Project Manager, Direct Sales - Military veterans preferred

F&S Produce Company, Inc. is centrally located in Southern New Jersey enabling access to an estimated 100 million consumers. Our two facilities consist of over 650,000 square feet of refrigerated and ambient production space and process over 150 million pounds of produce annually for our retail, food service, and industrial customers across the United States. For the past 40 years, we’ve been perfecting our production and safety processes to become the finest-quality provider of fresh-cut fruits and vegetables, fresh foods, and frozen commodities in the Eastern United States. As a leader and innovator within the industry, we’ve delivered these principles to everything from restaurants and convenience store chains to supermarket prepared food operations, and numerous other high-volume food industries. F&S Produce Company has cultivated a tradition of success through dedication and innovation. Come join the F&S Produce Team where Freshness & Safety are our Commitment. As a multi-generational, privately held, family owned and operated business, we have been guided by good, honest values since 1981.The Project Manager will work closely with the Director Marketing and Product Development supporting Research & Development efforts, and be responsible for managing channel projects, and analyzing data to support strategic decisions. The Project Manager will organize, align, and communicate strategic priorities with and for the Director Marketing and Product Development and own and/or identify owners for projects to ensure overall efficient and consistent operations for the team and their customers through the companies New Product Development stage gate process. This is a highly cross-functional role that intersects business analytics, project management, and process improvement, requiring effective internal collaboration. Essential FunctionsPrioritize, strategically and tactically oversee the Commercialization and Launch stages of the New Product Development stage gate process for key projects, and manage critical business issues to ensure focus, efficiency, and impact.Ensure that coordination, alignment of objectives, and timelines support the overall business strategy.Identify opportunities and provide recommendations for process optimization and efficiency.Ease decision making by striving to provide full information at point of decision and by serving as a reliable, trusted, and fair channel for all stakeholders.Collect and analyze data providing support, predictions, and accountability to the Director Marketing and Product Development and account team.Monitor and maintain timelines and execution.Present business-wide analytics.Make recommendations to Director Marketing and Product Development and leaders on improved performance.Coordinate strategic meetings, documentation, and deliverables. Sets pace for meeting key timelines, manages expectations, and ensures all collateral ready for review. Build messaging/presentations to support the strategic messaging for the Chain Grocery groups.Submit weekly summary reports of project status.Manage sample request process; costs, shipping coordination, communication, and trackingQualifications:?College degree combined with corporate general management experience and increasing responsibility. Strong project management experience. Experience managing large or complex projects and comfort with ambiguity.Strong analytical background with the ability to translate data into strategic actions.Demonstrated ability to be proactive and diplomatic.Must be able to work in a fast-paced, highly interactive environment interfacing between Sr. Executives, senior leadership and the organization working to ensure all preparations are made to promote productivity and efficiency.Strategic thinker with effective diplomatic and proactive leadership skills to translate data into insights and actions that will drive the organization forward.Highly credible, collaborative, and resourceful style with the ability to work independently and as a team player.Extremely trustworthy with the ability to handle confidential matters and sensitive information or situations with discretion.Strong ability to build presentations and communicate content/vision clearly and thoroughly to a large audience of stakeholders.Strong understanding of business financials and process improvement.Strong attention to detail and organizational skills.Expert skills in Excel and PowerPoint; experience using PM software such as Monday.com, Asana, Microsoft Teams, MS Project.We offer a competitive compensation and benefits package.At F & S Produce, we strive to build a diverse workforce through equal opportunity employment that embraces and leverages the differences each individual has to offer. Equal Employment Opportunity Employer of minorities/females/disabled/veterans.