Scoop Program Manager (Hybrid: Onsite and Remote)

About the position The Scoop Program Manager works with stakeholders to ensure the process for the Scoop Program supports organizational objectives. This manager acts as the organizational conduit for all program planning, analysis, and completion including postmortem. The Scoop Program Manager is responsible to ensure Scoop deliverables are met through program plan management, forecast, program check-ins and stage-gate meetings, review of data, product set up and inventory review, field training coordination, and program postmortem reviews to determine process changes. This role is segmented as Hybrid. You will be onsite in Rosemont, IL 3 days a week (Tuesday - Thursday) and Virtual Monday and Friday.

Responsibilities

• Partnership with Product Development & other key stakeholders, creation and management of comprehensive Scoop program plans, supervision of workstreams, and communication on key decisions and risks.
• Defines the program roadmap, organizes workstreams and milestones, and generates buy-in.
• Coordinates with Category Management, Product Development, Insight & Analytics, Replenishment, and Field Leads throughout the program management from planning to tactical activities to drive collection of forecast requirements for new products.
• Creates and socializes guiding templates, e.g, including forecast templates, rollout book, and production planning.
• Acts as the Subject Matter Expert for the cross-functional teams and Markets if there are any questions.
• Collaborates with Commercialization Managers, Sr. Activation Managers, and Replenishment to identify inventory issues and develop plans to mitigate inventory risks.
• Responsible for Field Training Coordination through content planning and production support.
• Identifies and helps to drive process improvements to mitigate current and potential program risks.
• Gathers feedback on rollouts from the field on an ongoing basis.
• Directs and guides stakeholders in developing selling and relevant training materials in conjunction with Category Management and Training functions.
• Acts as Subject Matter Expert for Scoop through regular and impromptu communications to cross-functional teams, field teams, and leadership.
• Other duties as assigned by manager.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business / Marketing / Finance / Operations or related field required
• Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience in program/project management
• Strong communication skills and experience influencing peers and senior leaders
• A proven record of prioritizing and deploying strategic initiatives
• Working knowledge of Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel, and Word is required

Nice-to-haves

• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification is desired
• Food industry experience preferred
• The ideal candidate will have a strong sense of forward-looking vision, clear judgment in managing risk, and the ability to drive deliverables while maintaining flexibility in an agile environment
• Proven success in creatively solving problems and refining processes and procedures to create additional program scale
• Must be self-directed and highly motivated
• Strong verbal communication and interpersonal skills, as well as solid presentation skills required
• Capable of influencing project stakeholders
• Strong organizational skills, detail-oriented, and analytical capability
• Must possess solid, strong business acumen and sales orientation

Benefits

• health insurance
• pre-tax spending accounts
• retirement benefits
• paid time off
• short-term and long-term disability
• employee stock purchase plan
• life insurance
• annual incentive plan bonus

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