Project Manager, Supply Chain

Midwest Yogurt Inc • Minnetonka, MN

3d • Onsite

About The Position

Ready for more than just a job? Build a career with purpose. At Lactalis in the USA, we’re committed to providing meaningful opportunities for our people to learn, grow, and thrive—whether you’re just starting your journey with us or looking to take the next step in your career. From day one, we offer the tools and support to help you succeed. As the world leader in dairy, Lactalis is a family-owned company with over 85,000 pragmatic and ambitious professionals across the globe. Each day, we’re proud to produce award-winning dairy products that bring people together. In the US, we proudly offer an unrivaled house of beloved brands, including Galbani® Italian cheeses and ricotta, Président® specialty cheeses and butters, Kraft® natural and grated cheeses, Breakstone’s® cottage cheese, Cracker Barrel®, Black Diamond® cheddar, and Parmalat® milk. Our yogurt portfolio includes siggi’s®, Stonyfield Organic®, Brown Cow™, Oui®, Yoplait®, Go-Gurt®, :ratio®, Green Mountain Creamery®, and Mountain High®, along with a growing family of ethnic favorites like Karoun®, Gopi®, and Arz®. At Lactalis, we live by our core values—Ambition, Engagement, and Simplicity. We foster a workplace where innovation thrives, diverse perspectives are celebrated, and everyone’s unique background and ideas are valued. Even if you don’t meet every qualification, we encourage you to apply. We want to hear about your PASSION, your STORY, and how your EXPERTISE can help us shape the future of dairy. From your PASSION to ours Midwest Yogurt, part of the Lactalis family of companies, is currently hiring a Project Manager, Supply Chain based in Minnetonka, MN. The Project Manager role ensures project management excellence for all Supply Chain commercialization activities to enable business growth and cash flow targets. This role is Minneapolis, MN based, and relocation is available.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business, Engineering, Operations Management, or Supply Chain Management.
• Minimum of 5 years of related experience, preferably in manufacturing or CPG environments.
• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite.
• Project management experience with demonstrated ability to manage timelines, risks, and deliverables.
• Proven experience leading cross-functional teams.
• Strong leadership skills with the ability to drive change and influence across functions and business strategies.
• Excellent interpersonal skills to build and maintain strong relationships with partners.
• Exceptional communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Ability to synthesize complex information and make decisive, results-oriented decisions.
• Comfortable working in ambiguous environments; able to create flexible strategies and adapt quickly.
• Self-motivated, independent thinker with a bias toward action.
• Commitment to execution and delivering results.

Nice To Haves

• 3 years of experience in product commercialization within the CPG industry.
• Knowledge of regulatory submission processes in product development.
• 3+ years of experience in MWY and/or dairy industry with understanding of key players, decision-making criteria, and sales processes.
• 5+ years of project management experience handling multiple concurrent projects.
• Proven track record of managing cross-functional teams for complex initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Lead project governance processes, ensuring stakeholder alignment and adherence to standard frameworks (e.g., Launch-to-Win, Gate process).
• Coach cross-functional teams on successful initiative launches and commercialization best practices
• Develop, own, and manage project timelines, success criteria, and key milestones, considering intersections and dependencies.
• Coordinate and maintain action lists, follow up with teams, and hold members accountable for timely task completion.
• Ensure successful launch of new products, innovation, reformulations, and cost savings initiatives meet commercialization goals (service, cost, volume, quality).
• Identify, evaluate, and escalate issues, risks, and opportunities; drive resolution and communicate impacts.
• Champion proactive risk management and develop mitigation strategies.
• Lead communication on all project matters, clarifying scope, timelines, issues, risks, and decisions required.
• Maintain accurate project documentation and reporting to provide visibility on status, timing, and critical decisions.
• Provide transparency and alignment across the organization on project timelines and resource requirements.
• Challenge stakeholders to collectively and efficiently manage project delivery.
• Lead cross-functional Operations & Technology (O&T) teams to ensure successful commercialization.
• Ensure CPW (Critical Path Worksheet) is created and incorporates key supply chain milestones and requirements.
• Create visibility to TSU (Test & Start-Up) budget and spending.
• Support resource planning and prioritization across initiatives.

Benefits

• At Lactalis, we offer a comprehensive Total Rewards Program with a variety of affordable benefits and coverage options.
• We support insurance costs significantly, contribute generously to retirement plans, and offer Paid Time Off from day one.
• We are committed to your professional growth, providing training and development opportunities, including Education Reimbursement.
• Join us and grow your career.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees