Sweet Harvest Foods
Jeff Jacobs has over 13 years of work experience in finance roles. Jeff began their career at IBM as a Financial Analyst from June 2007 to July 2011. Following that, they worked at Tennant Company as a Senior Financial Analyst from August 2011 to September 2013, and then as a Finance Manager from October 2013 to June 2017. Jeff then joined TreeHouse Foods as a Finance Manager from June 2017 to February 2019. Currently, they are working at Sweet Harvest Foods, where they started as the Director of Finance in February 2019 and was promoted to VP of Finance in October 2020.
Jeff Jacobs attended Saint John's University from 2003 to 2007, where they earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Management and Economics.
Sweet Harvest Foods
Sweet Harvest Foods is dedicated to giving back to the communities in which we live and work. In addition to participating in the Minnesota Keystone Initiative to give back a minimum of 2 percent of profits each year, we also allocate time our employees can use to volunteer during business hours. Recent employee efforts include organizing a groupto help with local flooding disaster relief.Current efforts include:Raising money, matching funds, contributing time and donating items for the annual Toys for Tots driveFinancial donations to local educational foundationsFinancial assistance to people in need within our local communitiesDonations for in-class educational tools such as a Smart Board and other technologies that are beyond the reach of some classroom budgetsVolunteer teaching in classrooms that brings food production and nutrition knowledge to elementary studentsCharitable giving to programs supporting children with special needs, including Special Olympics, National Children's Cancer Society, National Down's Syndrome Society, Local Rotary Foundations, Smile Train, American Association of the Deaf and Blind, Feed My Starving Children and Opportunity PartnersFinancial support towards training and work programs that assist adults with special needsEmployees Our culture of teamwork and our profit-sharing structure reinforce our commitment to individual employees. As a result, our employees develop the knowledge, skills and abilities required to produce high-quality products.Current efforts include:Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP)Safe Quality Food (SQF)Occupational safetyCross-trainingWeekly training sessionsProfessional and career development, supported by an educational assistance policy