Smithfield Foods · 2 weeks ago
Associate Product Integration Manager
Smithfield, VA
Full-time
Onsite
Mid Level
3+ years expSmithfield Foods is an American food company with a leading position in packaged meats and fresh pork products. They are seeking an Associate Product Integration Manager who will lead commercialization efforts for new products, manage project teams, and ensure successful product delivery to market while applying product integration principles.
Food and BeverageHospitality
Responsibilities
You will lead the commercialization of new products, packaging, and major manufacturing changes, integrating business processes across products and locations
By establishing launch plans and ensuring stakeholder alignment, you will lead successful market execution
You will hold teams accountable, mitigate risks, and ensure projects meet timelines and quality standards, delivering impactful business results
You will develop a strong foundation in product integration principles, applying them to commercialization opportunities while building expertise in project management
By engaging stakeholders and leading cross-functional project teams, you will align commercialization plans, inspire action, and ensure seamless execution across business functions
You will integrate upfront deliverables across key teams to meet launch timing and customer expectations, holding Business Teams accountable for providing necessary requirements and aligning with customers on achievable targets
You will tackle business challenges, proactively adjusting project steps to minimize complications and ensure seamless commercialization
By closely monitoring development progress, escalating risks, and driving corrective actions, you will maintain project momentum and deliver successful outcomes
You will also mitigate financial risk by collaborating with Plant Operations and Corporate Food Safety Quality Assurance while tracking analytics, managing reporting, and documenting key performance metrics for leadership visibility and informed decision-making
You will ensure manufacturing plant readiness for new production, coordinating equipment installations, ramp-up plans, and staffing needs to ensure a seamless transition
By confirming downtime requirements, first production schedules, and financial inputs for costing, you will optimize efficiency while driving timely product code activations and forecast visibility
You will monitor production ramp-up, follow first production protocols, and ensure finished goods are positioned for market distribution, securing approval for product acceptance and shipping
You will assess commercialization readiness across products, leading the discovery phase to define product codes, specifications, costing, and packaging needs
By preparing and securing cross-functional alignment on project scope, you will develop a roadmap with key milestones and initiate major projects with manufacturing plants and teams
You will evaluate project performance challenges, applying insights to advance continuous process improvement and ensure successful commercialization
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree from an accredited four-year college or university in Business Management, Marketing, Food Science, Engineering, Supply Chain, Accounting or a related field and 3+ years of relevant experience, or equivalent combination of education and experience, required
Experience in acting as a lead by providing training, coaching or mentoring to less experienced staff or through managing a processes or project, required
Experience in positions of increasing responsibility with a consumer-packaged goods company
Strong work experience grounded in leadership, adaptation, and interpersonal skills
Highly organized, efficient, and able to manage business processes as well as grasp operational details and financial strategies
General understanding of new product launch process and operational impact from concept to commerce which includes evaluating ideas, testing concepts, prioritizing and defining projects, confirming feasibility, driving development completion, leading implementation and delivery to market
Outstanding time management skills and ability to execute across multiple projects
Proficient attention to details with ability to drive the larger scope
Great listening skills and highly inquisitive
Ability to work well with others in fast paced, dynamic environment
Ability to be respectful, approachable and team oriented while building strong working relationships and a positive work environment
Preferred
Master's Degree, preferred
Project management experience, preferred
Solution-oriented with proven problem-solving capability, desirable
Experience working with Business Management, Sales, Marketing, Engineering, Technical Services and Operations Teams, desirable
Benefits
Relocation Package Available
Company
Smithfield Foods
Smithfield Foods is an American food company with a leading position in packaged meats and fresh pork products.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$454.11M2025-09-04Post Ipo Secondary· $454.11M
2025-01-28IPO
2013-05-29Acquired
Leadership Team
Shane Smith
President and Chief Executive Officer
Allyson Bouldon
Vice President, Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer
Recent News
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