Commercialization Project Manager

Overview

Fed Up Foods, one of the nation's early producers of kombucha through the Buchi brand, and one of the largest functional beverage manufacturers in America, offers a diverse portfolio of organic private label functional beverages for top global retailers.

The Commercialization Project Manager plays a vital role in the Commercialization Department by managing products in development and finished goods change management projects from concept through launch. This role focuses on project executing, coordination, and communication, ensuring projects move forward on time, with clear documentation and alignment across cross-functional teams.

This position partners closely with Product Development, Operations, Quality, Supply Chain, and external stakeholders to support successful commercialization while following established processes and food safety standards.

An ideal candidate is organized, detail oriented, collaborative, and eager to grow their project management and commercialization expertise within the food and beverage industry.

• Project Coordination and Execution:
  Leads and manages the planning and execution of commercialization and change management projects under established processes
• Support definition of commercialization project scope, timelines, goals, and deliverables independently using established project templates; collaborate with project leads and senior management when new project types require additional structure
• Create and maintain project agendas, schedules, trackers, and timelines
• Track project milestones, deliverables, and dependencies; escalate risks and delays as needed
• Understand needs and dependencies across impacted departments and teams to help coordinate handoffs and identify potential risks
• Coordinate collection and organization of project documentation (e.g., New Project Opportunity forms, innovation decks, client paperwork, design assets)
• Research and brainstorm solutions to project issues, risks, and roadblocks; present recommendations and escalate as appropriate
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date project records in project management tools

• Facilitate regular project meetings with cross-functional teams and stakeholders, and document action items
• Track project timelines and communicate project updates, changes, and next steps to internal stakeholders and clients as project types
• Support alignment between internal teams and external partners throughout the commercialization process
• Help ensure handoffs between departments are clear and timely

• Support change management activities related to finished goods and product updates
• Track and communicate approved changes to relevant stakeholders
• Identify potential project impacts and escalate concerns to project leadership

• Contribute feedback to improve commercialization tools, templates, and workflows
• Assist with maintaining departmental documentation, knowledge base, and process references
• Develop working knowledge of product development and commercialization processes

• Follow GMP policy when in the production facility and encourage your team to do the same
• Understand our SQF policies relating to pest control, visitors, allergen management, and cleaning and sanitation
• Demonstrate awareness of Management's Commitment to SQF and work towards Food Safety and Quality and help the company meet this commitment
• If there is a problem that involves food quality and safety, report to the Quality Assurance Manager so that the CAPA (corrective action, preventative action) log may be filled out, the situation be investigated, and resolved with the goal of continuous improvement of food quality and safety

• Working knowledge of project management principles, including scope definition, scheduling, risk identification, and stakeholder communication;
  Associate-level project management certification (e.g., PMI-CAPM) a plus
• Proficiency with project management tools such as Asana (preferred), Google Workspace or other relevant platforms
• Basic comfort with math and…