How you will make history here...
As a Senior Commercialization Manager at Campbell's, you will be at the forefront of our product development and commercialization efforts. You will own highly complex projects, focused on improvement and high-impact initiatives within your category, and be responsible for coaching and guiding cross-functional teams throughout their development. Your role will involve project management of 1-3 critical Big Bet projects, leading Category Portfolio Management Reviews (PMRs), Gate reviews, and prioritization processes. You will also manage CPLs, Senior CPLs, and/or Category Commercialization Managers, driving strategic thinking across our portfolio and contributing to the development of our strategic plans for Supply Chain and Business.
What you will do...
- Project Ownership: Take ownership of highly complex projects, focus on improvement and high-impact initiatives within your category, and coach cross-functional teams for development.
- Leadership: Lead Category Portfolio Reviews (CPRs), Gate reviews, and prioritization processes to ensure projects align with business goals and timelines.
- Team Management: Manage a team of CPLs, Senior CPLs, and/or Category Commercialization Managers, providing guidance and support to achieve project success.
- Strategic Thinking: Drive strategic thinking across the portfolio, making decisions on trade-offs and challenging the status quo to optimize outcomes.
- Strategic Plan Contribution: Contribute to the development of strategic plans for Supply Chain and Business, leveraging your expertise in commercialization.
- Interdependency Mitigation: Identify and drive mitigation strategies for interdependencies and conflicts between projects, ensuring smooth project execution and meeting Category goals.
- Commercialization Expertise: Act as the commercialization expert within your category, utilizing proficient/advanced business and financial acumen to drive commercialization trade-offs and CPR discussions, applying theoretical knowledge to real-world scenarios.
- Experience: Bring over 7 years of project management experience to the table, complemented by some experience in CGP manufacturing.
Who you will work with...
- Reporting into Sr Director, Commercialization
What you will bring to the table... (Must Have)
- Bachelor's degree in a relevant field (PMP and/or MBA preferred)
- 7+ years of project management/commercialization experience, with some experience in CPG manufacturing
- Detailed knowledge of innovation tools and processes, Stage Gate, Campbell's Commercialization process or similar early stage iterative development process
- Proficient/advanced business and financial acumen
It would be great if you have... (Nice to Have)
- MBA and/or PMP
- 8.5+ years of project management/commercialization experience, with some experience in CPG manufacturing
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