Jobs at Smithfield Foods

Supports logistics operations through data analysis, reporting, KPI tracking, forecasting, cost analysis, carrier and TMS data management, freight auditing, transportation performance monitoring, and optimization modeling. The role provides actionable insights for supply chain planning, transportation cost control, freight settlement accuracy, network efficiency, and new-business cost estimates while collaborating with leaders, vendors, and customers.

Supports and maintains endpoint infrastructure, including desktops, laptops, mobile devices, and peripherals. Deploys hardware and software, resolves service desk incidents, performs troubleshooting and root cause analysis, tracks assets in the CMDB, supports testing and change management, and contributes to documentation and process improvement.

Supports employee and labor relations, workplace investigations, retention, workforce management, job bids, onboarding, payroll, training, and HR compliance. Maintains HRIS records, assists with audits, manages job requisitions, communicates policies and benefits resources, analyzes HR data, and partners with plant leadership and Talent Acquisition to support staffing, employee engagement, and workforce planning.

Designs and implements engineering projects for food processing operations, including preliminary designs, cost estimates, feasibility studies, specifications, bid reviews, vendor coordination, installation monitoring, and budget administration. The role conducts operational studies, prepares proposals and project documents, interprets codes and standards, and may manage small to medium-sized projects. Requires collaboration with plants, consultants, vendors, and management, with travel to other locations approximately 50% of the time.

Manage product replenishment, forecasting, inventory levels, and order quantities for distribution centers and stores. Analyze in-stock performance, demand forecasts, inventory costs, and stock status reports; identify forecast issues and corrective actions. Collaborate with Category Planners, Replenishment Managers, sales teams, and customers to resolve inventory concerns, support promotions, and improve service levels. Use SAP, Excel, and customer replenishment systems to generate forecasts and monitor supply chain performance.

Leads strategic automation and capital engineering projects from concept through commissioning and operational handoff. Develops automation roadmaps, oversees controls architecture and equipment integration, manages budgets, schedules, vendors, risks, and multidisciplinary teams, and supports manufacturing modernization. Responsibilities include PLC, robotics, SCADA, machine vision, networking, MES, commissioning, capital planning, business cases, and executive reporting. The role also provides technical leadership, mentoring, engineering standards, and stakeholder coordination across multiple facilities.

Analyzes procurement financial performance, savings initiatives, supplier economics, commodity trends, budgets, forecasts, and cost optimization opportunities. Develops reports, dashboards, KPIs, models, and supplier scorecards; validates savings; supports accounting close, SOX compliance, reporting accuracy, and process automation. Partners with Procurement, Strategic Sourcing, Accounting, and Finance teams to provide actionable insights and improve enterprise value.

Provides senior technical leadership for enterprise network and telecommunications operations across on-premise and cloud environments. Designs and implements infrastructure solutions, administers routing, switching, firewalls, WAN, wireless, voice, and monitoring services, and resolves complex issues. Develops implementation and contingency plans, evaluates technologies, supports capacity planning, documents technical standards, collaborates with vendors and IT teams, and mentors team members. Requires up to 25% travel to manufacturing and distribution facilities.

Provides confidential administrative support to managers and business units, including calendar management, meeting coordination, travel arrangements, expense reporting, credit card reconciliation, records maintenance, correspondence, and recurring reports. The role requires strong organization, communication, discretion, multitasking, and proficiency with Microsoft Office in a fast-paced environment.

Provides confidential administrative support to managers and business units, including calendar management, meeting and travel coordination, reporting, records maintenance, expense reporting, credit card reconciliation, and communication across departments. The role requires strong organization, discretion, multitasking, communication, proofreading, and Microsoft Office skills in a fast-paced environment.

Senior Project Engineer responsible for designing and managing engineering projects in a food manufacturing environment. Duties include developing designs, specifications, estimates, feasibility studies, schedules, proposals, and budgets; coordinating vendors, contractors, consultants, and plant teams; reviewing technical work; managing contracts; validating installations; and ensuring projects meet codes, specifications, budgets, and timelines. The role also focuses on optimizing production processes, reducing waste and costs, and improving operational efficiency.

Develop and refine SKU-level demand forecasts using statistical models, historical data, market insights, and commercial inputs. Lead consensus meetings and support the Sales and Operations Planning process. Analyze forecast accuracy, demand shifts, shipment trends, and forecast errors while improving data integrity and inventory optimization. Collaborate with Sales, Finance, Business Management, Logistics, and Supply Chain teams using Anaplan, SAP, and BI tools to support data-driven planning and business performance.

Supports compensation programs through salary survey data management, job evaluation, job description maintenance, FLSA testing, salary administration, merit processes, and compensation analysis. Maintains compensation databases, develops communication materials, supports special projects, and partners with HRIS and Payroll. The role also contributes to compensation program implementation, compliance, process improvement, and strategic recommendations using internal and external data.

Leads plant purchasing, scheduling, shipping, supplier management, inventory control, and production planning. Supervises teams, negotiates with suppliers, drives process improvements, coordinates logistics and fulfillment, and ensures uninterrupted material flow and efficient plant operations. Requires business or materials-related education, relevant experience, leadership capability, SAP and ERP/MRP knowledge, and strong planning, analytical, communication, and problem-solving skills.

Maintains and develops reporting capabilities, dashboards, models, scorecards, and automated processes for cross-functional business teams. Delivers recurring and ad hoc analyses, transforms large datasets into actionable insights, generates system load files, and improves reporting accuracy and efficiency. The role also documents procedures, trains users on reporting tools, communicates analytical methodologies, and supports operational and strategic decision-making.

Provides litigation and legal support to Smithfield’s Law Department by researching legal issues, drafting and analyzing documents, preparing discovery responses, and managing legal processes. Responsibilities include docketing, legal holds, subpoena tracking, records retention, vendor oversight, and coordination with outside law firms. The role requires strong communication, confidentiality, organization, attention to detail, and proficiency with Microsoft Office; Serengeti experience is a plus.

Manage replenishment forecasting, inventory levels, order quantities, and in-stock performance across distribution centers and stores. Analyze demand, KPIs, and forecast accuracy; identify root causes and implement corrective actions. Collaborate with category planners, sales, replenishment teams, and customers to resolve inventory issues, support promotions, and improve service levels. Produce reports and presentations, assist with product setup, and train new employees.

Leads Smithfield’s compensation function, overseeing market pricing, job evaluations, salary structures, incentive programs, annual compensation planning, compliance, analytics, reporting, and governance. Partners with HR, Talent Acquisition, Finance, and business leaders on pay decisions, offers, promotions, and organizational changes. Develops data-driven compensation strategies, supports equitable pay practices, and manages and mentors Compensation Analysts.

Supports and improves endpoint productivity technology across the organization. Responsibilities include deploying, testing, maintaining, and securing desktops, laptops, tablets, mobile devices, printers, scanners, software, and operating systems. Acts as an escalation point for the Service Desk, performs root-cause analysis, manages hardware and software lifecycles, translates business needs into IT requirements, maintains inventories and knowledge bases, and travels occasionally to sites for issue resolution, deployments, and training.

Serves as the liaison between business users and IT for infrastructure and security systems. Gathers and documents requirements, supports implementations and enhancements, troubleshoots application issues, develops training and documentation, improves processes, supports reporting, and coordinates project workstreams. Requires strong communication, analytical, ERP, supply chain, and system support skills, with experience in IT infrastructure or cybersecurity preferred.