What are the responsibilities and job description for the Commercialization Manager position at Maryland & Virginia Milk Producers Cooperative?
Why you will love working at Maola :
- Owned by a cooperative of family farmers who are passionate about cultivating sustainable dairy goodness and bottling fresh Maola brand milk and dairy products.
- 100 years of dedicated stability and growth across 11 states.
- Competitive pay, Medical, Dental, Vision, 401(k), Life Insurance, Time Off Provisions, and more, available no later than one month after hire.
- Our employees are an integral part of who we are - what you do and what you think matters.
SUMMARY
The Commercialization Manager role will own, oversee, and manage the process of converting innovative fluid milk beverage concepts from the benchtop to market. This role is essential in ensuring that product ideas are effectively designed, optimized, and launched into the market while maintaining quality and compliance standards. This role requires an analytical thinker with a strong background in product development, problem solving and cross-functional team leadership. The ideal candidate will be purposeful, with a proven ability to execute complex commercialization strategies within a fast-paced, competitive industry.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.
The essential duties and responsibilities of the Commercialization Manager :
QUALIFICATIONS
LANGUAGE SKILLS
Excellent written and communication skills along with developed interpersonal skills. Ability to effectively communicate with management, customers, peers, and plant personnel.
REASONING ABILITY
Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, use hands to type; and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk; reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and or move up to 10 pounds. The employee will be required to travel to company sites and off-site meetings. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, and peripheral vision.
WORK ENVIRONMENT
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
Maola Local Dairies , owned by the farmers of Maryland & Virginia Milk Producers Cooperative Association (MDVA), sustainably produces a full suite of nutritious dairy products through our network of six dairy processing plants. With a keen eye on quality, freshness, and love for the environment, Maola delivers dairy products that are both nutritious and sustainable to our local communities. For more information about Maola, please visit www.maolamilk.com.
Equal Opportunity Employer / Protected Veterans / Individuals with Disabilities
The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)
