Baer is looking for Product Lifecycle Specialist for a 6 month project located in Tampa, FL.
Title: ProductLifecycle Specialist
Location: Hybrid - Tampa, FL
Duration: 6 months
Rate: All-inclusive
Alignment: W2 or C2C (Vendors Not Permitted)
Description:

• Develop work plans for new product introductions, re-formulations, re-launches, or product deletions after obtaining alignment from relevant stakeholders.
• Conduct early assessments and feasibility modelling of product innovations based on brand marketing insights, industry trends, and Florida business values.
• Facilitate and document communications regarding product introductions, deletions, and changes to all relevant stakeholders.
• Evaluate forecast quality using trend analysis, past product introductions, and commercial input to inform decision-making.
• Proactively manage and evaluate new product introductions, recommending measures of success based on business logic and executional priorities.
• Lead SKU optimization, recommending product deletions considering customer and commercial inputs using standard modelling methodology.
• Manage product flow to ensure availability for launch or inventory reduction.
• Conduct ongoing risk evaluations in the product lifecycle, including finished products and raw materials, and communicate findings to senior planning leaders.
• Manage the lifecycle process within JDA, ensuring accurate forecasting and demand migration, and submit forecasts to planning systems like Anaplan.
• Collaborate with other planners and teams (bottler to bottler, deployment, production, transportation) to integrate planning activities and processes.
• Provide direction to master data, including authorized material lists for all products.
• Forecast long-range innovation needs for promotional packaging to support demand planning, production, and procurement activities.
• Provide feedback for continuous improvement of the Commercial Lifecycle process.
• Support all related demand forecast requirements and other assigned projects.
• Present information to large groups of associates regularly.
• Collaborate with Customer Management, Field Sales, and Marketing Leadership Teams to align on forecast recommendations.
• Influence others through teamwork and positivity.
• Demonstrate strong communication skills and adherence to Florida cultural norms.

Requirements:

• 5 plus years of experience in Supply Chain, Marketing, Finance, Procurement, or Operations.
• Product lifecycle experience is highly preferred.
• Progressive role progression and scope of responsibilities demonstrated in previous roles.
• Specific experience with JDA, statistical modeling, and demand planning highly preferred.
• Ability to learn/use Company reporting sources for fact-based decision-making (e.g., Salient Margin Minder & Dashboards).
• End-to-end business understanding and business process orientation.
• APICS certification is a plus.
• Bachelor’s Degree required.

Company Overview:
Baer is an Enterprise Performance Partner providing job opportunities with several 1st Tier Global Systems Integrators and a wide array of Fortune 1000 clients. Baer consultants and employees enjoy access to the highest profile job opportunities across leading Enterprise Technology Solutions ranging from Digital Transformation programs utilizing the latest technologies from SAP and Oracle to a wide range of emerging Cloud based infrastructure, application and AI related solutions.
At Baer we aim to provide a best-in-class engagement experience for our consultants. Our job requirements are carefully vetted and are typically associated with pivotal programs offering tremendous opportunities to expand your skills leveraging the latest solutions.
Baer is an equal opportunity employer including disability/veteran.