FreshRealm - CONNECTING THROUGH MEALS

At FreshRealm we aspire to be THE fresh meal company. Fresh meals are our focus, and we are passionate about revolutionizing this rapidly growing category. 

FreshRealm develops, sources, commercializes, and assembles fresh meals. Fresh meals, including meal kits, ready-to-heat, and ready-to-cook offerings are 100% our focus. We partner with leading Grocery, Convenience, and Omnichannel retailers to deliver the very best meals to their customers. Our success is measured by the success of our retail partners. Service, quality, and consistency are our obsession, and we take pride in every meal that our customers place on their shelves.

At FreshRealm meals are more than a source of nutrition, they are our passion. Meals are the heart of a timeless ritual of sitting down to connect with family, friends, and ourselves. We are proud to play a small part in the ritual of “connecting us through meals”.

If you are a leader looking to build the future of fresh meals, you are growth-minded and thrive in an entrepreneurial environment, or you are excited to work with the country’s largest retailers, go to market with the best in product quality, and work with industry leaders that care for each other and their communities, FreshRealm is the perfect fit for you. 

Overview

The Senior Project Manager position will be responsible for applying best delivery practices for internal and external projects and aligning with business partners to achieve strategic goals. This position requires excellent communication and presentation skills, as well as curiosity and attention to detail. As part of this role, you will be expected to contribute to improving process maturity, working with plants on technology rollouts, and representing the IT during customer onboarding. Your toolset must include prior experience with project management software, defect logging systems, program/project delivery using SDLC and/or Agile best practices, and ability to continuously improve current standards and methods. You will work with IT and business stakeholders to ensure expectations, scope, and objectives are met as expected.

Essential Functions include, but are not limited to:

• Work with the Solution Delivery Director to define, prioritize, and deliver internal and external solutions
• Lead project/program management of new and existing requests
• Contribute to the overall organizational roadmap expectations
• Partner with stakeholders to align with their business and strategic goals
• Use Google Suite, Smartsheet, Atlassian to track commitments, provide progress/updates, and to clearly communicate with all internal and external partners
• Create, track, and own Projects Plans, Communication Plans, and Postmortems
• Raise risks, document action items, identify dependencies, resolve issues, and document all until all are resolved
• Present updates, proposals, and metrics 
• Lead, participate, and perform daily standups, capacity planning, and project planning
• Participate in assessment of current processes and technologies and provide expertise to help with continuous improvement
• Willingness to travel (<15%)

Required Qualifications:

• Associates or Bachelor Degree in IT related field
• CSM, PMP, or related certifications

Preferred Qualifications:

• • 7 years related experience in project/program management, planning, tracking, and execution of variety of different projects and programs
  • Experience working with internal and external business stakeholders; bonus points for experience in manufacturing environment
  • Experience with and understanding of full project or product lifecycle
  • Proficiency with project management tools and related technologies 
  • Ability to demonstrate results oriented leadership by solving problems and possessing interpersonal skills that will drive project execution from ambiguity to completion
  • Experience with process maturity, as well as continuous improvement of process and delivery 
  • Ability to balance priorities from different stakeholders and identify and plan engineering efforts
  • Vendor management and ability to work with them to deliver off the shelf solutions
  • Solid presentation skills and ability to get points across
  • Understand Agile and SDLC best practices and the ability to use either or both when necessary

• • Bonus points for (not required):
    • Experience with software and hardware solutions
    • Knowledge of Digital Transformation 
    • Vendor management experience to deliver SaaS and COTS solutions

FreshRealm, LLC does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firm recruiters. Fees will not be paid in the event a candidate submitted by a recruiter without an agreement in place is hired; such resumes will be deemed the sole property of FreshRealm, LLC.

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