Corporate Pmo Project Manager

Position Summary:

Project Managers are responsible for the management and execution of the company's most critical projects ensuring that they are delivered on time, within budget and to the company's expectations. Projects will include strategic initiatives, commercialization projects, execution of Capex projects, and initiative spanning multiple manufacturing facilitites. In addition to project execution, this role will support process improvement, change management, and systems integrations.

Major Duties and Responsibilities:

• Ongoing Improvement: Utilizing manufacturing, operations, and commercialization process knowledge, provides guidance and recommendations to functional business leads on the handling of complex projects and processes including facilitation of kaizens, development of process maps, value stream maps, RACIs, risk mitigation plans, and communication plans.
• Project Management: Responsible for all aspects of a project from the planning stage, through execution and final hand-off to the process or functional owner. Partners with business lead to define project scope, minimim viable product, schedule, budget, and risk mitigation plan involving all relevant stakeholders and ensuring technical feasibility and managing changes.
• Visibility Management: Measures project performance using appropriate tools and techniques. This includes: writing up all project documentation, submitting progress reports to stakeholders and senior managers and setting the standards and methodology to be used in a project as aligned with the Project Management Office processes, Reports and escalates to management as needed, in accordance with the Project Management Office escalation protocol. Develops a detailed project plan to monitor and track progress of the team(s). Prepares materials for and facilitate senior leadership team project reviews, up to the CEO, depending on project scope.
• People Management: Creates a working environment that allows everyone to work to the best of their abilities. Successfully manages the relationship with the project team and all stakeholders. Ensures resource availability and allocation. Providse mentorship/training to project leads outside of PMO. Shares best practices to increse organizational efficiency and nimbleness.

Education and Experience:

• Experience with PM Software, tools, and methodologies.
• Travel: up to 10% (North America, including Canada/Mexico).
• Bachelor's degree, including 5+ years project management experience in CPG/food sector, including a proven record of successful project implementations which may include product/packaging launches, cost-savings, network optimization, process or technology implementations, capital projects, CI/Change management, strategic business planning, and/or regulatory initiatives.
• Experience in process engineering, commercialization, innovation, product life cycle management (PLM) or technical project management experience is a plus.
• PMP or MBA preferred.
• Strategic planning and business transformation experience highly preferred.
• Must have broad corporate/headquarter cross-functional project management experience (including partnering with manufacturing, operations, supply chain, finance, IT, HR, and/or commercial, etc.).

Knowledge and Skills:

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Solid organizational skills including attention to detail and multi-tasking skills.
• Proven working experience in project management in the consumer products and food sectors
• Project & Portfolio Management (PPM) or Activity Management systems expertise and experience useful (but not required).
• Solid technical background with understanding and/or hands-on experience in new and existing product launches, capital projects, process and continuous improvement projects, infrastructure and operational IT projects.
• Strong project management skillset including experience with PM software, PM methodologies, and project/process tools (e.g.: MS Project or equivalent).
• Sound business and financial acumen with strong understanding of operational cost factors /analysis. (ROI, IRR, ROTA, etc).

Why Join Us:

Ventura Foods offers career growth opportunities as well as competitive compensation and benefits:

• Annual bonus (based on the incentive program terms and conditions)
• Paid Vacation, Sick Time, and Holidays
• Employee Appreciation Events and Employee Assistance Programs
• Salary Base Range of $119,000 – $157,000 for Employees Located in California*
• Profit Sharing and 401(k) matching (after eligible criteria is met)
• Medical, Prescription, Dental, & Vision – coverage beginning on your 1st day for eligible employees

*The “base salary range” provided above is a good faith estimate of what we expect to pay for this position. The range provided is for California-based employees as Ventura Foods is required by California State Law to post pay rates. Ventura Foods reserves the right to pay outside of the given range based on a variety of factors including but not limited to: candidate skills and experience, complexity of the job, budgetary factors, and location/geography. Ventura Foods conducts regular reviews of compensation ranges and therefore reserves the right to alter this range at any given time.

Diversity & Inclusion:

Our commitment to a diverse and inclusive environment in which all employees are treated with respect is evident in our company culture and values. We believe that fostering an environment of inclusion and a focus on diversity across our organization is vital to attracting top talent, driving innovation, and meeting the high expectations of our customers in a rapidly evolving global marketplace.

Ventura Foods is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.