Sr Manager, Commercialization (Hybrid: Onsite and Remote)

US Foods • Rosemont, IL

21h • $100,000 - $160,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior Manager, Commercialization is responsible for overseeing and enabling product development commercialization for exclusive brand launches and product changes (80%), while also supporting cross-functional planning initiatives (20%) such as innovation pipeline and merchandising wide activities e.g., sourcing activities. This role leads a team of Commercialization Managers, providing strategic direction, prioritization, and coaching to ensure the successful delivery of innovation and exclusive brand programs across product, packaging, and sustainability. The Senior Manager drives long-term commercialization and innovation plans and advances continuous process improvement across Product Development while partnering closely with Marketing, Category Management, FSQA, and other leaders to support enterprise initiatives, including high-visibility programs such as Scoop. Hybrid: 2 days remote (Monday and Friday) and 3 days onsite in Rosemont, IL (Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday).

Requirements

• 7 years of customer focused product development commercialization related experience in foodservice, consumer packaged goods, or retail.
• 3 years of people management and/or leadership experience.
• Program and project management experience.
• Prior experience in training facilitation.
• Strategic decision-making approach to business interests.
• Sound business judgment and a strong business acumen.
• Highly organized with a strong focus on detail and accuracy.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong presentation skills.
• Work effectively as an individual with minimal supervision, or as a team member as required.
• Ability to translate a passion for food throughout the organization.
• Bachelor’s degree

Nice To Haves

• Expertise in product development and new product innovation.
• Experience in brand management, category management and/or new product innovation.
• MBA

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of Commercialization Managers to deliver Exclusive Brand projects on time both for new product launches and existing product changes.
• Translate enterprise and category strategies into clear commercialization roadmaps and execution plans across teams.
• Oversee cross-category initiatives and ensure appropriate resourcing, sequencing, and risk management.
• Act as a senior liaison across Product Development, Sourcing, Category Management, FSQA, Marketing, and other cross-functional partners to ensure alignment, transparency, and decision-making.
• Lead prioritization alignment of all commercialization activities with the cross-functional leads effectively using business acumen and an enterprise lens.
• Lead resolution of program issues with structured thinking and analysis of launch risks, escalations, and trade-offs, ensuring sound decisions across cost, quality, brand standards, and timelines.
• Facilitate project post-mortems and ensure learnings are embedded into standardized processes and future planning.
• Own and drive continuous improvement of commercialization and product delivery processes at the program and team level.
• Establish and monitor key performance indicators to assess delivery effectiveness, speed-to-market, and quality.
• Ensure consistent application of governance, tools, and methodologies across Commercialization Managers.
• Lead, coach, and develop a team of 5-7 Commercialization Managers, setting clear expectations, priorities, and performance standards.
• Support program-level strategy and direction for enterprise innovation and product development initiatives (e.g., Scoop), ensuring alignment to business priorities.
• Lead team training planning, development, and engagement events to strengthen functional capability and alignment.

Benefits

• This role will also receive long term incentives and an annual incentive plan bonus up to 25% of base salary.
• Benefits for this role may include health insurance, pre-tax spending accounts, retirement benefits, paid time off, short-term and long-term disability, employee stock purchase plan, and life insurance.
• To review available benefits, please click here: https://www.usfoods.com/careers/benefits.html.
• The expected base rate for this role is between $100,000 - $160,000

What This Job Offers

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