Manager Trainee

Seneca Foods is one of North America's leading providers of packaged fruits and vegetables with facilities located throughout the United States.  Our high quality products are primarily sourced from over 1,400 American farms. Seneca holds the largest share of the retail private label, food service, and export canned vegetable markets, distributing to over 90 countries. Products are also sold under the brands of Libby’s®, Aunt Nellie’s®, READ®, Seneca Farms®, Green Valley®, Green Giant (Shelf-Stable)®, CherryMan®, Paradise®, Pennant®, and Seneca labels, including Seneca snack chips. Seneca also provides vegetable products to other companies under various co-pack arrangements.

Seneca Foods in Glencoe, MN is currently seeking a Manager Trainee to join our team. Seneca Foods offers an excellent benefit package including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, 401K, paid time off and much more!  Help us make our Farm Fresh Goodness Great!

As a Manager Trainee, the selected candidate will work across all areas of the facility throughout the year and be a vital part of the management team. 

Responsibilities: 

Ag Department (February – July)

• • Assist with contracting of raw product, planting operations, scheduling, crop growth evaluation, and maturity evaluation
  • Communicate with growers, landowners, department leads, and other employees planting and harvesting progress, needs, and updates
  • Develop an in-depth understanding of raw product flow including truck routing, product grading, and harvest planning
  • Learn harvest equipment functions and raw product harvesting process
  • Use leadership and team management skills in safety focused environment
  • Other duties as assigned

Plant/Manufacturing (July – November)

• • Observe and react to dynamic work environment
  • Track and review record-keeping process during sweetcorn pack
  • Develop an understanding of the many facets of the processing facility
  • Utilize skills as self-starter to champion your own projects and duties
  • Develop and build relationships with plant team relying on leadership and team management skills
  • Participate in safety audits and implement changes or improvements
  • Other duties as assigned

Warehouse (November – February)

• • Gain understanding of warehouse activities, dry and frozen
  • Coordinate inventory levels to match shipping needs
  • Work with labeling planner and inventory coordinator
  • Participate and assist with floor activities
  • Understand and partake in ordering ingredients for future item codes/products
  • Assist with year-end inventory
  • Coordinate shipping and receiving traffic for dry and frozen warehouses
  • Participate in audits with safety team
  • Other duties as assigned

Qualifications: 

• Excellent soft communication skills
• Bi-lingual skills helpful, but not required
• Self-starting mentality and ability to work through a project with general overview of tasks
• Genuine interest to be taught and learn from others through observation
• A positive attitude and willingness to put others first
• Comfortable with Excel documents and record-keeping software
• Strong desire to take on challenges facing the company
• Interest and ability to work outside the state of Minnesota in the future
• Demonstration of strong leadership skills
• Excels at time management and task prioritization
• Desire and ability to think critically; demonstration of such skill
• Attention to detail in manufacturing environment

We strive to attract and maintain a workforce that enriches our team experience and supports our shared vision for the future. At Seneca, you'll be part of a team of highly qualified and dedicated individuals. We believe in making the world a healthier, happier place starting with our own employees. At Seneca, you'll feel good about what you do. In fact, many of our people have been with us for decades, helping advance our company.

If any of this sounds interesting to you and you want to learn more, apply today! 

Seneca Foods Corporation is committed to providing equal opportunity for all, through a positive and continuing affirmative action program. No employee or applicant will be discriminated against because of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, military and/or veteran status or any other Federal or State legally protected classes. Seneca Foods Corporation will make reasonable accommodations for known physical or mental limitations of otherwise qualified employees and applicants with disabilities unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business. If you are interested in applying for an employment opportunity and feel you need a reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), please contact us at ADA@senecafoods.com or call 585-495-4100.