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Sharing Excess

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51 - 200 employees

Founded 2018

🤝 Non-profit

🍽️ Food & Beverage

📦 Logistics

💰 $30k Grant - Sharing Excess on 2024-01

Non-profit • Food & Beverage • Logistics

Sharing Excess is a U. S. -based nonprofit that rescues and redistributes surplus fresh food from grocers, wholesalers, farms, restaurants and other food businesses to local hunger-relief organizations. Using a Food Rescue App and a nationwide logistics network (refrigerated vans, box trucks and third-party carriers), Sharing Excess coordinates Retail Rescue, Wholesale Rescue, and Direct Link bulk transport to move edible surplus rather than let it go to waste. The organization reports rescuing and distributing more than 2,000,000 pounds of food each week, operates across 36 states with over 2,000 distribution locations, and is a registered 501(c)(3) focused on reducing food waste and alleviating food insecurity.

📋 Description

• Design and execute a national Farm to Family strategy for large-scale, farm-direct food rescue operations, including rescues spanning many millions of pounds. • Develop scalable systems and playbooks for identifying, activating, and sustaining farm-level partnerships across diverse agricultural regions. • Partner with the Chief Program Officer to align Farm to Family programming with broader organizational goals and growth plans. • Lead expansion of Farm to Family operations into new geographies and agricultural markets. • Build and maintain a national network of farm, co-op, importers, and agricultural producer partners who donate surplus and unsaleable produce directly to Sharing Excess. • Negotiate and manage donation agreements, logistics arrangements, and long-term partnerships with growers, packing houses, and agricultural cooperatives. • Oversee the end-to-end logistics of large-scale farm-direct rescues, including coordinating transportation, cold chain management, sorting, and distribution to community partners. • Directly supervise Food Sourcing Managers and Coordinators and support teams executing farm rescues across the country. • Track and analyze program KPIs including volume rescued, cost-per-pound, partner retention, and distribution reach. • Develop and manage operational budgets for Direct Link programming, ensuring cost-effective allocation of transportation, staffing, and equipment resources.

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Agriculture, Business, Operations, Nonprofit Management, or a related field; Master's preferred. • 7+ years of experience in operations leadership, supply chain management, or large-scale program oversight — experience in the agricultural sector, food industry, or food rescue strongly preferred. • Demonstrated experience managing high-volume, complex logistics operations, including time-sensitive, large-scale events. • Proven track record building and sustaining partnerships with agricultural producers, cooperatives, or food industry stakeholders. • Strong analytical and strategic thinking skills with experience using data to drive operational decisions. • Excellent communication, negotiation, and relationship-building skills. • Ability and willingness to travel frequently to farm sites, partner locations, and regional operations. • Deep passion for food security, sustainability, and reducing agricultural food waste.

🏖️ Benefits

• Unlimited PTO to rest and recharge • Fully covered medical, dental & vision benefits after 90 days • Flexible hybrid work structure • Paid Family Leave • Cell phone & internet reimbursement • Professional development support • Occasional team retreats & gatherings • Sharing Excess merch (it's good, we promise)