Associate Director, Technical Services - Meals & Beverages

Campbell's

1d • $140,600 - $193,300

About The Position

The Associate Director, Technical Services – Meals & Beverages leads the development and deployment of technical capability programs that improve process health, product design and manufacturability, and product quality across Campbell’s Meals & Beverages brands. The role leads technical service, industrialization, and/or Quality Engineering team members to deliver scale-up and vertical start-up for innovation, business continuity, and continuous-improvement projects that support safety, quality, cost, net sales, and EBIT objectives. It sets team priorities and execution plans with cross-functional partners, establishes early risk management and contingency planning, and advances capability platforms, process excellence, consumer acceptance, and cost performance.

The position manages technical readiness and commercialization activities, develops standards and playbooks for project and plant-trial readiness, and establishes post-launch scorecards, loss models, process-health programs, and technical maturity frameworks. It develops employees through training, coaching, and mentoring, promotes accountability and teamwork, and ensures compliance with company policies and safety, quality, and workplace-conduct standards. The role also leads cross-functional improvement efforts, handles applicable employment-cycle decisions, and communicates commercialization, industrialization, technical-readiness, project, and business updates to partners and direct reports.

The role works with plant and commercialization teams and requires 75% travel. It is a full-time, salaried position with a target base salary range of $140,600–$193,300. Individual base pay depends on work location and factors such as experience, job-related skills, and relevant education or training. Total pay may include other compensation.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Arts degree in Food Science, engineering, or a comparable technical field.
• At least 10 years of process development, process engineering, manufacturing operations, or project management experience in a manufacturing environment, preferably food manufacturing.
• People-management experience.
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and prioritize according to business needs.
• Ability to overcome resistance to organizational change, influence others, and lead change initiatives.
• Ability to build rapport across organizational levels and work effectively with plant functions and corporate senior management.
• Ability to train diverse salaried and hourly employee groups and adapt training and presentation styles to the audience.
• Ability to travel 75%.

Nice To Haves

• Cross-functional experience with a proven record of delivering successful business results.
• Comprehensive knowledge of OSHA standards, HACCP guidelines, Good Manufacturing Practices, and related requirements.
• Passion for identifying continuous-improvement opportunities and leading initiatives that deliver bottom-line results; ability to act as a change agent.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including formulating action plans based on real data.
• Six Sigma training.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and strong training and facilitation skills.
• Proficiency with Windows-based software applications such as Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• SAP experience.
• Minitab or statistical-analysis experience.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, team environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead development and deployment of technical capability programs to improve process health, product design and manufacturability, and product quality.
• Lead technical service, industrialization, and/or Quality Engineering team members in scale-up and vertical start-up for innovation, business continuity, and continuous-improvement projects.
• Set team objectives and deliverables with cross-functional partners and establish execution plans for consumer acceptance, cost, and other strategic outcomes.
• Set project risk profiles and ensure transparent risk management and contingency plans are developed with Quality, Manufacturing, and R&D partners.
• Manage the technical readiness process and develop a technical readiness playbook for critical business plans.
• Establish repeatable business processes for product capital requirements, standard costing, and contingency planning.
• Establish operational procedures for trial readiness, including plant-trial success criteria and outcome measures.
• Create post-launch Stage 4 and Stage 5 project scorecards and forums for risk escalation and action planning.
• Develop loss-model standards for new products to pursue margin improvements and address quality concerns.
• Develop content and training building blocks for critical technical roles.
• Build and execute process-health programs, including Defect Elimination/Run to Target, to improve problem-solving capability and deliver consumer and cost outcomes.
• Advance technical maturity through capability benchmarks, process diagnostics, trial and validation frameworks, and technical-readiness standards and adoption.
• Set clear objectives and expectations for the team in alignment with business needs.
• Lead cross-functional teams delivering results through continuous-improvement and process-management programs.
• Promote accountability, teamwork, employee engagement, and a culture of continuous improvement; develop team leadership through mentoring, training, and coaching.
• Enforce safety and sanitary rules and principles and ensure workplace behaviors and practices support a safe work environment.
• Support a high-communication, cooperative workplace with training, recognition, and mutual support across departments.
• Perform applicable employment-cycle activities, including hiring, performance evaluation, retention, and employee-relations matters.
• Develop and implement communications plans to keep business partners and direct reports informed about commercialization and industrialization activities, technical readiness, project updates, objectives, results, initiatives, and changes.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, short- and long-term disability, AD&D, and life insurance, with benefits beginning on day one.
• Matching 401(k) plan with enrollment available on the first day of employment and immediate vesting.
• Unlimited sick time, paid time off, and holiday pay.
• Free access to the fitness center for employees at WHQ.
• Access to on-site day care operated by Bright Horizons for employees at WHQ.
• Company store access for employees at WHQ.
• Campbell’s Cares matches employee donations and/or volunteer activity up to $1,500 annually.
• Employee Resource Groups (ERGs).
• Wellness benefits beginning on the first day of employment.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director