What are the responsibilities and job description for the Product Change Manager position at Post Consumer Brands?
Overview
The Product Change Manager leads end-to-end commercialization initiatives for PCB. Seeking a highly motivated individual to drive a business-critical role of delivering commercialization excellence at Post Consumer Brands, and provide critical visibility across many different functions. As part of a dedicated Commercialization Team, this individual will be responsible for leading and supporting the planning and execution of commercialization processes across all brands for the US retail business. The PCM functions as a project manager for stage gate approved projects, develops project schedules and timelines, manages issues and risks, develops and executes plans and leads project team meetings across a wide variety of project types (innovation, cost out, renovation, etc.). This individual will champion and leverage standard commercialization tools and processes, and hold their cross-functional teams accountable for adhering to and delivering expected standards. They will interface with all functions throughout the end-to-end development and launch of initiatives to deliver projects within the specified time, cost, and quality parameters. They will also play a critical role in problem solving and root cause analysis for driving continuous improvement.
Responsibilities and Accountabilities
- Lead projects with cross-functional teams to meet key business objectives and agreed upon deliverables. This includes developing, managing, and updating the project schedule. Maintaining the critical path for assigned projects, risk identification and mitigation, issue management, escalation management, tracking baseline budget and key financials.
- Use the established commercialization tools, e.g., project plan templates, meeting notes, stage gate documentation, and project reporting to complete work.
- Hold cross-functional team members accountable for using their checklists, meeting agreed upon milestones and other standard commercialization tools.
- Manage and understand New Item Setup process and system functionality using PLM tools.
- Enable best practices by properly closing out projects, capturing key learnings, and working with cross-functional teams to continuously improve.
Requirements
- Critical Leadership Expectations: Win As One, Be Bold, Bring Joy, Act Like An Owner
- Minimum 2 years of project management experience. 2 years of experience in a consumer products environment is preferred.
- Understanding of product commercialization processes and tools.
- Experience with project management principles, best practices, and disciplines.
- Solid understanding of the product development (R&D, Graphics, Supply Chain) is preferred.
- Highly motivated in uncovering and documenting process improvements and filing in knowledge gaps.
- Ability to organize effectively, manage multiple priorities and meet tight deadlines.
- Self-starter & motivated - Must have strong drive to exceed expectations
- Ability to influence and lead others without direct authority
- Strong time management, planning and organizational skills.
- Demonstrates a positive mindset through change
Education
BS or BA degree in Business or Technical field
PMP certification is strongly preferred