Project Manager, Supply Chain Commercialization

Job Description

Job Description

fairlife, LLC is a Chicago-based nutrition company that creates great-tasting, nutrition-rich and dairy products to nourish consumers.

With over $3B in annual retail sales, fairlife's portfolio of delicious, lactose-free, real dairy products includes: fairlife® ultra-filtered milk ; Core Power® High Protein Shakes, a sports nutrition drink to support post-workout recovery; fairlife® nutrition plan™ , a nutrition shake to support the journey to better health.

A wholly owned subsidiary of The Coca-Cola company, fairlife, LLC has been recognized by both Fast Company and Nielsen for its industry leading innovation.

To learn more about fairlife and its complete line of products, please visit fairlife.com.

job purpose : The Project Manager, Supply Chain Commercialization will be a part of the Supply Chain Commercialization team within fairlife, LLC. This person will lead the delivery of commercial projects for supply chain as the project manager, responsible for organizing, scheduling, and executing initiatives that change the products sold in the market. They will maintain and manage the stage gate process to ensure project prioritization and status is effectively communicated to key stakeholders. They must be able to use and grow existing knowledge of manufacturing equipment, supply chain processes, information systems, and organizational structure to accomplish the necessary goals.

responsibilities:

• Lead, manage, and provide oversite to commercialization project execution
• Schedule, communicate, and run commercial trials
• Folow project standards while defining roles/responsibilities, project plans, budgets, and success criteria, ensuring project management methodology and change management is followed
• Work collaboratively with cross functional teams to continuously improve business processes
• Schedule and lead project review meetings, providing regular updates and progress reports to all key stakeholders and senior leadership
• Accurately communicate status and results of project activities both up and down the organization
• Develop and lead steering committees for large projects
• Identify and resolve issues that place commercial projects or supply chain commitments at risk
• Travel to suppliers, equipment providers, co-manufacturers, or other Fairlife facilities will be required to support project requirements
• Other responsibilities in accordance with business needs

skills/qualifications required:

• Bachelor degree required
• 4+ years' experience in project management
• Supply Chain, manufacturing and/or packaging experience preferred
• Continuous Improvement experience preferred
• Strong math and reasoning ability
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Capability to understand and communicate details regarding advanced technical systems and processes
• Ability to handle ambiguity and work in a fast paced, entrepreneurial environment

position location: Coopersville, MI or Goodyear, AZ

reports to: Director, Supply Chain Commercialization

travel requirements: 25%

*Base pay offered may vary depending on geography, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. A full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the position, is offered.

Base pay range:

$90,000—$120,000 USD

fairlife, LLC is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. All qualified applicants and employees will be given equal opportunity. Selection decisions are based on job-related factors.

In addition to its nondiscrimination commitment, the Company will also provide reasonable accommodation of qualified individuals with known disabilities unless doing so would impose an undue hardship on the Company. If you have a disability and would like to request accommodation in order to apply for a position with us, please email [email protected] .

For Recruitment Agencies

As our recruitment is primarily handled in-house, we work only occasionally with external agencies, and only those on our existing, pre-approved vendor list. At this time, we are not reviewing or expanding that list.

Unsolicited resumes or submissions from external agencies not authorized by our Talent Acquisition team will be considered direct candidate applications. As such, fairlife will not assume responsibility for any placement fees associated with these submissions.