Title: Associate Product Portfolio and Innovation Analyst
Location: Richland, WA
Job Requisition ID: Req-260657
Time Type: Full time
About Lamb Weston
You've probably enjoyed our fries without even knowing it! As a leading manufacturer in our industry, and public Fortune 500 company, we inspire and bring people together with foods they love and trust. Our customer base includes international food service providers, restaurants, and households in over 100 countries around the world.
A highly innovative global corporation with a start-up mindset, we empower every individual to make a genuine difference. You'll gain access to hands-on training to fuel your growth and success, explore opportunities for new solutions, and you'll join a winning team of 10,000+ people all dedicated to raising the bar - together.
If you have a strong drive for results, a desire to help us bring the world together through our fries, and are ready for a fresh challenge, we want to hear from you.
Job Description Summary
Aid in Innovation Pipeline, Product Portfolio Health and Product Life Cycle Management efforts to maximize revenues and realize profitable growth.
Job Description
Portfolio & Innovation Analytics
* Support innovation pipeline management, product portfolio health assessment, and product life cycle management efforts to maximize revenue and profitable growth.
* Analyze product performance data to identify trends, risks, and opportunities, recommending actions to improve portfolio health.
* Conduct in-depth new product introduction (NPI) retrospectives and performance benchmarking.
* Develop data-driven product discontinuation recommendations and support execution tracking and reporting.
Reporting & Decision Support
* Utilize metrics and data visualization to report on innovation pipeline and portfolio performance, enabling transparency and informed decision-making.
* Prepare and present portfolio reviews for S&OP Step 1, synthesizing insights.
* Organize and document Innovation Funnel calls, ensuring clarity on decisions, actions, and next steps.
Cross-Functional Collaboration
* Work cross-functionally with Category, Insights, and Marketing teams to ensure balanced perspectives and actionable recommendations.
* Build deep understanding of product attributes and specifications to support effective portfolio optimization.
* Research and assess product portfolio management best practices across the food and beverage industry, applying relevant learnings to drive continuous improvement.
Tools, Data & Process Support
* Serve as Data Custodian for key Material Master data elements, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and governance.
* Partner with business and technical stakeholders to maintain and enhance Cloud Coach functionality aligned to project management needs and reporting requirements.
* Provide day-to-day support for Innovation PMO technologies, dashboards, and reporting.
* Develop training materials, end-user training strategies, and ongoing support for Innovation PMO users.
Basic & Preferred Qualifications
* Bachelor's degree in economics, marketing, finance or related field preferred.
* 2 years' experience preferred.
* Excel proficiency required.
* Power BI experience preferred.
* Cloud Coach or Salesforce experience preferred.
* Experience in project and product management preferred.
Industry-Competitive Benefits
Coupled with our compensation and bonus incentive programs, our benefits deliver rewards that are market competitive. Some of the most attractive elements of our benefit programs include:
* Health Insurance Benefits - Medical, Dental, Vision
* Flexible Spending Accounts f
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