What are the responsibilities and job description for the Sr. Project Commercialization Manager position at The Marzetti Company?
About Us
The Marzetti Company (Nasdaq: MZTI) manufactures and sells specialty food products. Our retail brands include Marzetti® dressings and dips, New York Bakery™ garlic breads, and Sister Schubert’s® dinner rolls, in addition to exclusive license agreements for Olive Garden® dressings, Chick-fil-A® sauces and dressings, Buffalo Wild Wings® sauces, Arby’s® sauces, Subway® sauces, and Texas Roadhouse® steak sauces and frozen rolls. Our foodservice business supplies sauces, dressings, breads, and pasta to many of the top restaurant chains in the United States.
At Marzetti, our mission is to make every meal better through high-quality, flavorful food. Led by our purpose, to nourish growth with all that we do, our team members are dedicated to creating great tasting food and cultivating deep and lasting relationships.
Overview
The Sr. Project Commercialization Manager will manage the execution of projects in a CPG/food manufacturing space with an emphasis on growth portfolio . This individual will also be responsible for providing project leadership to drive successful business outcomes through overseeing timelines, budget, and deliverables of complex, high-impact projects. The successful candidate will collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams and project stakeholders (internal and external), demonstrate the ability to create and communicate clarity to the team, demonstrate critical thinking skills, and coordinate project teams to drive results.
We kindly request that recruitment agencies and staffing firms refrain from submitting unsolicited resumes to our company. Any resumes sent without a prior agreement and access to proper submittal into the ATS will be considered the property of The Marzetti Company, and we reserve the right to contact those candidates without any obligation to pay a fee.
Responsibilities
Working Conditions/Environment
Works in a normal office environment where the employee is regularly required to speak, see, hear, sit, stand, talk, type, walk and bend while moving about the facility . The noise level in the office is quiet. Occasional travel to plants or meetings is required .
The Marzetti Company (Nasdaq: MZTI) manufactures and sells specialty food products. Our retail brands include Marzetti® dressings and dips, New York Bakery™ garlic breads, and Sister Schubert’s® dinner rolls, in addition to exclusive license agreements for Olive Garden® dressings, Chick-fil-A® sauces and dressings, Buffalo Wild Wings® sauces, Arby’s® sauces, Subway® sauces, and Texas Roadhouse® steak sauces and frozen rolls. Our foodservice business supplies sauces, dressings, breads, and pasta to many of the top restaurant chains in the United States.
At Marzetti, our mission is to make every meal better through high-quality, flavorful food. Led by our purpose, to nourish growth with all that we do, our team members are dedicated to creating great tasting food and cultivating deep and lasting relationships.
Overview
The Sr. Project Commercialization Manager will manage the execution of projects in a CPG/food manufacturing space with an emphasis on growth portfolio . This individual will also be responsible for providing project leadership to drive successful business outcomes through overseeing timelines, budget, and deliverables of complex, high-impact projects. The successful candidate will collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams and project stakeholders (internal and external), demonstrate the ability to create and communicate clarity to the team, demonstrate critical thinking skills, and coordinate project teams to drive results.
We kindly request that recruitment agencies and staffing firms refrain from submitting unsolicited resumes to our company. Any resumes sent without a prior agreement and access to proper submittal into the ATS will be considered the property of The Marzetti Company, and we reserve the right to contact those candidates without any obligation to pay a fee.
Responsibilities
- Responsible for project management of complex, high-impact projects ; inclusive of overseeing timeline, budget, resources and risk management.
- Facilitates the initiation, planning, execution , and closure process.
- Coordinat es and manage s work teams consisting of project team members and internal/ external stakeholders.
- Accountable for achieving project milestones.
- A ble to effectively escalate issues and requests for additional support.
- Conduct s regular risk assessments and adapt s project plans as necessary.
- Communicate s status of project s to project stakeholders.
- Lead s project closing activities, including transition planning and execution, allowing for the sharing of best practices and key learnings .
- Facilitates decision making within project team and stakeholders.
- Contribute s to program goals, objectives , and deliverables in alignment with organizational priorities.
- Assists project owner in chartering the project and documentation of requirements , inclusive of testing and qualification of solutions that link back to the project requirements in the scope of deliverables.
- Manage s project budget, including forecast and actuals tracking of expenditures.
- Support s change management process .
- Accountable for project gating procedure by maintaining all documentation for projects .
- Assists in facilitating the Stage Gate meeting , inclusive of preparing documentation and co-leading the meeting.
- Identifies , recommends and leads opportunities for process improvement .
- Facilitate s the set-up of all commercialization ma s ter data, working with Master Data Management, R&D, Procurement, Finance , and Sales team members .
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience required .
- 4-6 years of relevant experience in a project management role , preferably in a CPG/food manufacturing environment.
- PMP certification preferred .
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite including Microsoft project and Visio.
Working Conditions/Environment
Works in a normal office environment where the employee is regularly required to speak, see, hear, sit, stand, talk, type, walk and bend while moving about the facility . The noise level in the office is quiet. Occasional travel to plants or meetings is required .