Headquartered in Lakeville, Minn., Post Consumer Brands, a business unit of Post Holdings, Inc., is dedicated to providing people and their pets with delicious food choices for every taste and budget. The company’s portfolio includes beloved brands such as Honey Bunches of Oats®, PEBBLES®, Grape-Nuts® and Malt-O-Meal® cereal, and Peter Pan® peanut butter, as well as Nutrish®, Kibbles ‘n Bits® and 9Lives® dog and cat food. As a company committed to high standards of quality and to our values, we are driven by one idea: To make lives better by making delicious food accessible for all. For more information about our brands, visit www.postconsumerbrands.com and follow us on LinkedIn and Facebook for the latest news.

At Post Consumer Brands, we’ve spent generations showing up for families, starting with breakfast, the most important meal of the day. Our cereals have become a trusted part of daily routines, helping spark conversations, fuel busy mornings, and create everyday moments that bring families closer together, including their furry four-legged family members, who have recently become a part of our story. As families have evolved, so have we. What began at the breakfast table has expanded into snacks, peanut butter, and pet food, because caring for a family means feeding every part of it. With the addition of several iconic pet brands, we’ve extended our purpose: to make high-quality, accessible food for everyone under the same roof.

This phase is still new, and that’s what makes it exciting. As we continue to grow across grocery and pet, we’re looking for people who care about good food, thoughtful work, and the kind of impact that stretches from store shelves to kitchen tables, and food bowls, across the country.

Post Consumer Brands corporate headquarters in Lakeville, Minnesota, is about 20 miles south of Minneapolis and St. Paul, Lakeville has all the benefits of smaller town living with access to everything a large metropolitan area has to offer. Join more than 400 team members collaborating on the two-building campus to help put breakfast on the tables of millions of consumers in North America. 

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