Innovation & Commercialization Manager
Englewood Cliffs, NJ · HybridContract$40–44/hrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today
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The Innovation & Commercialization Planning Manager will lead innovation projects from kickoff through launch and post-launch evaluation. The role coordinates cross-functional teams, maintains project plans and timelines, assesses sourcing readiness, and supports business cases, capital expenditure requirements, cost savings, and gate review documentation. The position is a 12-month contract with possible extension or conversion and follows a hybrid schedule with two onsite days per week.
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Full job description
Our client, a leading company in the consumer products industry, is seeking an Innovation & Commercialization Planning Manager to join their team. The ideal candidate is a highly organized supply chain and project management professional who thrives in a fast-paced innovation environment, enjoys leading cross-functional initiatives, and excels at partnering with Marketing, R&D, Finance, Procurement, and Supply Chain teams to successfully bring new products to market.
Job Title: Innovation & Commercialization Planning Manager {Innovation Planner}
Location: Englewood Cliffs, NJ (Hybrid - 2 Days Week Onsite)
Contract: 12 Months (extension/conversion possible)
Pay Range: $40 - $44 hourly
What’s the Job?
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Manage innovation project plans from project kick-off through commercialization, launch execution, and post-launch evaluation.
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Own and maintain project timelines and networks using project management tools while coordinating activities across Marketing, R&D, Finance, Procurement, Manufacturing, and Supply Chain teams.
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Ensure sourcing sites have the required capacity, capabilities, and readiness to support successful innovation launches and product transitions.
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Lead project communication, stakeholder alignment, risk assessments, and mitigation planning to ensure on-time and in-full project delivery.
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Support innovation business cases, capital expenditure requirements, cost savings opportunities, complexity reduction initiatives, and preparation of gate review documentation.
What’s Needed?
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Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Business, Operations, R&D, or a related field.
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Experience in supply chain, project management, innovation planning, commercialization, engineering, product development, or related business functions.
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Strong project management, stakeholder management, and cross-functional leadership skills with the ability to influence and drive results.
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Knowledge of end-to-end supply chain processes, manufacturing operations, capacity planning, risk management, and continuous improvement.
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Experience with Microsoft Project, Excel, supply chain planning tools, and Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) environments is highly preferred.
What’s in it for me?
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Medical, Dental, Vision, 401k options
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Weekly pay with direct deposit
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Consultant Care support
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Free training to upgrade your skills
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Dedicated Career Partner to help you achieve your career goals
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ManpowerGroup is committed to providing equal employment opportunities in a professional, high quality work environment. It is the policy of ManpowerGroup and all of its subsidiaries to recruit, train, promote, transfer, pay and take all employment actions without regard to an employee's race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, religion, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other basis protected by applicable law.
How this job compares
Set against the 1,893 open Supply Chain Manager jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 6, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$40–44/hr
- US median$50–60/hr28 hourly ranges
This range's midpoint, $42/hr, is 27% below the US median midpoint ($58/hr) — in the middle half of Supply Chain Manager hourly ranges across the US.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 37 open Supply Chain Manager jobs in New Jersey and 1,893 across the US. 2% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Experience
- Supply Chain Manager postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 5 to 7 years (1,766 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 874 of the 1,893 open Supply Chain Manager jobs (46%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 6, 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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