What are the responsibilities and job description for the Project Manager position at Anchor Glass?
locations
Tampa
time type
Full time
posted on
Posted Today
job requisition id
JR1000663
Job Title
Project Manager
About Us:
Anchor Glass Container Corporation, headquartered in Tampa, Florida, is a leading North American manufacturer of premium glass containers with five, strategically located production facilities throughout the US. Founded in 1983, Anchor serves many of the most iconic and recognizable consumer packaging brands in the beer, beverage, spirits and food industries. Anchor Glass Container Corporation strives to exceed customer expectations through unrelenting attention to detail. What we do goes beyond glass making. We find incredible meaning in all the small things that create enriching experiences for customers and consumers alike. Everything we do – creating, customizing, shipping, collaborating – we do with the customer’s best interests in mind. Each solution is the result of a thousand-and-one details coming together in brilliant succession, thanks to our team of experts that do whatever it takes to make life easier and more enjoyable for our customers. With over 2,000 US-based team members, Anchor Glass has the size and scale to service all of your glass packaging needs, without the complexity and bureaucracy associated with larger suppliers. Excellence is in the details!
Anchor Glass in an Equal Opportunity Employer
Job Summary
The Commercialization Manager is accountable for leading and coordinating cross-functional activities required to successfully launch new products to market for new and existing customers. This role ensures flawless customer experience, maintains a competitive cost position, and drives end-to-end execution across the commercialization lifecycle. The position requires strong project management discipline and operational acumen to deliver results.
MAIN POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Develop and Own the Commercialization Roadmap: Align product launches with the Annual Operating Plan (AOP), reduce operational complexity, and ensure margin attainment through disciplined execution.
- Lead Cross-Functional Collaboration: Facilitate transparent communication across commercial, supply chain, operations, and NPD teams to ensure alignment and on-time delivery and 1st time success of commercialization projects.
- Ensure Phase Gate Excellence: Drive adherence to the commercialization phase gate process, ensuring all milestones, deliverables, and exit criteria are met at each stage.
- Risk Management and Escalation: Proactively identify and escalate initiatives that fall outside of Anchor’s defined sweet spot criteria, engaging leadership to assess feasibility and trade-offs.
- Continuous Improvement: Identify and implement standardization and process enhancements to reduce lead times, improve quality, and drive customer satisfaction.
- Customer Engagement and Onboarding: Act as a liaison between Anchor and customer, ensuring high-touch onboarding experience and responsiveness to evolving needs.
- Capacity and Demand Alignment: Collaborate with planning, supply chain, and operations to ensure new product launches are integrated into manufacturing plans without disruption.
- On-Site Support: Leads key launch phases or troubleshooting
- Market and Trend Awareness: Stay informed on market trends, customer expectations, and competitive offerings to support innovation within Anchor’s core capabilities.
- Develop and maintain a professional knowledge of new or emerging trends that align with sweet spots.
EMPLOYEE QUALIFICATIONS:
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering/operations/supply chain management/mathematics or similar degree.
- Project Management Certification, Six Sigma or Agile Certifications a plus strong customer orientation.
- Skills in strategic planning, sales planning and experience working in a manufacturing environment.
- Good cross functional skills: ability to work through conflicting objectives to achieve desired results.
- Continuous Improvement mindset, detail-oriented, with strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, to include written and verbal.
- Proficient in PC based applications (such as Microsoft Office products, Windows 10, Smartsheet etc.)
- Travel up to 50% of time.
