Highlights
Known for challenging conventional thinking and bringing exciting products to market quickly, they are experiencing significant growth and investing heavily in innovation, operations, and talent. Significant experience leading commercialization, PMO, innovation, or stage-gate processes within food, beverage, or consumer packaged goods manufacturing.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Bolingbrook, Illinois |
| Job Type | Full-time |
| Industry | Staffing/Employment Agencies |
| Salary | $170,000–$200,000 Per Year |
| Company Size | 10,000 employees or more |
| Website | https://www.michaelpage.ca/ |
Description
Director Commercialization PMO
Our client is a fast-growing, innovative food manufacturer on a mission to redefine what great-tasting, better-for-you food can be. Known for challenging conventional thinking and bringing exciting products to market quickly, they are experiencing significant growth and investing heavily in innovation, operations, and talent.
Job Description
Drive commercialization projects from concept through launch and post-launch review. Ensure key milestones, timelines, and deliverables remain on track. Create streamlined pathways for high-priority innovation projects. Partner with manufacturing and supply chain teams to ensure feasibility, capacity planning, and production readiness. Serve as the central point of coordination across all functional teams. Facilitate collaboration between R&D, Operations, Quality, Regulatory, Supply Chain, Procurement, and Commercial teams. Ensure smooth handoffs between project stages. Lead critical project reviews and readiness assessments. Proactively identify and resolve risks that could impact launch timelines. Oversee customer specifications, artwork approvals, samples, and product submissions. Manage both internal and customer-driven deliverables. Balance customer expectations with operational realities. Escalate risks early to protect launch commitments. Maintain visibility across all active commercialization initiatives. Develop and manage a standardized commercialization roadmap. Support leadership with prioritization decisions based on resources, capacity, and financial impact. Establish robust project governance and escalation processes. Own key commercialization metrics including: Time to market, Launch success rates, Trial effectiveness, Plant readiness, Cost and margin performance. Implement process improvements that enhance speed, consistency, and execution.
MPI does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, or based on an individual's status in any group or class protected by applicable federal, state or local law. MPI encourages applications from minorities, women, the disabled, protected veterans and all other qualified applicants. The company will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance.
The Successful Applicant
A successful Director Commercialization PMO should have:
- Bachelor's degree in Food Science, Engineering, Business, Supply Chain, or related field.
- Significant experience leading commercialization, PMO, innovation, or stage-gate processes within food, beverage, or consumer packaged goods manufacturing.
- Strong experience managing complex cross-functional projects from concept through launch.
- Deep understanding of manufacturing operations, plant trials, supply chain, commercialization, and product lifecycle management.
- Proven ability to influence stakeholders without direct authority.
- Excellent organizational, communication, and leadership skills.
- Experience operating in fast-paced, high-growth environments is highly preferred.
What's on Offer
- Highly visible role with direct exposure to executive leadership and significant impact on company growth
- Salary of $170,000 to $200,000.
- Bonus opportunity.
- Medical coverage.
- 401(k) plan.
- PTO.
Interested? Apply today.
About Company
Michael Page is one of the world's leading professional recruitment consultancies, specializing in the placement of candidates in permanent, contract, temporary and interim positions with clients around the world.
Our business was established in Canada in 2005 when we opened our Toronto office. Our role is to work with employers and job seekers to facilitate a successful match. This can range from advising a global company on a candidate sourcing strategy to helping a job seeker find their dream job.
In Canada, we focus on recruiting for the following areas:
Banking and financial services
Digital and e-commerce
Engineering and manufacturing
Finance and accounting
Human resources
Information technology
Marketing
Oil and gas
Procurement and supply chain
Property and construction
Sales
An Established Brand
The Group has established a leading presence in many of the key markets for professional recruitment around the world and has positioned itself in certain other markets, which offer the opportunity for future growth. Within its current largest markets, Michael Page has also built a regional presence, including in the UK, France and Australia. Consequently, the Michael Page brand is among the most widely recognized brands in the professional recruitment industry.
A Market Leader
The role of a recruitment consultancy is to act as an intermediary, identifying and sourcing suitably qualified candidates on behalf of its clients. Candidates are recruited either for permanent or contract positions (typically for a fixed term) or on a temporary basis. Within the overall recruitment industry, the market for professional recruitment services is a specialist sector which has developed more recently. Michael Page is widely recognized as leading the development of this market around the world.
Learn the benefits of working with Michael Page yourself. Submit your resume or contact a Michael Page recruitment consultant today.