chefs – Culinary Enthusiasts - Part-time - Saturdays

04/22/2008

A Food Promotions Company in partnership with Shaw’s Supermarkets is looking for outgoing food enthusiast who can demonstrate their skills with shoppers on various easy to prepare dinner recipes.

Prepare recipes, educate consumers about the products in the recipes and show them how easy it is to cook 30 minute recipes while promoting cooking at home and basic culinary skills.

This promotion is ongoing and these are every Saturday positions between 10am-4 pm.

Pay Rate is $12 per hour.

Available locations:

South Burlington, Montpelier, Wilmington, Bristol, Randolph, Manchester Center, Waterbury

Demonstration Chefs – Culinary Enthusiasts - Part-time - Saturdays

04/22/2008

A Food Promotions Company in partnership with Shaw’s Supermarkets is looking for outgoing food enthusiast who can demonstrate their skills with shoppers on various easy to prepare dinner recipes.

Prepare recipes, educate consumers about the products in the recipes and show them how easy it is to cook 30 minute recipes while promoting cooking at home and basic culinary skills.

This promotion is ongoing and these are every Saturday positions between 10am-4 pm.

Pay Rate is $12 per hour.

Available locations:

Windham, Portsmouth, Milford, Concord, Belmont, Tilton, Gorham, Littleton, Center Conway, Manchester, Merrimack, Nashua, Stratham, Walpole, Newport

Harvest Superintendent

4-17-2008

This is a small plant so it will be a hands on atmoshpere. They will have responsibilities in the receiving barn, the skinning line, Evisceration, and trim off. They will also have responsibilities in tracking attendance, dealing with Company policies and safety. Should have a good working knowledge of the new changes that deal with ecoli, and other meat issues. Bilingual would be a real plus. Position reports to Plant Manager. Company is expanding and there are opportunities for advancement within.

Quality Manager

4-14-2008

The QA Manager will have 1 supervisor and 4 techs in the department. They are a growing plant, and just added new coolers. They are looking for entreuprenuerial types who want to create their own team. This is a non-union plant with 167 people.

CRUISE LINE - Worldwide Culinary Trainer / Instructor

04/08/2008

The Mission:

Is to teach, train new galley recruits on basic kitchen / cooking skills at the company's various worldwide recruiting stations with follow-up on board ships.

Conduct comprehensive, effective and result-orientated training programs; the fundamentals of culinary arts equal to that of the best Culinary Schools for Cooks, Assistant Cooks and Trainees prior to their assignment to the company’s fleet of ships. Develop, implement and execute training programs for theory, techniques and hands-on experience under the direction and support of the Culinary Operations and Training Department.

Responsibilities:

Participate in the on-going development of the overall culinary training programs, analysis, job / task studies to determine training and development opportunities onboard to improve the level of performance within the Galley Department.

Educate managers and supervisors on applicable training requirements and available training opportunities.

Conduct additional training sessions to include: new employee orientation, on-the-job training, refresher training, promotional development and operational courses.

Analyze data to evaluate effectiveness of training programs, training guides, curriculum.

Work with recruitment offices and agencies to develop consistent new hire orientation programs. Develop a positive rapport / relationship with company culinary academies world-wide.

Understand and utilize an instructional systems design methodology, provide support and feedback in the development of new course material.

Coach instructors for effectiveness of training, delivery of training, and on-the-job coaching. Test trainees to measure progress, evaluate effectiveness of training.

Understand, follow and enforce all Safety, Environmental and Quality Management policies of the company.

Qualifications:

BS degree in Culinary Arts from CIA or Johnson & Wales.

Chef by trade with a passion for food, cooking and education.

Experience in a training environment with proficiency of instructional methods and training techniques, including curriculum design, learning theory, and group and individual teaching techniques, platform / presentation skills.

High energy, hands-on approach, able to work with all levels of employees in a diverse workforce, leadership ability, self-motivated and self-directed.

Enjoy fast paced worldwide travel.

Salary: $5000 per month, room / board / travel expenses, 401(k) with company contributions, flexible health benefit program. Position is by contract.

Regional Maintenance Operations Manager - Baking

04/22/2008

Manage the development, implementation and monitoring of focused preventive and predictive maintenance programs and by the design and administration of personnel recruitment, training and skills development programs necessary to provide and retain the most highly skilled maintenance personnel. Developing and Define Maintenance Structure, Training, Recruiting both internally and externally, Standardization of Parts and Equipment, Capital Planning, Best Practices, Standardization of Maintenance Policies

Qualifications:

Bachelors Degree in Engineering. 10 years of experience in Maintenance related activities, solving processes and equipment redesign / maintenance and project development/management experience in the baking or other similar industry. Minimum 5 years managing Manufacturing related Engineering / Maintenance Department. Experience with lean manufacturing practices and AIB.

Regional Maintenance Operations Manager - Baking

04/07/2008

Qualifications:

Production Supervisor

4-4-2008

Our client is a household name within the Consumer Packaged Goods industry, and is currently seeking a Production Supervisor for their manufacturing operations. Their commitment to Technology and R&D are demonstrated by currently having over 30 products ranking within the top 2 positions within their industry category. We are currently seeking a Production Supervisor for the companies NE facility. The Production Supervisor will lead a team of 35-40 Production Associates in a Team based environment. Superb benefit package included.

Maintenace Planner

4-4-2008

Position Reports to the Engineering Manager for the facility. Scheduling of all planned work per the scheduled maintenance standard criteria. Lead weekly maintenance planning and scheduling meeting with maintenance, operations, and management.

Assistant Maintenance Manager

4-1-2008

Position: Assistant Maintenance Manager Salary:75,000-85,000 plus Bonus Our client is a household name within the Food and Beverage industry. We are currently seeking an Assistant Maintenance Manager for one of their "Flagship" processing facilities. In this role the individual will oversee a team of 2 Maintenance Coordinators, and 22-25 Mainteance personnel including Automation Techs, Millwrights, and Maintenance Technicians. Strong promotional opportunities exist for individual demontstrating superior performance. This position reports to the Maintenance Manager.

Technical Services Sales Support – Carbohydrates - US / Canada

04/11/2008

The company is a leading technology innovator of products and processes for the food, cosmetics and pharmaceutical industries.

The represented products are highly stable, low sweetness non-reducing disaccharide with similar functional properties to sucrose, among others.

Will have to support distributors and their customers in technical issues regarding this product and ensure that the company achieves the best sales results from its distributors.

The position is based in Colorado but will include regular travel to meet with distributors and their customers.

The person will have to attend booths at trade shows and/or responding to information requests.

Reports to: Marketing Manager North America

Requirements

BS - Food science/technology or related science (chemist, nutritionist)

A minimum 5 years of scientific, product development, technical customer supports or technical sales experience

Good interpersonal, relationship building and cross-cultural communication skills

Punctual and patient professional that gives importance to follow directions and listening to corporate executives and co-workers

Self-starter with initiative and drive to accomplish goals

401K, Group Insurance coverage, PTO and Unpaid time off.

Packaging Engineer

4-1-2008

1.Demonstrated experience design, controls and equipment start up. Best candidate would have traveled and worked in a variety of plants. 2.Desire to learn, ownership, and confident in abilities. 3.Self motivated to improve the current packaging lines

Packaging Applications Engineer – Sales Support - Food Safety Detection

05/28/2008

A global leader in providing threat detection and screening technologies for Military, Transportation, Homeland Security and Resilience applications.

New technology being developed for the food manufacturing / distribution industries.

Summary:

The Applications Engineer manages the quoting and bid specification function. Directs a group that determines the acceptability of customer specification requests and prepares customer quotations. High degree of autonomy, an understanding of the customer environment and a sales-support focus with customers. The position will be the foremost authority in the business for defining customer needs and requirements and is the expert for material handling issues. This is a key sales support role and this person is expected to help a sales person close a sale by conducting on-site or customer site demos.

Responsibilities:

Manage the quotation process.

Designs, develops and follows a rigorous bid / no-bid process for the quotation process.

Generation of performance specifications for the quotation process.

Determine and describe additional software / hardware needs.

In field setup and support of service department for new applications and new software techniques.

Develop with follow-up, a training plan to transition final set up processes to the manufacturing floor.

This position supervises one or more Applications Technicians.

Up to 30% travel.

Reports To: VP Sales and Marketing

Qualifications:

BSE Mechanical or Electrical Packaging Engineering.

3-5+ years experience in a food or consumer products packaging plant as the maintenance manager or plant engineer.

Allen-Bradley PLC training / certification or equivalent.

Expert knowledge of photo-eye’s, PLC’s and line layouts / line integrations.

Managed multiple technical projects of $250,000+ in a plant environment.

Understanding of ladder logic and applicable prints and diagrams.

Perform basic PLC programming.

Read / interpret engineering drawings.

CAD and PLM software systems - Solid Works and Promise-E preferred.

Understands the capital project processes in the Food / Consumer Products industries.

PRODUCT MARKETING MANAGER – Food Sanitizing Products / Systems

04/10/2008

A rapidly growing life sciences company providing disinfection and safety solutions for a variety of industries to include the food retail grocery industry, hospitality and food service sectors.

The position will be responsible for developing and executing the product and communication strategies, sales support materials and managing a variety of marketing programs. Working closely with the senior management, this position will have a high level of visibility and creativity to launch new products and programs.

Responsibilities:

Develop marketing plans for products and integrate a variety of tools: trade shows, publications, internet presence, advertising, public relations. Interpret market research on products, market segments, competition and technologies and translate into marketing plan components.

Develop financial models to support sales efforts.

Interpret lab studies into the marketing plan.

Occasional sales calls, closing sales. Provide product and market training for sales force.

Periodic product positioning value, competitive situation, market trends and manage customer concerns.

Position reports to the Director of Marketing

Qualifications:

BS marketing, management, finance.

4+ years in Marketing, Market Research, Sales, including creation of sales force tools and training.

Knowledge of the food retail industry, food service, manufacturing.

Strong analytical skills, strategy development, market research tools, financial analysis and modeling.

Experience using print and electronic media, external agencies to deliver product marketing, sales and technical messages.

Territory Sales Manager - Beverage

04/28/2008

Responsibility of leading a team of sales representatives to drive for superior marketplace execution and customer service, share growth and profit performance.

Maximize volume and revenue in a pre-determined territory. Cultivate strong relationships with customers. Activate local and national marketplace initiatives and promotions to build brand development and maximize brand performance. Coach and lead a team of sales representatives on selling and display execution, merchandising standards, and ensure accurate and timely orders are submitted.

Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree
2 - 5 years food / beverage sales
management experience
2+ years of fact-based direct selling experience
Supervisory experience
Strong people leadership skills
Ability to work a flexible schedule.

$60,000 - $70,000 + 15% target bonus

Quality Control Manager

05/02/2008

The plant produces food, pharmaceutical, agricultural and chemical grade sodium chloride products.

Responsibilities:

The QC Manager is accountable for the quality control and assurance of all materials and products used and manufactured in the facility.

Responsible for ensuring compliance to company, customer and regulatory agency quality requirements.

Oversees the implementation of Quality policies, Quality Control personnel and the Quality Control laboratory.

Finished product quality sampling, inspection, testing and disposition.

In - process material sampling, inspection, testing.

Incoming raw, chemical and packaging material sampling, inspection, testing.

Conducting internal and supplier quality audits.

Employee development, training and competencies.

Quality investigation, root cause analysis, corrective / preventative action.

Generation and distribution of COAs & COCs.

Plant level analytical and technical services.

Management of the quality control analytical laboratory.

Facility level quality system design, development, implementation, and continuous improvement.

Quality department general administration - scheduling, personnel, budget.

Management, report generation, performance reviews, equipment / supply orders.

Conformance to applicable product quality specification requirements internal, customer, USP, FCC, ACS and industrial and government regulatory agency quality requirements (AIB, FDA, FPA).

Qualifications:

BS in Chemistry or related

3 + years in Quality Management

Experience operating in a production packaging environment.

Salary to $85K, 3% target bonus, 401(k) with company match. Relocation assistance.

Production Supervisor

3-21-2008

Responsible to ensure department is running smoothly and in a safe, productive way. Focus on production, quality, and people. Identifies, investigates, and works to solve any problems that arise. Works closely with department employees and reports any issues to Production Manager. Under the direction of the Production Manager, supervisor will oversee all daily activities, which include supervision of milk receiving, production, sanitation, production specifications, product quality and management of all personnel. For more information contact Tom Noble, Client Service Systems 605-362-8176 Ext 102 CSS@midconetwork.com

Brand Manager - Premium Water - bilingual Spanish

04/19/2008

Prference to local Atlanta candidates.

Day to day management of advertising, media, public relations, sales promotion and design agencies.

Interface with all internal departments and represent the brand team at key internal meetings e.g. forecasting, key sales calls.

Manage the brand marketing spend.

Lead the brand planning process to position the strategy and plans.

Interface with trade marketing team manager of master distributor.

Reports To: VP, Marketing.

Qualifications:

MBA or equivalent.

5 years of Hispanic marketing experience.

Multiple data sources to develop strategy.

Proven track record of successes in Marketing Experience in TV media plan development and execution and Public Relations Programming.

Experience of leading Trade marketing projects.

External agency relationships.

Creative judgment and consumer insight.

P&L literate.

Fluent in English and Spanish.

Category Management Manager – supporting Club Stores

04/04/2008

Fortune 100 company with this division overseeing the Sauce, Oil, Peanut Butter, Margarine, Tea and Mayonnaise departments. The annual volume of the Edibles business is +$70mm.

Position Summary:

Drive category management principles and brand growth at BJ's through the application of syndicated data analytics. Provide Sales with compelling presentations and other information in support of sales growth. Reporting to the BJ's Team Leader, this position provides the link between corporate initiatives in category management and the customer teams.

Responsibilities:

Category management initiatives. Analyze syndicated data and sales shipment reports developing sales opportunities. Provide in-depth category management support to the customer management teams. Train and coach team analysts in Best Practice data applications. Participate in key sales presentations to customers as credible expert in category management practice. Assess latest consumer purchasing and trend information for selling applications and present same to team during meetings.

This position is constantly faced with urgent requests for information and presentation support to drive sales or defend our sales position in an extremely dynamic environment. Understand consumer trends, participating actively in the development of sales strategies for each category. To be more familiar with market data and consumer shopping trends than BJ's in order to warrant credibility for our sales strategies, presentations. Provide program evaluation and analysis to team management to support spending accountability.

Participate in the development of sales strategy by providing team management with complex analytics and insight to consumer dynamics that supports our path to growth plan. Interface with our customers at several levels of organization, field sales management, division management, trade marketing and finance.

Qualifications:

BS/BA

Working knowledge of Nielsen, Spectra, and other syndicated information systems. Consumer Insight data develop key category insights that develop overall basket size, category growth and frequency.

Frequent travel to Boston. (2 times a month)

Salary up to 90K plus a 20-30% bonus and car.

Project / process / reliability engineer

3-13-2008

The person in this position will seek continuous improvement activities in the efficiency, quality, and maintenance aspects of the evaporation system. This person will also develop and enforce SOPs for the evaporation run conditions.

PACKAGING MANAGER

3-13-2008

Packaging Manager will oversee 10 lines. New plant 1995, $15 million addition last year, strong growth.

PASTEURIZER - HTST operator

3-13-2008

PASTEURIZER Assures a quality product by pasteurizing and properly blending milk in a sanitary manner and in compliance with company and government rules, regulations and specifications. For more information contact Tom Noble, Client Service Systems 605-362-8176 Ext 102 CSS@midconetwork.com

Licensed Cheesemaker

3-13-2008

New plant 1995, $15 million addition last year, strong growth, new positions The type of cheesemaking experience not that important, but this plant makes fetta, brie, cantebury. For more information contact: Tom Noble, Client Service Systems 605-362-8176 Ext 102 CSS@midconetwork.com

Quality Supervisor

4-22-2008

Our client is a household name within the Consumer Packaged Goods industry, and is currently seeking a Quality Assurance Supervisor for their manufacturing operations. Their commitment to Technology and R&D are demonstrated by currently having over 30 products ranking within the top 2 positions within their industry category. We are currently seeking a Quality Assurance Supervisor for their MN facility. The Quality Supervisor will take an active role in defining and enhancing processes from a Quality perspective, and will spend the majority of their day interacting with Production and Engineering Management to identify key areas for improvement and enhanced product safety. The Quality Supervisor will supervise a team of 6-10 Quality Associates and will report to the Quality Manager. Superb benefit package included.

Quality Supervisor

4-23-2008

Production supervisor (2nd Shift)

3-7-2008

Company is seeking two Production Supervisors for fluid milk processing plant in Washington. Will be responsible for providing leadership and supervisory coordination in all aspects of production on assigned shifts. This includes maintaining a high level of productivity and continuous improvement in the areas of safety, reliability, cost savings, and team building

Assistant Maintenance Manager

3-5-2008

Our client is a household name within the Food and Beverage industry. We are currently seeking an Assistant Maintenance Manager for one of their "Flagship" processing facilities. In this role the individual will oversee a team of 2 Maintenance Coordinators, and 22-25 Mainteance personnel including Automation Techs, Millwrights, and Maintenance Technicians. Strong promotional opportunities exist for individual demontstrating superior performance. This position reports to the Maintenance Manager.

Assistant Human Resource Manager

4-4-2008

Responsibilities: Position will oversee the recruitment effort for a 2400 employee food processing facility. This individual will oversee a team of 3-4 traveling recruiters for the hourly workforce for the plant, and will travel 25-30%. Reports to the Recruiting Manager.

Maintenance Supervisor

3-4-2008

Technical degree preferred. Food experience preferred. Strong interpersonal and communication skills, responsible for all daily shift maintenance functions including coordination of all activities of all related shift mechanics. Planning and evaluation of all shift maintenance activities. Assists plant manager and maintenance manager as necessary. Looks for new ways to improve performance and reduce costs.

Assistant Plant Controller

3-4-2008

Degree required and experience in cost accounting, Strong people skills a plus as this person will be working with departmental managers and supervisors. Incorporates statistics into monthly operating reports. Works on inventory reports. Advises, analyzes and recommends as per the desires of the controller.

Production Supervisor

2-29-2008

Our client is a household name within the Consumer Packaged Goods industry, and is currently seeking several Production Supervisors for their manufacturing operations. Their commitment to Technology and R&D are demonstrated by currently having over 30 products ranking within the top 2 positions within their industry category. The Production Supervisor will lead a team of 35-40 Production Associates in a Team based environment. Superb benefit package included.

Production Supervisor

2-29-2008

PROGRAMMER (CONTROLS ENGINEER)

2-26-2008

Maintain and improve Plant automation and instrumentation as an integral part of business objectives. Contributes to the effective operation of the Plant. These duties include work requiring electrical, instrumentation and control automation tradesperson competence, physical capability, and troubleshooting and mechanical aptitude.

Distribution Center Director - CPG

04/24/2008

A Fortune 200 company, one of the world’s largest sellers of office products. An industry leader in every distribution channel, from retail stores and contract delivery to catalogs and e-commerce, with annual sales of $16 billion, sells to customers in 44 countries and $5 billion in online sales.

The Director will manage a pick/pack/ship operation, all functional areas within a large Distribution Center Operation (receiving, stocking, inventory control, production, loading, routing, transportation, administration) with 2 distribution facilities; the main facility is 160K sq ft and the annex with 110K sq ft. Manage a P&L of $40m, a volume of about 6500+ orders per day, 3000 lines. The position reports to the Senior Director and will have 4 direct reports, a Senior Operations Manager and 12 indirect reports plus a large staff of hourly employees.

Qualifications:

BS / BA degree.

8 years management experience.

Experience with a pick/pack/ship operation.

Experience managing in large, multi-function facility in high-volume production, inventory and transportation environments. Quality leadership, management skills.

Bonus, short term incentive of 30% and long term incentive award eligible.

Environmental Health and Safety Manager

01/30/2008

Environmental Health & Safety Manager

This position is responsible for all aspects of plant environmental, health and safety programs in Central Wisconsin.

Providing leadership for the administration on the overall EHS program is a key responsibility of this position.

The successful candidate will develop the annual EHS plan, achieving consensus on the plan objectives while monitoring the progress against objectives is another area of responsibility.

This position completes and/or approves all required regulatory and company reporting documents.

This individual will perform hazard analysis within the plant, assist the plant management team in the development and execution of action plans for the improvement of safety and environmental performance.

The successful candidate will lead effective development and utilization of plant environmental safety teams and resources.

In addition, this individual will keep supervisor/management personnel apprised to hazardous conditions and unsafe practices.

Root cause analysis and elimination of these situations is a major role of this person.

This individual will also be responsible for leading all aspects of the safety function including compliance initiatives (Federal and State OSHA/EPA), training development, risk assessment, reporting and the development, delivery and maintenance of training programs reinforcing safety culture that promotes an injury free workplace.

Also included in this position is working with management team to implement waste reduction and energy conservation program.

This individual will work closely with EH&S corporate staff to implement the company's initiatives in EH&S programs.

The required background includes:

Bachelor's degree in related field and 3 to 7 years of proven EHS management in a manufacturing setting.

Individual must possess strong technical background in Safety and Environmental regulations, ergonomics, behavior-based safety, problem solving/judgment, presentation skills, waste and energy conservation, managerial courage, ethics, and building effective relationships.

Product Research Scientist - Beverage, Coffee, Condiments

04/10/2008

Part of the product development team working on new products and improvements to existing products from concept to commercialization. A processing and formulation role but will work across all product lines and cross functionally translate ideas into high quality and profitable products. Will work in the development of strategic plans for the product category and be a technical resource for scientist, technicians, project managers, marketing, sales and the supply chain.

Qualifications:

Science related BS or MS, PhD a plus.

5 years experience in an R&D environment.

Product development experience in beverage or condiments a plus.

Effective communication, technical problem solving.

Travel: 25%.

Salary Range: $75000 – 85000, 15% bonus target.

Manager - Technical Services - Food Service Equipment / Refrigeration

04/10/2008

The company designs and manufactures 150+ various innovative equipment for the healthcare, foodservice, hospitality and supermarket industries. Distributes throughout the US and Internationally.

Responsibilities:

Will manage 10 technical support personnel in Sales and Customer Service to provide leadership and motivation to an experienced team, budget development and implementation; develop metrics to determine how they are to manage service, tech support and training. New position, company is expanding rapidly. Will report to VP.

Qualifications:

BS Engineering or Business 7 years experience.

Category Management Strategy Manager – HBA

04/03/2008

Fortune 500 Company, one of the world’s leading suppliers of consumer goods in food, household and personal care products.

Position Summary:

Position interfaces with key organizational functions – Sales, Category Management (HQ & Field), CMI, Shopper Marketing, Brand Marketing to design, facilitate and implement national Category Management strategies, processes and tools for field sales and retail customers.

Determine and understand industry, category, shopper and consumer trends to proactively seek and recommend solutions

Convert brand strategy into sales strategy with actionable recommendations for customers

Integrate Category Management and Shopper Insights information into Customer Marketing and Brand Marketing materials

Development of Category Management strategies providing insights and retail solutions, addressing assortment, shelving, pricing and promotion.

Responsibilities:

Serves as liaison between field sales / retail customers and HQ brand teams to facilitate the field execution of category initiatives with major customers

Creates and delivers actionable sales stories and strategies with solutions for internal and external customers

Effectively designs and integrates category management strategy into the business planning process

Provide guidance, leadership and category/brand expertise to field category management managers

Works with Shopper Insights and CMI Managers to integrate shopper understandings into category management initiatives/strategies.

Assists in training, distribution and execution of category management tools with field Leads and/or participates in Corporate priority projects

Position does not currently have any direct reports.

Responsibility for personal operating budget.

Qualifications:

BA/BS degree, MBA a plus

5-8 years consumer product goods industry with background in Category Management

Syndicated data sources: ACNielsen, IRI, Spectra, TPG (The Partnering Group) a plus.

Analyzing and utilizing Consumer/Shopper Insights in Category Management sales stories and Category Management strategies

Salary $100 - 110K, 15% bonus, Medical & Dental Plans, Life Insurance, Health Care Flexible Spending, Dependent Care, Retirement and Savings Plans, Tuition Reimbursement, Paid Vacation and Holidays.

Production Supervisor - Sanitation Chemicals

12/01/2007

The leading global supplier of cleaning and sanitation products, programs and services to national quick serve restaurants.

Food Safety Experts with a mission to provide a cleaning and sanitation program that helps ensure our customers have clean, food-safe environments while delivering savings to their bottom line.

Job Summary:

Responsible for leading day-to-day manufacturing operations on for Mixing, Packaging, and the In-Plant Warehouse.

A proactive, hands-on leader who focuses on Safety, Quality, & Efficiency and is committed to employee development.

The focus of this position is not on any particular line but on making sure operations, as a whole, functions well.

This person will work together with other coaches to make sure production requirements are met on this shift.

Main Responsibilities:

- Ensure the Safety of the manufacturing team and the protection of assets.

Act as a key contact for any safety or security incident in the plant.

Provide guidance and act as a resource to safety and security teams.

- Ensure the Quality of Kay products by supporting each production team to make sure equipment is functioning properly and teams understand production requirements.

Ensure procedures are followed and product specifications are met.

- Ensure the Efficiency of operations by continuously improving the productivity of the shift through process improvement, employee development, and hands-on leadership.

- Maintain exceptional plant and warehouse appearance by ensuring housekeeping is done and all areas are clean and organized.

- Train and develop employees to work at their full potential.

Be an employee advocate, facilitator, and mentor.

Ensure associates' skills are effectively utilized.

- Ensure accurate transactions in JD Edwards. Monitor and communicate key quality metrics for safety, quality, and efficiency to MFG team.

Requirements:

- Must be able to work with little supervision and make decisions with sometimes-ambiguous information.

- Bachelor's degree in related field and/or equivalent experience.

- Prior supervisory experience in a team-based manufacturing environment.

- Good technical knowledge of batch process manufacturing.

- Good computer skills; knowledge of JDE, Excel, and Word preferred.

- Excellent interpersonal communication and organizational skills.

- Attention to detail, accuracy and thoroughness.

Regulatory Affairs Specialist - Sanitation Chemicals

11/01/2007

Food Safety Experts with a mission to provide a cleaning and sanitation program that helps ensure customers have clean, food-safe environments while delivering savings to their bottom line.

An experienced regulatory professional for an immediate opportunity at its Greensboro, North Carolina headquarters.

This position will have an important role on the company's Regulatory Product Stewardship function.

Main Responsibilities:

- Hazard evaluation of chemical products.

- Preparation of Material Safety Data Sheets and product label text.

- Support compliance with applicable transportation regulations, and general regulatory compliance.

- Support international product registrations and compliance with FIFRA and FDA drug and food additive regulations.

Key Qualifications:

- Candidates should have a BS degree in chemistry, toxicology or environmental science

- 4 years regulatory experience, including chemical hazard evaluation, MSDS/label authoring and transportation compliance.

- Experience working with US and International hazard communication standards (OSHA HazCom, WHIMIS, EU Dangerous Substances and Preparations Directive, etc.)

- Experience with US and international transportation standards (DOT, TDG, IMO, IATA, etc.).

- Experience with the Atrion Intelligent Authoring system is a plus.

CRUISE LINES - Chef de Cuisine – Multi-unit Specialty Restaurants

01/04/2007

Chef de Cuisine – Multi-unit Specialty Restaurants

A major global cruise company and one of the largest vacation companies in the world is in search of a Chef de Cuisine onboard one of their newest ships sailing to Europe and the Caribbean.

The Chef de Cuisine reports to the Ship’s Executive Chef and is responsible in managing the day-to-day culinary operations for the multiple specialty dining restaurants: a Caribbean-themed, elegant but casual dining featuring local Caribbean specialties, an upscale Italian Trattoria, a 160-seat Grill serving premium steak, seafood, appetizers and special desserts and a Wine and Seafood Bar.

The position oversees the various kitchen staffs, prep, dish areas, overall product presentation, quality, sanitation, safety, scheduling, training, staff reviews, monitors production, labor, food costs and guest satisfaction within the areas of responsibility.

Very high level of responsibility and this position holds the rank of an officer. Position Requirements:

Written and oral command of the English language, at least 5 years experience as Sous Chef in a large fine dining Food and Beverage establishment, shipboard experience a plus, execute new concepts, ideas, recipe, menu, culinary trends, ability to lead and train large staffs, work well under stressful, busy, supervise all activities with regard to the delivery of the venue’s product.

Contract position, 6 months on with 2 months off, negotiable to $4500.00/month paid while working. Single occupancy. Room and Board included. Full Health Coverage while on board. Paid travel - to and from destination.