Vertically integrated pork processor scaling operations and safety systems
Clemens Food Group is a sixth-generation pork processor running a vertically coordinated supply chain from feed milling through logistics. The tech stack is enterprise-heavy (SAP, Oracle, UKG, Blue Yonder) with strong manufacturing and OT foundations (PLC, HMI, Maximo), reflecting a capital-intensive business managing live asset operations. Current hiring is operations-dominated, but the active project list — equipment reliability, process validation, emergency action plans, new product development — signals investment in reducing unplanned downtime and compliance gaps that appear across their pain-point cluster.
Notable leadership hires: Sanitation Lead, Line Lead, Chief Financial Operating Officer, Chief Human Resources Officer
Clemens Food Group is the fifth-largest fresh pork processor in the U.S., operating a fully vertically integrated business encompassing hog farming, feed milling, meat processing, transportation, and logistics. Based in Hatfield, Pennsylvania, the company has been family-owned since 1895 and operates at a scale of 1,001–5,000 employees. The business model centers on supplying commodity and value-added pork products to foodservice, retail, and food manufacturing customers, with internal systems spanning procurement (SAP PM, Maximo for asset management), workforce management (UKG, Kronos), logistics planning (Blue Yonder), and financial operations (NetSuite, Concur). The company competes on supply reliability and production consistency within a capital-intensive, compliance-heavy industry.
Clemens is a vertically integrated pork processor and the fifth-largest fresh pork processor in the U.S., operating feed milling, farming, meat processing, transportation, and logistics divisions since 1895.
Enterprise stack includes SAP, Oracle, NetSuite, UKG, Blue Yonder, Power BI, Tableau, Maximo, and Samsara; also operates manufacturing control systems via PLC and HMI on Ethernet infrastructure.
Clemens Food Group is headquartered in Hatfield, Pennsylvania, and employs 1,001–5,000 people across U.S. operations.
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