Commercialization Manager

Business Unit Overview

Headquartered in Lakeville, Minn., Post Consumer Brands, a business unit of Post Holdings, Inc., is dedicated to providing people and their pets with delicious food choices for every taste and budget. The company's portfolio includes beloved brands such as Honey Bunches of Oats®, PEBBLES®, Grape-Nuts® and Malt-O-Meal® cereal, and Peter Pan® peanut butter, as well as Rachael Ray® Nutrish®, Kibbles 'n Bits® and 9Lives® dog and cat food. As a company committed to high standards of quality and to our values, we are driven by one idea : To make lives better by making delicious food accessible for all. For more information about our brands, visit www.postconsumerbrands.com and follow us on LinkedIn for the latest news.

Brand

Post Consumer Brands recently acquired several iconic pet food brands, venturing into a new market while remaining true to our purpose to provide delicious and accessible food that our consumers love. We're always searching the center store for the next exciting product to add to our portfolio, and right now, we're growing and need passionate, driven individuals with diverse perspectives to help us reach greater heights. That's where you come in. Join a team where your voice is not only heard but valued. Make a real impact on brands enjoyed by millions of people and their pets.

At Post Consumer Brands, we take pride in our longstanding legacy of making one of every five breakfast cereals families eat daily. Today, we're just as focused on our future as we expand our grocery business with different shelf-stable foods, including snacks and peanut butter. We are committed to providing accessible and delicious food for families, and we're always searching the center store for the next exciting product to add to our portfolio. As we soar to new heights, we need creative, determined individuals from all walks of life to join our team, where your unique perspective and ideas are acknowledged and valued. Be a part of a company that empowers you to make a difference that's evident on grocery store shelves and families' tables across North America.

Location Description

Post Consumer Brands corporate headquarters in Lakeville, Minn. is about 20 miles south of Minneapolis and St. Paul, Lakeville has all the benefits of smaller town living with access to everything a large metropolitan area has to offer. Join more than 400 team members collaborating on the two-building campus to help put breakfast on the tables of millions of consumers in North America.

Responsibilities

The purpose of this role is to provide overall management to the commercialization process and team (comprised of Sr PCM's - Senior Product Change Managers - and PCM's - Product Change Managers). In this role, you will drive commercialization excellence at Post Consumer Brands. A key accountability of this position is to ensure consistent use of standard tools across the commercialization process. Effective partnership with internal functions is required, including all levels of Marketing, Customer Sales & Trade, Finance, R&D, Quality / Regulatory, Manufacturing, Procurement, Supply Chain, Graphics, Master Data, and Legal.

Location : This position offers hybrid flexibility out of our Lakeville, MN Corporate Campus.

Responsibilities and Accountabilities

• Lead the commercialization team, responsible for their technical, functional, and interpersonal skill development.
• Provide expertise and consulting to the team in the process of project management and in the softer skills of team dynamics, team building, and team motivation.
• Manage and distribute workloads in the group to ensure balance and reasonable work-life balance. Proactively manage group resources and alert the broader organization if there are resource constraints.
• Ensure commercialization project activities are on track and meeting project objectives.
• Continuously improve the commercialization tools and methodologies used within PCB, enable best practice sharing, and ensure projects are properly closed out with key learnings documented.
• While ensuring standard tools and processes are followed for standard projects, be able to flex and work quickly and creatively with PCM team to execute a select few projects on an accelerated timeline with their cross-functional team partners.
• Ensure the consistent use of best practices throughout the organization for the Core and Extended PCMs.
• Compile and deliver robust reporting and analytics capabilities for tracking and improving project performance and delivery

Qualifications

Requirements

Education

BS degree in Business or Technical (e.g. Food Science, Engineering, Operations, Supply Chain) field.

Experience

Minimum 10 years of experience in a consumer products environment, with minimum 5 years' experience in project management and ideally minimum 3 years' experience in a technical or supply chain / manufacturing function. Minimum 3 years people management experience. PMP Preferred.