Commercialization Project Manager III

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Job description

Responsibilities:
Our Manufacturing Plants make H-E-B Own Brand unique, distinctive, superior-quality products at a better value. Our Commercialization Team is growing into H-E-B's intention to be The Greatest Omnichannel Retailing Company, and we're developing new and expanded lines of business, while implementing and supporting company-wide digital transformation to best meet the needs of our Stores and Customers.

As a Commercialization Project Manager, you'll play a key role, connecting operations to strategy, marketing, and product / program management. You'll collaborate across multiple manufacturing plants in an end-to-end capacity, with merchant teams, Own Brand, plant operations, engineering, R&D, Procurement, Digital, Supply Chain, and vendors, while leading projects that support bringing new products to market, developing packaging and ingredient transitions, transforming our digital capabilities, and implementing new technology and processes.

Once you're eligible, you'll become an Owner in the company, so we're looking for commitment, hard work, and focus on quality and Customer service. 'Partner-owned' means our most important resources People drive the innovation, growth, and success that make H-E-B The Greatest Omnichannel Retailing Company.

Do you have a:
HEART FOR PEOPLE influencing and interpersonal skills?
HEAD FOR BUSINESS expertise to wrangle processes and output with R&D, Procurement, packaging, digital transformation, operations, and external stakeholders?
PASSION FOR RESULTS drive to establish and continuously improve digitization processes / practices that keep H-E-B successfully manufacturing into the future?

We are looking for:
- 6+ years of related experience, preferably at H-E-B
- technical aptitude and advanced analytical skills

What is the work?
Management / Project Management:
- Leads complex, large-scale projects across multiple manufacturing plants with a wide variety of customers in an end-to-end capacity
- Partners closely with Engineering, Supply Chain, and Digital project managers to lead cross functional teams executing end-to-end work; tailors approach and strategy to a diverse range of end-users
- Defines / leads project scope, resource needs, project schedules; ensures efforts meet budgetary commitments
- Defines project's critical path and major milestones; develops effective work estimates and processes to ensure project team meets expectations
- Determines project deliverables (e.g., project charters, communication plans, risk mitigation plans, resource plans, implementation plans, quality plans, commissioning, training, and sustainment plans)
- Identifies / establishes performance criteria and qualification metrics for each project / implementation; creates plans to test, achieve, verify parameters were met
- Leads successful hand-off and sustainment of new processes, equipment, and new product manufacturing to the end customer-manufacturing facilities
- Identifies any troubled project / project aspect; executes plans to bring the project to a successful conclusion
- Determines when a project cannot meet its intended goals; recommends appropriate next steps
- Serves as a leader / subject matter expert within Manufacturing, Warehousing, Transportation, and Digital organizations
- Provides work direction; coaches / mentors / motivates project team members and others
- Identifies opportunities for organizational improvement; uses influence to deliver positive change
- Applies business / functional knowledge to drive successful project outcomes and established business objectives

What is your background?
- A bachelor's degree in engineering, food science, or a related field
- 6+ years of related experience, preferably at H-E-B
- Experience in project or technology management, or managing bringing new products / processes to market
- Experience in an industrial or manufacturing environment

Do you have what it takes to be a fit as a Commercialization Project Manager for H-E-B?
- Working knowledge of project management practices
- Working knowledge of Safe Quality Foods (SQF), Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), and Quality Manufacturing Systems (QMS) standards
- Working knowledge of accounting and finance principles
- Expert PC usage skills, including MS Office, MS Project, and H-E-B systems (Own Brand's OBPS, CPS a plus)
- Expert facilitation and conflict-management skills
- Advanced verbal / written communication and presentation skills
- Advanced analytical skills; technical aptitude
- Advanced collaborating and influencing skills
- Advanced interpersonal and customer service skills
- Strong change management skills
- Ability to lead teams to deliver multiple concurrent projects; ability to manage large, complex projects from conception to implementation
- Ability to collaboratively lead / influence cross-functional stakeholders
- Ability to work with little supervision; ability to remain highly independent / flexible when setting priorities
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and shift focus between projects / tasks

Can you
- Work comfortably in a fast-paced, change-oriented environment
- Travel by car or plane to / stay overnight at H-E-B facility locations and non-H-E-B manufacturers
- Spend significant time in manufacturing environments

12-2019

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