Shopper Project Manager

The Shopper Project Manager owns point-of sale materials for our global portfolio of brands. This role is the central point of coordination between Sazerac Marketing, Sales, Procurement & External Suppliers, and will own, define and operate the process to ensure all program components are specified, designed, ordered, and delivered on time and in budget. This includes durables, equipment, displays, printable POS, wearables, giveways, etc and means managing the process to ensure everything meets brand design guidelines, shopper programming requirements, and sales needs. This position combines strategic project planning, team leadership, and operational oversight to deliver breakthrough retail experiences on time and within budget. Additionally, the Program Manager champions process improvements and brand standards, leveraging collaboration, problem solving and centralized tracking and dashboards. Key responsibilities: Maintain a master view of the retail project pipeline, ensuring milestones, deliverables, and KPIs are on track.​​ Identify risks, blockers, and interdependencies early and proactively problem-solve with teams.​​ Drive accountability across functions to ensure commitments are met.​​ Partner with cross functional team to prioritize and execute projects aligning with Sazerac regional growth targets and priority brands. Oversee project updates, ensuring priorities are successfully completed. Partner with The Shop, Brand, Shopper Marketing, Sales, Procurement and Supply Chain to ensure alignment and smooth execution of retail projects.​​ Act as the central point of contact for retail progress updates.​​ Support integration of retail priorities into channel and customer planning.​ Build clear, repeatable processes for tracking retail program from concept through commercialization.​​ Own the cadence of meetings, reports, and reviews related to retail progress.​​ Develop quarterly catalogues, ordering portals, dashboards, scorecards, or trackers that give leadership visibility into progress and gaps.​ Manage outside third-party POS production & fulfillment vendor(s). Work with brands & internal agency to define what should be available when. Work with sales and shopper on specifications, with procurement and finance on costs and with local/regional teams on delivery/execution needs. Facilitate post-launch reviews to capture learnings and improve future programs.​​ Serve as a resource for best practices in program and project management.​ Champions process improvements and brand standards, leveraging collaboration, problem solving and centralized tracking and dashboards. Ensure all launches are executed with the highest level of readiness — from sell-in materials to retail execution.​​ Facilitate post-launch reviews to capture learnings and improve future programs.​​ Serve as a resource for best practices in program and project management.​​ Requirements MUST Bachelor's Degree Ability to communicate with all levels of an org Ability to drive results in a complex, high-growth company Experience in process design, implementation and improvement Expert ability to operate at both strategic and executional levels Proven team building capabilities/strong cross-functional teammate, strong organizational skills, and ability to manage multiple projects at one time Proven track record of developing strategic partnerships with various client groups, including internal and external groups. Experience in Agile Methodologies SCRUM Strong planning and organizational skills 3 years implementation or project management experience. Experience with jira, confluence, slack, microsoft teams, excel, power point. PREFERRED Certification/Qualification in Project Management Familiar with beverage processing and its associated equipment MBA 3 years manufacturing experience in CPG or process industry (minimum) Physical Requirements Ability to travel (up to 25%)