Associate Project Manager, BPT

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Job description

Business Unit Description:
Here's what all the hype is about: Premier Nutrition Company (PNC) is one of the fastest-growing companies in the convenient nutrition space showing clear leadership in the category of protein shakes and protein powders. We make the brands Premier Protein, Dymatize, and PowerBar, which is sold internationally, and we are part of our holding company, BellRing Brands (NYSE: BRBR).

We have a simple, yet powerful, formula for our success, which we've been nailing for over 15 years. We start off with an organization powered by our company purpose-Changing Lives with Good Energy. Then our purpose-driven people are given the support and autonomy to develop and grow. Next, we are super-intentional about designing a culture where everyone feels like they truly connect and belong, which is one of our five company core values. Purpose-driven, connected employees who are consistently mastering new skills deliver amazing business results. And winning companies with amazing people and thriving cultures attract and retain top talent, so the cycle becomes self-reinforcing or what we call our regenerative culture.

We don't mind sharing our formula since, as people who we believe in the power of changing lives with good energy, we think the world would be a better place if more workplaces treated adults like adults and gave them the platform to do the best work of their lives-alongside some truly amazing colleagues. Why don't more companies do this? It takes deep-in-your-bones conviction to your people, products, and purpose to pull it off. It also takes resisting the urge to try to control people, and instead trusting them to make the right decisions. The results of our vibrant culture speaks for themselves: We were certified as a Great Place to Work for the 8th year-running in 2024. And we currently rank on Fortune Magazine's Best Workplaces in our category, and in the top 12 for each of the last 5 years.

We have a long list of ways we take care of our people, but here are some crowd-pleasers that our employees often say they love most: Year-round day Fridays, in-office massages, free lunches & snacks, dogs in the office, month-long cultural and diversity celebrations, monthly over-the-top in-office events like bring your kids to work day, 6% 401k match after 1 year, as-needed sick leave, generous paid family leave regardless of gender, all positions bonus-eligible, company-wide volunteer days, company-matched charitable donations, no employee handbook, no dress code, coaching conversations instead of performance reviews, walking meetings, free exercise classes, and company-paid gym membership for Emeryville-based employees.

PNC seeks individuals who will flourish in this type of work environment and will add to our culture and help build this high-growth company for the next phase in our amazing journey. Does this sound like you? Then read on

Responsibilities:
The role you're interested in

You will lead the implementation of commercial projects from concept to launch for Premier Protein USA and provide flex support to Dymatize and International projects as well. You will have the overall responsibility for planning and coordinating activities related to your assigned projects and work closely with the Brand team to launch successful products.

The ideal candidate will be a flexible, entrepreneurial individual contributor with a strong bias for action. The position requires being comfortable with ambiguity, changing priorities, and driving to decisions with a high degree of EQ and curiosity. We work as an agile team, putting our attention and priorities wherever they are needed by the business, so you should be prepared to jump into any project that needs support. We are looking for someone who is comfortable leading and influencing across various teams and levels.

The work environment

So, what's it like to work here? If you're based in the greater Bay Area, you'll walk into our Emeryville office each Tuesday morning and start the in-person portion of our hybrid work week at our weekly all-company meeting and find close to 200 of your colleagues sitting on sofas, beanbag chairs, or the floor excitedly talking through the week ahead and watching a newer teammate tell their personal life and career journey followed by a quick update on any hot topics that might be relevant to the week ahead.

We are a dynamic, HYBRID workplace so every employee who lives within 100 miles of our offices is expected to come in each TUESDAY and WEDNESDAY. We aligned on those two common days way back in 2021 to be intentional about connecting in person for things like innovation, impromptu collaboration, having respectful challenges to get to better decisions, leadership role-modeling, and culture building. Great work cultures are built on stories about what great looks like in practice, and great stories on Zoom meetings are few and far between. The expected pay scale for this role is $95k to $105k, which may vary based on relevant experience, qualifications, geographic area (if applicable), and internal equity for the role.

Our modern 50,000 sq. foot headquarters straddles the border of the cities of Emeryville, Oakland, and Berkeley, California with free onsite parking and many transportation options.

You're excited about this opportunity because your time will be filled with

Project Management: 70% of your time

Establish project schedules for assigned projects and manage your projects concurrently

Support project stages gates and manage key milestone deadlines and deliverables

Communicate project plans, change requests, status updates and new issues or risks throughout the project

Coordinate and respond to requests for change in project scope

See around corners and probe for risks throughout the project

Escalate project issues and ensure appropriate risk mitigation steps are taken and documented

Utilize project management tool, Smartsheet, for project tracking and to optimize reporting and transparency

Be an advocate for the project team and recognize resource constraints while proactively seeking solutions to keep projects on track

Continuous Improvement: 20% of your time

Facilitate creative approaches to problem solving and supporting business needs

Identify project management process improvement opportunities, incorporating lessons learned into future projects

Identify cross functional opportunities for process and system improvements

Proactively complete root cause analysis and discuss recommendations with impacted cross functional teams

Interest in improving your hard & soft PM skills by participating in various team trainings such as public speaking and change management workshops

Change Management: 10% of of your time

Incorporate change management practices into each project plan to ensure process changes are communicated, documented and trained prior to execution

Understand end to end impact of projects and include all impacted parties in meetings and updates

Bring the organization along by continually seeking creative ways to engage, inform and motivate team members.

Qualifications:
What are we looking for?

Education:

BA/BS degree preferred

Experience:

1+ years of Project Management experience

Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) industry experience is a plus

Skills and mindset:

Experience coordinating cross-functional team's activities

Strong communication, collaboration, integrity, decision making, and problem-solving skills

Experience in PM software (Smartsheet experience preferred)

Developing skills in Microsoft Office applications and presentations

Developing skills in developing dashboards and reports that provide key insights to project status

The 5 capabilities or mindsets most relevant to this role:

Emotional intelligence

Thrive in ambiguity amid competing priorities

Enterprise-wide savvy and view

Learning & growth mindset

Challenge ideas respectfully

You will thrive here and may just do the best work of your life if

You like to get sh t, I mean-stuff done

You can be friendly, vulnerable, and self-deprecating in one moment, and deal with a challenging, delicate people-related matter as a professional in the next

You can do periods of focused, deep work on projects that drive the needle

You are comfortable having the hard conversations because you know issues are best addressed directly so that we can move toward solutions.

You enjoy building organizational credibility and influence across all teams and levels

You are proactive, persuasive, and an assertive communicator to all levels of the org

You can easily flex between hands on details project management and companywide strategic vision planning

You are a passionate owner who thrives on taking full accountability for results

You are comfortable with risk taking and making judgment calls without 100% of the details- and backing up calls with how and why you made those decisions

Nothing fazes you and you seamlessly pivot priorities and project direction as needed while bringing the wider team along on the business need narrative

This may not be your ideal next career move if

You like a lot of structure, rules, and uniformity

You like hierarchy, command and control management

You want to build lots of processes, systems, governance, or policies and make a beautiful bureaucracy
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