Product Change Manager in East Hanover, NJ

The HM is looking for a candidate with CPG industry experience for this role.

He prefers someone local to East Hanover so that they can come into the office 2-3 days per week,

Experience with Microsoft Project is another big plus.

50% work at office. Must be local, able to be in East Hanover office for required activities.

Must have:

• Must enjoy working with and motivating team members.
• Must have prior Project Management experience, 3+ yrs.
• Able to communicate w/different levels of management in the organization.
• Must be very comfortable with uncertainty.

Summary

• The Project Manager (PM) will work with cross-functional Team to complete projects on time and within budget.
• Her/his responsibilities will include project governance, funding, timeline development, and the complete project readiness to go live.

Duties:

• The PM serves as a lead for commercialization projects that result in a new or changing product and/or package.
• This involves the management of the total project timeline for on-time delivery within cost and quality parameters.
• The PM is responsible for running project meetings with cross-functional team members (from Marketing, Sales, Manufacturing, Research & Development, Quality, Finance, Procurement, and Supply Chain), soliciting updates, capturing notes, assigning clear ownership of follow-ups required and rallying the team to solutions that will enable project to be delivered in scope and on-time.
• She/he will serve as the Ideas to Market (I2M) expert guiding Teams through the various stages of development from idea generation to on-shelf execution.
• The PM will leverage their understanding of the big picture as well as the details of projects to effectively negotiate and influence organizational leadership.

Responsibilities:

• Manage product development through commercialization using I2M process.
• Lead cross-functional Team meetings.
• Help Team to identify risks, develop and execute mitigation plans, clearly understand trade-offs and escalate concerns as needed.
• Manage timelines for new product launches and productivity initiatives.
• Support the business delivery of overall financial targets.

Qualifications:

• B.S. degree in Operations Management, Engineering, Chemistry, Food Science or related field of study, 3 + years of experience in a role focused on new product launches (either project management, Research & Development or Manufacturing), attention to detail, ability to deal with complexity, strong interpersonal, written & verbal communication skills, an understanding of supply chain operational management to include cost of goods sold, capacity, logistics, planning, capital, safety and quality.

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