OLIPOP was founded in 2017 by Ben Goodwin and David Lester. Ben and David have been working together for nearly a decade to find accessible solutions to bring the benefits of digestive health to as many consumers as possible. OLIPOP is a deliciously refreshing tonic that is crafted with prebiotics, botanicals, and natural plant fiber to support your microbiome and benefit digestive health. We're on a mission to provide an affordable, delicious alternative to soda that delivers leading-edge health benefits to mainstream consumers.
OUR TEAM
At Olipop our values lead the way we create our products, engage with each other, and interact with our community. While we’re invested in our product, we’re equally invested in personal development. We’re tightly knit, we’re genuine and we’re always pushing the envelope to do a better job than we did the day before. Our team is also fully remote, requiring us to be resourceful, creative and collaborative to support our fast-moving business.
To best serve our diverse community of customers, we also seek to recruit and include people with a diversity of abilities, backgrounds, and cultures.
What You’ll Need
Working at a start-up can be as much a personal journey as it is a professional one. To succeed at a company like Olipop, you must be comfortable with failing, learning, and adapting. You need to be curious, optimistic, and able to find a way when it seems impossible. You must be confident enough to express your ideas but humble and open to learning from your experiences and from others. If this is the approach you take to life, then we’d love to hear from you.
Olipop is looking for a Commercialization Analyst to join our team! This role will be responsible for supporting the commercialization of our products, including but not limited to new flavors and formats, renovation programs, cost savings initiatives and packaging refreshes. They will support the development and execution of project timelines, collaborating with cross-functional teams to prioritize and meet target milestone dates. This role will work closely with internal and external partners on the artwork development and qualification of all primary and secondary packaging. Additionally, they will fulfill various administrative duties to ensure a smooth operational flow - including documentation management, item setups and sample requests.
Responsibilities
Support timeline development and management of commercialization programs (new flavors, formats, formula renovations and packaging refreshes), ensuring all tasks and milestones are completed on-time.
Assist with formula and packaging transitions by effectively coordinating with internal and external teams to guarantee a seamless transition.
Assist with preparing for and guidingProject Management projects through the monthly stage gate process, ensuring all required documentation is completed prior to the meeting.
Interact with cross-functional teams by actively participating in weekly project team meetings.
Artwork Management
Work closely with the marketing team on developing artwork and managing timelines.
Responsible for routing new artwork through OLIPOP’s approval process. Must collect and communicate feedback to designers accordingly.
Manage the artwork qualification process for various packaging components by interacting with packaging vendors and designers.
Manage sample & renderings requests from cross-functional teams.
Document Management
Complete administrative documentation related to new item setup and BOM requests.
Maintain OLIPOP’s color library for primary and secondary packaging.
Create product information specifications for the internal team, ensuring details are accurate and continuously updated.
Process Optimization
Provide recommendations and implement processes that promote a more effective and collaborative environment.
Identify opportunities for improvements within the Commercialization process by evaluating lessons learned and/or conducting surveys for internal teams.
Skills/Experience Requirements
1 - 3 years of prior experience in project management or commercialization experience in CBG.
Prior experience or knowledge with packaging development is preferred.
Experience in management timelines and cross-functional teams in a fast-paced environment.
Strong attention to detail and deadline oriented with the ability to organize information, set priorities and carry out plans.
Experience developing and implementing project management processes.
Transparent, open/honest communicator – a great listener who can work independently while keeping other team members informed.
Ability to be a collaborative team member in a dynamic growth environment.
Experience with project management tools (e.g. Asana)
High level of proficiency in MS Office tools, and prior experience with Google Workspace preferred.
REPORTS TO
Manager, Innovation Commercialization
Compensation
$80,000-$95,000 base salary + bonus
We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. Olipop does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, retaliation, parental status, military service, or other non-merit factor. Applicants and employees are protected from discrimination under Federal law. For more information, please see EEO is the Law.
