Commercialization and External Manufacturing Manager
$110,000–$125,000 year
RemoteUnited States
Job Summary
Manage external manufacturing relationships and drive the technical and operational execution of new product commercialization from line trials through steady-state production. Serve as the primary point of contact for assigned partners, establishing performance expectations, KPIs, and escalation paths while leading RFI/RFPs and technical problem-solving for root cause analysis. Translate product concepts into executable manufacturing plans, oversee capacity planning, and mitigate scale-up risks to ensure launches meet target cost, quality, and throughput. Partner with R&D, Engineering, FSQA, and Procurement to de-risk the handoff from design to production and maintain industry insights on prospective manufacturers. This role supports GoMacro's mission to expand capacity and accelerate innovation in the plant-based food space.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Food Science, Operations, or a related field
- 5+ years of experience in external manufacturing in a food environment
- significant exposure to manufacturing operations, process engineering, commercialization, or technical program management within food, CPG, or consumer products manufacturing
- Proven ability to communicate effectively with external partners from the C-level to the production floor
- Excellent business and technical acumen in food CPG
- ability to connect throughput, yield, labor and other cost drivers to an external partner's financial performance
- Demonstrated success leading scale-up, line trials, and production ramp-ups for new products
- Strong technical problem-solving skills
- ability to translate process constraints into actionable improvement plans
- Proven ability to lead and productively influence cross-functional teams without direct authority
- manage complex, multi-stakeholder initiatives
- up to 50% travel
Desired Qualifications
- Experience with automation, process optimization, and equipment commissioning in high-throughput manufacturing environments
- Extensive experience with leading commercialization
- Experience in bar products
- additional experience in other food production
- Creative problem solving and an innovative mindset
- Strong financial and operational acumen related to manufacturing cost drivers, throughput, and yield
- Comfortable operating in fast-growth, evolving organizations with changing priorities and ambiguity
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