Job Title: Product Change Managers

Location: East Hanover NJ

Duration: 12 months

Description:

Project Change Manager / Description - 30% work at office. Must be local, able to be in East Hanover office for required activities.

Must have:

1- Must enjoy working with and motivating team members.

2- Must have prior Project Management experience, 3 yrs.

3- Able to communicate w/different levels of management in the organization.

4- Must be very comfortable with uncertainty.

The Project Manager (PM) will work with cross-functional Team to complete projects on time and within budget. Her/his responsibilities will include project governance, funding, timeline development, and the complete project readiness to go live.

The PM serves as a lead for commercialization projects that result in a new or changing product and/or package. This involves the management of the total project timeline for on-time delivery within cost and quality parameters. The PM is responsible for running project meetings with cross-functional team members (from Marketing, Sales, Manufacturing, Research & Development, Quality, Finance, Procurement, and Supply Chain), soliciting updates, capturing notes, assigning clear ownership of follow-ups required and rallying the team to solutions that will enable project to be delivered in scope and on-time. She/he will serve as the Ideas to Market (I2M) expert guiding Teams through the various stages of development from idea generation to on-shelf execution. The PM will leverage their understanding of the big picture as well as the details of projects to effectively negotiate and influence organizational leadership.

Responsibilities: Manage product development through commercialization using I2M process. Lead cross-functional Team meetings. Help Team to identify risks, develop and execute mitigation plans, clearly understand trade-offs and escalate concerns as needed. Manage timelines for new product launches and productivity initiatives. Support the business delivery of overall financial targets. Qualifications: B.S. degree in Operations Management, Engineering, Chemistry, Food Science or related field of study, 3 years of experience in a role focused on new product launches (either project management, Research & Development or Manufacturing), attention to detail, ability to deal with complexity, strong interpersonal, written & verbal communication skills, an understanding of supply chain operational management to include cost of goods sold, capacity, logistics, planning, capital, safety and quality.?

Job Type: Contract

Pay: $51.11 per hour

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

Application Question(s):

• B.S. degree in Operations Management, Engineering, Chemistry, Food Science

Education:

• Bachelor's (Required)

Experience:

• new product launches: 4 years (Required)
• Research & Development: 4 years (Required)
• project governance: 4 years (Required)
• Project management: 4 years (Required)
• Ideas to Market (I2M): 1 year (Required)
• FMCG/CPG: 1 year (Required)

Ability to Commute:

• East Hanover, NJ 07936 (Required)

Ability to Relocate:

• East Hanover, NJ 07936: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in East Hanover, NJ 07936