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FOOD STARTUP JOBS IN CALIFORNI

1. Pasteurizer at Kite Hill

Position: Kite Hill is an innovative producer of carefully crafted Artisan Almond Milk Products. The work environment is fast paced and engaging with many opportunities for teamwork, collaboration and personal growth. We’re are growing at high pace, and are always looking to hire talented people to join our team. Our Almond milk is the core of our know how. We are currently looking for a milk pasteurizer operator for our facility in Hayward. We’re looking for someone who has the experience pasteurizing milk or juice, who can join our growing team and be operational with limited training. You’ll have the opportunity to work on brand new custom–made equipment while you’ll discover great technologies, and great products. Benefits available include paid time off, paid holidays, subsidized medical insurance with dental, and 401K plans available.

About Kite Hill: Kite Hill is the first and only company to create plant-based food using time-honored techniques. We’ve figured out how to make buttery fresh ricotta, aged nut milk delicacies, creamy almond milk yogurt, and fantastic entrées and desserts — all out of fresh nut milk. Recognized by Forbes/CircleUp as 1 of 25 Most Innovative Consumer Brands of 2016. Kite Hill is aggressively growing beyond its roots and is looking for great people to help with that growth.

2. Quality Assurance Systems Lead at Kite Hill

Position:  The Quality Systems Lead has responsibility in two main areas: supporting quality system development and maintenance and monitoring contract manufacturing performance. The QA Systems Lead will collaborate closely with product development to qualify and formalize new ingredients and products and support design and deployment of Quality Systems.

About Kitehill: Kitehill is the first and only company to create plant-based food using time-honored techniques. We’ve figured out how to make buttery fresh ricotta, aged nut milk delicacies, creamy almond milk yogurt, and fantastic entrées and desserts — all out of fresh nut milk. Recognized by Forbes/CircleUp as 1 of 25 Most Innovative Consumer Brands of 2016. Kite Hill is aggressively growing beyond its roots and is looking for great people to help with that growth.

3. Engineer Manager/Systems Engineer at Kite Hill

Position: Provide process engineering and project management expertise in the design, and execution of process improvement and lean projects in facility. Continually evaluate process and equipment capabilities, manufacturing methods and engineering standards to facilitate sharing of best practices and implement opportunities for improvement.

About Kitehill: Kitehill is the first and only company to create plant-based food using time-honored techniques. We’ve figured out how to make buttery fresh ricotta, aged nut milk delicacies, creamy almond milk yogurt, and fantastic entrées and desserts — all out of fresh nut milk. Recognized by Forbes/CircleUp as 1 of 25 Most Innovative Consumer Brands of 2016. Kite Hill is aggressively growing beyond its roots and is looking for great people to help with that growth

4. Customer Care Associate at Imperfect Produce

Position: We’re looking for a dedicated, enthusiastic, and highly motivated problem-solver who loves working with people and who is passionate about delivering exceptional customer experiences. If you’re the right fit for this role you are a true people person. You don’t just say it; you mean it! You’re the person that opens the door for a complete stranger or offers your seat on the subway to someone who needs it.

About Imperfect Produce: Imperfect is a mission-driven startup that is creating America’s first major consumer brand for “ugly” produce. One in five fruits and vegetables grown in America never make it off the farm due to tiny cosmetic defects that do not affect quality. Imperfect is on a mission to find a home for these misshapen fruits and veggies in people’s fridges by selling them for a 30-50% discount with a lovable, hip brand. We offer the cheapest and most environmentally friendly produce option, starting with our weekly produce delivery service in the Bay Area. In addition to building a scalable solution to fight food waste, our business model also generates extra revenue to California farmers.

5. Social Media & Marketing Manager at Bright People Foods 

Position: Bright People Foods is a fun, fast-past, and dynamic company centered around changing the nature of food in the US. We’re looking for an energetic, media-savvy candidate who loves food to be our Social Media & Marketing Manager for the Mike’s Mighty Good and Dr. McDougall’s Right Foods brand. This person will work out of our Woodland, CA office and will report to the Chief Marketing Officer, with whom they will work closely. This position will be directly responsible for telling our brands’ stories and building brand awareness and community across the US market.

About Bright People Foods: Bright People Foods is a Northern California-based food company dedicated to sustaining the earth and sustaining you. We’re proud to make delicious, wholesome, sustainable foods through our Mike’s Mighty Good (www.mikesmightygood.com) and Dr. McDougall’s Right Foods (www.rightfoods.com) brands.

6. Business Development (B2B Food and Beverage Accounts) at Full Harvest Technologies, Inc.

Position: As Business Development Associate, you’ll play a critical role in growing the company. You’ll have the opportunity to develop and shape systems and strategies as you design Full Harvest’s sales processes with food & beverage customers. You’ll work with buyers (food manufacturers) to close new accounts. You will attend various conferences and events as well as leverage your networks in the food and ag space to significantly build the business. Our office is in downtown San Francisco. Some travel is required.

About Full Harvest: At Full Harvest, we are disrupting the agriculture space by solving farm food waste and bringing technology to a market where there was none. We are the first B2B platform connecting farms with food businesses to sell discounted, yet perfectly good surplus and imperfectly shaped produce that would have otherwise gone to waste. A huge environmental problem as approximately 20 billion pounds of produce go to waste in the U.S. annually simply because they are not perfectly shaped for strict retailer standards.

7. Sales Associate at Community Grains – Oakland

Position: Community Grains is on the path to dramatically scale up in 2017, and we need another team member to open doors and increase sales velocity. We’re looking for a Sales Associate to help grow our retail and foodservice customers as well as maintain our current customer base. The Sales Associate will work closely with and report to both the Director of Sales as well as the Founder/CEO. He/she will also work closely with the Operations and Marketing Managers.

Because we are a small company of five, the Sales Associate will need to be comfortable wearing many hats. The average day may include travel throughout the greater Bay Area meeting to meet with retailers, bakers, chefs and distributors, or to occasionally make a special delivery of flour. There will be travel to Southern California about every other month to meet with retailers and distributors), as well as very occasional out-of-state travel for a trade show or meeting.

The ideal candidate for this position is a motivated self-starter and is very flexible. A sense of humor, friendly demeanor, a penchant for detail and the ability to quickly switch gears when the unexpected happens is essential. A strong connection to and passion for the local food movement and experience with food retailers is a plus.

About Community Grains: Community Grains is on a mission to restore a vibrant grain economy built on our core values of transparency, good farming, and 100% whole grain products. We are a small but fast-growing company based in Oakland, CA. Together with local farmers, millers, bakers, cooks, and consumers, we a€™re working to create a local grain economy that makes sense for everyone. If that sounds like something you’€™d like to be a part of, €“ we’d love for you to join our team!

8. Operations Supervisor at Chef’d – El Segundo

Position: The Warehouse Supervisor will lead warehouse teams during shifts and allocate labor resources as needed.  This role will track all positions for performance and strive to improve operational efficiency. The position will be an expert at all roles in the warehouse and adjust personnel based on demand of shipping load on a given day. Duties will also include other warehouse projects as necessary, which includes but not limited to; down stocking, picking, packing, and portioning.  You make sure everyone is doing their job correctly and can jump into any warehousing role when extra help is needed.  You are the leader on the floor.

About Chef’d: We’re an ambitious and promising startup focused on taking a piece of pie out of the fastest-growing segment of the mobile eCommerce and grocery industries. Designed as a meal kit company like no other, where the choice is truly in the hands of the consumer. With no subscriptions, the ability to re-order your favorites, and a selection of over 300 meals, Chef’d is changing the meal kit landscape one delicious meal at a time.  You’ll work with equally talented, hardworking, and fun individuals who all play an irreplaceable role in accomplishing that core mission.You will make a difference.We have a great work environment in our brand new HQ in El Segundo.We offer competitive salary packages, full health benefits, 401K, and a delicious work environment.

9. Production Manager at Chef’d – El Segundo

Position: The Production Manager at Chef’d oversees the physical operations of the Chef’d portioning/pre-build production teams. Responsible for strategic scheduling and planning of the portioning and production teams, staff efficiency, machinery / equipment maintenance, scheduling, coordination in aid of special projects, training and motivating employees. The Production Manager leads the food production/portioning/pre-build teams, storage, subdivision and re-packaging of raw ingredients while meeting optimization goals configured with costs and improving production to scale.

About Chef’d: We’re an ambitious and promising startup focused on taking a piece of pie out of the fastest-growing segment of the mobile eCommerce and grocery industries. Designed as a meal kit company like no other, where the choice is truly in the hands of the consumer. With no subscriptions, the ability to re-order your favorites, and a selection of over 300 meals, Chef’d is changing the meal kit landscape one delicious meal at a time.  You’ll work with equally talented, hardworking, and fun individuals who all play an irreplaceable role in accomplishing that core mission.You will make a difference.We have a great work environment in our brand new HQ in El Segundo.We offer competitive salary packages, full health benefits, 401K, and a delicious work environment.

10. Digital Designer at Chef’d – El Segundo

Position: The Digital Designer will work in conjunction with the marketing and business development team to design and create digital assets including but not limited to landing page mockups/design, banners, email campaigns, and other collaterals.  The candidate must be passionate, creative, and collaborative as well as very detail oriented and able to multi-task in a fast-paced environment. Experience in e-commerce is a plus.  Come join Chef’d and help spread our love for great food!

About Chef’d: We’re an ambitious and promising startup focused on taking a piece of pie out of the fastest-growing segment of the mobile eCommerce and grocery industries. Designed as a meal kit company like no other, where the choice is truly in the hands of the consumer. With no subscriptions, the ability to re-order your favorites, and a selection of over 300 meals, Chef’d is changing the meal kit landscape one delicious meal at a time.  You’ll work with equally talented, hardworking, and fun individuals who all play an irreplaceable role in accomplishing that core mission.You will make a difference.We have a great work environment in our brand new HQ in El Segundo.We offer competitive salary packages, full health benefits, 401K, and a delicious work environment.

11. Growth Manager, REAL Certified – San Francisco

Position: Reporting to the COO, the REAL Certified Growth Manager is an authentic, entrepreneurial professional, who is passionate about the foodservice industry and is capable of driving change across the food system. The position will focus on leading the acquisition, activation, and retention of REAL Certified® establishments, across all verticals of the foodservice environment.

A successful candidate will be forward-focused and will have the ability to increase Eat REAL’s business and consumer brand equity. You will work to expand the Eat REAL® and REAL Certified® brands and build a growth process that can achieve the goals of the organization to be the trusted, nationally recognized mark of excellence for food and foodservice operators committed to holistic nutrition and environmental stewardship.

About Eat REAL: Eat REAL® is a 501c3 non-profit organization, founded in 2012, to transform our food environment and reverse the epidemic of diet-related disease. Recognizing the major impact that our food environment has on our food choices, as well as the growing influence of the food industry, the primary program of Eat REAL® has been designed to alter the food industry’s incentives to help increase the production and consumption of healthier, more sustainable food. The Responsible Epicurean and Agricultural Leadership (REAL) certification program, or REAL Certified® is a points-based nutrition and environmental sustainability best practices certification program, which has been used to certify over 400 restaurants and foodservice establishments across 32 states and Canada. We are a small and self-motivated team distributed between Washington, DC, Nashville, Chicago and San Francisco, supported by a nationwide network of registered dietitians. With fewer than ten people running a nationwide certification program, everyone here wears many hats.

12. Head of Sales at Salty Girl Seafood – Los Angeles, Santa Barbara

Position: We are hiring an experienced Head of Sales to help us take Salty Girl Seafood to the next level. Reporting directly to the CEO, this is an incredible opportunity to lead growth for Salty Girl Seafood. You will be responsible for executing and overseeing the development and implementation of SGS’ retail sales strategy, goals, revenues and key objectives. You will work closely with our CEO, Head of Marketing, and Head of Operations to lead the sales team to achieve aggressive sales and profit goals commensurate with overall company business objectives.

Best of all, you will be working with a dynamic, hard-working, and passionate team driven by excellence and dedicated to driving positive change in our oceans and celebrating fishermen who harvest responsibly.

Given the growing nature of the company, the ideal candidate should feel comfortable taking on tasks and responsibilities at all levels of the sales hierarchy as the team grows.

About Salty Girl Seafood: Salty Girl Seafood is more than a seafood company – it’s a connection to the ocean, a relationship to where your food comes from, and a right to enjoy simpler, healthier ingredients on your dinner table. With every purchase, you’re driving positive change in our oceans and celebrating fishermen who harvest responsibly. Every fish we source and story we tell not only promotes fishing communities doing things the right way, but incentivizes others to do the same. That means every dollar spent on Salty Girl Seafood empowers fishermen to harvest responsibly in fishing communities around the world and gives you the power to help drive positive change in our oceans.

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