Universal Corporation

Vice President

• Develop and execute Universal’s global tax strategy aligned with business objectives
• Optimize the company’s effective tax rate and cash position while maintaining compliance and managing risk
• Monitor emerging tax legislation, regulatory developments, and global tax trends
• Advise executive leadership on tax implications of strategic initiatives, acquisitions, divestitures, restructurings, and domestic and international expansions
• Collaborate with corporate policy, legal, treasury, and finance teams
• Lead worldwide income tax accounting and reporting under U.S. GAAP and SEC requirements
• Ensure timely and accurate preparation and filing of global tax returns and related filings
• Direct quarterly and annual tax provisioning, including management of uncertain tax positions
• Maintain effective tax-process controls and support SOX compliance
• Lead international tax planning and transfer pricing strategies
• Manage the legal entity structure and analyze it for tax efficiencies and strategic growth
• Establish and maintain tax risk management structures
• Assist with international tax audits and advise on tax risks
• Manage external tax audits, desk examinations, and controversial disputes
• Drive tax technology transformation, process efficiencies, and automation for income tax compliance and ASC 740 functions
• Manage external advisors, consultants, and service providers within audit committee budgeting and approval guidelines
• Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing global tax team and future tax leaders

Vice President, Taxes

Technician

• Install, maintain, and repair automated machinery and computer-controlled mechanical systems
• Troubleshoot, maintain, and repair electronic equipment to component levels according to company regulations
• Analyze data to assess machinery performance and ensure efficiency
• Troubleshoot and repair PLC equipment
• Document maintenance and machine safety data
• Read blueprints, schematics, and diagrams to determine machine or equipment assembly methods and sequences
• Perform regular and preventive maintenance on installed electro-mechanical equipment
• Use instruments to test electromechanical assembly performance
• Follow layout and schematic diagrams to repair and maintain machines
• Follow all safety procedures and nurture a food safety culture by adhering to Safe Quality Foods requirements
• Perform other duties as assigned

Electro-Mechanical Technician – 2nd Shift

Processor

• Perform Processor duties and support the department team leader and Manager
• Uphold company policies and procedures, including GMP, processing batches, sanitation, cleanliness, equipment verification, and process validation
• Maintain job orders using ERP software, monitor progress, resolve problems, and report processing results
• Attend processing department meetings and contribute to team efforts supporting customer priorities and raw material planning
• Maintain workflow by applying process steps, controlling inventory, verifying processing variables, monitoring control points, and communicating corrections
• Operate and verify equipment including pumps, processors, filters, and forklifts; report issues
• Analyze operating practices and job instructions and recommend changes
• Verify job orders, perform conversions, and measure and weigh ingredients to mix and complete batches
• Pull and verify raw materials for each batch
• Clean and sanitize processing equipment and containers to prevent cross-contamination
• Transfer liquids to tanks or containers while minimizing product loss
• Move raw materials and finished goods daily and maintain ERP accuracy
• Deliver and assemble raw materials for liquid production using a tow motor or power jack
• Return partial containers and finished liquids to appropriate areas
• Move newly received materials from the warehouse to storage areas as needed
• Assist with periodic inventory counts
• Perform preventative maintenance on pumps and mixers
• Adjust noncompliant batches when necessary
• Submit batch samples to the lab in a timely manner
• Maintain a safe and clean work environment
• Perform other duties as assigned

Processor, 2nd Shift

Production Planner

• Manage all aspects of production planning, new product integration, and sales demand forecasting
• Organize, manage, and schedule production needs to meet customer delivery dates
• Collect and maintain sales forecasts from the sales/customer service team
• Analyze data to forecast product and material demands
• Organize and prioritize customer orders for production
• Analyze material availability and coordinate purchasing needs
• Coordinate with customer service regarding potential production delays
• Use ERP to check material availability, enter production jobs, monitor scheduled jobs, and analyze finished-goods stock levels
• Coordinate with Quality regarding raw material, liquid, and finished-good status
• Coordinate with Warehouse regarding material movement
• Generate priority lists for department stakeholders
• Coordinate with production mechanics to estimate repair completion times
• Use Excel for scheduling data entry and analysis
• Use Outlook for customer-order and scheduling communications
• Perform other assigned tasks

Production Planner, Scheduler

Manager

• Lead all plant operations, ensuring safe, efficient, and compliant aseptic manufacturing
• Provide technical leadership for UHT/HTST processing, aseptic filling, CIP/SIP, contamination control, and hygienic design
• Ensure compliance with food safety, quality, and regulatory standards including FDA, FSMA, FSSC 22000, HACCP, and GMP
• Serve as site leader for regulatory inspections, third-party audits, and customer audits
• Drive continuous improvement to improve safety, quality, yield, OEE, and cost performance
• Lead and develop cross-functional teams across production, engineering, quality, maintenance, supply chain, and EHS
• Oversee process validation, aseptic qualifications, shelf-life studies, and new product introductions
• Manage allergen control programs in a multi-product aseptic environment
• Own plant P&L, budgets, operating costs, and capital investments
• Lead capital projects including aseptic line expansions, equipment upgrades, and technology implementation
• Champion EHS programs and foster a strong safety and food safety culture
• Collaborate with R&D, Quality, and Commercial teams to support growth in coffee, tea, juice, plant-based, acidified dairy, and nutritional products
• Build a high-performance culture focused on accountability, engagement, and long-term operational excellence

Plant Manager

Supervisor

• Develop and maintain daily, weekly, and monthly production schedules across juice production, blending, packaging, drying, milling, and dry ingredient packaging operations
• Generate all Production Batch Orders (PBOs) in the ERP system one day ahead of scheduled production
• Validate completed PBOs for accuracy to avoid month-end financial delays
• Lead weekly production planning meetings and communicate priorities to operational stakeholders
• Participate in Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) and support long-term production planning
• Partner with Production and Procurement to ensure timely availability of raw materials, packaging materials, and ingredients
• Align production schedules with Sales and Customer Service expectations
• Coordinate with Quality and Food Safety regarding inventory status, product holds, and material releases
• Communicate with Warehouse regarding inventory movement, storage capacity, and shipment priorities
• Coordinate production plans between Grandview and Prosser facilities
• Balance customer demand, production capacity, labor availability, maintenance schedules, and raw material availability
• Prioritize production orders to meet customer delivery requirements while minimizing changeovers and downtime
• Monitor schedule attainment and adjust plans for changing production requirements
• Identify processing equipment and seasonal capacity constraints with Production Managers and Supervisors
• Coordinate planned downtime and preventative maintenance with Maintenance
• Collaborate with Sales to use dry and frozen inventories effectively and minimize aging and long-term storage
• Supervise the Production Planning team and oversee production planning processes, inventory optimization, and continuous improvement initiatives
• Manage frozen inventory levels, product transfers, material tempering, and availability for scheduled production runs

Vice President, Taxes

Electro-Mechanical Technician – 2nd Shift

Processor, 2nd Shift

Production Planner, Scheduler

Plant Manager

Production Planning and Scheduling Supervisor