Jobs at Kinder's Premium Quality Seasonings & Sauces

Leads enterprise architecture strategy, modernization, governance, and technology roadmaps across ERP, applications, data, cloud, integrations, and cybersecurity. Partners with business and IT leaders to align technology investments with growth objectives, simplify complex environments, establish architectural standards, and guide scalable solutions. The role also builds the enterprise architecture function, advises stakeholders, evaluates vendors and emerging technologies, and may develop a future architecture team.

Supports and improves ERP, EDI, eCommerce, and business application integrations. Provides user support, analyzes SAP Business One HANA workflows, manages EDI processes, uses SQL for reporting and troubleshooting, and coordinates cross-functional systems projects. Collaborates with finance, supply chain, operations, customers, suppliers, 3PLs, and co-manufacturers to resolve issues and implement process improvements.

Own full-cycle recruiting across G&A functions, from intake through offer and onboarding transition. Develop sourcing strategies, build talent pipelines, deliver a high-touch candidate experience, advise hiring managers, and manage multiple concurrent searches. The recruiter will also improve recruiting workflows, interview practices, reporting, and tools while supporting rapid organizational growth.

The Regulatory Compliance Manager ensures food products, packaging, labels, advertising, and documentation comply with FDA, USDA, and third-party requirements. Responsibilities include reviewing nutrition panels, ingredients, allergens, and consumer-facing content; maintaining regulatory databases; managing label submissions; monitoring regulatory changes; and partnering with Innovation, R&D, Manufacturing, and other teams throughout the product lifecycle. The role also provides regulatory guidance and supports accurate, timely product launches.

Manage the Walnut Creek office environment, including facilities, building management, supplies, vendors, badges, catering, mail, events, policies, emergency procedures, seating, and new-hire IT setup. Support employees with administrative tasks such as calendaring, expenses, travel, and projects. Maintain a clean, safe, productive workplace and serve as the primary point of contact for office-related needs.

Oversee daily accounts receivable operations, including collections, credit risk monitoring, cash application, payment reconciliation, account discrepancy resolution, and month-end close support. Manage the AR inbox, documentation, credit memos, and corrections while partnering with Sales and Customer Success. Lead operational priorities, guide AR Administrators, support process improvements, and ensure adherence to internal controls and accounting policies.

Leads daily accounts payable operations, including invoice processing, vendor management, payment runs, reconciliations, month-end close, audit support, reporting, and internal controls. Provides team guidance, workload management, escalation support, and training while identifying process improvements and automation opportunities. Collaborates cross-functionally to resolve discrepancies, maintain accurate records, and ensure timely payments and compliance with accounting standards.

Leads demand planning and forecasting across product categories and channels, integrating commercial, consumer, market, and operational data. Oversees S&OP and IBP processes, forecast accuracy, scenario modeling, new product launches, and cross-functional alignment with Sales, Marketing, Finance, and Supply Chain. Drives process improvement, planning technology adoption, performance analysis, and scalable governance while mentoring planning talent and influencing senior stakeholders.

Provides Tier 1 and Tier 2 IT support for hardware, software, networking, user access, Microsoft 365, and endpoint issues. Manages tickets, equipment, accounts, onboarding and offboarding, asset inventories, documentation, and employee technology training. Supports device deployment, IT security practices, process improvements, system upgrades, and cross-functional technology projects while delivering a strong employee experience.

Leads Customer Operations excellence, owning order-to-cash processes, EDI onboarding, ERP implementation support, process governance, KPI dashboards, allocation workflows, and continuous improvement. Builds and manages a team of two analysts while partnering cross-functionally with IT, Finance, Sales, Planning, Inventory, Warehousing, and Logistics. Establishes SOPs, controls, reporting frameworks, and operational readiness practices to improve accuracy, efficiency, scalability, and customer service.

Supports trade and shopper marketing finance through spend reporting, accruals, reconciliations, variance analysis, promotional ROI, settlement validation, and compliance tracking. The role partners with Sales, Accounting, Customer Finance, and Sales Operations to maintain accurate data, investigate discrepancies, support month-end close, and communicate findings. It also prepares customer, channel, brand, and SKU analyses while improving reporting processes and controls.

Build and analyze customer-level P&Ls, trade investment scenarios, ROI, forecasts, budgets, and financial performance reports. Create dashboards and automated reporting using Excel, VBA, Power Query, and Power BI. Reconcile data, monitor profitability against plan, evaluate customer investments, track trade compliance, and provide recommendations to Sales, Trade Finance, Financial Planning, and executive stakeholders.

Leads the strategy and development of Kinder’s co-manufacturing network, including partner sourcing, diligence, onboarding, capacity planning, negotiations, and long-term network expansion. Partners cross-functionally with Operations, Planning, Quality, Product Development, Finance, Legal, and Commercial teams to secure manufacturing capacity, manage risk, evaluate total cost, and support reliable product launches. Builds repeatable decision tools, scorecards, approval processes, and partner commitments while presenting recommendations to senior leadership.

Leads Kinder’s long-term innovation strategy, opportunity assessment, portfolio prioritization, and pipeline health. Builds market and category maps, develops business cases, facilitates executive portfolio reviews, and translates complex consumer, financial, operational, and competitive information into growth recommendations. Partners cross-functionally to identify capabilities, manage tradeoffs, improve innovation tools and processes, and align initiatives with strategic priorities. The role requires strong analytical, communication, facilitation, and portfolio management skills.

Investigate and resolve customer service claims, chargebacks, OTIF fines, damages, shortages, and related operational issues. Validate disputes using data and documentation, manage claim recovery and collections, identify root causes, track trends, and collaborate with Supply Chain, Customer Service, Sales, and Finance to improve processes and prevent recurrence.

Supports and optimizes SAP S/4HANA ERP capabilities across finance, supply chain, procurement, manufacturing, sales operations, and warehouse functions. Gathers requirements, designs and configures solutions, manages testing, integrations, data integrity, deployment, documentation, support, and user training. Leads ERP workstreams, coordinates vendors and consultants, improves business processes, and supports governance, controls, change management, and system adoption.

Leads finance for a business unit as strategic partner to the General Manager, co-owning P&L, revenue, margin, EBITDA, cash flow, forecasting, and resource allocation. Drives performance reviews, value creation, pricing and trade optimization, supply-chain productivity, working capital, investment cases, innovation economics, and portfolio decisions. Integrates finance, sales, operations, supply chain, R&D, and marketing to deliver profitable growth and improve forecast accuracy.

Manage end-to-end product supply planning, including production schedules, inventory levels, safety stocks, reorder points, and customer service targets. Coordinate with contract manufacturers, vendors, purchasing, logistics, quality, fulfillment, and commercial teams. Monitor production constraints, capacity, KPIs, demand, and inventory transactions while escalating risks and supporting product launches, process improvements, SAP Business One initiatives, and cost-effective supply chain execution.

Leads supply planning strategy, inventory management, production planning, and distribution deployment to improve fill rates and support rapid growth. Oversees S&OE and IBP integration, master data, contract manufacturers, suppliers, and cross-functional planning processes. Drives KPI improvement, cost reduction, risk mitigation, advanced analytics, and automation while leading a high-performing team and collaborating with executives and business partners.

The Category Analyst leads sales and category analytics for Costco, tracking initiative performance, regional and store-level trends, inventory, promotions, assortment, and innovation. They use syndicated and household panel data to develop actionable insights, forecasts, presentations, and recommendations for sales, marketing, supply chain, brokers, and buyers. The role also manages recurring performance reviews, data storytelling, cross-functional communication, and regional growth analyses.