Senior Manager, Commercialization & Process Development

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Take charge of transitioning new formulas from high-quality bench-top samples through plant trials, initial production runs, and ongoing enhancements.

• Ensure that processes are effectively adapted to the specific equipment of each manufacturer.

• Assess new formulations early on to pinpoint any mismatches in equipment or processes.

• Collaborate with sensory and R&D teams to establish site-specific standards and document the rationale behind them.

• Lead the transition from trial and initial production to stable production while maintaining a connection to the SKU and site.

• Work with New Product Launch teams to validate manufacturing equipment and process capabilities.

• Identify any gaps in manufacturing capabilities prior to product launches.

• Assist in maintaining manufacturing capability information and organizing the manufacturer portfolio.

• Provide guidance to site-facing technical and quality teams using knowledge of commercialization processes and equipment.

• Help analyze production variations against sensory and quality benchmarks.

• Support site audits, which include SQF, BRC, and customer audits, by rigorously testing risk assessments and corrective/preventive actions.

• Highlight discrepancies between documented processes and everyday site practices for site-facing quality follow-up.

• Aid in root-cause investigations related to out-of-specification results, quality deviations, and ingredient or process failures.

• Collaborate with manufacturing coverage teams and site-facing quality personnel on investigations.

• Foster collaborative relationships with co-manufacturer quality, engineering, and operations teams.

• Clearly represent RYZE standards while building trust with manufacturing partners.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree preferred, along with 8 years of relevant experience.

• Experience in R&D/formulation scale-up from bench to pilot to initial production.

• Hands-on support experience in plants or with co-manufacturers.

• Background in ingredient supply or contract manufacturing is a significant advantage.

• Proficiency with paddle blenders, V-blenders, ribbon blenders, augers, and packaging lines.

• Experience in the food, beverage, or nutritional product sectors.

• Direct experience with GFSI audits, specifically SQF and BRC.

• Familiarity with food safety and quality documentation.

• Capability to advise site-facing quality teams without managing day-to-day audit relationships.

• Ability to establish trust-based relationships with manufacturing partners and navigate challenging conversations.

• Willingness to travel periodically to assigned manufacturing locations.

• Capability to travel around commercialization and launch milestones rather than primarily acting as an on-call responder.

🏝️ Benefits

• Fully remote work arrangement.

• Global company environment.

• Mission-driven work focusing on superfoods, daily wellness, and whole-body health.