Project Leader

A Taste of Your Responsibilities

• Support achievement of net sales, profit, and Supply Chain cost and key performance indicator goals for assigned product categories and plants.
• Partner with internal teams including Operations Business Development, Operations Business Management, Plants, Logistics, Sales & Operations Planning, Demand Management Operations, Brand Design, Manufacturing & Operations Planning, Research Quality & Innovation, Technology and Quality Assurance, Engineering, Finance, and business teams across all organizational levels.
• Coordinate with external partners including suppliers, co-manufacturers, and vendors.
• Manage new product and graphic-only commercialization projects, ensuring material readiness, scale-up support, and launch and post-launch metric tracking.
• Lead project management for cost improvement efforts within assigned product groups and support annual cost targets.
• Participate in plant and broader Supply Chain performance improvement efforts as requested.
• Drive simplification initiatives such as Active Stock Keeping Unit Management, packaging standardization, and component or specification consolidation.
• Assess product offerings with business teams to ensure effective use of Supply Chain resources.
• Maintain and communicate detailed project trackers to extended teams, driving urgency to meet established timelines.
• Monitor Supply Chain key performance indicators for assigned groups and support improvement planning with plants and functional partners as needed.
• Support quality improvement strategies for assigned products.
• Provide support for other Supply Chain or cross-functional business initiatives as assigned.

Ingredients Required for Your Success

• Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering, Business, or Finance.
• Three to five years of experience in manufacturing, engineering, or related functions.
• Exposure to Purchasing, Manufacturing, Logistics, and Research Quality & Innovation through prior roles or project work.
• Strong project management and influence management skills with success leading cross-functional teams without direct reporting authority.
• Experience supporting new product commercialization or start-up processes.
• Demonstrated success managing multiple projects concurrently.
• Strong problem-solving approach.
• Effective influence management skills and experience leading cross-functional teams in a collaborative environment.
• Continuous improvement mindset.
• Collaborative leadership style with experience managing conflict across functions.
• Exposure to SAP, Supply Chain information technology transaction systems, and information flow processes preferred.

Physical Requirements