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FOOD STARTUP LOGISTICS, OPERATIONS & SUPPLY JOBS

1. Director of Supply at Local Bushel – New York, NY

Position: We are looking for talented team members who are passionate about local sustainable food and want to be on the leading edge of the food industry. If you’re interested in joining a rapidly growing, close-knit team based in New York City, we’d love to hear from you! As the director of supply, you will lead the strategic expansion of Local Bushel’s network of farms and local purveyors and negotiating supply agreements with a wide network of farms and purveyors.

About Local Bushel: Local Bushel is a marketplace for wholesale buyers to source sustainable food from local farms. Local Bushel sells high-quality local food at a price and level of convenience that is competitive to commercially distributed food, empowering farmers and making good food accessible. Local Bushel’s goal is make transparently sourced ingredients the new norm and drive a fundamental shift in chefs€™’ expectations for quality.

2. Director of Operations at Little Spoon – San Francisco, CA

Position: We are looking for a passionate operations guru to join our founding team and take on all aspects of operations for Little Spoon. You are detail-oriented but can effectively think and communicate at a high level. You are analytical and technically savvy. You have a proven ability to manage projects through their full lifecycle, from idea to implementation. You are a self-starter capable of working independently while wearing many hats. You have a passion for inspiring internal and external teams and helping people around you reach their potential. You are forward looking and naturally curious – constantly trying to find ways to hack life, organize the chaos and optimize the world around you. You have a knack for finding simple and creative solutions to complicated problems. You intuitively roll up your sleeves and get sh*t done while managing to have fun in the process. You love good food and are passionate about health and wellness. You love a good challenge. And you’re ready for your next one.

About Little Spoon: At Little Spoon, we believe your baby’s food should never be older than your baby. We’re a rapidly growing startup set to revolutionize the baby food category and beyond. Our vision is to bring nutritious meals and snacks to babies and children everywhere through a convenient, direct-to-consumer subscription model and select retail stores nationally.

3. Logistics Operations Manager at Blue Apron – New York, NY

Position: We’re seeking an experienced Logistics Manager to join our rapidly-growing Operations team. In this role, you’ll oversee Blue Apron’s outbound shipping activities. You will be charged with managing Blue Apron’s complex logistics operations, working hand-in-hand with other members of our operations team and fulfillment centers. We are looking for a roll-up-your-sleeves operator who obsesses over delivering measurable results and thrives in detail, organization and analysis, with the ultimate goal of reaching our customers more efficiently. This person must have a strong sense of urgency and be ready to solve problems within a limited timeframe.

About Blue Apron: Headquartered in NYC with fulfillment centers in New Jersey, California and Texas, Blue Apron’s mission is to make incredible home cooking accessible to everyone—from the novice cook just getting started to the experienced chef. We send millions of meals to customers with all the pre-measured and perfectly proportioned ingredients they need to prepare delicious and healthy meals at home.  We introduce our members to new ingredients, flavors, and cooking techniques with seasonally-inspired recipes that are always delicious, fun and easy to prepare. We make fresher, healthier food available at better prices by rethinking the grocery supply chain from the table all the way back to the farm. 

4. Purchasing Manager at Bright People Foods – Woodland, CA

Position: Excellent opportunity to work in a great team environment at the home of one of the nation’s leading natural food brands. Use of the most current technologies and procedures in the food industry. Perfect position for a person interested in food business. This position requires excellent data interpretation and forecasting skills.

About Bright People Foods: Bright People Foods is dedicated to developing, manufacturing, and marketing foods that sustain the earth and sustain you. We are the owners of Dr. McDougall’s Right Foods among other brands and are a third generation family business based in Northern California.

5. Grocery Store Manager at Grounded – New York, NY

Position: We’re looking for someone to help manage our revolutionary new natural foods-oriented grocery store to be located in Lower Manhattan. The 3,500SF-large store will cover 3,000 SKUs across beverage, bakery, dairy, frozen, grocery, meat, produce, and personal care products.

About Grounded: A revolutionary new grocery store (think Amazon Go) targeted at Millennials and to be located in lower Manhattan.

6. Operations/Volunteer Manager at ExtraFood – San Rafael, CA

Position: This position is one of the Executive Director’s two key direct reports. One, the Manager of Food Donor & Recipient Relations, is responsible for creating new relationships with food donors and recipient organizations, identifying the needs of our recipient partners, and, most importantly, securing new food donations that meet those needs. The Operations Manager (OM) is responsible for the day-to-day operation of ExtraFood’s food recovery program, including relationship management with operational representatives at food donor and recipient organizations, volunteer program management, food trip scheduling, food safety practices, and spontaneous donation assignment. This is a full-time non-exempt position, initially home-based and ultimately office-based.

About ExtraFood: Founded in 2013, ExtraFood.org’s mission is to help end hunger and food waste in Marin County, where more than 49,000 people worry about where their next meal will come from. Our first step is our county-wide food recovery program: we pick up donations of excess fresh food from Marin businesses/organizations and immediately deliver the food to nonprofit recipient organizations that serve Marin’s most vulnerable children, adults, and families. In 3 years, we’ve recovered and delivered 900,000 pounds of food from 150+ businesses to 83 sites across Marin, including 13 new food programs we’ve founded with our partners – expanding the safety net in Marin.

7. Regional Buyer at Green Blender – New York, NY

Position: Green Blender is seeking a highly motivated self starter to play a key role in the company’s build out of the procurement team. This role has amazing growth potential. The Regional Buyer will work directly with our Director of Purchasing to execute buys of various goods across all three of our national fulfillment centers.

About Green Blender: Green Blender is a smoothie delivery service that makes it fun and easy to indulge in your health. Each week, our members receive 5 new and original smoothie recipes, and all the pre-portioned ingredients and superfoods to make 10 smoothie servings at home. We source only the best ingredients with a sharp focus on working with organic, local farms. We believe that small, healthy changes can make a huge difference. We empower our members to do just that by making it dead simple to start their day with a healthy decision.

8. Logistics Operations Manager (Material Handling Engineer) at Grounded – New York, NY

Position: We are seeking a material handling engineer to oversee the installation and running of our small (1,500SF) semi-automatic logistical center that’ll assemble customer orders into boxes ready for delivery. The center will consist of a (1) shelving system, (2) pick to light system, (3) conveyor system, and (4) sortation system. Responsibilities will include: identifying the best equipment manufacturers to purchase from, overseeing the logistical center’s buildout and installation, and managing the center’s ongoing operations and team of 5-12 workers.

About Grounded: A revolutionary new grocery store (think Amazon Go) targeted at Millennials and to be located in lower Manhattan.

9. POSITION FILLED: Part-Time Fulfillment Manager at Driftaway Coffee (20-30h per week) – New York, NY

Position: At Driftaway, fulfillment is the process of getting coffee the right coffee at the right time in the hands of the customer. This role has a direct responsibility for the quality and reliability of the service until each item has been delivered. We roast, pack and ship once a week on Friday mornings at a warehouse in Red Hook in Brooklyn. The Fulfillment Manager is responsible for the operations in our warehouse facility where we ship product to our eCommerce customers. This role enhances customer experience through the management of the order fulfillment process and the optimization of packaging and shipping processes. This role blends direct team management (temp / contract) and analytics-based decision making. It requires a strong interest in logistics & shipping, supply chain management and process improvement.

About Driftaway: Driftaway Coffee is a profitable and growing eCommerce company that delivers freshly roasted coffee personalized to the taste of their customers. We want everyone to drink better coffee at home. We offer a coffee subscription service whereby customers receive freshly roasted coffee based on their taste profile. We are well-funded by our customers, and have been covered in various publications like Gear Patrol, Saveur, Boston Globe, and Inc. magazine.

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