Cool Jobs of the Week: Thanksgiving Edition

Thanksgiving is about spending time with loved ones, expressing gratitude, and contemplating our nation's unique history. Also, it's about food. So for the Thanksgiving Edition of Monster's "Cool Jobs of the Week," we are serving up some interesting and unique jobs related to food:

Food Scientist, R&D, Brother's Fine Foods (Lewisburg, TN)
If you have a BS in food Science or a related science and at least three years' experience in the R&D process in the food​ industry, you're on your way to becoming a taste maker at Brother's Fine Foods.

Marketing Manager, Butterball Farms (Grand Rapids, MI)
Think you've got what it takes to talk turkey at a management level? Don't miss this job at Butterball!

Production Manager, North American Breweries (Portland, OR)
Your dream job could be brewing here in Portland: The production manager is responsible for ensuring that "the highest-quality finished goods are produced, warehoused, and shipped within budgeted costs in a safe environment."​ 

Director of Food Services, Cambridge Public Schools (Cambridge, MA)
What's for lunch? In this position, you'll be responsible "for overseeing a budget of $2.​5M and food service staff district-wide, along with supervising district-wide school breakfast, lunch, after-school snack, and fruit and vegetable snack programs."

Strategic Sourcing Manager - Flavors, Kraft Foods (Chicago, IL)
Ten years of sourcing and/or supply-management experience are required in this position, which is "heavily involved with supplier optimization consisting of strategy development, strategic competitive bidding, supplier negotiations, project management, planning, and monitoring."

VP - Food Practice (Public Relations), Porter Novelli (New York, NY)
If you have "experience developing marketing, public relations, and/​or communications strategy in the industrial and food service channels," you may have what it takes to fill this high-level agency role.

Human Resources Manager, Pilgrim’s Pride (Waco, TX)
Are you an HR professional with at least five years' experience? Make every day Thanksgiving as an HR manager at Pilgrim's Pride.

Consumer Strategist, Food & Beverage, The Corporate Exectuive Board (Minneapolis, MN)
In this role, you'll set the tone at the table -- in other words, you'll "translate consumer trends into actionable insight and marketing applications for Fortune 1000 clients as they relate to the Food and Beverage industry and consumer culture."

Food Safety Manager, Smithfield Farms (Landover, MD)
In this position, you'll have "the primary responsibility of driving the food safety systems of the plant by developing, modifying, and maintaining the plant’s HACCP, SSOP, and regulatory programs to ensure compliance with all regulatory requirements for the production of safe and wholesome food."

 

What's your definition of a cool job? Tell us, so we can make the next edition of "Cool Jobs" even cooler for you! And start your job search at Monster.com today.

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