People. Places. Performance — by Sandra Lochmann

Food industry

Fill production roles when the market seems empty

Shift work, seasonal peaks and strong competition for skilled people make hiring difficult. I help open up new candidate groups with the right strategy.

FOOD INDUSTRYGERMANYITALYBrenner

The situation

The bottleneck is often not the channel

Machine operators, maintenance specialists and shift leaders are scarce, and other industries often pay more. In many regions, the real issue is not job-ad reach but affordable housing. Solving it reaches candidates who otherwise could not relocate.

My experience

Strategy instead of blanket advertising

Current food-industry projects include compensation and benefits benchmarks, search strategies for production roles, and housing and relocation concepts across borders and languages.

Services

What I deliver

Production search strategy

Machine operators, maintenance and shift management.

Compensation & benefits benchmark

See where you really stand in the market.

Housing & relocation concepts

The lever you can control directly.

Cross-border sourcing

New candidate groups from neighbouring regions and countries.

Interim management

HR and recruiting during growth or bottleneck phases.

Who it is for

Who it is for

Food manufacturers in DACH with shift operations and hard-to-fill production roles.

For Italy, I advise on market entry, HR strategy and team build-up – with salary benchmarks and organisational concepts.

Experience

Why work with me

  • Plant build-up with around 6,000 hires
  • 20+ years in DAX corporations
  • Negotiating on site – in 5 languages
  • From production operators to Managing Directors
  • Transparent day rates or project fees

Let’s discuss your situation

Free initial consultation – confidential and concrete.

Book an initial consultation

Book a conversation

For companies

Looking for specialists or leaders, or planning a market entry?

Contact

For candidates

Looking for a new position? Please send an open application – I will get in touch as soon as a suitable mandate comes up. I do not offer one-to-one meetings without a specific mandate.

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