PLM & Product Data Manager

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2 days ago Requisition

Salary Range: $86,250.00 To $ Annually

The PLM & Product Data Manager owns Miniat’s Product Lifecycle Management platform, currently Infor PLM for Process (Optiva),, and the standards used to manage product data. This role improves product information, specifications, workflows, change control, and PLM adoption across both business units, Miniat Meats and South Chicago Packing. The Manager also leads the Regulatory Specialist and provides senior review for complex labeling, nutrition, ingredient, claims, and specification matters.

PLM & Product Data Ownership

• Own the PLM platform, product-data standards, governance, roles, access, workflows, and improvement roadmap.
• Partner with Information Technology and system providers on configuration, testing, releases, support, security, integrations, and reporting.
• Set standards for formulas, specifications, ingredients, allergens, nutrition data, labels, claims, packaging, certifications, approvals, and product records.
• Improve data quality through required fields, business rules, exception reporting, periodic reviews, and corrective action and create accountability within the organization for other users that enter data into the Optiva or designated PLM tool
• Lead cleanup of incomplete, duplicate, outdated, or unclear product records.
• Design and improve PLM workflows for product setup, development, approvals, commercialization, changes, obsolescence, and record retention.
• Define required information, approvals, handoffs, service expectations, and completion standards.
• Partner with Growth & Innovation, FSRA, Supply Chain, Procurement, Operations, Sales, Customer Service, and other teams to support timely product decisions and launches.
• Resolve recurring process, ownership, system, and data issues that cause delay, rework, or compliance risk.
• Maintain practical procedures, work instructions, process maps, training, and user guidance.

Regulatory Product Information

• Serve as the escalation point for complex product labeling, ingredient, allergen, nutrition, claims, specification, and approval matters.
• Translate applicable USDA, FDA, customer, state, and certification requirements into clear product-data standards and controls.
• Set review standards and approve higher-risk or escalated work within assigned authority.
• Support customer, certification, third-party, and regulatory audits related to product information and records.

Leadership, Reporting & Improvement

• Lead and develop the Regulatory Specialist; set priorities, quality standards, workload expectations, and escalation practices.
• Delegate defined regulatory work while retaining appropriate review and approval accountability.
• Track data quality, workflow aging, cycle time, first-pass quality, rework, adoption, and issue resolution.
• Prioritize improvements based on business value, risk, customer needs, and available resources.
• Build user capability through training, tools, and clear accountability.

• Accurate, complete, consistent, and traceable product data and specifications.
• Reliable PLM adoption, workflow performance, and use of the system of record.
• Fewer incomplete records, duplicate data, aged work, recurring defects, and avoidable rework.
• Timely product-information and regulatory support for commercialization, customers, and audits.
• Effective delivery of PLM priorities and development of the Regulatory Specialist.

This role has no direct reports. The position provides functional leadership to PLM users, process owners, project teams, and external providers. Responsibilities include hiring, onboarding, goal setting, coaching, performance feedback, development, workload management, and consistent use of approved standards and controls.

• Bachelor’s degree in Food Science, Nutrition, Regulatory Affairs, Information Systems, Data Management, Business, or a related field, or equivalent education and experience.
• 7 or more years of progressive experience in PLM, product data, specifications, regulatory affairs, labeling, commercialization, quality systems, or a related function in a USDA- or FDA-regulated environment.
• Experience leading PLM, specification, master-data, workflow, governance, system implementation, data cleanup, or…