Commercialization Specialist

LEAHY-IFP•Glenview, IL

1d•$67,000 - $77,000•Onsite

About The Position

Finlays Solutions is a leading partner to the B2B beverage manufacturing industry, recognized for its deep expertise, strong industry relationships, and commitment to innovation. The company plays a central role in supporting beverage brands, flavor houses, private label partners, and manufacturers through high-quality products, technical capabilities, and collaborative problem-solving. With a strong presence in the ready-to-drink beverage market, Finlays Solutions focuses on identifying emerging opportunities, expanding into new market spaces, and delivering solutions that meet evolving customer and consumer needs. Finlays Solutions operates with a strong commitment to its mission, values, ethics, and long‑term goals, ensuring that every initiative reflects the company’s dedication to integrity, partnership, and sustainable success. The Commercialization Specialist plays a key role in the management of internal and customer projects, including key ownership of plant trials, product scale up and launch activities. This maintains an integrated view of all in flight commercialization projects across their assigned plants and plays a critical role on key customer account teams including customer-facing communication. This role monitors timelines, aligns cross functional teams around critical path deliverables, and proactively resolves risks or gaps. The Commercialization Specialist organizes commercialization aspects of plant trials, including planning, execution, documentation, and customer approval processes, ensuring new products transition smoothly from development into full production.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Food Science, Operations, or related field.
2–4 years of experience in commercialization, product development, manufacturing operations, or related fields.
Proficiency in Microsoft Office and collaboration platforms (Teams, SharePoint).
Strong project management, organizational, and communication skills.

Responsibilities

Guide commercialization efforts for new products and packaging, ensuring launch readiness and excellence.
Manage day‑to‑day execution of assigned commercialization projects, ensuring alignment with timelines, deliverables, and customer expectations.
Facilitate cross‑functional communication across R&D, Sales, Operations, Supply Chain, Finance, Quality, and Technical Services.
Organize project documents, checklists, timelines, and shared folders in approved platforms.
Lead meetings and required working sessions for product development and commercialization activities.
Ensure adherence to commercialization best practices and support ongoing improvements to internal processes.
Track and maintain commercialization pipeline status, flagging risks or delays to team.
Coordinate and support execution of plant trials or pilot runs at manufacturing facilities.
Partner with sales teams to support customer communication and accurate project updates.
Complete and submit commercial reports on time.
Champion Finlays’ purpose and values, develop team capabilities and processes and partner across the organization to deliver dependent projects.
Manage expenses and travel budget
Other duties as assigned