Sr. Project Coordinator

 

Location: Ontario, CA 

Exemption: Exempt 

Shift: First 

 

OUR COMPANY:

Ventura Foods is a leading global manufacturer of branded and custom food products that proudly helps food providers in the U.S., Canada and more than 60 other countries earn a special place on consumers’ tables.  We do this by continually crafting custom dressings, sauces, mayonnaises, and other food solutions that exceed peoples’ expectations for great-tasting flavors and high-quality ingredients.

Headquartered in Brea, California, Ventura Foods operates 14 manufacturing facilities, 3 culinary centers, and numerous distribution centers across North America. When you work in our manufacturing and distribution facilities, you get a strong foundation of training, a manager who cares about you and celebrates your success, a safe environment, and challenging work.  As part of our team, your future is limited only by how much you’re willing to push yourself to get there. We invest in your growth, because you invest in ours.

Position Summary:

Sr. Project Coordinator will be for working in conjunction with the business leads of commercial and operations projects, ensuring that they are delivered on time, within budget and to the company's expectations.

Major Duties and Responsibilities:

• Utilizing project management skills, manage and guide projects thru development and approval phases as required ensuring deadlines for all phases of development (i.e., new ingredients, labels, equipment installation, operational requirements, and packaging) processes meet requirements for projects to be completed within specified time lines.  
• Measure project performance using appropriate tools and techniques.  This includes;  writing up all project documentation, submitting progress reports to stakeholders and senior managers and setting the standards and methodology to be used in a project as aligned with the Project Management Office processes  •Report and escalate to management as needed, in accordance with the Project Management Office  escalation protocol.  • For high complexity projects: Develop a  project plan to monitor and track progress of the team(s).  Prepare materials for and facilitate senior leadership team project reviews
• Guide, educate, and assist Sales Managers and other members of the project team in managing and communciating project requirements and project progress reporting with key customer contacts.
• Track, monitor, and follow-up on finished goods, unique components, or unusual component volumes for specific items to assist sales in recouping costs via operative utilization or thru customer repayments.
• Assist in the development and refining of existing processes, timelines, and requirements.  Interface across all impacted commercial and  operations departments to ensure refinements or process changes are purposeful and meet overall company objectives.
• Utilizing background and commercialization process knowledge, provide guidance and recommendations on the handling of complex projects to the PMO team as needed.

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration (or similar degree) and 3+ years of project management experience
• OR a project management certification, including 5+ years of project management experience required.

Knowledge and Skills:

• 5+ years working experience in project management in the consumer products and food sectors. 
• Solid technical background with understanding and/or hands-on experience in new and existing product launches, capital projects, and process and continuous improvement projects.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.                                                                              
• Solid organizational skills including attention to detail and multi-tasking skills.            
• Strong client facing and teamwork skills.         

Why Join Us:

Ventura Foods offers career growth opportunities as well as competitive compensation and benefits:​

• Medical, Prescription, Dental, & Vision – coverage beginning on your 1st day for eligible employees​
• Profit Sharing and 401(k) matching (after eligible criteria is met)​
• Paid Vacation, Sick Time, and Holidays​
• Employee Appreciation Events​ and Employee Assistance Programs
• Salary Base Range of $60,847 – $76,668.90 for Employees Located in California*

*The “base salary range” provided above is a good faith estimate of what we expect to pay for this position.   The range provided is for California-based employees as Ventura Foods is required by California State Law to post pay rates.  Ventura Foods reserves the right to pay outside of the given range based on a variety of factors including but not limit