Sr. Project Manager Product Development Commercialization

Location: USA - Corona, CA

Department: Technical Operations

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A Day in the Life:

The Senior Project Manager Commercialization is responsible to lead the project management of all innovation and change management projects for the Commercial Large Store/ Foodservice and On Premise (FSOP) (including Club and E-Commerce) channel, as well as all on-pack marketing promotion projects in the US. Lead cross-functional teams through the company stage gate process with a sound understanding of business/project scope, risk and resource analysis, as well as managing any escalation process with supply chain and commercial leadership. Develop a robust business process with our external network of packaging vendors to drive efficiencies and timely delivery of secondary artwork based with a deep understanding the artwork development process.

The Impact You'll Make:

• Take an active role in helping the design/scope of complex projects and project timeline templates or active project plans

• Lead stakeholders with the development of the overall project plan/timeline strategy through stage 0 and 1 leadership

• Lead weekly cross-functional team meetings with supply chain, technical community, and commercial stakeholders for a full report and plan for high complexity projects

• Liaison with packaging vendors for continuous improvement, risk mitigation, and way-of-working development to ensure efficiency in packaging execution

• Track all activities and interact on a daily level to ensure communication or priorities and instill a sense of urgency with all stakeholders in New Product Development (NPD), Operations, Strategic Planning, Quality Assurance, and Commercial.

• Communicate progress and flag delays in timelines to NPD leadership by understanding the critical path of the project at hand to attempt to move the project along.

• Work with internal NPD stakeholders for delivery of tasks such as SAP set up of finished goods, raw materials, and kids as well as packaging development.

• Maintain creative, high performing, and motivated cross-functional teams through challenges, direction setting, coaching, and execution in everyday team interactions.

• Create tools to summarize/facilitate communication of tasks and responsibilities to the overall project team.

• Manage technical integration process with packaging vendors, packaging engineering, and procurement to ensure a timely commercialization of secondary artwork

Who You Are:

• Bachelor's Degree in the field of Science, Engineering, or related field. MBA is a plus
• 5+ years of experience in project management role or supply chain management role involving supply chain development in the consumer goods industry or related business function
• 5+ years of experience in cross-functional team leadership and operations
• Proficient with Microsoft Office suite with an emphasis on analytical and presentation tools (Excel & PowerPoint).
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification is a plus