Food and beverage operations leadership recruiting.
We place plant managers, operations directors, and operations VPs with food manufacturers, beverage producers, and co-manufacturers across the country. Tell us the kind of plant you have run, and we will give you an honest read on where that experience is worth the most right now. Confidential, and never any fee to you.
- No fee to you, ever
- Strictly confidential
- Recruiters who know food & beverage
Usually a reply within one business day. No résumé needed to start, and nothing is shared without your okay.
Where operations leaders stand right now.
Operations leadership is the hardest seat to fill in a food or beverage plant, and the firms that need it know it. Co-manufacturing growth, automation projects, and the constant pressure to hold throughput, yield, and safety all compete for the same proven plant leaders, and the producers that move quickly are the ones who land them.
A leader who has run a 24-hour high-speed beverage line is not interchangeable with one who has run low-volume specialty food, and the strong companies hire to the difference. That is the whole reason a specialized recruiter is worth your time. We match you on the environment you have actually run, not a title on a job board.
Operations Leader searches we run.
If your specialization is not listed, reach out anyway and we will tell you straight whether we can help.
- 01Plant & site management
- 02Operations director & VP
- 03Beverage & bottling production
- 04Co-manufacturing & co-packing
- 05Continuous improvement & lean
- 06Multi-site operations
- 07Maintenance & engineering leadership
- 08Production & line management
What hiring teams actually screen on.
- Plant type and category
The production environment you have run, whether high-speed beverage, RTE food, frozen, or specialty, not just years on a resume.
- Scale and shift structure
Line speed, headcount, and whether you have run single or multi-shift, 24-hour, or multi-site operations.
- Operational metrics
The throughput, yield, OEE, and labor and safety results you have actually owned and improved.
- Regulatory posture
How you have led under FSMA, HACCP, and SQF or BRC audits, and the audit history of the plants you have run.
An honest read on what you are worth.
Operations leadership pay moves with plant scale, category, and market, and the spread between a fair offer and a strong one is real. We will tell you candidly where your experience sits and what the better producers in your market are paying right now, before you ever sit for an interview.
- No fee to candidates
The hiring company pays our fee, never you. Working with us costs you nothing.
- Confidential by default
Nothing leaves a conversation without your okay, and your current employer never hears from us.
- A direct line
You work with the recruiter running your search, a specialist in your field, not a call center.
Frequently asked
01Do I pay anything to work with you?
02Is my search confidential?
03Which markets do you cover?
04Do you place across both food and beverage manufacturing?
05I have only run one plant. Is that enough?
Other roles we recruit
Start a confidential conversation.
Tell us about your experience. We will give you a straight read on the operations leader market for your background, with no fee to you and nothing shared without your okay.
- No presentation. A real conversation about the search, the market, and whether we're the right firm.
- Confidential from the first call, including that you reached out.
- The same recruiter who takes your call runs the search.
- No placement, no fee.