
Product Project Lead
Kansas City, KS · HybridFull-time$58–73K/yrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today
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The Product Project Lead drives private-label product development projects with cross-functional teams, coordinating milestones and timelines. The role works with suppliers, retailers, internal teams, and third parties on product launches, label updates, and reformulations; identifies project risks and solutions; and supports business managers with new business development. It also facilitates product development discussions with senior leadership and uses a PLM system to create product and status reports.
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Product Project Lead
We are seeking a Product Project Lead who is professional, detail-oriented, process and execution-driven, with strong communication skills. A successful Product Project Lead drives projects through the private label product development process, while working closely with cross-functional teams to achieve milestones within established timelines. To effectively reach these goals, you must be able to proactively communicate with the retailer, suppliers, and your internal team to ensure objectives are met.
The Company is one of North America’s leading sales and marketing agencies specializing in outsourced sales, merchandising, category management, and marketing services to manufacturers, suppliers, and producers of food products and consumer packaged goods. The Company services a variety of trade channels including grocery, mass merchandise, specialty, convenience, drug, dollar, club, hardware, consumer electronics, and home centers. We bridge the gap between manufacturers and retailers, providing consumers access to the best products available in the marketplace today.
Essential Responsibility
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Work with supplier partners and retailer on executing new item launches, label updates, and reformulations of product. Ensure all parties stay on track to meet deadlines.
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Manage relationships with both supplier partners and the retailer. Proactively communicate with retailer, suppliers, internal team and/or third-party teams to ensure objectives are met.
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Identify potential risks and solutions. Advise the key stakeholders (internal and external) on potential roadblocks in a project and help provide and execute solutions.
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Work with and support business managers on new business development.
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Required to facilitate product development discussions with senior leadership of supplier partners or retailer.
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PLM system navigation required, must create product and status reports.
Supervisory Responsibilities
Direct Reports: This position does not have supervisory responsibilities for direct reports
Indirect Reports: Does not have direct reports, but may delegate work of others and provide guidance, direction and mentoring to indirect reports
Minimum Qualifications
Education Level: (Required): Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience
Experience Requirements: 2-4 years' experience in related field
Required Knowledge and Skills
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Must be able to think on their feet, be a problem solver, and be a self-starter
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Must have strong written and verbal communication skills
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Must have basic computer skills including use of Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel) and Outlook
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Must have strong prioritization and organization skills
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Must be able to manage conflict
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Must be process driven/oriented
Environmental & Physical Requirements
Most offices work a hybrid schedule, coming into the office 2-3 days a week. Business needs may dictate that we are needed in the office or offsite more days than that. We need to be available during normal business hours, Monday through Friday, 8am-5pm. Reliable transportation is required.
Job Will Remain Open Until Filled
Responsibilities
The Company is one of North America’s leading sales and marketing agencies specializing in outsourced sales, merchandising, category management, and marketing services to manufacturers, suppliers, and producers of food products and consumer packaged goods. The Company services a variety of trade channels including grocery, mass merchandise, specialty, convenience, drug, dollar, club, hardware, consumer electronics, and home centers. We bridge the gap between manufacturers and retailers, providing consumers access to the best products available in the marketplace today.
Essential Responsibility
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Work with supplier partners and retailer on executing new item launches, label updates, and reformulations of product. Ensure all parties stay on track to meet deadlines.
-
Manage relationships with both supplier partners and the retailer. Proactively communicate with retailer, suppliers, internal team and/or third-party teams to ensure objectives are met.
-
Identify potential risks and solutions. Advise the key stakeholders (internal and external) on potential roadblocks in a project and help provide and execute solutions.
-
Work with and support business managers on new business development.
-
Required to facilitate product development discussions with senior leadership of supplier partners or retailer.
-
PLM system navigation required, must create product and status reports.
Supervisory Responsibilities
Direct Reports: This position does not have supervisory responsibilities for direct reports
Indirect Reports: Does not have direct reports, but may delegate work of others and provide guidance, direction and mentoring to indirect reports
Minimum Qualifications
Education Level: (Required): Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience
Experience Requirements: 2-4 years' experience in related field
Required Knowledge and Skills
-
Must be able to think on their feet, be a problem solver, and be a self-starter
-
Must have strong written and verbal communication skills
-
Must have basic computer skills including use of Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel) and Outlook
-
Must have strong prioritization and organization skills
-
Must be able to manage conflict
-
Must be process driven/oriented
Environmental & Physical Requirements
Most offices work a hybrid schedule, coming into the office 2-3 days a week. Business needs may dictate that we are needed in the office or offsite more days than that. We need to be available during normal business hours, Monday through Friday, 8am-5pm. Reliable transportation is required.
Additional Information Regarding Job Duties and Job Descriptions
Job duties include additional responsibilities as assigned by one’s supervisor or other manager related to the position/department. This job description is meant to describe the general nature and level of work being performed; it is not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required for the position. The Company reserves the right at any time with or without notice to alter or change job responsibilities, reassign or transfer job positions, or assign additional job responsibilities, subject to applicable law. The Company shall provide reasonable accommodations of known disabilities to enable a qualified applicant or employee to apply for employment, perform the essential functions of the job, or enjoy the benefits and privileges of employment as required by the law.
Important Information
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this position. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of associates so classified.
The Company is committed to providing equal opportunity in all employment practices without regard to age, race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, religion, physical or mental disability, or any other category protected by law. As part of this commitment, the Company shall provide reasonable accommodations of known disabilities to enable an applicant or employee to apply for employment, perform the essential functions of the job, or enjoy the benefits and privileges of employment as required by law.
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Job LocationsUS-KS-Kansas City
CityKansas City
State/ProvinceKS
Postal Code66106
CountryUS
Requisition ID2026-441411
Position TypeFull Time
CategoryClient Services/Account Management
MinimumUSD $58,400.00/Yr.
MaximumUSD $73,000.00/Yr.
How this job compares
Set against the 15,508 open Project Management jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 28, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$58–73K/yr
- Kansas median$102–185K/yr95 salary ranges
- US median$105–174K/yr9,942 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $66K, is 54% below the Kansas median midpoint ($143K) — in the lowest quarter of Project Management salary ranges in Kansas.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 151 open Project Management jobs in Kansas and 15,508 across the US. 4% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Kansas
- Oracle30 open
- CDM Smith19 open
- Black & Veatch15 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 2 years of experience — less than three in four Project Management postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 12,439 postings).
- Education
- 6,512 of the 15,508 open Project Management jobs (42%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 28, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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