Production Commercialization Manager

Javvy Coffee is hiring a Production Commercialization Manager to coordinate beverage product projects from idea through launch across retail, DTC, and Amazon. The role owns stage-gate reviews, shared project timelines and systems, launch readiness, and cross-functional handoffs with internal teams and co-manufacturers.

Responsibilities:

• Run the stage-gate process end to end: gate criteria, required inputs, and go, kill and hold decisions
• Prepare each gate review and document the outcome
• Make sure no project skips formula lock, Nutrition Facts Panel sign-off or packaging freeze
• Keep every project in one place, each with an owner, next milestone, risk level and launch date
• Plan backward from retail resets, DTC launches and Amazon go-lives so Operations, Sales and Marketing get the lead time they need
• Flag slips the week they happen, with the impact and a recovery plan
• Select a single project management tool and retire the rest
• Keep formula versions, sample rounds and feedback tied to each project
• Run the weekly product meeting: owners report their own status, and you tie it to the timeline and send notes and actions within 24 hours
• Lead a monthly portfolio review with our Co-founder & CMO: what's launching, what's at risk and what to cut
• Own the launch readiness checklist: formula, nutrition panel, packaging, co-manufacturer run, inventory, sales sheet and marketing assets
• Run clean handoffs from formula lock to commercialization, Operations, Sales and Marketing, with a one-page brief at each step
• Track co-manufacturer and flavor house deadlines: sample due dates, pilot runs and first production

Requirements:

• 4–7 years leading commercialization, innovation or new product launches at a CPG food, beverage or supplement brand
• A track record of launching SKUs through co-manufacturers, from brief to first production
• Experience running (not just participating in) stage-gate and portfolio review processes
• Strong skills in a project platform such as Smartsheet, Monday, Asana or Notion, plus Excel
• The ability to keep senior stakeholders accountable to deadlines through influence, calmly and constructively
• PMP certification
• Omnichannel launch experience across retail, DTC and Amazon
• Experience in a startup or high-growth environment