Project Manager New Product Development

TH Foods, Inc.•Loves Park, IL

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

As a change agent, the Project Manager - Innovation is responsible for acting as a business partner to key cross-functional partners in identifying, aligning, prioritizing, and commercializing innovation projects. The Project Manager will deliver tangible business results through deployment of project management techniques involving Operations, Packaging, Sales, Marketing, Procurement, R&D, Regulatory/Legal and Quality.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree required.
1-3 years’ experience in project coordination in the food industry or related field.
Experience in project management software, Microsoft SharePoint, and Salesforce.
Detail oriented
Flexibility and adaptability
Able to work with minimal supervision
Capable of prioritizing workload to maximize team support
Strong, general reasoning and analytical skills
Ability to conduct customer presentations
Ability to function in a fast-paced environment
Ability to interact with all levels of the organization

Nice To Haves

Health/Specialty food background is preferred.
Experience in a CPG (consumer packaged goods) company using a stage gate process is a plus.
PMI/PMP certification or equivalent experience is a plus.

Responsibilities

Support the senior Project Manager in coordinating B2C and B2B projects from ideation to close.
Partner with key functional areas including: R&D, Marketing, Sales, Packaging Engineering, Procurement, Regulatory, Quality, Finance, Operations, Senior Leadership, and other key stakeholders to manage the product development process.
Plan, monitor, and control project schedule throughout the project stage gate process of scoping, development, commercialization and closure phases.
Collaborate with key stakeholders to address project changes and evaluate options including resource allocation and execution of timelines based on changing business needs and requirements.
Coordinate documentation of customer requirements, business justification, product requirements, product specifications and other design inputs and design outputs to establish the project deliverables.
Gathers project details from team members including scope, milestones, resources, and timeline for product enhancements, new product development and regulatory driven product changes.
Manage and mitigate risks to reduce negative impact on deliverables, quality, due dates and cost.
Facilitate resolution and drive consensus across project teams, and functional managers.
Build teamwork within the project teams, and external partners (customers/ vendors) that impact the success of the project.
Manage a SalesForce dashboard of key indicators of progress that can be referenced by team members and stakeholders.
Facilitate cross-functional team meetings including planning and distributing agendas.
Provide timely accurate reporting and documentation, post-launch analysis and review successes/failures, and share lessons learned.
Other duties as required or assigned.