Ventura Foods

Project Manager

• The role of the Senior Project Manager is to plan, execute, and finalize projects according to strict deadlines and within budget. This includes acquiring resources and coordinating the efforts of team members and third-party contractors or consultants in order to deliver projects according to plan. The Senior Project Manager will also define the project’s objectives and oversee quality control throughout its life cycle.
• Responsible for managing the overall performance and delivery of complex, large/cross-functional projects that range up to $10M; including scope, schedule, risk, issues and budget
• Define project scope, resourcing, budgets and deliverables that support business goals in collaboration with senior management and stakeholders
• Establish and maintain strong relationships with internal stakeholders and external vendors/partners
• Lead multiple cross-functional teams and subject matter experts to ensure successful delivery of projects within scope, schedule, and budget
• Lead and manage Project/Program Steering Committee
• Lead and manage proposals (RFPs) as applicable
• Lead detailed project planning, risk/issue management, stakeholder communication, governance, and compliance while strategically managing project portfolios
• Manage multiple projects concurrently
• Proactively identify and mitigate potential roadblocks to ensure successful project outcomes
• Proactively manage changes in project scope, identify potential crises, and devise contingency plans
• Track and report team hours, costs and budget on a regular basis
• Manage Vendors and related contracts
• Reviews deliverables prepared by team for quality
• Develop and maintain standard project artifacts - project plans, agendas, risks, action items lists and ensure established processes are followed
• Ensure that issues and risks are identified, understood early and dealt with in a manner that mitigates surprises, risk to scope, cost, and schedule
• Measure project results and monitor key performance indicators to ensure objectives are met
• Creates and communicates status reporting at all levels. Conduct project post-mortems and create a recommendations report in order to identify successful and unsuccessful project elements.

Manager, IT Project Management

Accountant

• Ensures the integrity of Company's General Ledger and Financial Statements by recording, verifying, consolidating and entering transactions in accordance with company policy and accounting principles.
• Actively assesses opportunities to continually enhance the close to report process, including systems-based improvements and procedural updates to build on making the close to report process more efficient and transparent.
• Perform month-end closes, flux analysis, monthly and quarterly reporting with a focus on consolidated fixed asset, intangible, and equity rollforward.
• Ensure the translations of subsidiaries trial balances is accurate.
• Reconcile and analyze all intercompany accounts and transactions.
• Review and post capital expenditure journal entries and review for appropriateness; assist with fixed asset support schedules (depreciation, disposals, roll forwards, etc.).
• Reconcile and analyze all inventory in-transit and inventory-finish goods payable accounts.
• Prepare and assist in external audit, tax reporting and other regulatory requirements for the consolidated and statutory audits.
• Document policies, procedures, and workflow for assigned areas of responsibility.
• Provide support to Finance Leaders and other accountants within the department and act as a liaison between the plant and headquarters.

Senior Accountant

Account Manager

• Responsible for the sale of Ventura Foods branded portfolio of products to existing and new Regional Chain accounts.
• Manage and grow the volume and variable margin within specified territory and account list.
• Responsible for attaining sales objectives, including focus on all key initiatives set by the company.
• Develop, manage and grow both existing and potential new Regional Chain accounts within specified territory, leveraging the use of key internal systems: Velocity (CRM – AKA Salesforce) and Forge (pricing contract management).
• Provide strategic direction to Chain broker selling partners to maximize sales efforts including: developing operating models for account interaction, targeting, new product launch support/execution, communication of pricing, and utilization of agency resources (culinary, test kitchen, etc.).
• Efficiently organize, manage, and facilitate internal resources including Culinary, R&D, QA, Marketing (Category, Customer, Digital), Customer Solutions, and Risk Management/Commodity team to deliver best in class, customized customer solutions.
• Effectively work with internal pricing teams (commodity and value added) to support new product pricing and contract renewals/Forge updates.
• Manage expenses including T&E budget, sample approval, and operator annual marketing event participation.

Foodservice Regional Account Manager

Vice President

• Lead and optimize the company's total logistics operations, overseeing distribution & transportation services
• Plan and coordinate transportation carriers and 3rd party warehousing providers with operational and fiscal responsibility
• Act as Supply Chain liaison to customers for logistics initiatives, efficiency improvements, and Joint Business Planning
• Build cross-functional relationships with Commercial, Manufacturing, Planning, and IT leaders to advance initiatives
• Develop, direct, and ensure execution of Logistics operations, programs, and strategy to support current and future growth
• Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing logistics team and implement training programs
• Oversee company's distribution network (owned warehouse + 3P/L's) and optimize deliveries, productivity, cost, inventory, network, manpower, and workflows
• Collaborate with S&OP for forward planning of Logistics requirements
• Own Service Standards initiative and ensure implementation and sustainment
• Develop annual inbound/outbound transportation and external warehousing budgets and manage vendor negotiations and performance
• Ensure compliance with regulations, industry standards, and safety protocols

Vice President, Logistics

Full-stack Engineer

 Administer and support JD Edwards EnterpriseOne (CNC) environments across development, test, and production systems.
 Integrate and manage database, web servers, and application servers related to JD Edwards.
 Setup and administer different environments (Dev, QA, UAT, PROD) in AWS cloud using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Terraform, Ansible.
 Drive adoption of cloud-native technologies (AWS, Azure) with a focus on high availability, scalability, and cost optimization.
 Perform package builds, deployments, object management, create and manage environments path codes and instances.
 Design, build, and maintain CI/CD pipelines using tools like Jenkins, GitHub Actions,ArgoCD.
 Deploy and manage serverless, instances and containerized applications using Docker and Kubernetes (EKS/GKE/AKS) in production.
 Monitor and optimize performance of server manager, DB, WebLogic, Deployment server instances, BI publish server.
 Monitor and troubleshoot AWS environments using tools like Prometheus, Grafana, New Relic, Splunk, or ELK Stack.
 JDE Administration of security, print, batch queues and performance monitoring.
 Manage user security, roles, and permissions across JDE environments.
 Automate security practices (DevSecOps) using Snyk, Checkov, Trivy, or similar tools in the pipeline and also manage security in AWS cloud infrastructure.
 Schedule and manage UBE jobs, handle batch queues, and monitor job performance.
 Apply ESUs, ASUs, Updates and Service Pack upgrades.
 Perform JDE tools and application upgrades, patching, ESUs, and impact analysis.
 Ensure backup, DR (Disaster Recovery), patching, and security practices are followed rigorously using tools like Ansible (Software deployments).
 Troubleshoot issues related to CNC architecture, deployment servers, and middleware.
 Participate in on-call rotations, root cause analysis, and post-mortem processes.
 Maintain system documentation, disaster recovery plans, and backup procedures.
 Collaborate with developers to ensure smooth code integration and deployment.
 Collaborate with functional, technical, and infrastructure teams to ensure optimal ERP performance and stability.
 Experience working in an Agile/Scrum environment with Jira and ITIL change management process using Service Now.
 Understanding the current application architecture, ESU and service pack releases, functionality, and other CNC components.
 Understanding of networking, firewalls, DNS, load balancers, and Linux internals.

Senior Software Engineer

Operations

• Guides the Operations ERP and related applications; defines platform roadmap and priorities across Order to Cash, Operations, SCM, Architecture, Data, Stakeholders.
• Product Management of ERP (JDE, AS400, Oracle Fusion etc.) and Operations (rfSmart, Bottomline, etc.) with integrations to other apps.
• Builds and implements strategies around customer engagement, data insights, and digital channels.
• Manages vendor resources and cross-functional stakeholder relationships; ensures alignment with business goals.
• Maintains ERP/Operations solution architecture documentation; handles upgrades, data migrations, and reporting.
• Oversees security, release updates, and health checks; guides Cloud data architecture for Operations and SCM.
• Leads a team of administrators, developers, analysts, and coordinators; ensures skills development and delivery.
• Seeks continuous improvement, adheres to SDLC and Agile practices; up to 10% travel.

Manager, IT Project Management

Senior Accountant

Foodservice Regional Account Manager

Vice President, Logistics

Senior Software Engineer

Senior Manager, Applications - Operations