Food manufacturing and foodservice supplier with 14 plants across North America and 60+ countries
Ventura Foods operates a scaled manufacturing and distribution network serving restaurants and retailers through owned brands (LouAna, Hidden Valley, Mel-Fry, SunGlow) and custom foodservice products. The company is mid-transformation: actively implementing Oracle Fusion for hire-to-retire workflows while adopting Salesforce Service Cloud, signaling a shift toward integrated ERP and customer-service tooling. Hiring velocity is accelerating across manufacturing (40 roles) and engineering (15 roles), with a balanced manager-to-IC mix suggesting both operational scaling and technical capability-building.
Notable leadership hires: Process Lead
Ventura Foods manufactures and distributes food products to foodservice operators and retailers across North America, with presence in 60+ countries. The company operates 14 manufacturing plants, three culinary centers, and multiple distribution facilities, supported by offices in Singapore, Canada, and Mexico. The product portfolio spans consumer brands (LouAna cooking oil), foodservice staples (Hidden Valley Ranch, Mel-Fry, SunGlow), and custom formulations for restaurant chains and retail partners. With nearly 4,000 employees, the company is focused on operational efficiency (OEE improvement, kaizen events, incident reduction) and process modernization (Oracle Fusion implementation, new control systems, customer journey mapping).
Core: Salesforce, Oracle Forge, Microsoft Office, Java, C#, Python. Data/integration: MuleSoft, Informatica, Kafka, RabbitMQ, Snowflake, dbt. Tools: Jenkins, Jira, GitHub, Grafana, Playwright, JMeter, SharePoint, Teams, Qualtrics.
Headquartered in Irvine, California. Operates 14 manufacturing plants, offices in Singapore, Canada, and Mexico, plus distribution facilities. Products reach 60+ countries; currently hiring in US and Canada.
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