Jobs at Rise Baking Company

Provide accounting support for HR-related costs by preparing journal entries, reconciling accounts, maintaining prepaid and accrual accounts, analyzing variances, and supporting monthly close, audits, ERP integrations, and acquisition accounting. The role requires collaboration across departments, strong US GAAP knowledge, advanced Excel skills, and the ability to meet Day 3 or Day 5 close deadlines.

Designs, programs, tests, troubleshoots, and maintains PLC, HMI, SCADA, electrical, HVAC, and production equipment control systems. Reviews and updates electrical schematics, supports network communications and FactoryTalk Historian, diagnoses programming and mechanical failures, assists technicians, advises management on system risks, and supports continuous improvement, food safety, and quality compliance.

Manage the full lifecycle of a bakery ingredients and products portfolio, including new product development, optimization, maintenance, and discontinuation. Develop product and category growth strategies, selling stories, training materials, customer communications, and business cases. Analyze market trends and competitive activity, publish reports, support innovation, and collaborate cross-functionally on business growth, quality, food safety, and process alignment.

Directs food manufacturing facility operations to meet safety, quality, food safety, legality, customer, cost, and production objectives. Manages production and sanitation supervisors, workforce development, production schedules, inventory controls, equipment purchases, capital projects, continuous improvement, preventative maintenance, GMP compliance, and quality management systems. Resolves operational issues, monitors performance, and ensures compliance with OSHA, FDA, HACCP, and food manufacturing regulations.

Clean and sanitize plant equipment, production areas, and facility spaces according to SSOPs and food safety requirements. Operate wash-area equipment, disassemble and set up machinery for cleaning, use sanitation chemicals safely, identify deep-cleaning needs, and report safety, food safety, and quality concerns. The role requires knowledge of sanitation procedures, chemical usage, lockout/tagout, and bloodborne pathogens while working independently and with a team on second shift.

Supervise third-shift production and packaging operations, ensuring customer orders, quality, food safety, productivity, and safety goals are met. Schedule and coach production associates, manage labor budgets, monitor performance metrics, address equipment downtime, conduct pre-operation audits, maintain safe working conditions, and collaborate with Human Resources on personnel matters. The role also supports GMP, SOP, and food safety compliance.

Coordinates inbound and outbound shipments, schedules deliveries, manages inventory accuracy, collaborates with suppliers, carriers, warehouse, production, and distribution teams, and resolves logistical issues. Monitors transportation costs and performance metrics, ensures compliance with safety and quality standards, and supports process improvements across warehousing and supply chain operations.

Manage first-shift production and packaging operations, including scheduling, staffing, labor and waste control, equipment downtime, quality, food safety, and employee safety. Supervise, train, coach, and evaluate production associates while ensuring compliance with GMPs, SOPs, audits, and performance metrics. Coordinate with Human Resources on personnel matters and maintain production efficiency within budget.

Own plant-level accounting, financial close, cost accounting, standard costing, budgeting, forecasting, reporting, inventory analysis, CapEx evaluation, and internal controls. Partner with plant leadership and operations to improve margins, reduce waste, manage working capital, analyze variances, support S&OP and pricing decisions, and ensure audit-ready financials. The role also supports continuous improvement, food safety-related financial compliance, M&A integration, system implementations, and PE sponsor reporting.

Leads finance for a multi-site manufacturing plant network, overseeing planning, forecasting, budgeting, cost optimization, capital allocation, supply chain and procurement finance, reporting transformation, and executive insights. Partners with operations and senior leadership to improve productivity and financial performance, standardize KPIs and controls, support acquisitions, and modernize reporting. Manages and develops a large geographically distributed finance organization, including plant controllers.

Lead plant safety and environmental programs, ensuring compliance with federal, state, and local regulations. Conduct audits, risk assessments, incident investigations, and root-cause analyses; manage corrective actions, hazardous waste plans, emergency response readiness, contractor safety, and safety data reporting. Partner with plant leadership and HR on safety goals, training, workers’ compensation, and return-to-work programs while supporting food safety and GMP compliance.

Coordinates inventory, logistics, freight deliveries, and SAP transactions to maintain accurate material and inventory records. Reconciles bin counts, resolves SAP and order-processing discrepancies, supports purchasing and production scheduling, follows up on deliveries and order closures, and collaborates with warehouse, production, controllers, and third-party logistics providers. The role also monitors logistics performance, recommends improvements, and follows workplace and food safety procedures.

Processes and analyzes accounts payable transactions, including invoice coding, approvals, PO matching, vendor statement reconciliation, vendor setup, W-9 and insurance documentation, and 1099 processing. Resolves vendor inquiries and payment discrepancies, supports month-end close and special projects, and contributes to process improvements while maintaining accuracy in a high-volume environment.

Provides proactive executive and administrative support at company headquarters. Manages calendars, scheduling, travel, expenses, communications, meetings, presentations, and sensitive information for multiple executives. Coordinates logistics, screens requests, anticipates leadership needs, drafts documents, manages special projects, and improves organizational processes while maintaining confidentiality and professionalism.

Manage human resources functions for manufacturing plants, including employee relations, recruiting, onboarding, engagement, compliance, leave administration, workers’ compensation, performance management, communications, HR budgeting, and HR staff leadership. Partner with plant leaders, coach managers, address employee concerns, reduce turnover and absenteeism, maintain employment-law compliance, and support safety, quality, and food-safety programs.

Own strategic sourcing and category management across indirect spend categories, including MRO, facilities, utilities, IT, marketing, HR, and professional services. Develop category strategies, lead competitive bids and complex contract negotiations, manage supplier performance, drive savings, and improve procurement compliance. Analyze spend and total cost, optimize inventory and subscriptions, maintain procurement records, and resolve supplier issues affecting plant operations, quality, and food safety. Partner with cross-functional stakeholders across multiple sites.

Supervise second-shift production and packaging operations, ensuring schedules, customer orders, quality, food safety, and safety standards are met. Schedule and coach production employees, manage labor budgets and productivity metrics, address equipment downtime, conduct pre-operation audits, enforce GMPs and SOPs, and collaborate with Human Resources on personnel matters. The role also supports food safety programs and maintains safe working conditions.

Leads day-to-day operations in a food processing and packaging facility, overseeing supervisors, safety, quality, productivity, maintenance, sanitation, budgets, staffing, training, and continuous improvement. Partners with Sales, Quality Assurance, and Human Resources on product development, employee matters, and compliance. Ensures adherence to FDA, EPA, OSHA, USDA, HACCP, BRC, and SQF standards while maintaining food safety and finished-product quality. Requires flexibility to work nights, weekends, and holidays.

Provide maintenance reliability consulting across manufacturing facilities, lead mechanical reliability initiatives, analyze failure and maintenance metrics, develop predictive and preventive maintenance programs, coordinate shutdown repairs, manage contractors and critical spare parts, and plan equipment replacements and capital projects. The role also audits plant practices, improves precision maintenance techniques, supports food safety and quality programs, and collaborates with plant personnel, suppliers, and contractors on operational improvements.

Supports and configures SAP WM/EWM solutions by gathering requirements, designing RF transactions and transportation integrations, managing 3PL EDI interfaces, testing, troubleshooting, training users, and supporting full-cycle implementations. The role requires expertise across SAP ECC and S/4HANA, warehouse and transportation processes, cross-functional collaboration, and travel to sites for requirements gathering, training, and go-live support.