Associate Commercialization Manager
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full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: United States
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About the role
- Execute projects that impact the company’s growth, profitability, and operational efficiency. Lead the commercialization process for new product launches. Own the Stage Gate process for projects; defining project scope, goals, deliverables, and timelines.
- Coordinate artwork review and packaging hand-off to vendors, working and communicating directly with our customer’s design agency, customer contacts, internal team and broker partner.
- Be accountable for new products and product maintenance ensuring 100% accurate part set up. Meet internal and external partner specifications and product requirements, including completion of production specifications in customer portals (examples include GORP, PROSPEC, Gateway).
- Collaborate across internal teams (Operations, Marketing, Procurement, Finance, Sales) and work with external contacts (suppliers, co-manufacturers and vendors) to ensure programs are launched on-time and in-line with project objectives.
- Serve as project lead to ensure cross-functional team members understand and work toward accomplishing the business vision, goals and objectives. Manage and communicate detailed project trackers to the extended team. Promote urgency to hit established timelines. Provide project status updates and flag issues to leadership.
- Lead weekly cross-functional team meetings to ensure teams are completing tasks according to agreed project timelines and facilitate discussions to manage and mitigate project risks.
- Learn and develop a strong working knowledge of industry, products, packaging, production lines, and the processes necessary to commercialize products across our manufacturing network.
- Ability to travel up to 20% as needed throughout the year for various activities including team off-sites, our annual company off-site, first production runs and production trials as necessary.
Requirements
- Minimum 3+ years in CPG Project Management or related business function
- Experience leading cross-functional project teams, experience with Stage Gate processes a plus
- Exposure to new product commercialization and startup procedures
- Experience managing private label branded products and working directly with customers
- Extremely strong organization skills, detail-oriented with strong project management skills, analytical capabilities, and the ability to collaborate cross-functionally.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- An enjoyment for working in a team environment with the ability to build strong relationships with business partners and lead projects
Benefits
- Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)
- 401k Plan with Company Match
- Paid Time Off (Vacation, Sick & Public Holidays)
- Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD&D)
- Parental Leave
- Short Term & Long Term Disability
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard Skills & Tools
project managementStage Gate processnew product commercializationproduction specificationsproject trackinganalytical capabilitiesprivate label management
Soft Skills
organization skillsdetail-orientedcollaborationwritten communicationverbal communicationrelationship buildingleadership