Product Commercialization Analyst Jobs

Ventura Foods is a leading global manufacturer of branded and custom food products that proudly helps food providers in the U.S., Canada and more than 60 other countries earn a special place on consumers’ tables. We do this by continually crafting custom dressings, sauces, mayonnaises, and other food solutions that exceed peoples’ expectations for great-tasting flavors and high-quality ingredients.

Headquartered in Brea, California, Ventura Foods operates 14 manufacturing facilities, 3 culinary centers, and numerous distribution centers across North America. When you work in our manufacturing and distribution facilities, you get a strong foundation of training, a manager who cares about you and celebrates your success, a safe environment, and challenging work. As part of our team, your future is limited only by how much you’re willing to push yourself to get there. We invest in your growth, because you invest in ours.

Position Summary:

The Product Commercialization Analyst role will lead projects or programs prioritized by the commercial and operations team. This role is the lead responsible for project planning, initiation, execution, monitoring, and completion of project undertaken. The Product Commercialization Analyst ensures that the projects or programs implemented have met all performance targets identified. A successful person in this role will have a track record of successful project delivery and strong collaboration skills enabling them to become a trusted associate working alongside functional leaders and teammates.

Major Duties and Responsibilities:

• Measure 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 company processes. Report and escalate to management as needed.
• Track, monitor, and follow-up on finished goods, unique components, or unusual component volumes for specific items to assist sales in recouping costs via operative utilization or through customer repayments.
• Assist in the development and refining of existing processes, timelines, and requirements. Interface across all impacted commercial and operations departments to ensure refinements or process changes are purposeful and meet overall company objectives.
• Utilizing project management skills, manage and guide projects through development and approval phases ensuring deadlines for all phases of development (i.e., new ingredients, labels, equipment installation, operational requirements, and packaging).
• For high complexity projects: Develop a project plan to monitor and track progress of the team(s). Prepare materials for and facilitate senior leadership team project reviews.
• Utilizing background and commercialization process knowledge, provide guidance and recommendations on the handling of complex projects to the team as needed.
• Guide, educate, and assist Sales Managers and other members of the project team in managing and communicating project requirements and project progress reporting with key customer contacts.

Education and Experience:

• 5+ years of project management experience in the consumer products and food sector
• Project management certification a plus
• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration (or similar degree)
• Solid technical background with understanding and/or hands-on experience in new and existing product launches, capital projects, and process and continuous improvement projects

Knowledge and Skills:

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong client facing and teamwork skills
• Solid organizational skills including attention to detail and multi-tasking skills.

Why Join Us:

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

• Profit Sharing and 401(k) matching (after eligible criteria is met)
• Medical, Prescription, Dental, & Vision – coverage beginning on your 1st day for eligible employees
• Paid Vacation, Sick Time, and Holidays
• Employee Appreciation Events and Employee Assistance Programs
• Salary Base Range of $69,000 – $88,000 for Employees Located in California*

*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.