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Production Operations Director: Devon’s Chocolates, LLC
Reports to: President and Owner Location: Sun Prairie, Wisconsin

A World of Chocolate Awaits Its Next Great Creator Devon's Chocolates, LLC specializes in manufacturing and packaging the highest quality snacks in the world. Excelling in a variety of Dark Chocolate and Milk Chocolate molded and enrobed products, nut, chocolate, caramel and toffee clusters, popcorn, and gourmet baked nuts. The possibilities are open to our client's imagination.

Do you have experience leading operations in a food production or manufacturing environment? Have you managed production schedules, improved processes, and led manufacturing teams? If so, this is your opportunity to bring your leadership skills to a fast-paced setting where quality, consistency, efficiency, craftsmanship, and precision truly matter every day.

Join Devon's Chocolates, LLC as a Production Operations Director and help lead our growing plant operations and production teams while ensuring the highest standards in food safety, product quality, and on-time delivery.

Essential Functions:

• Oversee daily plant operations in a fast-paced food manufacturing environment
• Lead supervisors and production staff across multiple shifts
• Manage production scheduling, staffing, inventory control, process improvements, and equipment maintenance
• Ensure compliance with GMP, HACCP, OSHA, sanitation, and company safety standards
• Troubleshoot chocolate tempering processes and support staff with proper handling techniques
• Promote a respectful, safe, and productive workplace culture

Qualifications & Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree preferred
• 5+ years of food manufacturing and supervisory experience required
• Chocolate confectionery experience preferred
• Strong leadership, communication, troubleshooting, and organizational skills required
• Ability to manage 30+ direct reports in a fast-paced environment

What Devon’s Chocolates Offers Competitive salary and a full benefits package after 60 days, including medical, dental, and vision insurance; LTD/STD and supplemental insurance; 401(k) with company match; paid time off; employee referral program; and bonus eligibility based on performance and company results. How to Apply Click on the job posting to apply today. https://recruiting.myapps.paychex.com/appone/MainInfoReq.asp?R_ID=7153597 Any questions, please contact Connie Vang at cvang@alschutzman.com

Kitchen Lead:

Production Kitchen Reports to: Production Manager or Operations Manager Location: Canonsburg, PA Job Summary: Oversees daily operations in the kitchen area, leading a team of batch cooks, mixers, and assistants in the large-scale preparation of centers and fillings (e.g., caramels, marshmallows, creams, ganache, and other inclusions). This hands-on supervisory role ensures consistent quality, food safety compliance, efficient batch production, and smooth transfer of materials to enrobing and depositing lines. The Lead troubleshoots processes, trains staff and maintains high standards in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and supervise a team of kitchen staff per shift, assigning tasks, monitoring performance, and providing on-the-job coaching / training.
• Oversee large-batch cooking and preparation of fillings/centers according to standardized recipes, ensuring precise measurement, timing, temperature control, and consistency (e.g., achieving proper caramelization, aeration for marshmallows, emulsion stability in creams).
• Enforce strict food safety, sanitation, and GMP/HACCP protocols, including allergen controls, equipment cleaning (kettles, mixers, cookers), and proper handling/storage of ingredients.
• Coordinate with downstream teams (enrobing/depositing).
• Track production data (batch logs, yields, downtime), report issues, and contribute to inventory management for kitchen ingredients.
• Maintain a clean, organized, and safe kitchen workspace

  Any additional tasks assigned by Production Manager Qualifications & Requirements:

• 3–5+ years of experience in food manufacturing, preferably in confectionery, chocolate, candy, or bakery production (batch cooking caramels, marshmallows, creams, or similar high-sugar/aerated products).

• Prior supervisory or lead experience in a production/kitchen setting (1–3 years preferred).
• Strong knowledge of confectionery processes: cooking temperatures, sugar stages, aeration techniques, emulsification, and troubleshooting common issues.
• Food safety certification (e.g., SERV Safe, HACCP, or equivalent) required or obtainable within first few months.
• Ability to lift 50+ lbs., stand for long periods, and work in a temperature-controlled environment.
• Excellent attention to detail, organization and communication for team leadership.

The total compensation package for this position may also include other elements, in addition to a full range of generous medical, financial, and/or other benefits (including 401(k) eligibility and various paid time off benefits, such as vacation and sick time, dependent on the position offered. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if applicant receives an offer of employment. Contact William at bsarris@sarriscandies.com for details.

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