Program Manager Productivity Transformation

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Salary Range: $102,000 - $142,800

Comprehensive Benefits Package

Annual Bonus Eligibility

401k & Company Match

The Program Manager – Productivity Transformation supports the governance and execution of complex, enterprise productivity initiatives across the value chain. This role serves as a central integrator and execution partner, ensuring initiatives are well-planned, aligned, tracked, and delivered against value targets and transformation milestones. Approximately 75% of this role is dedicated to supporting the program and portfolio management of productivity transformation work streams, with focus on Procurement, Manufacturing, and Logistics.

• Own end–to–end leadership of strategic initiatives, ensuring each program advances the enterprise Full Potential agenda.
• Clarify and align program scope, transformation objectives, and expected outcomes with stakeholders to ensure every effort contributes measurable business value.
• Guide teams through transformation impacts by fostering clarity, accountability, and shared ownership of outcomes.

• Partner with Finance to validate savings, productivity gains, and benefits realization.
• Ensure initiatives are delivered against financial, operational, and transformation value targets.
• Identify risks early, diagnose root causes, and develop mitigation plans that preserve momentum toward Full Potential goals.

• Facilitate seamless cross‑functional collaboration by driving visibility, alignment, and coordinated problem‑solving across teams.
• Lead high‑impact working sessions with SMEs, stakeholders, and senior leaders to shape business cases, build program roadmaps, and resolve barriers to transformation progress.

• Drive disciplined, agile execution by identifying dependencies, tracking critical paths, and proactively managing risks and mitigation plans.
• Escalate critical issues proactively to safeguard strategic priorities, timelines, budgets, and transformation outcomes.
• Intervene to remove blockers, ensuring business continuity and alignment across work streams.

• Prepare clear, executive‑ready program reporting with insights on progress, risks, key decisions, projected results, and recommendations.
• Support enterprise governance forums and operating rhythms.
• Enable timely, data‑driven decision making.

• Identify opportunities to improve program management tools, templates, and governance.
• Support development of playbooks, standards, and best practices.
• Promote consistent ways of working across productivity programs.

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, Operations, Supply Chain, Finance, or related field
• 5+ years of experience in program management, transformation, operations, consulting, or project delivery
• Experience managing cross-functional initiatives across supply chain, manufacturing, or procurement environments
• Strong knowledge and understanding of project management methodologies, tools, and techniques
• Strong financial, analytical, and planning skills
• Executive communication and storytelling
• Demonstrated ability to manage complex, matrixed stakeholder environments

• Master’s degree (MBA or related)
• Professional certification (PMP, Lean Six Sigma, Agile, or equivalent)
• Experience supporting enterprise productivity or cost transformation programs
• Background in food manufacturing, CPG, or large‑scale operations environments

• Creative, out‑of‑the‑box problem solver who constructively challenges the status quo and rethinks traditional ways of working to drive step‑change improvement
• Ability to identify non‑obvious opportunities for productivity, simplification, and value…