JOAJIRON
OPERATIONS ACADEMY
FOOD MANUFACTURING. PEOPLE. PROGRESS.

Better leaders.
Stronger food plants.

Food manufacturing asks a lot of its leaders. Plans change. People need support. The next shift is coming. We’re building JOA to help people handle that responsibility—and take the next step in their careers.

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FOOD MANUFACTURING / THE JOA APPROACH

Room to learn. Support to lead.

A short introduction to what we’re building for people and teams in food manufacturing.

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You know the work. Now your team is looking to you. JOA is developing practical leadership learning for food manufacturing, built around the decisions, conversations, and responsibilities of leading a shift and supporting a team. Room to learn, support to lead, explore the academy.

FIND YOUR DIRECTION

What is your next move?

ACADEMY / IN DEVELOPMENT

Feel more ready for the next shift.

Work on the decisions and conversations that come with leading people in a food plant.

Explore the Academy ↗

YOUR NEXT STEP IN FOOD MANUFACTURING

Where do you want to go next?

BUILT FOR THE REALITIES OF A FOOD PLANT

The shift doesn’t wait.
Help your people move forward.

A late delivery. A short crew. Product on hold. These are the situations food-manufacturing leaders work through every day. JOA brings those realities into leadership learning.

THE JOA DIRECTION

Learn here. Build your next chapter here.

01

Academy

Work through the decisions and conversations that come with leading people in a food plant.

02

Careers

We’re building a place to find food-manufacturing jobs, including opportunities for people who have completed JOA courses.

03

Industry perspective

Read about leading people, solving problems and building a career in food manufacturing.

MEET THE FOUNDER

Built by someone
who knows the shift.

Jesse Jiron brings more than 15 years in operations, including eight as a plant manager. He’s building the kind of leadership learning that stays connected to the work.

Meet Jesse ↗
Jesse Jiron