Careers - Kevin's Natural Foods

What You’ll Do:

• Own and deliver the multi-year value creation roadmap for Kevin’s Supply Chain, including network strategy, operational excellence, logistics optimization, strategic partnerships, and transformational initiatives.

• Lead the design, deployment, and optimization of a national chilled network strategy including 3PL, warehousing, transportation, and value-added logistics capabilities that improve service, flexibility, cost, capacity utilization, and scalability.

• Develop and execute the frozen network strategy, including 3PL, warehousing, transportation, and value-added logistics capabilities that improve service, flexibility, cost, capacity utilization, and scalability.

• Identify, evaluate, and implement strategic value creation opportunities across the chilled and frozen networks, including network expansion, co-packing, transportation optimization, and customer-specific solutions.

• Partner with the Global VCLT to shape long-term supply chain strategy and translate strategic concepts into executable programs, business cases, and projects.

• Lead strategic integration activities across Kevin’s and Mars cross-segment workstreams to unlock synergies, leverage capabilities, align network strategies, and accelerate value creation.

• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to ensure alignment with Kevin’s growth strategy, customer requirements, operational objectives, and Mars strategic priorities.

• Build business cases and secure stakeholder support for network investments, value creation initiatives, and transformation programs while ensuring successful implementation and benefit realization.

• Lead selected strategic programs directly while overseeing delivery of other major initiatives through cross-functional teams, external partners, logistics providers, and co-manufacturing networks.

• Drive capability building and knowledge transfer across the organization while leveraging best practices from industry leaders, strategic partners, and Mars cross-segment networks.

• Establish robust governance, performance management, and continuous improvement frameworks to ensure sustained delivery of strategic, operational, and financial benefits across the Kevin’s Supply Chain network.

• Establish a scalable national chilled co-pack network supporting future growth.

• Optimize and expand the frozen logistics and 3PL network to improve cost, service, and capacity.

• Deliver quantified value creation through network design, logistics optimization, and strategic partnerships.

• Accelerate growth by enabling customer-specific requirements closer to market.

• Integrate Kevin’s network strategy with Mars cross-segment initiatives to unlock enterprise synergies and capabilities.

• Build a future-fit supply chain network that supports long-term scalability, resilience, and profitable growth.

• Other duties as assigned or necessary.

What You’ll Need:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, Operations or related discipline.

• 5+ years of progressive supply chain leadership experience in FMCG or food processing industry. Or 5+ years of industry consulting experience with a strong emphasis in project and change management.

• Experienced people influencer with demonstrated ability to inspire adoption of significant recommendations involving business process changes and/or new system applications.

• Experience on projects requiring change management or transformational process and organization behavior changes

• Proactive, self-starter with demonstrated experience solving complex problems by taking on new perspectives together with existing solutions

• Strong end-to-end supply chain orchestration capability with strategic and operational depth.

• Strong analytical capability with expertise in data-driven decision-making and scenario planning.

• Proven leadership and stakeholder management skills across commercial, manufacturing, and finance functions.

• Ability to manage complexity in dynamic, multi-channel environments.

• Strong financial acumen with focus on working capital and cost optimization.

Healthy, Diverse Teams Breed Innovation:

Kevin’s Natural Foods is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We deeply believe that diverse backgrounds and experiences make better teams, and we seek to attract talent from all walks of life. The team at Kevin’s is smart, humble, and passionate and we value a work environment that fosters personal development and opportunities to move within our small, but quickly growing organization.

More About Kevin’s Natural Foods:

Kevin's Natural Foods is a line of refrigerated and frozen meals, sides, soups, and sauces on a mission to empower even the busiest people to eat clean without sacrificing flavor. Co-founded by Kevin McCray who battled an auto-immune disorder for years, Kevin's Natural Foods was born from his desire to make clean eating seamlessly fit into any lifestyle. Shockingly delicious and made with clean ingredients, Kevin’s products are ready in minutes and always free from gluten, soy, and refined sugar.

In 2023, Kevin’s Natural Foods joined the Mars Food & Nutrition family, allowing us to expand our reach, accelerate innovation, and bring our mission to even more households while staying true to the quality and integrity that define our brand. A true market disruptor, Kevin's is the first clean refrigerated entrée brand working to prove every day that proper nutrition can be as delicious as it is healthy.

Salary Range: $150,000.00- $170,000.00 annually + benefits + bonus

Compensation within this salary range is dependent upon the candidate's experience, education, and relevant qualifications

Kevin's Natural Foods uses E-verify to confirm employment eligibility. For more information, please see the links below:

https://www.everify.gov/sites/default/files/everify/posters/IER_RightToWorkPoster%20Eng_Es.pdf

https://www.everify.gov/sites/default/files/everify/posters/EVerifyParticipationPoster.pdf

What You’ll Do:

• Supervises operations on assigned shift and confers with technical or administrative staff to resolve production or processing problems to ensure plant is operating at optimum efficiency.

• Supervises production associates, including training, performance management and daily work assignments. Includes coaching, performance feedback and initiating disciplinary/corrective action.

• Maintain thorough knowledge of plant process and equipment, have workable knowledge of industry technological developments and best practices.

• Maintains knowledge of plant quality control, relying on current data and to materials use, technological processes, and industry literature.

• Reviews schedules and production orders to ensure standards for inventory requirements, staffing requirements, work procedures, duty assignments and time constraints are met.

• Monitors production lines for correct machine settings for optimum performance while conforming to product specification.

• Ensures timely corrective actions are implemented relating to equipment failures or break downs, quality deviations, sanitation audits, etc.

• Follows and enforces all Good Manufacturing Policies (GMP’s), ensures that Safety Policies are followed.

• Continuously reviews QA product testing for conformance to specifications and alerts superior if product is out of conformance.

• Promotes and maintains positive relationships between intermediate levels of management and employees.

• Ensures proper crewing is scheduled for each shift, according to the workload in all areas of the Production Department.

• Participates in cross--functional teams, such as production meetings, quality meetings, safety committee, etc.

• Supports the review, understanding and compliance of all programs, policies and procedures contained in the Food Safety and Quality Management System.

· Ensures the assigned department is following sanitation practices and following housekeeping rules.

· Collaborates with other managers and supervisors to coordinate activities in and among departments.

· Engages with and understand the sanitation process as it relates to the assigned department.

· Collects, evaluates, analyzes, and assesses production data.

· Monitors and observes trimming operations to improve and or reduce loss.

· Evaluates the trim and purge data per load and reports to superiors if defects are high.

· Ensures all associates are trained on trimming and tumbling practices and follow the internal rule of “No Bad Bites”

• Performs other duties as assigned, including but not limited to participation on HACCP team and assisting in the investigation of quality issues or customer complaints.

• Performs all duties in accordance with safety, Quality, and USDA rules and regulations.

• Perform other duties as necessary.

What You’ll Need:

· Working knowledge of manufacturing process.

· Supervisory experience and knowledge of current management and supervisory techniques.

· Knowledge of correct application of systems and processes that ensures continuous improvement (safety, quality and manufacturing).

· Demonstrated knowledge of effective and administrative and office procedures.

· Ability to apply critical thinking and problem-solving skills to resolve issues.

· Ability to effectively work independently or in a team environment.

· Ability to resolve operational problems related to projects and minimize delays or unexpected cost increases.

· Proactive, resourceful and highly motivated with good communication skills and ability to work in high output environment.

· Ability to develop creative solutions to problems and challenges as they are identified and resolve them in a timely manner.

· Demonstrated oral and written English communication skills; bilingual English/Spanish desirable.

· Ability to demonstrate attention to detail and follow through in all areas of responsibility.

· Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, particularly Word and Excel.

· Ability to learn and operate various inventory, materials and operational software as applicable, including technical equipment applications.

· Knowledge of safety, health and environmental rules, laws and requirements.

· Ability to effectively interpret and apply HR, Safety and Environmental policies and procedures.

· Associate’s degree in Food Science, Business or Engineering; Bachelor’s degree preferred.

· 3 + years’ experience in food manufacturing operations.

· Experience with meat manufacturing preferred.

· Or any equivalent combination of education, experience, and training that demonstrates the ability to perform the key responsibilities of this position.

Work Environment:

· Industrial food processing plant and office environment.

· Requires frequent walking, climbing, and standing, occasional sitting.

· Requires operating a computer and other electronic equipment.

· Plant environment is subject to temperature extremes.

· Occasional lifting of weight up to 50 pounds.

· Extended work schedule periodically, generally during promotions; overtime and weekend work required.

Healthy, Diverse Teams Breed Innovation:

Kevin’s Natural Foods is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We deeply believe that diverse backgrounds and experiences make better teams, and we seek to attract talent from all walks of life. The team at Kevin’s is smart, humble, and passionate and we value a work environment that fosters personal development and opportunities to move within our small, but quickly growing organization.

More About Kevin’s Natural Foods:

Kevin's Natural Foods is a line of refrigerated and frozen meals, sides, soups, and sauces on a mission to empower even the busiest people to eat clean without sacrificing flavor. Co-founded by Kevin McCray who battled an auto-immune disorder for years, Kevin's Natural Foods was born from his desire to make clean eating seamlessly fit into any lifestyle. Shockingly delicious and made with clean ingredients, Kevin’s products are ready in minutes and always free from gluten, soy, and refined sugar.

In 2023, Kevin’s Natural Foods joined the Mars Food & Nutrition family, allowing us to expand our reach, accelerate innovation, and bring our mission to even more households while staying true to the quality and integrity that define our brand. A true market disruptor, Kevin's is the first clean refrigerated entrée brand working to prove every day that proper nutrition can be as delicious as it is healthy.

Salary Range: $71,000- $75,000 annually + benefits + bonus

Compensation within this salary range is dependent upon the candidate's experience, education, and relevant qualifications

Kevin's Natural Foods uses E-verify to confirm employment eligibility. For more information, please see the links below:

https://www.everify.gov/sites/default/files/everify/posters/IER_RightToWorkPoster%20Eng_Es.pdf

https://www.everify.gov/sites/default/files/everify/posters/EVerifyParticipationPoster.pdf

This is a 3:30PM-12:00AM shift, Monday- Friday, with overtime as needed.

Summary:

The Maintenance Technician works under the general supervision of the Maintenance Manager and Maintenance Supervisor. The individual is primarily responsible for ensuring that production equipment is at maximum uptime and in good repair. The expectation is the maintenance technician Level I will continue to grow in skills and abilities working closely with supervision and are promotable to Level II when the opportunities arise.

We are looking for individuals who thrive in fast-paced environments. The ideal candidate will be hard working, punctual, dependable, self-motivated, self-managed, organized, flexible, and looking for a long-term commitment to grow within a growing company.

What You'll Do:

• Perform general mechanical maintenance and repairs on production machinery and buildings.
• Troubleshoot and repair equipment as well as plant electrical/mechanical systems.
• Be able to perform preventative maintenance on the machines.
• Assists in servicing and replacing minor plumbing fixtures.
• Performs minor electrical work not requiring a licensed electrician such as replacing light bulbs and fuses.
• Assists in minor carpentry and repair work.
• Maintain machinery, equipment, and tools by cleaning, lubricating, greasing, and/or oiling to ensure optimum working order.
• Completes emergency/unscheduled repairs as required to support manufacturing, as well as scheduled repairs/preventive maintenance.
• Works closely with maintenance personnel on small projects including repairs and new construction projects to ensure work is completed safely and according to specifications.
• Able to work independently as well as in a team environment on assigned projects/tasks and report to supervision the status of each as needed.
• Ensure safety by following all company policies including safety rules, safety procedures, Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP's) personal safety standards, and food safety standards.
• Other duties as assigned and or dependent on plant needs.

What You'll Need:

• High school diploma or equivalent and a minimum of 2-3 years' experience in maintenance technician role
• Experience in a meat processing and or food processing environment preferred.
• In conjunction this individual is also responsible for maintaining an adequate set of personal hand tools that are in good working condition
• Possesses strong analytical, mechanical, and electrical skills.
• Must be able to make decisions and react quickly as job requires close attention.
• Must be able to lift (60) pounds from the floor to waist level; must be able to perform strenuous physical labor at times more than 2 hours.
• Some bending and stooping with frequent climbing of stairs; must be able to climb ladders of various lengths to elevations of 125 feet.
• Must be able to work in confined/tight spaces.
• Flexibility to work weekends and overtime as production mandates.

Healthy, Diverse Teams Breed Innovation:

Kevin’s Natural Foods is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.  We deeply believe that diverse backgrounds and experiences make better teams, and we seek to attract talent from all walks of life.  The team at Kevin’s is smart, humble, and passionate and we value a work environment that fosters personal development and opportunities to move within our small, but quickly growing organization.

More About Kevin’s Natural Foods:

Kevin’s Natural Foods is a line of healthy entrées, sides, and sauces, on a mission to make clean eating delicious and accessible. Kevin’s guilt-free, sous-vide entrées and sides, and signature certified paleo, keto, and gluten-free sauces allow health-conscious home cooks to whip up delicious meals in five minutes or less.

With restaurant-quality ingredients and recipes, Kevin’s products are readily available on the shelves at leading grocery retailers nationwide including Costco, Whole Foods, Albertsons, HEB and Publix. All Kevin’s products contain no refined sugar, artificial ingredients, grains, or soy, and are made with antibiotic- and hormone-free meat. A true market disruptor, Kevin’s Natural Foods is the first clean refrigerated entrée brand.

Pay Rate is $20.00-$24.75/hour 

Kevin's Natural Foods uses E-verify to confirm employment eligibility. For more information, please see the links below:

https://www.e-verify.gov/sites/default/files/everify/posters/IER_RightToWorkPoster%20Eng_Es.pdf

https://www.e-verify.gov/sites/default/files/everify/posters/EVerifyParticipationPoster.pdf

The shift for this position is Wednesday-Sunday, 5:00am-1:30pm with overtime or weekends as needed.

What You’ll Do:

• Perform routine preventive maintenance (PM) and basic repairs on production, packaging, and facility equipment.

• Assist in troubleshooting mechanical, electrical, and pneumatic issues on food processing and packaging equipment.

• Replace and adjust belts, bearings, seals, motors, and other basic mechanical components as directed.

• Follow all company safety policies, including Lockout/Tagout (LOTO), Hazard Communication (HazCom), and Cal/OSHA requirements.

• Maintain accurate and timely maintenance records, work orders, and parts usage documentation.

• Clean, lubricate, and inspect machinery in accordance with preventive maintenance schedules.

• Support production teams during line changeovers, startups, and equipment setups.

• Immediately report unsafe conditions, near misses, or equipment malfunctions to supervision.

• Maintain tools, equipment, and work areas in a clean, organized, and safe condition.

• Other duties as assigned and necessary.

What You’ll Need:

• High school diploma or equivalent required.

• 0–2 years of maintenance experience, preferably in a food or beverage manufacturing environment.

• Basic understanding of mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems.

• Familiarity with hand tools, power tools, and safe maintenance practices.

• Ability to read and follow standard operating procedures (SOPs), work instructions, and safety guidelines.

• Basic computer literacy for completing work orders and maintenance logs.

• Ability to work independently or as part of a team in a fast-paced production setting.

• Willingness to work flexible schedules, including overtime, weekends, and holidays as needed.

Physical Requirements:

• Ability to lift, carry, push, or pull up to 50 pounds regularly.

• Frequent standing, walking, bending, kneeling, and climbing ladders or stairs.

• Ability to work in environments with varying temperatures (hot, cold, or wet conditions) and around food production equipment.

• Must be able to wear the required personal protective equipment (PPE) in accordance with company and Cal/OSHA standards.

Work Environment:

This position operates in a food manufacturing facility where exposure to noise, temperature changes, wet floors, and moving mechanical parts may occur. All work must be performed in compliance with Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs) and company food safety standards.

Healthy, Diverse Teams Breed Innovation:

Kevin’s Natural Foods is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We deeply believe that diverse backgrounds and experiences make better teams, and we seek to attract talent from all walks of life. The team at Kevin’s is smart, humble, and passionate, and we value a work environment that fosters personal development and opportunities to move within our small but quickly growing organization.

More About Kevin’s Natural Foods:

Kevin’s Natural Foods is a line of healthy entrées, sides, and sauces, on a mission to make clean eating delicious and accessible. Kevin’s guilt-free, sous-vide entrées and sides, and signature certified paleo, keto, and gluten-free sauces allow health-conscious home cooks to whip up delicious meals in five minutes or less.

With restaurant-quality ingredients and recipes, Kevin’s products are readily available on the shelves at leading grocery retailers nationwide including Costco, Whole Foods, Albertsons, HEB and Publix. All Kevin’s products contain no refined sugar, artificial ingredients, grains, or soy, and are made with antibiotic- and hormone-free meat. A true market disruptor, Kevin’s Natural Foods is the first clean refrigerated entrée brand. For more information, please visit www.kevinsnaturalfoods.com.

Kevin’s Natural Foods was acquired by Mars, Inc. in July 2023. Kevin’s Natural Foods joins the Mars Food & Nutrition segment, complementing its portfolio of leading food brands and recent product innovations. Kevin’s will play a key role in Mars Food & Nutrition’s ongoing journey to enable delicious, healthier eating to be part of consumers’ daily lives, while Mars will help Kevin’s to continue to grow, innovate, and bring its portfolio of products to more people.

The pay rate for this position is $20.00/hour - $25.00/hour. This role is eligible for overtime.

Kevin's Natural Foods uses E-verify to confirm employment eligibility. For more information, please see the links below:

https://www.everify.gov/sites/default/files/everify/posters/IER_RightToWorkPoster%20Eng_Es.pdf

https://www.everify.gov/sites/default/files/everify/posters/EVerifyParticipationPoster.pdf

What You’ll Do:

End-to-End Strategy & Governance

• Define and deploy the integrated Plan & Deliver strategy, covering supply planning, material planning, fulfillment, and logistics.

• Establish governance mechanisms across planning and logistics functions to ensure alignment to business growth objectives.

• Lead the supply chain work required for deployment of S&OP+ in 2027. With future state leadership preparation for monthly S&OP and executive review forums, driving structured decision-making on demand-supply balancing and capacity trade-offs.

• Own enterprise-level KPIs across service, inventory, working capital, and logistics cost.

Leadership of Planning & Logistics Functions

• Provide strategic leadership to Supply Planning Lead, Material Planning Lead, and & fullfillment/logistics Lead.

• Set clear functional charters, KPIs, and accountability frameworks for each domain.

• Review and challenge plans, assumptions, and performance gaps at a leadership level.

• Build succession, capability depth, and cross-functional exposure within the planning and logistics organization.

Demand-Supply Balancing & Risk Management

• Govern supply-demand balancing decisions across Retail, Club and DCOM channels.

• Lead structured scenario planning and risk mitigation for supply disruptions, material shortages, and logistics volatility.

• Resolve cross-functional conflicts between Commercial, Manufacturing, and Finance regarding allocation, prioritization, and capacity constraints.

• Drive inventory optimization while protecting customer service performance.

Working Capital, Service & Network Optimization

• Own enterprise-level working capital performance through structured inventory governance and SKU rationalization.

• Drive OTIF, fill rate, and customer service excellence across all channels.

• Optimize inbound and outbound logistics network for cost efficiency and scalability.

• Lead network optimization initiatives including warehouse footprint, 3PL and co-man network.

Cross-Functional Integration & Commercial Alignment

• Partner closely with Commercial leadership to align supply capabilities with revenue ambitions.

• Collaborate with Manufacturing and Engineering to ensure capacity readiness and execution discipline.

• Work with Finance to balance service levels and inventory with cost and cash flow targets.

• Serve as the single point of accountability for Plan & Deliver performance at the leadership table.

Systems, Analytics & Continuous Improvement

• Drive E2E deployment of Blue Yonder and/or equivalent tool in 2027.

• Establish performance dashboards for executive visibility across service, cost, and inventory metrics.

• Promote a data-driven decision-making culture across planning and logistics teams.

• Other duties as assigned or necessary.

What You’ll Need:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, Operations or related discipline; MBA in operations preferred.

• 10-15 years of progressive supply chain leadership experience in FMCG or food processing industry.

• Proven experience leading integrated planning, logistics, and S&OP governance.

• Strong exposure to working capital optimization and multi-channel distribution environments.

• Strong end-to-end supply chain orchestration capability with strategic and operational depth.

• Strong analytical capability with expertise in data-driven decision-making and scenario planning.

• Proven leadership and stakeholder management skills across commercial, manufacturing, and finance functions.

• Ability to manage complexity in dynamic, multi-channel environments.

• Strong financial acumen with focus on working capital and cost optimization.

   

Healthy, Diverse Teams Breed Innovation:

Kevin’s Natural Foods is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We deeply believe that diverse backgrounds and experiences make better teams, and we seek to attract talent from all walks of life. The team at Kevin’s is smart, humble, and passionate and we value a work environment that fosters personal development and opportunities to move within our small, but quickly growing organization.

More About Kevin’s Natural Foods:

Kevin's Natural Foods is a line of refrigerated and frozen meals, sides, soups, and sauces on a mission to empower even the busiest people to eat clean without sacrificing flavor. Co-founded by Kevin McCray who battled an auto-immune disorder for years, Kevin's Natural Foods was born from his desire to make clean eating seamlessly fit into any lifestyle. Shockingly delicious and made with clean ingredients, Kevin’s products are ready in minutes and always free from gluten, soy, and refined sugar.

In 2023, Kevin’s Natural Foods joined the Mars Food & Nutrition family, allowing us to expand our reach, accelerate innovation, and bring our mission to even more households while staying true to the quality and integrity that define our brand. A true market disruptor, Kevin's is the first clean refrigerated entrée brand working to prove every day that proper nutrition can be as delicious as it is healthy.

Salary Range: $170,000.00- $190,000.00 annually + benefits + bonus

Compensation within this salary range is dependent upon the candidate's experience, education, and relevant qualifications

Kevin's Natural Foods uses E-verify to confirm employment eligibility. For more information, please see the links below:

https://www.everify.gov/sites/default/files/everify/posters/IER_RightToWorkPoster%20Eng_Es.pdf

https://www.everify.gov/sites/default/files/everify/posters/EVerifyParticipationPoster.pdf

Help shape the future of food packaging at one of the fastest-growing brands in refrigerated and frozen foods. Kevin's Natural Foods is seeking a strategic and technically skilled Senior Packaging Engineer to lead packaging innovation, sustainability, commercialization, and compliance across our growing portfolio. This is an opportunity to influence everything from next-generation packaging technologies and consumer experience to automation strategy and enterprise sustainability roadmaps. Working across Operations, R&D, Quality, Procurement, and Mars Food & Nutrition, you'll turn bold product ideas into scalable packaging solutions that drive growth, reduce environmental impact, and strengthen operational performance. If you're passionate about solving complex challenges and building the future of packaging, we'd love to meet you!

What You’ll Do:

Packaging Strategy & Program Leadership

• Own Kevin's packaging strategy and multi-year roadmap, balancing consumer experience, food safety, operational performance, sustainability, regulatory compliance, and total delivered cost.

• Lead enterprise packaging initiatives across innovation, renovation, productivity, supply continuity, and sustainability programs.

• Develop and execute Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) mitigation strategies, including regulatory assessments, fee reduction opportunities, packaging redesign initiatives, and compliance planning.

• Serve as the packaging technical authority, influencing cross-functional decisions and guiding long-term packaging investments.

Packaging Qualification & Validation Leadership

• Design and govern the company's packaging qualification process, including standards, protocols, decision criteria, documentation requirements, and commercialization readiness reviews.

• Develop risk-based qualification strategies for new materials, packaging formats, suppliers, equipment, and manufacturing processes.

• Establish testing frameworks that evaluate package performance across product quality, shelf life, distribution, manufacturability, sustainability, and consumer use requirements.

• Lead cross-functional qualification planning from concept through commercialization, ensuring alignment across R&D, Quality, Operations, Supply Chain, Procurement, and Marketing.

Package Development & Commercialization

• Lead development and implementation of primary, secondary, and tertiary packaging solutions across refrigerated and frozen product categories.

• Own packaging specifications, BOMs, technical drawings, and engineering standards to support scalable growth and strong change management practices.

• Evaluate emerging packaging technologies, materials, and supplier innovations to improve performance, sustainability, and cost.

• Provide technical leadership during plant trials, scale-ups, and commercialization events to ensure successful launches.

Qualification Execution & Performance Validation

• Develop and execute package test plans covering shelf-life performance, seal integrity, transportation durability, environmental conditioning, and consumer use requirements.

• Lead packaging capability studies to evaluate manufacturing performance, equipment compatibility, dimensional control, critical-to-quality attributes, and operational readiness.

• Analyze qualification results, identify risks, and make data-driven recommendations regarding commercialization readiness and long-term package performance.

• Partner with Quality, Operations, Procurement and suppliers to investigate failures, implement corrective actions, and validate sustainable solutions.

Operational Excellence & Supplier Partnership

• Evaluate packaging solutions for manufacturability, automation compatibility, labor efficiency, line performance, and OEE impact.

• Lead packaging-related root cause investigations and continuous improvement initiatives to reduce waste, improve reliability, and lower total cost.

• Build strategic supplier relationships that drive innovation, improve performance, and ensure supply continuity.

• Collaborate across Operations, R&D, Quality, Procurement, Supply Chain, and Mars Food & Nutrition to deliver scalable packaging solutions that support business growth.

Continuous Improvement & Capability Building

• Develop packaging standards, governance processes, and best practices that support organizational growth and operational excellence.

• Mentor team members and cross-functional partners on packaging technologies, qualification methodologies, and commercialization processes.

• Establish scalable systems for packaging documentation, change management, and knowledge transfer.

• Stay ahead of industry trends, emerging technologies, and regulatory developments to inform packaging strategy and business decisions.

• Other duties as assigned and necessary.

What You’ll Need:

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Packaging Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Chemical Engineering, or a related technical field.

• 7+ years of progressive experience in packaging engineering, packaging development, or packaging commercialization.

• Experience within food, beverage, refrigerated, frozen, protein, meal-kit, or consumer packaged goods industries.

• Demonstrated success leading packaging projects from concept through commercialization.

• Deep technical expertise in packaging materials, structures, converting processes, and manufacturing systems.

• Experience developing and executing packaging qualification and validation programs.

• Strong knowledge of food industry regulations and standards, including FDA, USDA, SQF, HACCP, and GMP requirements.

• Proven ability to lead cross-functional projects and influence stakeholders across multiple functions.

• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and root cause analysis capabilities.

• Excellent communication and presentation skills.

• Willingness to travel up to 20-30% for supplier engagement, testing, and plant support.

• Passion for the clean-eating, better-for-you food space and a desire to contribute to a mission-driven brand.

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced degree in Packaging, Engineering, Materials Science, or related discipline.

• Experience leading packaging sustainability initiatives.

• Experience with Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) programs and packaging regulations.

• Knowledge of recyclability assessments, PCR content strategies, and circular packaging design principles.

• Exposure to packaging automation, equipment integration, and manufacturing optimization initiatives.

• Lean Six Sigma certification or equivalent continuous improvement experience.

Healthy, Diverse Teams Breed Innovation:

Kevin’s Natural Foods is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We deeply believe that diverse backgrounds and experiences make better teams, and we seek to attract talent from all walks of life. The team at Kevin’s is smart, humble, and passionate and we value a work environment that fosters personal development and opportunities to move within our small, but quickly growing organization.

More About Kevin’s Natural Foods:

Kevin's Natural Foods is a line of refrigerated and frozen meals, sides, soups, and sauces on a mission to empower even the busiest people to eat clean without sacrificing flavor. Co-founded by Kevin McCray who battled an auto-immune disorder for years, Kevin's Natural Foods was born from his desire to make clean eating seamlessly fit into any lifestyle. Shockingly delicious and made with clean ingredients, Kevin’s products are ready in minutes and always free from gluten, soy, and refined sugar. I

n 2023, Kevin’s Natural Foods joined the Mars Food & Nutrition family, allowing us to expand our reach, accelerate innovation, and bring our mission to even more households while staying true to the quality and integrity that define our brand. A true market disruptor, Kevin's is the first clean refrigerated entrée brand working to prove every day that proper nutrition can be as delicious as it is healthy.

Salary Range: $130,000.00- $165,000.00 annually + benefits + bonus

Compensation within this salary range is dependent upon the candidate's experience, education, and relevant qualifications

Kevin's Natural Foods uses E-verify to confirm employment eligibility. For more information, please see the links below:

https://www.everify.gov/sites/default/files/everify/posters/IER_RightToWorkPoster%20Eng_Es.pdf

https://www.everify.gov/sites/default/files/everify/posters/EVerifyParticipationPoster.pdf

What You'll Do

• Serve as the primary Executive Assistant to the Chief Executive Officer, managing an exceptionally complex calendar, prioritizing commitments, coordinating meetings, and ensuring the CEO's time is aligned with strategic business priorities.

• Provide additional administrative support to members of the Executive Leadership Team as CEO priorities allow, offering capacity during peak workloads, executive travel, leadership meetings, and critical business initiatives.

• Coordinate domestic and international travel arrangements for the CEO, including detailed itineraries, logistics, accommodations, transportation, and contingency planning.

• Manage and prioritize incoming communications on behalf of the CEO, drafting correspondence, screening requests, and ensuring timely follow-up on critical matters.

• Prepare executive presentations, reports, agendas, board materials, meeting materials, and business correspondence while ensuring exceptional accuracy, professionalism, and confidentiality.

• Organize and coordinate executive meetings, leadership offsites, town halls, board meetings, and special events, including logistics, scheduling, preparation of materials, and follow-up actions.

• Manage executive expense reporting, invoice processing, document management, and other administrative responsibilities with exceptional attention to detail.

• Handle highly confidential business information with the utmost discretion, professionalism, and integrity.

• Exercise sound judgment in resolving scheduling conflicts, prioritizing competing demands, and identifying solutions to complex administrative and operational challenges.

• Lead or support special projects as assigned by the CEO.

• Perform other duties as assigned or necessary.

What You'll Need

• Bachelor's degree or an equivalent combination of education and professional experience.

• 7+ years of progressively responsible experience supporting a Chief Executive Officer, President, Founder, or other C-suite executives within a fast-paced, complex organization.

• Demonstrated experience serving as a trusted advisor and partner to executive leadership while exercising exceptional judgment and discretion.

• Proven ability to manage highly complex calendars, executive travel, communications, and competing priorities with minimal direction.

• Experience supporting Board of Directors meetings, executive leadership meetings, strategic planning sessions, and enterprise-wide initiatives.

• Outstanding verbal and written communication skills with the ability to interact professionally and confidently with executives, board members, customers, and external partners.

• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, including Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel, Word, and Teams.

• Exceptional organizational skills with meticulous attention to detail and a proactive, solutions-oriented mindset.

• Ability to anticipate executive needs, think strategically, and adapt quickly in a rapidly changing environment.

• Experience supporting executives within high-growth organizations is strongly preferred.

Healthy, Diverse Teams Breed Innovation:

Kevin’s Natural Foods is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We deeply believe that diverse backgrounds and experiences make better teams, and we seek to attract talent from all walks of life. The team at Kevin’s is smart, humble, and passionate and we value a work environment that fosters personal development and opportunities to move within our small, but quickly growing organization.

More About Kevin’s Natural Foods:

Kevin's Natural Foods is a line of refrigerated and frozen meals, sides, soups, and sauces on a mission to empower even the busiest people to eat clean without sacrificing flavor. Co-founded by Kevin McCray who battled an auto-immune disorder for years, Kevin's Natural Foods was born from his desire to make clean eating seamlessly fit into any lifestyle. Shockingly delicious and made with clean ingredients, Kevin’s products are ready in minutes and always free from gluten, soy, and refined sugar.

In 2023, Kevin’s Natural Foods joined the Mars Food & Nutrition family, allowing us to expand our reach, accelerate innovation, and bring our mission to even more households while staying true to the quality and integrity that define our brand. A true market disruptor, Kevin's is the first clean refrigerated entrée brand working to prove every day that proper nutrition can be as delicious as it is healthy.

Salary Range: $90,000.00-$130,000.00 annually + benefits + bonus

Compensation within this salary range is dependent upon the candidate's experience, education, and relevant qualifications

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