Jobs at Whitsons Culinary Group

Lead and administer workplace safety programs across culinary centers, distribution depots, corporate offices and 1300+ on-site kitchens. Conduct inspections, audits, incident investigations, root-cause analysis, training, and safety reporting. Drive compliance with OSHA and company standards, support injured employees and workers' compensation processes, partner with site leadership on corrective actions, and support continuous improvement and safety initiatives with regular travel to sites.

Perform and enforce GMPs and SSOPs, conduct sanitation pre-op inspections, assist QA Inspectors and production startups, perform product/environmental sampling, maintain HACCP and non-conformance records, train/schedule QA staff, and support corrective actions and reporting in a food manufacturing environment.

Manage and execute weekly multi-state payroll for 6,000+ employees, ensure compliance, run audits and reports, handle garnishments and payroll accounting in Great Plains, support acquisitions and payroll projects, and drive process improvements and automation.

Provide day-to-day HR support across onboarding, recruiting, employee relations, compliance, and HR administration. Own end-to-end onboarding, manage recruiting for assigned roles, advise managers on performance and investigations, support training/compliance and safety initiatives, maintain HRIS/ATS records, and deliver HR metrics and projects to improve employee experience across multi-site operations.

Serve as the primary customer advocate to drive onboarding, adoption, training, and retention. Manage X3 sales orders, resolve support issues, monitor customer health, run training/webinars, gather feedback for product improvements, and maintain success metrics and reports.

Lead and perform daily kitchen operations in a residential corrections setting. Supervise and train staff, open/close kitchen, manage food prep, orders, government commodities, sanitation, audits, and customer feedback. Hands-on role (about 90% of shift) with physical demands, compliance with background checks, and emphasis on reliable, routine-based meal service and team leadership.

Serve as strategic HR partner for the IL/WI region, advising management on employee relations, investigations, union negotiations, recruitment, training, compliance, and workforce planning. Provide coaching, conflict resolution, and support for organizational change while ensuring accurate personnel records, safety initiatives, and regulatory compliance. Travel regionally as needed.

Strategic HR Business Partner responsible for employee relations, performance management, investigations, union negotiations and grievances, recruitment, training, safety initiatives, and compliance. Consults with management, coaches leaders, supports talent and workforce planning, and executes HR programs to improve engagement, productivity, and retention across the region.

Senior leader responsible for the company safety strategy across manufacturing and multi-site contract foodservice. Oversees OSHA compliance, safety programs (lockout/tagout, confined space, machine guarding), incident investigations, audits, training, workers' compensation oversight, and a dispersed safety team. Reports metrics to senior leadership, manages budget, and supports client-facing safety requirements and audits.

Provide systems administration and advanced IT support across core infrastructure and Microsoft 365 services. Manage email security (Barracuda), physical security (Verkada), endpoint/device management (Intune), workstations, printers (including Zebra), and troubleshoot hardware, software, and Layer 2 networking issues. Support users, manage mailboxes, groups, licensing, and resolve escalated help-desk tickets. Participate in multi-site support, occasional after-hours work, and occasional travel.

Senior commercial leader responsible for driving revenue growth for Prepared Meals, leading sales strategy, managing national/regional accounts and brokers, using syndicated data (IRI/Nielsen) for category insights, negotiating contracts, forecasting pipeline, and collaborating cross-functionally. Up to 50% travel.

Provide products to pack rooms to keep production lines running: stage correct lot codes and quantities, replace damaged/outdated items, label and weigh returns, maintain cleanliness and safety, complete paperwork, and follow sanitation and company policies.