Senior Manager Project Management Office

Established in 2017, tru fru rapidly ascended the "permissible indulgence" space as a Utah-based company selling one-of-a-kind "better for you" hyper-chilled and hyper-dried real fruit immersed in premium chocolate to retail outlets nationwide. Winning most innovative new product in 2019 and 2022 in the sweets and snacks categories and climbing the fruit-based snack industry chart at an astounding growth rate, tru fru joined the Mars family of brands in February 2023. We are on a mission to build a legacy with truly remarkable people who can create something special for generations to come This is a hybrid role, 3 days/week in office, located in Salt Lake City, UT.

As the senior manager of the project management office (pmo) you will lead the activity management team responsible for all commercialization and value leadership (gross productivity) projects for the frozen and dry tru fru portfolios. You will be responsible for building and implementing the playbook, governance, and guardrails for project management execution. In parallel, you will directly support the sr director of sandop+ and strategic initiatives in their responsibilities as setting up operational execution.

What you'll do:

• Lead the activity management team (commercialization and value leadership).
• Develop the appropriate process for project definition, resourcing, approvals, monitoring of progress against milestones, and project status escalation.
• Own implementation and ensure compliance with digital platform (Monday.com) to ensure single source of truth and fully integrated project plans that can scale.
• Use pmo tools to track the innovation pipeline and leverage data to support informed decision-making.
• Communicate priorities, changes, and decision rationales to stakeholders; collect feedback to continuously refine processes.
• Conduct post-cycle reviews documenting lessons learned and planning for future improvements.
• Ensure alignment and communication with functions and facilitate cross-functional collaboration for insight sharing.
• Partner with finance to monitor pipeline and value leadership sufficiency.
• Support senior director of sandop+ and strategic initiatives in coordination of key business forums (national sales meeting, quarterly business review, extended leadership meeting) to ensure agenda alignment, event facilitation, pre-meeting requirements, post-meeting decision/action.
• Mentor and develop team members to enhance their skills and career growth.
• Manage cross-functionally and lead by influence all critical stakeholders of the sandop process to create a culture of innovation and accountability.

What you'll bring to tru fru:

You are... analytical and have an in-depth understanding of business/financial interrelationships between marketing/sales strategies, pricing, volumes, cogs cost structure. An excellent communicator; both verbal and written. Experienced in evaluating the performance of the business and what levers should be pulled to drive performance. Proactive with high energy; results-oriented and willing to initiate and nurture change.

You have...

• 7+ years of project management experience.

At tr fru we are committed to an inclusive workplace where diversity in all its forms is championed. TR FR is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and we are an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you require special accommodation, please let us know.