Associate Gifting & Merchandise Project Manager

Associate Gifting & Merchandise Project Manager Our Company

World Finer Foods is a full‑service sales, marketing and distribution company for specialty food and personal care brands. With over $250 million in annual sales, World Finer Foods sells over 35 brands and more than 500 products from around the world.

Today we manage a group of our own brands as well as client‑owned brands. Our third‑party (client‑owned) brand portfolio spans multiple categories with brands in a variety of stages of their life cycles in the U.S. market – from emerging brands to established specialty brands.

World Finer Foods has an opening for an Associate Gifting & Merchandise Project Manager. The successful candidate will have a creative mindset combined with strong project management, analytical, quantitative, vendor relations, and cross‑functional collaboration skills.

• Act as the “supply chain owner” of the World Finer Foods e‑commerce, club, and seasonal gifting businesses for a portfolio of branded food products, with responsibility for sourcing, procurement, and project oversight.
• Identify and procure or source vendors to create and produce quality gift and merchandise items. Develop relationships with supply‑chain partners, including copackers, material vendors, and channel‑specific warehouses.
• Sourcing packaging materials to build innovative gifts and e‑commerce packs.
• Managing inventory and copackers that build these special packs.
• Setting and meeting deadlines while proactively tracking project progress.
• Holding external partners and vendors accountable for commitments.
• Using a creative outlook and critical thinking skills to resolve construction‑based issues at copackers.
• Maintaining project‑specific budgets and tracking expenses, billing back partners as needed.
• Project‑managing cross‑functional teams and internal/external execution of seasonal gifting and everyday alternate channel businesses.
• Working closely with marketing, e‑commerce, and sales teams to design and build e‑commerce and gift products that align with consumer and customer expectations.
• Partnering with finance, sales, marketing, and supply chain to ensure all internal components of the project align with the project plan.
• Other duties as determined by management.

• Print and packaging procurement experience and project management experience in the CPG industry.
• Experience designing and building special packs for e‑commerce and retail.
• Vendor relationship management and heavy cross‑functional experience.
• Ability to work autonomously and in a team environment and proactively deliver business solutions.
• Comfortable working in an evolving environment with a positive attitude.

• Ability to lead or partner with brand, e‑commerce and gifting teams.
• Strong negotiation and persuasion skills.
• Exceptional time management, project management, and organizational skills.
• Strong quantitative skills.
• Ability to research vendors and copackers and negotiate contracts.
• Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills.
• Strong computer skills (Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint).
• Ability to travel up to 10%.

• Experience sourcing packaging materials for consumer goods for holiday gifting and e‑commerce.
• Experience with print production, merchandising procurement and project management.
• Experience managing contractors building these gift and e‑commerce consumer goods.
• Minimum of 5‑7 years of merchandising, purchasing, logistics, or project management.
• CPG industry experience (food and beverage, beauty, personal care, etc.) required.

• Bachelor’s degree required, preferably in supply chain, marketing, merchandising or related business fields.

Company offers a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, 401(k), life insurance and more.

Position reports to the Vice President & Head of Supply Chain and Product Development. This is a full‑time, exempt, hybrid position (in‑office 3× per week) located in Bloomfield, New Jersey, and is available January 2025.

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.