Multi-brand CPG manufacturer with coffee, peanut butter, pet food, and frozen goods portfolios
Smucker operates a diversified food manufacturing business spanning coffee (Folgers, Dunkin', Café Bustelo), spreads (Jif, Smucker's), frozen handheld snacks (Uncrustables, Hostess), and pet food (Milk-Bone, Meow Mix) across North America. The tech stack skews heavily operational—PLCs, Allen-Bradley, FactoryTalk, JDA, and CMMS dominate—reflecting a manufacturing-first organization where production efficiency drives most technical investment. Hiring velocity is steady across manufacturing (largest cohort), engineering, and ops, with active projects centered on capital deployment, new equipment installation, and safety protocols rather than digital transformation.
Notable leadership hires: Project Lead Mechanical, Sales Director, Sanitation Lead
The J.M. Smucker Co. is a publicly traded CPG manufacturer headquartered in Orrville, Ohio, operating since 1897. The company owns and operates brands across five core categories: coffee, peanut butter spreads, fruit spreads, frozen handheld foods, sweet baked goods, dog snacks, and cat food. Scale spans 5,001–10,000 employees across U.S. and Canadian operations. The organization prioritizes manufacturing excellence, quality control, and supply-chain coordination; active initiatives include capital project execution, new product launches, equipment selection and installation, and annual safety planning. Pain points cluster around production efficiency (downtime reduction, quality improvement, manual process streamlining) and commercial optimization (promotional effectiveness, growth identification).
Heavy manufacturing focus: PLCs, Allen-Bradley controllers, FactoryTalk View (HMI/SCADA), JDA (supply-chain), Workday (HR/finance), Pega (workflow), Oracle, SQL, Tableau and Power BI (analytics), Syndigo (product data), Circana (market intelligence). Microsoft 365 suite standard across office functions.
United States and Canada. U.S. headquarters in Orrville, Ohio. Hiring activity concentrated in manufacturing and operations teams across both countries.
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