Supply Chain Integration Product Lifecycle Manager

Fresh-Squeezed Legacy, Bold New Chapter

Tropicana Brands Group is a $3B startup aiming to revolutionize the beverage category. Formed in 2022 as a joint venture between PAI Partners and PepsiCo, our portfolio includes iconic brands like Tropicana, Naked, KeVita, Izze, Copella, and Punica. With over 76 years of global leadership in the orange juice category, we're committed to preserving this legacy while driving innovation in other areas. From reimagining orange juice to creating functional smoothies and driving afternoon refreshments, we are striving to become the undisputed global leader in fresh and chilled beverages.

The Supply Chain function is essential to Tropicana Brand Group's success by enhancing operational efficiency, reducing costs, and ensuring the timely delivery of high-quality products. By improving warehouse operations, optimizing transportation routes, and refining inventory management practices, the team plays a critical role in streamlining processes. Collaborating with other departments to align strategies, the Supply Chain team ensures that Tropicana meets customer demands while maintaining a high standard of performance and cost-effectiveness. Through their efforts, they contribute to both short-term achievements and long-term growth.

Your Next Pour: The Opportunity

We are looking to add a Supply Chain Product Lifecycle Manager to our Supply Chain team. This role will be responsible for working across all brands within the juice portfolio, seamlessly coordinating key supply chain stakeholders for flawless launch readiness and ongoing portfolio maintenance. The Integration team is a part of the broader supply chain planning team and draws its talent from various places within the organization, including planning, operations, customer service and others. Joining TBG's Integration team will enable you to experience the breadth and depth of Tropicana's portfolio and build a deep cross functional understanding of both the business and the industry. Tropicana is looking for a critical thinker with exceptional communication, influencing and relationship management skills who thrives in a fast-paced environment. Additional responsibilities include:

• Provide coordination and tracking for new item setup from creation through transactional capability

• Lead tracking of all product innovations and product changes in the portfolio, ensuring adherence to '100% Supply Chain Readiness' as a key business metric

• Manage full product lifecycle including:

• Initiation of all new finished goods, materials, BOM changes

• Innovation hyper-care - actual vs forecast performance, tight control with demand and supply planning teams, coordination with sales on gaps

• Transition of items from innovation to regular portfolio

• SKU prioritization and coordination of safety stock adjustments with supply planning team

• Active management of product phaseout - tracking of materials and finished goods inventory, customer runout in coordination with customer service teams, inactivation of items with ERP system.

• Key functional leader in SKU rationalization process

• Coordinate plant readiness efforts across all SC projects

• Occasional management of low complexity SC project efforts

The Perfect Blend: Experience

• Minimum 3 years in planning, operational, ERP or technical role within CPG or related industry
• Strong experience in new product launches
• Must have strong organizational and communication skills
• Ability to lead/manage multiple cross functional efforts simultaneously
• Understanding of beverage processing and packaging technologies
• Ability to manage through influence. Role will have no direct reports, but your deliverables will be met through collaboration with cross-functional teams
• Requires ability to deal with ambiguity, and effectively balance business priorities
• Strong Functional expertise in SAP or related ERP systems, understanding most critically the process flows that enable transactional capability on both ends of the product lifecycle
• Responsible for seamless transition of projects to operational/planning/deployment teams. Individual will need to remain fully engaged with new item introductions through first 60 to 90 days following implementation/launch.
• Experience with cross-functional leadership
• Understanding of the S&OP process as it pertains to demand planning and innovation hyper-care

Foundational Ingredients: Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, Supply chain or other technical/supply chain related field
• Must be located in Chicago, IL or Bradenton, FL surrounding area or willing to relocate for the duration of employment
• Willingness to adapt and thrive in a blended work environment with 3 days in office, seamlessly transitioning between remote work and in-office operations as required
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship now or in the future
• Must be willing and able to travel 15-20% of the time

Perks That Pack a Punch:

TBG is pleased to offer you a comprehensive benefits package which includes a 401(k) plan, medical, dental, vision, company provided life, STD and LTD insurance. In addition, you may also elect to participate in voluntary life, accident, hospital, and critical illness coverages.

The salary range for this position is $87,000-$120,000 annually