Product Change Manager

Brand: Post Consumer Brands

Categories: Research & Development

Locations: Lakeville, Minnesota

Position Type: Regular Full-Time

Remote Eligible: No

Req ID: 32059

Job Description

Business Unit Overview

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 Rachael Ray® Nutrish™, Kibbles 'n Bits™ and 9Lives™ dog and cat food. Post also provides private label solutions to customers in pet food, cereal, nut butters and granola. 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 (http://linkedin.com/company/postconsumerbrands/) or Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/pages/Post-Consumer-Brands/1919490918137560/) for the latest news.

Location Description

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.

Responsibilities

The Product Change Manager leads end-to-end commercialization initiatives across our U.S. Retail business. As a member of the Commercialization Team, you will guide stage-gate approved projects from concept through launch, connecting teams, plans, budgets, and decisions to deliver on time and to quality expectations.

This is a highly visible role for a project manager who enjoys bringing cross-functional teams together. You will create clarity, anticipate risk, and keep commercialization work moving across a portfolio of well-known brands.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead cross-functional commercialization projects from concept through launch, aligning business objectives, milestones, and key deliverables.

• Develop and maintain project schedules, timelines, critical paths, and stage-gate documentation.

• Identify and mitigate project risks, resolve issues, and escalate concerns when needed.

• Monitor project budgets and key financial metrics throughout the commercialization process.

• Facilitate project team meetings, document decisions, and drive accountability across stakeholders.

• Guide teams in using established commercialization tools, standards, milestones, and deliverables.

• Manage and support New Item Setup processes and system functionality within Product Lifecycle Management tools.

• Partner with Research & Development, Supply Chain, Marketing, Graphics, Finance, Operations, and Sales throughout product development and launch.

• Drive continuous improvement through project closeout reviews, lessons learned, root cause analysis, and implementation of best practices.

• Build alignment and transparency across stakeholders while influencing decisions and results without direct authority.

Why You’ll Love This Role

• Make a visible impact by helping bring products and brand initiatives from concept to market.

• Work across a broad network of functions and build relationships throughout the business.

• Lead business-critical projects with ownership of schedules, risks, budgets, and delivery.

• Improve the tools and processes that make commercialization work more effective.

• Bring your project management expertise to a fast-moving portfolio of established brands.

Location & Travel Requirements

• This hybrid role is based in Lakeville, Minnesota.

Qualifications

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, or a related technical field.

Required Qualifications

• Minimum of 2 years of project management experience.

• Demonstrated ability to lead and influence cross-functional teams.

• Strong organizational, planning, and time management skills.

• Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet demanding deadlines.

• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• 2 or more years of experience in the consumer packaged goods industry.

• Understanding of product commercialization processes and tools.

• Knowledge of product development functions, including Research & Development, Supply Chain, Packaging, and Graphics.

• Experience with Product Lifecycle Management systems.

• Project Management Professional certification.

Success in This Role

• Create alignment across teams and keep shared goals at the center of decisions.

• Challenge the status quo and identify practical ways to improve how work gets done.

• Build positive, productive experiences for teammates and stakeholders.

• Take ownership, exercise sound judgment, and follow through on commitments.

• Adapt to changing priorities while maintaining clear plans and communication.

Ready to Make an Impact?

Bring your project leadership, commercial mindset, and collaborative approach to Post Consumer Brands. If you are ready to connect teams, solve problems, and help move great products from idea to launch, we encourage you to apply.

The pay range for this position is $80,166 - $118,645 per year.

The Product Change Manager leads end-to-end commercialization initiatives across our U.S. Retail business. As a member of the Commercialization Team, you will guide stage-gate approved projects from concept through launch, connecting teams, plans, budgets, and decisions to deliver on time and to quality expectations.

This is a highly visible role for a project manager who enjoys bringing cross-functional teams together. You will create clarity, anticipate risk, and keep commercialization work moving across a portfolio of well-known brands.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead cross-functional commercialization projects from concept through launch, aligning business objectives, milestones, and key deliverables.

• Develop and maintain project schedules, timelines, critical paths, and stage-gate documentation.

• Identify and mitigate project risks, resolve issues, and escalate concerns when needed.

• Monitor project budgets and key financial metrics throughout the commercialization process.

• Facilitate project team meetings, document decisions, and drive accountability across stakeholders.

• Guide teams in using established commercialization tools, standards, milestones, and deliverables.

• Manage and support New Item Setup processes and system functionality within Product Lifecycle Management tools.

• Partner with Research & Development, Supply Chain, Marketing, Graphics, Finance, Operations, and Sales throughout product development and launch.

• Drive continuous improvement through project closeout reviews, lessons learned, root cause analysis, and implementation of best practices.

• Build alignment and transparency across stakeholders while influencing decisions and results without direct authority.

Why You’ll Love This Role

• Make a visible impact by helping bring products and brand initiatives from concept to market.

• Work across a broad network of functions and build relationships throughout the business.

• Lead business-critical projects with ownership of schedules, risks, budgets, and delivery.

• Improve the tools and processes that make commercialization work more effective.

• Bring your project management expertise to a fast-moving portfolio of established brands.

Location & Travel Requirements

• This hybrid role is based in Lakeville, Minnesota.

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, or a related technical field.

Required Qualifications

• Minimum of 2 years of project management experience.

• Demonstrated ability to lead and influence cross-functional teams.

• Strong organizational, planning, and time management skills.

• Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet demanding deadlines.

• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• 2 or more years of experience in the consumer packaged goods industry.

• Understanding of product commercialization processes and tools.

• Knowledge of product development functions, including Research & Development, Supply Chain, Packaging, and Graphics.

• Experience with Product Lifecycle Management systems.

• Project Management Professional certification.

Success in This Role

• Create alignment across teams and keep shared goals at the center of decisions.

• Challenge the status quo and identify practical ways to improve how work gets done.

• Build positive, productive experiences for teammates and stakeholders.

• Take ownership, exercise sound judgment, and follow through on commitments.

• Adapt to changing priorities while maintaining clear plans and communication.

Ready to Make an Impact?

Bring your project leadership, commercial mindset, and collaborative approach to Post Consumer Brands. If you are ready to connect teams, solve problems, and help move great products from idea to launch, we encourage you to apply.

Post Holdings provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, status as a covered veteran and any other category protected under applicable federal, state, provincial and local laws.

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The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)