Large-scale poultry and livestock producer with vertically integrated agricultural operations
Perdue Farms operates a vertically integrated food and agriculture business across poultry, livestock, and grain, with 10,000+ employees and a hiring velocity focused heavily on manufacturing (153 roles) and operations (132 roles). The tech stack reflects a traditional industrial organization—SAP S/4HANA for ERP, Maximo for asset management, PLC/HMI for plant control, and legacy reporting tools (Crystal Reports being phased out for Power BI). Active projects cluster around lean manufacturing, waste reduction, and equipment reliability, mirroring top pain points around downtime, maintenance costs, and safety compliance.
Notable leadership hires: Director Engineering, Food Safety Director, Maintenance Tech Lead, Production Lead, Director of Product Development
Perdue Farms is a fourth-generation, family-owned food company headquartered in Salisbury, Maryland, with operations across poultry, pork, beef, lamb, and grain. The portfolio includes multiple consumer brands (Perdue, Niman Ranch, Panorama Organic Grass-Fed Meats, Coleman Natural) distributed through retail, foodservice, club stores, and direct-to-consumer channels, plus a separate AgriBusiness division serving agricultural markets. Manufacturing and operations roles dominate the hiring pipeline, with active deployment of lean manufacturing and preventive maintenance programs across production sites. The company operates as a privately held enterprise focused on no-antibiotics-ever and organic-certified protein production.
SAP S/4HANA for enterprise resource planning, Maximo for asset and maintenance management, Azure cloud infrastructure (App Service, Monitor, Resource Manager), GitHub Enterprise for development, Power BI for analytics, and on-site PLC/HMI systems for plant automation and control.
Major initiatives include lean manufacturing implementation, waste reduction, poultry house construction and renovation, new production line design, preventive maintenance program development, and quality control process improvements. Safety compliance and equipment reliability are recurring operational priorities.
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