Commercialization Manager

Are you ready to make a real impact and grow your career in an industry that nourishes the nation? Join us at Sun Tree Snack Foods in Phoenix, AZ, where exciting opportunities await you! Whether you’re looking to launch your career or take it to the next level, we offer the perfect platform to thrive in the dynamic world of food manufacturing.

At Sun Tree, we don’t just make snacks—we craft quality products that people across the country love. From sourcing the finest ingredients to producing and packaging private label nuts, seeds, dried fruit, mixes, and confections, our team plays a key role in delivering delicious, healthy snacks to households nationwide. With our products featured in grocery stores, clubs, and mass channels, you’ll feel a sense of pride knowing the snacks you helped create are enjoyed coast-to-coast.

Now’s the time to be part of our growth and success! Ready to start or accelerate your journey with us? Come be part of something bigger at Sun Tree Snack Foods!

We are looking for a Commercialization Manager to join our dynamic team at Sun Tree Snack Foods. In this role, you will have the opportunity to:

• Contribute to our mission of inspiring, creating, and delivering high-quality snacks with exceptional service.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive innovation and meet the evolving needs of our customers and consumers.
• Ensure the highest standards of food safety, quality, and customer satisfaction are met.
• Uphold Trophy’s strong commitment to caring for customers, our community, and the environment.

The Commercialization Manager role is focused on supporting our New Product Development (NPD) process. The position plays a critical role in ensuring projects stay on track from start through to completion and are executed with excellence. The Commercialization Manager represents the Consumer Center of Excellence (CCOE) at the US Phoenix facility, and in conjunction with the Product Development team has final decision rights with regards to approval of new product trials at the Phoenix manufacturing facility.

The Commercialization Manager is accountable for collaborating with Operations, QA and Supply Chain to ensure effective execution of new product trials and delivering information to the NPD Manager to ensure timely data integrity of master NPD project pipeline schedules.

• Owns commercialization process in Phoenix by actively managing NPD projects from initiation to conclusion including appropriate follow-ups with all XFT members to ensure projects meet timelines.
• Frequently update all project related documentation, status reports and stakeholder management throughout the lifecycle of the project and provides visibility to any issues and risks.
• Manages all incoming sample requests from Sales and finalizes details and requirements prior to submitting them to PD.
• Validate and approve product specification sheets: formulation/packaging/label info/product data.
• In consultation with operations, define new product run scheduling and NPD product run prioritization.
• Coordinate and collaborate with QA and operations to ensure the correct commodities and lot #’s are onsite and available as per defined trial line schedules.
• Attend first production runs and have final decision-making accountability associated with sampling timing during run (beginning/middle/end based), product sensory and visual inspection verse trial samples.
• Support packaging team by executing fill rate tests and making die line decisions related to packaging alternatives.
• Support regulatory team by executing physical testing of new product opportunities to ensure serving size and product weights align with product NFT claims.
• Partner with Procurement to ensure correct commodity specs and commodity delivery to ensure effective first trial execution.
• Ensure any required customer Certificate of Analysis (C of
  
  A) is completed and shipped to customers with all new sku’s.
• Through collaboration, influence, communication, and negotiation with key internal stakeholders (Product Development, Operations, Supply Chain, Packaging, Regulatory, Commercial, Quality Assurance,…