NPD Commercialization Project Manager - Food/ FMCG

About the Role

Responsibilities include leading the cross-functional team for new products, line extensions, product changes and product deletions. Leads the systematic "stage-gate" process for projects from ideation to commercialization to post-launch review. Leads cross-functional project teams maintaining documentation to track project status. Positions reports to the India/SEA Commercialization and IBP Lead.

Responsibilities

• Lead business-critical innovation projects from cross-functional meetings through commercialization to faster in-market launch.
• Collaborate with R&D, commercial, supply chain, finance, quality and regulatory on new product innovation, product/packaging changes, optimization projects and product deletions.
• Assess business processes to identify gaps and propose solutions to improve commercialization efforts.
• Optimize processes for new products, product changes and product deletions and drive speed-to-market initiatives.
• Manage and improve portfolio review and stage-gate process from ideation to commercialization to post-launch review, including potential software-based solutions leveraging analytics.

Qualifications

• BSc in Business Administration, Supply Chain, Logistics, Purchasing or related discipline.
• PMP certification ideal but not mandatory.
• 7+ years of project management experience with demonstrated success managing multiple projects.
• Proven success achieving business results through process improvement and leading cross-functional teams.
• Strong analytical and organizational skills; strong skills in MS Excel.
• Developing understanding of innovation commercialization process and marketing procedures and concepts.
• Good understanding of stage-gate process, commercialization activities and supply chain organization.