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Manager, Commercialization

4 months ago


Carol Stream, United States The Fresh Factory Full time

At **The Fresh Factory**, we’ve built a vertically integrated platform from the farm to the shelf. Our focus is on the future of food and beverage, which we believe to be fresh ingredients, clean labels, and plant-based products. We work with dozens of leading brands (and own a few of our own), helping them formulate, manufacture, and distribute their products. We’ve built this vertically integrated platform with the goal of providing honest food for all. Our industry-leading benefits package shows our commitment to the safety and well-being of our employees. Fresh Factory contributes generously to the cost of medical, dental, and vision insurance for our employees and their family members.

The** Commercialization Manaer** will support the development of new business initiatives to deliver on the company’s growth plan. This will include new product/business opportunities in food and beverage categories. This position is a key link between supporting existing business and developing future growth. This role's primary responsibility is managing the end-to-end commercialization process to bring new products to market and launch new manufacturing lines successfully and efficiently. To be effective, this will require cross-functional coordination and working closely with Sales, R&D, Supply Chain, Operations, Engineering, Quality and Finance. Furthermore, providing Sales support to drive the business forward. Reports directly to the VP of Commercialization.

**Responsibilities**:

- Ensure that all commercialization meets food safety and quality parameters.
- Manage the commercialization of new food and beverage product projects, as determined by management, on 7+ production lines.
- Manage the commercialization of new manufacturing lines launch and equipment installations, where applicable.
- Lead the Stage-Gate process for all assigned projects; lead teams through critical checkpoints, including analysis and prioritization of risks and opportunities.
- Coordinate project review team meetings ensuring input from all stakeholders to key approval and development decisions.
- As necessary, create a project plan for each approved project and coordinate all activities to ensure adherence to plan and visibility to status of each project.
- Serve as project lead and communicate project plans, schedule, and budget with all relevant departments including Sales, R&D, Quality, Engineering, Supply Chain, Operations, and Finance.
- Responsible for keeping the project pipeline up to date and communicating to the team, including status updates.
- Identify and escalate potential risks to timelines/success of commercialization efforts.
- Manage and prioritize competing priorities among various projects and stakeholders.
- Coordinate across all functions the development and input of all internal and external documentation, required to enable the product to be produced and sold.
- Responsible for change management and its execution.
- Manage the execution of required ERP setup to facilitate the Commercialization process through the R&D department and coordinate with all other setups across all functional areas.
- Coordinate with R&D, Supply Chain, and Quality on new item and vendor approval and setup.
- Vet and determine the feasibility of new projects. Recommend go or no-go decisions.
- Act as liaison for internal customers (Sales, R&D, Finance, Customer Service, Supply Chain, Operations, Quality, Engineering) for day-to-day product activities and questions.
- Support the company’s long-term strategic plans and priorities from the lens of the commercialization process and new or existing capabilities
- Perform other duties and special projects as assigned.

**Qualifications**
- Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent in experience
- 5+ years of relevant experience in Project Management or leading projects at an established company
- 2+ years of experience working in at a food manufacturing company or food CPG company
- Prior experience running Stage-Gate processes
- Prior experience with new product commercialization
- Prior experience with new manufacturing line launches or equipment installations a plus
- Strong organization skills and an ability to manage multiple high-priority projects at once
- Ownership mindset and consistent delivery on commitments
- A willingness to challenge our way of work to maximize our resources and enhance our success
- Strong communication and leadership skills
- Ability to adapt to a fast-paced, evolving business environment
- Good working knowledge in Microsoft Excel and project management software
- Ability to work autonomously and seek guidance where necessary
- Ability to work under pressure and be comfortable with ambiguity
- A self-starter and self-motivated individual with a positive attitude and ability to operate and influence cross-functionally
- Must speak English; Spanish is nice to have but not required

**Physical Requirements**:

- May be required to spend time