Business Unit Overview
Here’s what all the hype is about Premier Nutrition Company, LLC (PNC) is a clear leader in the convenient nutrition category and makes great-tasting food products under the brand names Premier Protein, Dymatize, and PowerBar, and is part of publicly-traded BellRing Brands (NYSE:BRBR). With its people-first culture, PNC empowers its people to create the best work of their lives alongside some truly astounding colleagues.
PNC treats its people like adults with respect and trust. One of our five core values is to Connect & Belong because we bring our diverse backgrounds, life experiences, and ways of thinking to each challenge grounded in our belief that everyone should have a seat at the table and be listened to deeply. Whever makes you, you – you belong here.
We strive to avoid many of the outdated processes of conventional workplaces. We don’t have performance reviews we have quarterly conversations. We don’t have management we have inspiring leaders to coach and mentor. We don’t have a casual dress code we simply don’t have a dress code; wear what you like. And we have a lot of fun.
Bringing dogs to work, company-wide give-back days, philanthropy and sustainability programs, in-office massages, walking meetings, and free daily exercise classes on-site and at the adjacent gym are just a few ways we make work feel less like work. And the results of our great culture speak for itself: we were certified as a Great Place to Work™ for the seventh year-running in 2023 and ranked in the top 12 on Fortune Magazine’s Best Workplaces in our category for the past four years.
So, what’s it like to work here? If you’re local, you’ll walk into our Emeryville office each Monday morning and find 100 of your colleagues sitting on sofas, beanbag chairs, or the floor excitedly talking through the week ahead and watching one of their colleagues tell their personal life and career journey. Picture a casual and collaborative environment of a start-up, the innovative mindset of a tech company, and the stability of a company with revenue last year of over $1.3 billion, and you’ll find us in the sweet spot where world-class culture meets robust business results.
PNC seeks individuals who will thrive in this work environment and will help us build our culture and this high-growth company for the next phase in our amazing journey. Does this sound like you? Then read on.
Responsibilities
The Role:
This is a subject matter expert who manages projects across organization. This position plans, directs, monitors, and coordinates project activities to ensure that goals or objectives of projects are accomplished within time, budget and schedule commitments. This position ensures proper project management tools, standards and procedures are used. This position also ensures proper and timely communication flow and cross-functional alignment for projects. This position works with limited supervision and has great impact on success of assigned projects which results in business growth and/or profitability.
Business Transformation/PMO is part of the Growth team which includes Sales, Marketing, and R&D. This team focuses on commercial projects that drive our long-range growth initiatives. The Sr. Project Manager will lead a wide range of projects including product development, packaging development, label updates, co-manufacturing startup/qualification, process improvements and business transformation.
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 pressure to compress schedules. We are looking for someone who is comfortable leading and influencing across teams and levels.
The position will be based out of our 60,000 sq. foot, modern Emeryville, California office. WE ARE A CULTURE OF PERSONAL CONNECTON, WHICH IS WHY WE’VE CHOSEN A PERMANENT HYBRID WORK ENVIRONMENT WITH NORMS THAT EQUATE TO 2-3 DAYS MID-WEEK IN THE OFFICE FOR EMPLOYEES BASED IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA.
For Associate Project Manager, the expected pay scale this role is $95k to $105k, which may vary based on relevant experience, qualifications, geographic area (if applicable), and internal equity for the role.
For Project Manager, the expected pay scale this role is $115k to $125k, which may vary based on relevant experience, qualifications, geographic area (if applicable), and internal equity for the role.
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:
PROJECT MANAGEMENT: 70% of TIME
- Establish project schedules and staffing requirements for assigned projects. Has overall responsibility for planning and coordinating activities related to assigned projects and/or programs.
- Manage assigned projects concurrently:
- Monitor project status against scope, end date and budget, ensuring the quality and integrity of the project delivery, and anticipate potential issues and risks.
- Escalate project issues to ensure projects are delivered on time and on budget.
- Ensure appropriate risk mitigation steps are taken and documented.
- Coordinate and respond to requests for change in project objectives.
- Communicate timely and align with project team, project GM and project Sponsor on project plans, status, change requests, issues and risks.
- Optimizes available functionality of project management tools to improve reporting and transparency
- Recognizes resource constraints and proactively seeks solutions to keep projects on track
- Maintain scope change recognizing issues and risks and/or requests from key stakeholders.
- Manage P&L deadlines to support project stage gates
- Communicate project challenges and risks at leadership stage gate meetings
CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT: 20% of TIME
- Identify project management process improvement opportunities, incorporating lessons learned into future projects.
- Identifies cross functional opportunities for process and system improvements. Proactively completes root cause analysis and discusses recommendations with impacted cross functional teams.
- Facilitates creative approaches to problem solving and supporting business needs
CHANGE MANAGEMENT: 10% of TIME
- Incorporates change management practices into each project plan to ensure process changes are communicated, documented and trained prior to execution. Understands end to end impact of projects and includes all impacted parties in meetings and updates.
- Brings the organization along by continually seeking creative ways to engage, inform and motivate team members.
Qualifications
QUALIFICATIONS:
Education:
- BA/BS degree required
Associate Project Manager:
- 2+ years of Project Management experience
- 2+ years of experience leading and directing projects
- Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) industry experience is a PLUS
- Experience coordinating cross-functional team’s activities
- Strong communication, collaboration, integrity, decision making, and problem-solving skills
- High degree of proficiency in PM software (Smartsheet experience preferred)
- Advanced skills in Microsoft Office applications and presentations
- Advanced skills in developing dashboards and reports that provide key insights to project status
- Preference for PMP certification, or continuing education in Project Management
- Ability and willingness to travel as required to different sites
Project Manager:
- 4+ years of Project Management experience
- 4+ years of experience leading and directing projects
- Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) industry a PLUS
- Experience coordinating cross-functional team’s activities
- Strong communication, collaboration, integrity, decision making, and problem-solving skills
- High degree of proficiency in PM software (Smartsheet experience preferred)
- Advanced skills in Microsoft Office applications and presentations
- Advanced skills in developing dashboards and reports that provide key insights to project status
- Preference for PMP certification, or continuing education in Project Management
- Ability and willingness to travel as required to different sites
So, if after reading through this long list you’re thinking-I’m not sure I meet 100% of these requirements, should I still apply? YES-if you embody a growth mindset, see challenges as opportunities to develop, and find innovative ways to get the real work that matters done, you sound like our kind of candidate!
Select 5 Key Capabilities & Traits Important to Add to and Diversify your Current Team:
1. Thrive in ambiguity amid competing priorities
2. Creativity, exploration, & innovativeness
3. Drive and own results
4. Embody a strategic mindset
5. Bring people along
You will thrive here and may just do the best work of your life if…
• You can be flexible in your approach to people challenges and abandon past practices if they don’t make sense or would lead to a poor outcome
• You are comfortable being natural, casual, open, and even a bit playful at work
• You don’t have a big ego and hate siloed thinking
• 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 want to be an integral part of shaping and nurturing an amazing work culture
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
• Dealing with ambiguity or experimentation is not your jam
• You like managing from your house with your camera off and demonstrating excellence through email
• You tend to chase whatever shiny object presents itself during the day instead of real results
• You enjoy writing stuffy job descriptions (smiley face)
If we haven’t convinced you to apply already, here are some of our favorite perks and benefits:
• Friday afternoons off year-round (and of course a hefty PTO package plus 11 holidays)
• 6% 401K match. Literally free money
• Hybrid work with an average of 2-3 days a week in the office for local folks
• All jobs are bonus-eligible
• Work-out time during work
• Free custom lunch twice a week. Plus, plenty of snacks and shakes.
• 2 weeks of work from anywhere time to move your Big Rocks
• Quarterly team building events/happy hours (city-wide scavenger hunt, bowling, ropes course, putt-putt)
• Bring your dog to work (3 days/week)
• Extended paid parental leave regardless of gender or familial make-up
We strive to create an equitable and inclusive environment to contribute to the success of our organization. Premier Nutrition provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, status as a covered veteran and any other category protected under applicable federal, state, provincial and local laws.