Senior Partnership Manager

Senior Partnership Manager ~ Packaging Innovation Lab @ Pepsi Co

Location:

Plano, TX. Must be on-site 40hrs/week.

The Packaging Innovation Lab (PIL) is a facility inside the Pepsi Co R&D Center in Plano TX, servicing R&D Packaging. It has a whole array of impressive state-of-the-art prototyping and 2D and 3D printing equipment that is used every working day supplying new-to-the-world packaging concepts and innovation to the R&D community. Woven Works runs the facility funded by a Partnership Agreement with our client at Pepsi Co.

As Senior Partnership Manager, you will take leadership of the facility, manage the 4 full-time people working there (all compensated by Woven Works) and manage the day-to-day operations of all the work flowing in and out of the PIL.

• Partnership Team Oversight & Quality Control

  Provide leadership and management to ensure onsite staff deliver quality work product based on the specifications outlined by the client and contractors to comply with all employment policies, and client onsite contractor policies.

• Equipment & Material Recommendation

  Recommend equipment and materials for the purpose of creating the appropriate range of R&D Foods Packaging, and Innovation design support, digital support, and appropriate fidelity of prototypes onsite. Part of this function is delegable, but as Senior Partnership Manager, you will need to be on top of the equipment maintenance, repairs, consumables procurement and machinery calibration. You will be responsible for EHS readiness and Workshop Safety Protocols.

• Coordinate Partnership Requests

  Work with the assigned client to align on requested deliverables, timing and resources required. Using our ‘Monday’ platform, create work orders to capture, in writing, the definition of deliverables & timing. Manage a Deliverables Queue based on first come first serve basis, prioritising Pepsi Co PI-prioritised work. Manage multiple live parallel work streams with complex challenges and often unreasonable, competing deadlines. Our contract is calibrated on several metrics;
  
  the key is delivering high quantity, high quality prototypes (and other deliverables), on time. We expect professional interactions with the stakeholders requesting services from the PIL, managing their expectations, courteous pushbacks when needed and timely updates and correspondence throughout projects.

• Partnership Management

  Develop and implement partnership strategies: identify and pursue new opportunities for the partnership. Maintain and strengthen the partnership, manage communication and collaboration with key partners and identify ways to grow and expand these relationships. Continuously seek out new opportunities for growth and expansion. Communicate with key stakeholders, including senior management, partners, and clients, keeping them informed about partnership activities and seeking input and guidance as needed.

• Backup and Augmentation

  Direct the team(s) in Fairfield, Cincinnati or Chicago, to provide backup services if onsite employees become unavailable due to extended illness or personal time off. Estimate associated time and materials. Ensure seamless delivery throughout.

• Lead

  As an ambassador of the PIL, promoting the PIL or give in-person tours. Lead sessions, ideation, innovation, co-creation sessions, lead with stimuli, examples, divergent thinking techniques, etc. Lead the team, help them navigate the corporate environment in which we operate, help them see what is around the corner (forward visibility), and read the room. Lead with the messages you send.

• Industrial Design

  With a bias for structural packaging design and packaging development experience. CPG food and snacking experience preferred. Use Solid Works as the primary tool to develop detailed 3D CAD models from concept sketches. Apply advanced solid and surface modelling techniques to create complex, manufacturable geometries. Translate design intent into feasible models suitable for prototyping and production. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure design feasibility and alignment with project goals.
  
  Integrate 2D and 3D printing into the…