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Headquartered in Lakeville, Minn., Post Consumer Brands, a business unit of Post Holdings, Inc., is dedicated to providing people and their pets with delicious food choices for every taste and budget. The company's portfolio includes beloved brands such as Honey Bunches of Oats™, PEBBLES™, Grape-Nuts™ and Malt-O-Meal™ cereal and Peter Pan™ peanut butter, as well as Rachael Ray® Nutrish™, Kibbles 'n Bits™ and 9Lives™ dog and cat food. Post also provides private label solutions to customers in pet food, cereal, nut butters and granola. As a company committed to high standards of quality and to our values, we are driven by one idea: To make lives better by making delicious food accessible for all. For more information about our brands, visit www.postconsumerbrands.com and follow us on LinkedIn or Facebook for the latest news.

Post Consumer Brands corporate headquarters in Lakeville, Minnesota, is about 20 miles south of Minneapolis and St. Paul, Lakeville has all the benefits of smaller town living with access to everything a large metropolitan area has to offer. Join more than 400 team members collaborating on the two-building campus to help put breakfast on the tables of millions of consumers in North America. 

Location: Lakeville, MN (Hybrid – 3 days/week in office)

At Post Consumer Brands, we are passionate about delivering high-quality cereal products that meet the evolving needs of consumers and retail partners. We are seeking a strategic, collaborative, and execution-focused Private Label Cereal Commercialization Manager to lead the successful commercialization of our private label cereal portfolio.

In this highly visible leadership role, you will oversee the end-to-end commercialization process for customer initiatives, new product launches, product changes, cost savings projects, harmonization efforts, and discontinuations. You will serve as the critical connection between customer requirements, business objectives, and cross-functional execution, ensuring projects are delivered on time, within scope, and with excellence.

This position combines customer-facing engagement, project leadership, process improvement, and people management. The ideal candidate thrives in a fast-paced environment, excels at influencing across functions, and is passionate about developing high-performing teams.

• Lead the end-to-end commercialization process for Private Label cereal initiatives, ensuring flawless execution from concept through market launch.
• Oversee a broad portfolio of projects including new product introductions, customer-specific SKUs, product changes, harmonization initiatives, cost savings projects, and product discontinuations.
• Serve as the commercialization subject matter expert, ensuring adherence to established processes while identifying opportunities to improve speed, efficiency, and effectiveness.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to proactively identify risks, remove obstacles, and maintain project momentum.

• Serve as the primary commercialization liaison for customers, participating in customer meetings and providing project execution updates.
• Coordinate customer timelines, requirements, and expectations to ensure successful project delivery.
• Partner closely with Sales teams to communicate product changes, network optimization initiatives, commercialization plans, and key business updates.
• Build and maintain trusted relationships with both internal stakeholders and external customers.

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of Commercialization Project Managers and Product Change Managers.
• Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, continuous improvement, and customer focus.
• Mentor team members in project management best practices, leadership capabilities, stakeholder engagement, and effective communication.
• Provide clear direction, performance feedback, and growth opportunities to support team success.

• Ensure commercialization projects remain on track, meet business objectives, and achieve established timelines.
• Provide visibility across the organization through project status updates, portfolio reporting, performance metrics, and issue escalation.
• Balance multiple priorities while ensuring resources are aligned with strategic business needs.
• Collaborate with teams to execute high-priority or accelerated projects that require creative problem-solving and agile decision-making.

• Partner with Sales, Customer Strategy, Marketing, R&D, Finance, Supply Chain, Procurement, Manufacturing, Quality & Regulatory, Graphics, Master Data, Legal, Customer Solutions, and other key stakeholders.
• Drive alignment across functions while ensuring accountability for project deliverables.
• Build strong partnerships that support commercialization excellence and customer satisfaction.