Ferrara

Director

• Lead end-to-end global market segmentation and category understanding across regions, partnering closely with local Marketing teams and overseeing the support of Ferrara’s Consumer Insights function.
• Design and build global strategic platforms rooted in consumer and market insights, defining clear product and brand portfolio architectures across geographies.
• Partner with regional and local Marketing teams, Business Units, R&D, Manufacturing, and the Executive Chairman Strategy team to align global platforms with local market realities.
• Create and roll out mid- and long-term development plans for each strategic platform, including innovation pipelines, brand roles, and growth roadmaps.
• Bring a new global strategic mindset to Ferrara by balancing global scale with local relevance and leading change across a complex, multinational environment.
• Coach, manage, and develop a team member, building strong strategic capabilities across data gathering, analysis, frameworks, and strategic planning.

Senior Director, Global Platform Development

• Manage facility production, packaging, and storage of quality food products including food safety, quality, employee and asset safety, and operational efficiencies
• Champion continuous improvement and TPM methodologies along with a Lean mindset across the facility and train/support managers and supervisors as necessary
• Oversee production planning to ensure efficient schedules are delivered that drive lowest cost and met customer demands
• Manage daily and long-term production activities to meet or exceed budgeted production goals and drive optimum equipment efficiency and productivity
• Directly manage and develop Production, Maintenance, and Factory Supply Chain Managers, providing developmental, coaching, and mentoring opportunities
• Lead and partner with the facility leadership team to ensure the total manufacturing objectives are accomplished in a timely and cost-effective manner
• Manage monthly plant reviews and management report-outs to accurately determine operational efficiency, financial performance, improvement plans, and safety
• Guide the plant floor data standardization, collection, utilization, and management to drive continuous improvement
• Implement effective systems and strategies of cost control over capital, operating expenditures, hourly wages, and salaries
• Establish and monitor overall plant performance for production and quality standards including compliance with established HACCP, BRC and GMP guidelines, preparing teams for customer and regulatory audits
• Partner cross functionally with other Sr. Plant Directors and leaders to share best practices
• Oversee and maintain preventative maintenance programs and related costs in partnership with Maintenance team
• Ensure efficient facility supply chain flow in and oversee inventory readiness, including raw materials, WIP, and packaging

Senior Plant Director

Operations

• Ensure team compliance with all safety policies, procedures and GMP’s.
• Leads effectively through hands on support and visibility on the production floor.
• Maintain product quality and sanitation standards.
• Optimize operational efficiencies to support the production, warehouse, and shipping of products.
• Identify and coordinate operational improvements necessary to deliver the site annual operating plan (AOP).
• Ensure cost performance gaps are identified, action plans are developed, and resources are properly allocated.
• Track operational output measures (i.e. efficiency, yield loss, product quality, inventory accuracy, transactional accuracy), anticipating and correcting trends which would compromise achievement of financial targets.
• Develop and motivate teams to solve day-to-day operational issues and reach short- and long-term performance goals.
• Deliver effective change leadership to drive business changes while minimizing people impact.
• Builds people capability through effective employee relations, hiring, training, and communication for front-line hourly and salaried personnel.
• Flex production plans on a shift-by-shift basis to prevent service issues and operational inefficiencies.
• Optimize ingredient and packaging material usage to minimize scrap loss.
• Coach teams to demonstrate continuous improvement in profitability margins, efficiencies and cost savings initiatives.

Operations Manager

Human Resources

• Lead cultural change and drive the plant HR strategy meeting established milestones
• Manage and resolve employee relations issues; conducts effective, thorough and objective investigations under the leadership of the local HR Manager
• Lead & coordinate the new hire experience: Lead the orientation experience at the highest level delivering engaging, high energy and interactive orientation sessions
• Lead employee engagement: Lead the Engagement Committee driving membership to meet established goals
• Lead Performance Management: Provide day-to-day performance management guidance to line management
• Drive Fill Rate for hourly positions to meet established target
• Maintain in-depth knowledge of legal requirements related to day-to-day management of employees
• Work closely with management and employees to improve work relationships, build morale, increase productivity and retention
• Assist in creation and facilitation of management training programs

Human Resources Generalist

Artificial Intelligence

• Define the data, analytics, and AI strategy, including vision, drivers, and outcomes.
• Lead the creation and ensure the ongoing relevance of the organization’s D&A strategy in collaboration with the CEO, business domain leaders, CIO, and other relevant stakeholders.
• Institute an operating model for data, analytics, and AI that aligns with the capabilities and competencies required to execute the strategy.
• Build partnerships with executive leadership and board members to ensure data is managed as a business asset, AI-ready, and track and measure the value derived from those data assets.

VP, Data, Analytics, AI

Vice President

• Lead a network of eight plants across the U.S. and Mexico
• Drive safety, quality, cost, service, and innovation while delivering manufacturing excellence
• Optimize operational standards to elevate performance
• Cultivate a next-generation leadership pipeline

VP, Manufacturing

Supply Chain

• Create and maintain detailed inventory reports, including counts, discrepancies, and trend analysis
• Analyze and report inventory data to management, offering insights and recommendations for improvement
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to resolve inventory and production discrepancies and support production schedules

Inventory Control Coordinator

• Conducting daily inventory operations
• Maintaining system accuracy
• Supporting process improvements through data-driven analysis
• Monitoring material usage variances
• Executing cycle counts and adjustments
• Generating inventory performance reports
• Contributing to continuous improvement initiatives

Software Engineer

• Work on real projects that matter
• Process understanding, process improvements, and Process Knowledge Capture & Transfer
• Investigation project – investigate aerated products and where we could innovate
• Gummy panning and current process conditions

Process Engineering Intern

• Partner with HR leaders on meaningful projects across Talent Acquisition, Talent Management, Employee Engagement, DEI, HR Operations, and Workforce Planning
• Support recruiting efforts by helping source and coordinate candidates for both hourly and salaried roles
• Assist with onboarding programs that ensure new hires feel welcomed, prepared, and excited to join the team
• Analyze HR data and help turn insights into actionable recommendations
• Contribute to employee communications, presentations, and HR process improvements
• Participate in cross-functional projects

HR Intern

• Oversee day-to-day production activities of finished goods to ensure smooth and efficient plant operation
• Monitor safety, quality, and sanitation standards to ensure compliance with company standards
• Ensure compliance of plant Quality Control programs to meet all Food Safety/Quality objectives in process reliability, product quality, product standards, specifications, and consumer complaint reductions
• Monitor operations, evaluate operation efficiencies, and correct errors in a timely manner
• Emphasize Continuous Improvement processes in all aspects of plant operation
• Analyze and recommend improvements and modifications to improve overall plant operation efficiencies, quality, costs, safety, and sanitation
• Develop and maintain key results and performance standards; conduct performance evaluations
• Provide guidance, support, and coaching assistance as appropriate to maximize plant effectiveness and maximize operational effectiveness by regular communication with all support functions
• Participate in long-term strategic planning, identifying and defining issues affecting performance and making corrective action plans as well as forecasting expenditures and meeting budgetary requirements
• Prepare reports documenting departmental activities

Senior Manager, Operations

QA Engineer

• Adheres to all company policies and procedures
• Be a guide and leader for quality and food safety standards
• Performs plant GMP audit and corrects findings on the floor
• Determine root cause analysis when there are quality deviations and report on holds
• Performs quality checks for QA programs in the facility
• Ensures compliance with BRC standards through internal auditing
• Perform analytical lab calibrations and verifications
• Conducts analytical testing following laboratory standardized methods
• Conducts assigned work in a safe manner and adheres to FFC safety methods
• Conducts Critical Control Point verifications and confirms compliance to HARPC requirements
• Conducts packaging inspections for startup and throughout the shift
• Conducts thorough changeover inspections utilizing ATP swabs
• Participates in glass, brittle plastic Inspection
• Review of in-process paperwork ensuring compliance to GDP requirements
• Able to take initiative and suggest improvements
• Understands and is accountable for full compliance with safety, quality and other relevant requirements

Quality Assurance Technician – Overnight Shift

Compliance

• Creates and manages the plant QA/Food Safety technical and compliance system to ensure food safety
• Create and maintain programs and policies as needed for full certification according to the Good Manufacturing Practices, HAACP, and applicable GFSI scheme.
• Ensures implementation and continuity of all key traceability, inspection, program management, and microbial program metrics.
• Completes root cause analysis for product or plant events
• Manages plant Environmental Monitoring Program
• Manages and tracks plant Food Safety training to ensure 100% compliance across all departments
• Assists with Food Safety Risk Assessments to ensure conforming plant operations
• Oversee all certification programs to ensure compliance against schemes or protocols
• Develop and evolve plant Food Safety programs to ensure compliance in an ever-changing environment
• Works with Quality and Corporate Food Safety team.
• Manages the internal audit program with a cross functional team
• Works with Quality and Food Safety Manager for strategic planning on program and capital needs or changes
• Manages plant validation programs for Allergen testing
• Develops, reviews and updates standard operating procedures
• Ensures adherence to all company policies and procedures.

Food Safety and Compliance Expert

Engineer

• Leads process design and solution for various product development projects, within sugar confectionery, and ingredient applications across a diverse portfolio of sugar processing technologies.
• Develops process solutions for new recipes to implement into existing manufacturing processes within global markets.
• Supports the development of product design of experiments on all types of product platforms.
• Collaborates within R&D experts, and across functions of Engineering and Manufacturing staff in project execution, technology transfer, and problem solving.
• Observes, records, and evaluates experimental process data.
• Prepares project reports with demonstrated skills in design of experiment, analysis and conclusions.
• Creates process design solutions in preparation for any capital designs and requests.
• Brings new ideas on process solutions across the product range for different regions.
• Travels, both domestically and internationally- (up to 25-40% of job).

Expert Process Engineer, Acquired Sugar Portfolio

• Develop and implement comprehensive sales strategies to achieve revenue and growth targets
• Analyze market trends to identify new sales opportunities and ensure the company’s competitive position in the marketplace
• Lead, mentor and develop a high performing sales team
• Establish and maintain strong relationships with customers
• Oversee the development and execution of annual sales plan
• Develop and manage the sales budget ensuring optimal allocation of resources