Time Commitment: Full-Time (35-40 hrs/wk)
Salary: $68-$73k starting Location: Candidates must be based in the Portland Metro, Columbia Gorge, Bend, or Eugene Areas Travel: Local travel on a weekly basis, and regional travel around Oregon is expected quarterly Background of KSS and this Role: Launched in 2019, Kitchen Sync Strategies is a small (but mighty!) social enterprise dedicated to supporting small farmers, ranchers, fishers, and food makers through brokering sales and consulting. We believe there is immense, untapped potential in the institutional foodservice market channel, and through our work supporting small farms, food hubs, and food companies to scale their own operations and our work brokering sales opportunities directly for these businesses we have created systems that help bring larger markets to suppliers who are otherwise left out of this multibillion dollar marketplace. Our staff consists of 3 fearless teammates and we regularly work with a handful of experts, close collaborators, and contractors. Our clients are triple-bottom-line food businesses pushing for fairness, environmental sustainability, and other core values of KSS and our work helps these clients build sales relationships with K-12 schools, healthcare facilities, and institutions of higher education. Often, before we can directly broker sales for our clients, we partner with public and nonprofit collaborators in their region through regional food systems development projects to build their capacity and advance the region’s value chain infrastructure. Our staff are based around the US, and we are active in the Pacific NW, the Mountain West, the Midwest, the Northeast, in noncontiguous parts of the US (AK, HI, Guam), and with national projects, and we are focused on selling more good food for our farmers and food businesses in each of these regions. [email protected] | KITCHENSYNCSTRATEGIES.COM Position Summary: The Regional Food Sales Lead (OR) is an exciting role for Kitchen Sync Strategies, and it will play a pivotal role in our rapidly growing work in Oregon. This Sales Lead will be responsible for using Kitchen Sync’s existing systems and processes to drive sales of food from food hubs and values-aligned supplier clients of ours to Oregon institutions like K-12 schools, hospitals, universities, corporate dining facilities, and others. The position is also responsible for developing new business partnerships with values-aligned food businesses (like value-added food makers, CPG companies, etc.). As a representative of Kitchen Sync playing a specific sales- and value chain coordination-focused role in each project, the Sales Lead will support the Director of Regional Growth and CEO to embed KSS in farm-to-school, farm-to-ECE, and farm-to-institution projects across the State. This work will focus on our work with 2 core partners: - Food Hubs/Suppliers: The RFSL will lead the sales of local/regional, sustainably grown, and/or equitably grown food products to institutions on behalf of our 5 food hub clients in the state. - Non-profit Support Partners: The RFSL will support our company’s partnerships with the Oregon Farm to Institution Collaborative coordinated by Health Care Without Harm, the Oregon Department of Agriculture, and others. We’re seeking an experienced, charismatic sales leader who understands the process of institutional food sales well, who has a sharp sense of strategy, and has a firm commitment to building a fairer, more sustainable food economy. A successful Regional Food Sales Lead will:
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As a company, we are committed to prioritizing racial equity in all aspects of our work, and we strongly encourage individuals who share that core goal to apply especially if they identify as people of color. Kitchen Sync Strategies is an equal opportunity employer and provider of services. [email protected] | KITCHENSYNCSTRATEGIES.COM Hybrid Work, Full Time Position
Salem | ODA | Headquarters Office REQ - 165614 Initial Posting Date: 09/19/2024 Application Deadline: 10/06/2024 Agency: Department of Agriculture Salary Range: $6,257 - $9,677 Position Type: Employee Position Title: Compliance and Regulatory Manager 1 (Food Safety Program Manager) Job Description: The Oregon Department of Agriculture, Food Safety & Animal Health Program area, is looking to hire a Compliance & Regulatory Manager for the Food Safety Program. What you’ll be doing: The Compliance & Regulatory Manager 1 (Food Safety Program Manager), primary purpose is to develop and implement Food Safety program policies, direct and coordinate activities of the Food Safety program staff, assist in managing and coordinating regulatory oversight of Oregon’s food industry, and enforcement of state sanitation laws. In addition, you will assist in managing the department’s operational resources to achieve high quality service, long and short-range planning, and monitoring of the overall effectiveness of the program. This position is responsible for:
Our Compliance & Regulatory Manager 1 (Food Safety Program Manager), is a permanent full-time position, located in Salem, Oregon and is a Management Service – Managerial position and is not represented by a union. Candidates may have the option to work a hybrid schedule based on agency needs. The Oregon Department of Agriculture’s (ODA) mission to protect, promote, and prosper by safeguarding Oregon’s agriculture, natural resources, working lands, economies, and communities through assistance, compliance, and market support. The ODA provides a broad range of leadership, service, inspection, regulation, and market development functions to Oregon agriculture. ODA is committed to serving the people of Oregon’s needs through core values of being approachable, genuine, growth-oriented, inclusive, experts, and sustainable – “Aggies”. ODA unifies 38 programs operationalized by a $190 million budget with 523 employees located across Oregon. ODA serves over 35,000 farms, an economic value of over $16 billion, and 225 + commodities diversly grown for local and international markets. The Food Safety Program Area ensures healthy natural resources, environment, and economy for Oregonians now and in the future through inspection, education, regulation, and promotion of agriculture and food. The Food Safety Program helps to prevent the spread of food-borne illness and works to ensure the consumer gets food that is not contaminated, mis-labeled, mis-represented, or changed in any way that would impair safety, wholesomeness or purity. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion are embedded in the Department of Agriculture core values. Employees at all levels of the agency work together to foster fairness, equity, inclusion, and belonging. The department strives to be a model employer committed to promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion. We are most interested in finding the best candidate for the job and that candidate may not meet every one of our listed preferred qualifications. Lived experience may count towards the desired attributes. If you are excited about this position, we encourage you to apply. If you are unsure as to whether you meet the minimum qualifications of this position, please contact our human resources department to discuss your application. Click here to view a full description of this position What we’re looking for: Minimum Qualifications: Five years of lead work, supervision, or progressively related experience. OR Two years of related experience and a bachelor’s degree in related experience Additional Requirement
Desired Attributes: You do not need to have all the skills below to be eligible for this position. Please let us know which of these skills you do have by demonstrating them in your application.
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How to apply: Required: Attach a cover letter and a resume to your application. Demonstrate how you meet the qualifications and requested skills in your cover letter. Applications without both requested documents attached will not move forward in the recruitment process. We will only review documents that are requested. Because details are extremely important to us, your application materials will be evaluated for grammar, spelling, and punctuation.
What’s in it for you The State of Oregon offers a competitive and affordable health and benefits package, including excellent medical, vision and dental coverage, paid holidays, and personal business leave, as well as paid and accrued vacation leave and sick leave. In addition to medical benefits and employee leave, the state also provides additional optional benefits, such as basic life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, deferred compensation savings program, and flexible spending accounts for health care and childcare expenses. More information is available from the Public Employees Benefit Board. Public Service Loan Forgiveness opportunity! Additional Information:
NOTE: Please ensure you’ve provided a thorough and updated application as it pertains to the position for which you are applying. Your application materials will be used to determine salary based on a pay equity assessment. For further information, please visit the Pay Equity Project homepage. United States Employment Eligibility: The Oregon Department of Agriculture does not offer visa sponsorship. Within three days of hire, all applicants will be required to complete the US Department of Homeland Security's Form I-9, confirming authorization to work in the United States. The Oregon Employment Department is an E-Verify employer. If you are the successful candidate, you must present your I-9 acceptable documents (See page 3) for employment verification. Questions/Need Help? If you have questions about the recruitment or need an accommodation for the recruitment process, please email to: [email protected] or call 503-986-4584. External candidate link PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR: Swing Shift, Food Manufacturing, Salem, OR Area
Spanish is a must, Local, on-site Summary: Supervises and coordinates the activities of workers engaged in production. Will have a full understanding of all the manufacturing processes required for each product. Duties include but are not limited to ensuring that all production workers are properly trained and fully understand the processes they are involved in. The position will also maintain and record production and inventory records. What You’ll Do: Leadership
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Benefits: We pride ourselves in providing an employee-friendly work environment that includes:
Work Environment: Business casual environment. Maintain a business professional appearance during external meetings. This is a production environment, there are a lot of moving parts and conveyors. Must be able to maneuver through and over obstacles daily. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to walk and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance and stoop, kneel, or crouch. Physical Demands:
Salary: $65,000 to $80,000 Send Replies to: Connie Dorigan ([email protected]) Please send your Resume as a Word.doc with the title of the position in the subject line. You must be authorized to work in the United States now and in the future without sponsorship |
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