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Bolthouse Farms · 23 hours ago

Commercialization Project Manager

United States

Full-time

Remote

Mid, Senior Level

$105K/yr - $126K/yr

3+ years exp

Bolthouse Farms, part of Generous Brands, is a leading provider of chilled juice and smoothies. The Commercialization Project Manager will oversee innovation and operational efficiency projects that drive growth and enhance the company's reputation as a category leader.

Food Processing

Responsibilities

Lead cross-functional team on innovation, renovation, packaging development, or engineering projects. Projects will both fuel company growth and help to capture efficiencies. The number of projects to manage will depend on the size and complexity of the projects

Accountable for working with the cross-functional team for all project deliverables (timeline, task management, change management, product characteristics, cost, profitability, quality, delivery to the customers etc.)

Develop and propose a solution to execute the project brief in the quickest possible time, meeting all the customer and consumer expectations of the brief and at the lowest cost. This will include recommendation on a team, resources needed, a detailed timeline with critical path and a risk analysis, etc

Manage change management systems

Manage several cross-functional teams of 20 or more people with several complex projects (6-to-24-month length)

Involvement and visibility to all functions at various levels up to the Executive Committee

Qualification

Change managementProject managementCross-functional leadershipDigital/IT skillsFoodBeverage experiencePMP certificationTeam environment creationRisk identificationPresentation skills

Required

The successful candidate should have led projects or had a significant contribution to the success of projects as a participant beyond their area of functional responsibility

Strong understanding of project stage gates, prioritization, business performance metrics

Must be able to work with a variety of key stakeholders – Marketing, Operations, Procurement, Engineering, Product Development, Finance, etc. Must understand how to articulate the roles and responsibilities of each function to work together in the most efficient manner

Ability to create a team environment that incentivizes transparent conversations simultaneously engage and energize others to gain buy-in from outside stakeholders

Collaborated comfortably with other business areas to include marketing and supply chain

Solid understanding of tough economic imperatives, competitive pressures and today's growing social responsibility. Strong ability to proactively identify and mitigate risks

Detail-oriented, strong digital/IT skills are critical. Must be proficient in Microsoft Office including MS Project or equivalent

Must be a strong functional leader, this person must understand strategy, economics and financials

Good presentation skills are necessary

Bachelor's degree (engineer, business or other relevant), combined with experience and/or 3-5 years of relevant experience

Preferred

5 or more years of work experience demonstrating the skills required for this position

Master's degree (engineer, business or other relevant discipline)

Food or beverage industry experience

Product development experience

Smartsheet or equivalent experience preferred

Strong understanding of digital recipe management systems preferred

PMP certification preferred

Benefits

Medical, Dental & Vision

Group Life and AD&D

Voluntary Life and AD&D

Group Short & Long-Term Disability

401(k)

Paid Time Off

Flexible Spending Accounts

Employee Assistance Program

+ Gym Membership Discounts

Company

Bolthouse Farms

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Bolthouse Farms is a vertically-integrated farm company that produces and offers refrigerated beverages, especially for toddlers. It is a sub-organization of Campbell Soup Company.

Founded in 1915

Bakersfield, California, USA

1001-5000 employees