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Food & Beverage Recruiting

We fill the salaried roles food and beverage manufacturers have the hardest time filling: plant and operations leadership, quality and food safety, maintenance and controls engineering, supply chain, and the commercial teams that grow the brands. The strongest people for these seats are already employed and are not answering job posts. We know who they are, we know how to reach them quietly, and we read a food plant resume closely enough to save you weeks of interviews that go nowhere.

  • Prequalified for skills and fit
  • Replacement guarantee
  • No fee until your hire starts
Direct Line · (813) 644-2165
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  • No fee until you hire
  • No obligation
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The Approach

How we conduct food & beverage searches.

Plant leadership is one of the hardest hires in the industry, because the job asks for a rare mix: real operational credibility on the floor, fluency in food safety and audits, enough financial sense to run a P&L, and the people skills to build a supervisor bench. We screen for that whole blend, not just the title on the resume. Every search starts with your actual environment, whether that is a 24 hour co-manufacturer, a high care protein plant, a beverage line, or a growing CPG brand, and the standards that govern it: FSMA, HACCP, GMP, SQF, BRC, PCQI, and the FDA or USDA oversight your category carries. We confirm certifications and real operating experience before anyone reaches your inbox.

The Standard
  • Confidential by default

    Senior and replacement searches run without external signaling. No name, firm, or scope leaves the engagement without explicit clearance.

  • Contingency model

    No retainer, no obligation, no fee until the candidate is hired and starts.

  • Direct line

    You speak with the recruiter handling your search. No account managers, no handoffs.

Roles Placed

Positions we regularly recruit for.

Scope varies by engagement. If your search is not listed below, the firm will assess fit during the initial consultation.

  • 01Plant Managers & Operations Directors
  • 02VPs of Operations & General Managers
  • 03Quality, Food Safety & Sanitation Leaders
  • 04Maintenance, Reliability & Controls Engineers
  • 05Process, Project & Automation Engineers
  • 06R&D & Commercialization
  • 07Supply Chain, Procurement & Planning
  • 08Sales, Brand & Category Management
  • 09Plant Controllers & FP&A
  • 10Senior & Executive Leadership
Engagement Terms

How we structure fees.

The firm conducts searches on both contingency and retained bases. For most engagements, a contingency arrangement applies: a percentage of the candidate’s first-year compensation, payable upon hire. There is no retainer and no obligation to engage.

For confidential searches, executive-level placements, or engagements requiring exclusive market representation, we can structure a retained engagement on request.

Contract placements operate on a bill-rate basis. For these engagements, the firm manages the employment relationship, including workers’ compensation, benefits, and payroll, during the contract term.

Questions

Frequently asked

01What food and beverage roles do you fill?
Salaried and leadership roles, generally starting around $70,000 and running up through director, VP, and C-suite. That covers plant and operations management, quality and food safety, maintenance and engineering, supply chain and procurement, R&D and commercialization, sales and brand management, and plant finance. We do not staff hourly production or line labor.
02How do you reach candidates who are not actively looking?
Most of the people worth hiring for these roles are employed and busy, not browsing job boards. We work a network built over years in the category and reach passive candidates directly and confidentially, so you see people a job post would never surface.
03Do candidates arrive with food safety certifications?
When the role calls for it, we screen for PCQI, HACCP, SQF practitioner, BRC, or the equivalent for your operation, and we confirm certification and audit experience before presenting anyone.
04How fast can you fill a role, and what if the hire does not work out?
Most searches produce a qualified shortlist inside the first two to three weeks. There is no fee until your hire starts, and every placement carries a replacement guarantee, so the risk of a wrong hire sits with us, not you.
05Where do you recruit, and do you handle executive searches?
We recruit nationwide from our base in Tampa, and we run searches from plant floor management up through operations, commercial, and C-suite leadership.
Elsewhere in the Firm

Other Practice Areas

V.Energy & Renewables
VI.Finance Recruiting
VII.Manufacturing Recruiting
The Tampa Office
The Engagement

Begin a search.

A brief, confidential consultation on your food & beverage hiring need and whether our firm is the right partner for this engagement.

Contact the Firm→(813) 644-2165
What to expect
  • 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.

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