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Senior Automation Project Manager

Global Manufacturing Organization | Up to 50% Travel

Why This Role Is Exciting

If you enjoy improving how things are built, leading impactful projects, and working hands-on with manufacturing teams, this role gives you real influence. You’ll help modernize factory operations by introducing smart automation and digital solutions that improve safety, efficiency, and consistency across multiple sites worldwide.

This is not a desk-only role — you’ll collaborate directly with plant leaders, engineers, and digital teams to turn ideas into real, working solutions.

What You’ll Do

  • Lead automation projects across multiple manufacturing facilities

  • Partner with local plant experts to identify opportunities to automate or improve processes

  • Design and implement automation solutions that can be reused across sites

  • Manage projects from start to finish — scope, budget, timeline, and resources

  • Facilitate cross-functional teamwork and keep projects moving forward

  • Ensure automation standards, documentation, and training are in place

  • Track results, measure success, and make adjustments when needed

  • Travel to manufacturing locations to support project execution

What We’re Looking For

  • Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related field (manufacturing, mechanical, or automation preferred)

  • 7+ years of experience leading automation or manufacturing-related projects

  • Strong project management skills with the ability to influence without direct authority

  • Experience with automation technologies such as:

    • Industrial automation (PLC / SCADA)

    • Robotics

    • RPA tools (UiPath, Blue Prism, etc.)

    • AI or machine learning exposure is a plus

  • Self-starter who can balance multiple projects and priorities

  • Strong communicator and team leader

  • Comfortable working across multiple sites and functions

  • Willing and able to travel up to 50%

What You’ll Get

  • Competitive compensation

  • Medical and dental insurance

  • Company-paid life insurance

  • Retirement savings plan

  • Short- and long-term disability coverage

  • Tuition assistance and development opportunities

Who Thrives in This Role

People who succeed here enjoy solving complex problems, working with both technology and people, and seeing their ideas come to life on the factory floor. If you like making operations safer, smarter, and more efficient — this is a role where your work truly matters.

Local candidates to Charlotte, NC area.

Privately held, further processor of poultry products, fresh and frozen supplying foodservice customers with a long-standing reputation for quality and reliability. This is a high-impact Quality/Food Safety leadership role reporting into the company President, with real influence on compliance, audits, sanitation, and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities:

Ensuring all regulatory, customer, and company quality and food safety requirements are consistently met at the manufacturing facility. Partner with plant leadership to uphold compliance, drive continuous improvement, and foster a strong culture of food safety and operational excellence.

Sanitation practices and Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs).

Establish internal audit patterns, develops corrective action plans, and monitors results reviews programs annually to ensure compliance with GFSI, BRC, AIB, and customer standards.

Prepares the facility for third-party and regulatory food safety audits, ensuring readiness at all times.

Integrates HACCP and FSMA principles into production processes, ensuring alignment with preventive controls and risk-based food safety programs.

Conducts root cause and preventive action analyses for customer complaints and production failures, driving continuous improvement.

Establishes and manages the Quality department budget and tracks performance metrics including MBOs and KPIs.

Ensures the accuracy, efficiency, and timeliness of all QA procedures, including microbiological, chemical, and organoleptic testing, facility inspections, and inventory management.

Leads the QA and Sanitation teams through coaching, performance management, and professional development to maintain high standards of performance and accountability.

Acts as the primary contact for USDA and FDA inspections, maintaining open communication and positive relationships with regulatory representatives.

Qualifications:

BS/BA required.

5+ years of experience in the food industry in a quality management role.

Strong understanding of food safety regulations and compliance requirements (FDA, USDA, FSMA, HACCP, GFSI).

Any product experience in poultry, protein, Ready-to-eat (RTE), Produce, Seafood,

Dairy, Frozen foods / IQF or Bakery / refrigerated desserts.

Hands-on auditing experience.

Hiring, leading, and developing high-performing teams.

Excellent analytical, problem-solving, communication, and organizational skills.

Experience with document management systems and supplier quality programs preferred.

Base Salary range: $95-125K + 20% Annual Bonus, 401K, Company healthcare program, 2 weeks’ vacation, + PTO and company Holidays.

Manager - U.S. State Tax

North Canton, Ohio, United States, 44720

Purpose: We are seeking a highly motivated and detail-oriented State Tax Manager to lead our state and local tax functions. This role leads most aspects related to the Company’s U.S. state and local tax matters reporting directly to the U.S. Sr. Manager Tax Operations. Must have thorough understanding of multi-state taxes. This includes ensuring compliance with all U.S. state income and franchise tax returns, sales and use tax returns, and property and real estate tax returns. It is important that the candidate have significant technical and interpersonal skills, coupled with judgment and decision-making abilities, as well as the ability to communicate complex tax concepts in ways that are meaningful and useful to non-tax professionals.

Responsibilities:

  • Lead U.S. state tax compliance and estimated payments: Involves managing outsourcing relationships (Bangalore shared services team and third-party service providers) to assign tasks, establish detailed timetables and review work product to ensure compliance with U.S. state tax laws. Will encompass all aspects of in-come tax (including OH CAT), property tax and sales and use tax compliance including preparing complex tax returns and state apportionment data, annual reports and business licenses, monitoring tax credits and attributes, and responding to various state inquiries.
  • Lead the preparation of the Company’s U.S. state quarterly and annual tax provision: Work closely with other members of the Tax team to ensure timely and accurate preparation of ASC 740 income tax calculations (quarterly and annual tax provisions) for U.S. state income taxes including developing estimates of the U.S. state effective tax rate and deferred tax balances.
  • Lead the preparation of the Company’s U.S. state property tax, franchise tax and sales and use tax accruals: Analyze all tax accounts and prepare journal entries to support proper balances. Review account reconciliations to ensure proper reporting of tax balances and activity on the financial statements.
  • Manage state tax audits and related matters: Coordinate responses to information document requests and facilitate communication for state income tax, property tax and sales and use tax audits. Will summarize audit status and decision points for report out to the Vice President Tax and other members of the Tax team and will assist in developing audit defense strategies and execution.
  • Assist in the implementation of state tax planning strategies to minimize cash and earnings impact of tax expense: Work closely with the Vice President Tax and other members of the Tax team to ensure coordination of the tax consequences of operations and business structuring. Assists in the identification of key risks coming from tax operations for compliance and financial reporting. Identify and evaluate tax planning opportunities to reduce state tax liabilities. Research, document, and conclude on tax matters. Enhance processes for state tax compliance and reporting using tax technology tools (e.g., SAP, OneSource, Power BI)

Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance with a minimum of 10 years, or Masters in Tax, Accounting, Finance or MBA with a minimum of 8 years, of corporate tax experience in industry and/or public accounting firm, including technical knowledge of and experience with U.S. multinational entities.
  • Experience with US GAAP ASC 740 and SEC regulations required, as well as experience with software programs such as SAP and ONESOURCE.
  • Strong technical and analytical skills, including tax research skills.
  • Balance of tax technical knowledge with practical application of tax rules
  • Focus on process improvement and internal controls.
  • Excellent communication and relationship building skills.
  • Ability to interface with those inside tax and across functional groups outside of the tax function.
  • Propensity to lead and mentor staff.
  • Great work ethic and integrity.
  • Ability to travel as necessary – less than 5%.
  • CPA or MST preferred.

What We Offer:
Comprehensive Benefits Package: Medical (including Fertility coverage), Dental, Vision and additional Supplemental Benefits including Pet Insurance, Identify Theft Protection, Legal Assistance and many more
We Invest in your Future: 401(k) Savings Plan with company match up to 4.5%, 100% vested in both employee and company-matching contributions, you may also be eligible for additional quarterly company contribution depending on your location
State of the Art Facility: Enjoy on-site amenities such as cafeteria, gym, health clinic, walking paths and ergonomic support
Work-Life Balance: We support a work-life balance through 10 paid holidays, a generous vacation plan and access to our Employee Assistance Program. We also offer Paid Parental Leave up to 12 weeks 100% paid for birth parent and up to 6 weeks 100% paid leave for the non-birth parent and adoptive parents
Life-Long Learning: Competitive Educational Reimbursement Program, 24/7 access to thousands of personal and professional online development resources with best-in-class tools, learning offerings, and professional certification course

All qualified applicants shall be treated equally according to their individual qualifications, abilities, experiences and other employment standards. There will be no discrimination due to gender or gender identity, race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, sexual orientation, veteran/military status or any other basis protected by applicable law.