Jobs at Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc.

Supervise plant operations and production teams on a rotating night shift. Responsibilities include scheduling personnel, executing production plans, coaching and developing employees, monitoring equipment and process controls, supporting quality and safety compliance, leading continuous improvement, managing labor and operations budgets, and maintaining positive employee relations.

Develop and execute international transportation strategies for finished goods, managing ocean freight, carriers, freight forwarders, export documentation, compliance, budgets, and transportation performance. The role leads carrier sourcing, freight spend management, cost optimization, claims, and cross-functional initiatives while partnering with sales, planning, manufacturing, warehousing, procurement, and external logistics providers. It requires extensive transportation operations and carrier management experience across multiple modes, with approximately 10% travel.

Supports the global order-to-cash cycle by monitoring orders, resolving pricing, inventory, transportation, credit, and invoicing issues, and communicating with customers, brokers, and internal teams. Analyzes service metrics, fill rates, OTIF, inventory, and deductions; prepares performance reports; supports EDI, customer compliance, account setup, master data, process improvements, and ERP or portal implementations.

Manages plant workforce staffing, schedules, adjustments, transfers, onboarding, attendance, and payroll-related processes. Collaborates with HR, recruiters, managers, supervisors, and hourly employees to ensure appropriate staffing and timely communication. Maintains workforce management, timekeeping, applicant tracking, and reporting systems; supports audits, training enrollment, compliance with labor processes, and food safety initiatives.

Leads the design, development, deployment, and support of Ocean Spray’s SAP EDI landscape using IBM Sterling B2B Integrator. Owns integration architecture, trading partner enablement, transaction monitoring, release planning, testing, production support, and incident resolution. Partners with business and technology stakeholders to improve supply chain processes, automate workflows, standardize solutions, and align delivery with enterprise architecture, security, governance, and business objectives. Provides leadership and coaching to business analysts and AMS team members.

Manages cranberry fruit operations across the manufacturing network, including storage, usage, inter-area transportation, and quality delivery to plants and customers. Develops long-term fruit utilization strategies, optimizes production quantities, represents conversion teams in corporate and network meetings, and ensures materials reach required locations on time. Requires beverage, conversion, receiving, finance systems, organizational, problem-solving, and teamwork expertise.

Supports Ocean Spray’s sustainability initiatives by collecting, consolidating, validating, and analyzing data for sustainability reporting, customer requests, and projects. The intern will collaborate with sustainability stakeholders, conduct research, review audits, document findings, and assist with cross-functional initiatives. The role offers exposure to multiple sustainability programs through meetings, shadowing, and project work.

Supports Food Safety and Quality Assurance projects through root cause analysis, CAPA development, ingredient and product risk assessments, testing, experimental design, data analysis, process performance metrics, and project presentations. Potential work includes enhancing CAPA programs, developing training materials, improving ingredient risk-profiling methods, and presenting recommendations to FSQA leadership.

Supports global supply chain operations through supply planning, material planning, supply chain analytics, and network optimization. The intern will help plan supply, secure materials, and complete a key organizational project while working cross-functionally across the supply planning organization. This role provides exposure to multiple aspects of supply chain operations and is designed for a current student pursuing an early career in supply chain or operations.

Operate and learn food production equipment, support plant sanitation procedures, stage barrels and packaging materials, assist with filling finished products, follow safety and GMP guidelines, and provide relief across plant operations. The role requires working 12-hour shifts and occasional assignment to other shifts.

Acts as a liaison between IT and business stakeholders, translating requirements into technology solutions and coordinating projects, workstreams, application support, testing, implementations, and continuous improvements. The role supports Finance technology roadmaps, prioritization, business cases, vendor performance, risk management, data governance, and change readiness while facilitating stakeholder communication and delivery across technical teams, vendors, and business partners.

Brand Management Intern supporting Ocean Spray’s Beverage Innovation team across brand strategy, commercialization, business cases, sales and marketing strategies, product and packaging development, consumer discovery, and emerging food and beverage trends. The intern will own project workstreams, collaborate cross-functionally, present recommendations to senior leadership, and gain experience throughout the innovation cycle.

Supports Ocean Spray’s Sales Strategy and Commercialization Team through business analytics, syndicated data analysis, opportunity sizing, competitive research, promotional planning, forecasting, consumer insights, and innovation tracking. The intern will complete and present a strategic project to senior executives, gain cross-functional exposure across CPG functions, and contribute to sales and business development initiatives.

Operate processing and packaging equipment on a 12-hour rotating shift. Responsibilities include batch mixing, equipment calibration, production data collection, quality and sanitation testing, material handling, inventory records, tanker loading and unloading, routine maintenance, and equipment cleaning. The role requires forklift certification, physical stamina, basic computer skills, accurate measurement and recordkeeping, and the ability to follow safety and production procedures.

Drives revenue growth and international market expansion across LATAM ingredients markets. Identifies new business opportunities, develops distributor and customer relationships, creates account plans, analyzes market trends, manages forecasts, and executes commercial strategies. Partners with R&D, Marketing, Logistics, and Customer Service to resolve issues and launch products. Oversees distribution partners, contract terms, sales performance, and business development initiatives while managing internal and external stakeholders.

Operates and supports food production equipment, including extraction, infusion, filtering, and packaging systems. Responsibilities include cleaning and sanitizing facilities and equipment, inspecting products for foreign material, conducting quality tests, documenting activities, maintaining housekeeping standards, and handling product rework. Employees must learn forklift operation, support a 24/7 operation, perform basic calculations, use computers, and assist other production personnel as needed.

Three-year rotational finance program for recent graduates to develop accounting and finance skills through three 12-month rotations, mentorship, formal training, and presentations to leadership. Analysts complete assignments across corporate finance functions, contribute to business needs, and prepare for finance leadership roles after program completion.

The Senior Financial Analyst, FP&A performs monthly financial performance analysis, variance analysis, and close activities, including accrual preparation and review. The role develops financial models for forecasting, annual operating plans, and long-term planning; analyzes business trends; prepares reports; identifies financial risks and opportunities; and partners with cross-functional stakeholders to support decision-making and continuous process improvement.

Analyze and improve supply chain business processes and SAP systems (PP and IM/EWM). Gather requirements, translate to technical specs, support integrations, test and deploy enhancements, provide production support, documentation, and end-user training to optimize manufacturing, planning, and warehousing operations.

Leads plant production teams across packaging, processing, maintenance, materials handling, and sanitation. Responsibilities include scheduling personnel, meeting production targets, coaching and developing employees, managing workflow and budgets, supporting quality and safety compliance, coordinating maintenance and process control, resolving operational issues, and leading continuous improvement initiatives while fostering positive labor relations.