Confectionery manufacturer scaling production systems and supply-chain intelligence
Just Born manufactures iconic candy brands at scale across multiple U.S. and Brazilian facilities. The tech stack is heavily weighted toward enterprise resource planning (SAP SD, SAP MM, SAP ECC) and manufacturing operations (PLC, UKG for workforce management), with recent cloud migration (Snowflake, AWS, Azure, GCP). Active projects center on equipment modernization, sanitation compliance, and disaster recovery—suggesting a push to reduce downtime and improve production predictability. The hiring mix skews manufacturing and operations (12 of 20 roles), with concurrent investment in data and engineering roles, indicating parallel infrastructure modernization efforts.
Notable leadership hires: Sanitation Lead
Just Born, Inc. is a family-owned confectionery manufacturer headquartered in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, producing multiple branded candy lines sold at consumer and retail scales. The company operates manufacturing and fulfillment facilities across the United States and Brazil, with a workforce of 501–1,000 employees. Operations rely on SAP for supply chain and materials management, UKG/Kronos for labor scheduling, and increasingly cloud-based data platforms. Current strategic focus spans three areas: upgrading manufacturing equipment and infrastructure, strengthening sanitation and compliance processes, and modernizing legacy data and IT systems to support operational analytics and consumer insights.
Enterprise systems (SAP ECC, SAP SD, SAP MM), cloud platforms (Snowflake, AWS, Azure, GCP), manufacturing controls (PLC), workforce management (UKG, Kronos), and Microsoft Office suite. Currently modernizing legacy infrastructure and data pipelines.
Just Born has active recruiting in the United States and Brazil. Current open roles span manufacturing (9), operations (3), HR (2), and single positions in data, design, engineering, marketing, and product.
Active projects include new equipment installations, rolling innovation roadmap execution, master sanitation program implementation, disaster recovery testing, and network/server infrastructure modernization to reduce production downtime and improve compliance.
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