Food & Beverage Industry Executive Search and Recruiters
Direct Recruiters has been recognized as the relationship-focused executive search firm that assists Food & Beverage organizations with recruiting, acquiring and retaining high-impact food industry employees for mission-critical positions. We provide executive search, recruitment & staffing services to fill food and beverage processing jobs. For employee recruiting assistance, placement assistance or to be considered for a food industry job, please contact our food and beverage processing recruiter, Rachel Makoski at 440-996-0871 or rmakoski@directrecruiters.com.
Finding Top Talent
The food and beverage industry includes growers of raw ingredients, and processors that transform raw ingredients into food for human consumption, whether it be one-off production, batch production or mass production. In addition there are food manufacturers and distributors who contribute to a thriving industry. Direct Recruiters builds long-term relationships with food industry companies of all types to bring top talent to their companies. We provide retained, contingency and temporary solutions for organizations looking for food industry experts. Our team is dedicated to sourcing, identifying, acquiring, and retaining top performing professionals to elevate the success of our client organizations. In addition, DRI's food executive search specialists are experienced in working with Private Equity, Venture Capital, and Growth Equity firms to recruit their portfolio company leaders and teams.
As a food company recruitment specialists, DRI’s Food & Beverage practice area has placed industry-specific executive talent at leading companies. Our extensive network of industry contacts along with our proprietary sourcing techniques allows our Food & Beverage recruiters to deliver the best slate of executive level candidates including C-Suite, VPs, Directors and Senior Managers.
The DRI team is comprised of Food & Beverage experts including Researchers, Senior Recruiters, and Practice Leaders who devote 100% of their efforts in this industry. They have a thorough understanding of the current job market and what it takes to fill open positions.
Food recruiters at DRI continually receive resumes from food industry sales, operations, engineering specialists and more, to submit the best resumes to hiring managers that contracted with DRI for recruiting services. Food recruiters at DRI review the experience of each candidate to ensure that it matches the job description and requirements of food industry companies that have engaged DRI on a contingency, retained search, consulting or contract staffing basis.
Food & Beverage Roles We Place
On a daily basis, we are in contact with Food & Beverage management and hiring authorities looking to hire key industry professionals in the areas below:
- C-Suite
- Executive Level
- Vice President (Sales, Engineering, Quality)
- Director level
- Controller
- National/Global Account Manager
- Sales Manager
- Sales Representative
- Marketing Manager
- Facilities Manager
- Product Manager
- Project Manager
- Plant Manager
- Production Manager
- HACCP Manager
- Quality
- Food Scientists
- Engineering Manager
- Product Engineer
- Site Manager
- In-House Counsel
- Legal Staffing
- Private Equity and Portfolio Company Roles
- Inquire About Other Professionals
Food & Beverage Recruiting Areas of Focus
DRI acquires talent within the Food & Beverage for clients manufacturing food products broken into the following:
- Agriculture
- Baked Goods
- Beverage
- Canned
- Confectionery
- Dairy
- Flavoring
- Foodservice
- Frozen
- Fruit/Vegetables
- Grains
- Growers
- Hospitality
- Ingredients
- Poultry
- Prepared Foods
- Protein
- QSR's
- Retail
- RTE Foods
- Snack Food
Get in Touch with Our Team
To Fill a Position or Discuss a Recruiting Assignment, contact our Director of Food and Foodservice E&S and Food Processing Recruiter, Rachel Makoski: rmakoski@directrecruiters.com or 440-996-0871
Rachel Makoski | Director of Food & Beverage and Foodservice E&S | Food & Beverage Recruiter | Foodservice Equipment Recruiter | 440-996-0871 | rmakoski@directrecruiters.com
Food & Beverage Testimonials
Tradeshows of Interest
NRA
International Pizza Show
International Dairy-Deli-Bakery Association Show
SNAXPO
IFT Food Expo
BrewExpo America
Nightclub and Bar Show
FABREO Food & Bev Expo
NFRA Convention
NCA's Sweets and Snacks Expo
MAFSI
IPPE
ProFoodTech
Powder and Bulk Show
Wine Symposium
Trade Publications
Foodservice and Equipment Magazine
Foodservice Equipment Reports
Food Manufacturing
Restaurant Magazine
QSR Magazine
Clients we have recently worked with:
Yasmina Carrasco, HR Manager, Prosur
“Rachel and the team at Direct Recruiters helped us finding the right candidate. She is dedicated, professional and hard worker. I would recommend her as a recruiter to anyone.”
Read MoreSara Kelly, Quality Assurance Manager, NuTrail
“Rachel was an excellent recruiter. she went above and beyond at handling my position. She was professional, informative, and made me feel confident.”
Read MoreOliver Munoz, Talent Acquisition Leader, Olam Food Ingredients
“Rachel and team did a phenomenal job identifying a candidate for a critical role for ofi that had been open for over a year. She went above and beyond to ensure weekly updates were provided and provided clear insights about…
Read MorePablo Ruiz, Plant Manager, California Custom Fruits & Flavors, Inc.
“If I told you that when Rachel reached out to me about an opportunity, would you believe it changed my life? It did. She was a total professional throughout the entire process and made it seem effortless. I could not…
Read MoreDerek Pietz, VP of Automation, Ono Food Co.
“I’ve worked with Rachel and the team at Direct Recruiters to build teams at three companies now and will continue to do so in the future. What I especially like is that Rachel takes the time to not only understand…
Read MoreTom St. Lawrence, President, American Holt Corp.
“As we worked together, DRI got a better understanding and presented better candidates. I worked primarily with Jim who was pleasant and very quick to follow up and provide any information needed.”
Read MoreP.C. – Candidate
“I highly recommend Daniel as your new career change partner! He is extremely professional and very proficient. I was very fortunate to have had the opportunity to work with him and received his advice while hunting new career opportunities. Thanks…
Read MoreA.S. – Candidate
“Daniel is focused and patient, it was a pleasure working with him through my critical decision-making process. His professional attitude and personable demeanor provide him the right level of confidence. Daniel provided advice at every step of the journey helping…
Read MoreS.C. – Candidate
“Having worked with a recruiter in the past with negative results, I was naturally skeptical when Daniel Kramer reached out to me with an opportunity which ultimately resulted in the best move of my career. From day one, Daniel was…
Read MoreC.A. – Candidate
“Daniel helped me find an amazing job. He asked very detailed questions so that he knew my personality and skills would fit the position. He is very friendly and personable and checked on me the entire way. He was always…
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