Regional frozen and fresh foodservice baker with multi-plant operations
Alpha Baking operates a multi-facility manufacturing footprint across the Midwest, built through strategic acquisitions since 1979. The hiring profile is heavily manufacturing-focused (30 of 72 active roles), with quality and compliance dominating the project backlog—plant-wide QMS implementation, FDA/SQF/FSMA audit readiness, sanitation procedures, and product-safety incident reduction. Tech stack centers on SAP, Plex, and Samsara, typical for mid-scale food manufacturing, with no adopting or replacing signals, suggesting operational stability rather than digital transformation.
Alpha Baking Company manufactures frozen and fresh foodservice products, alongside retail brands, across production facilities in Chicago, South Bend, and Manitowoc. The company evolved through acquisitions of heritage brands dating back to 1909 and 1935, and now serves food-service operators with par-baked, frozen, and fresh programs. A workforce of 1,001–5,000 employees spans manufacturing, operations, sales, logistics, and support functions. Core pain points reflect the regulatory density of food manufacturing: FDA, SQF, HACCP, FSMA, and GMP compliance; third-party audit management; and high-volume production quality control.
Primary systems include SAP (ERP), Plex (manufacturing execution), Samsara (logistics/operations visibility), and Microsoft Office suite. No major adopting or replacing initiatives are underway.
Food safety and compliance dominate: plant-wide QMS implementation, FDA/SQF/FSMA audit programs, sanitation procedures, and product-safety incident reduction are the top active projects.
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