Manager, Project Manager, Supply Chain US Hot Beverage

This position is responsible for both managing a team of project managers and directly leading strategic projects within the Hot Beverage Initiative portfolio for Keurig Dr Pepper. The role requires strong leadership, cross-functional collaboration, and strategic execution to ensure successful delivery of complex supply chain projects. Projects will be of varying complexity. As a leader of the Supply Chain Initiatives Team, this position will share responsibility for developing, maintaining and improving formal project management methods and tools across the company.  As the project manager, the individual will engage as the primary point of contact for coordinating and ensuring timeline deliverables and strategic objectives are met. 

Key Responsibilities:

Team Leadership & Development

• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of project managers, fostering a high-performance culture.
• Provide guidance on project planning, execution, and stakeholder engagement.
• Conduct regular performance reviews and support career development for team members.
• Support forecasting and resource allocation across the project portfolio

Project Management

• Manage end-to-end execution of projects, ensuring alignment with business goals and timelines.
• Lead and coordinate cross-functional teams to validate requirements and execute new product initiatives. Requirements may include, but are not limited to: item setup, artwork, sourcing location, capacity planning, production planning, demand planning, transportation, and master data management.
• Collaborate with Commercial, Brand, Procurement, Sales, Engineering, Quality, R&D, Supply Planning, Manufacturing, external stakeholders, and leadership to define project requirements and develop timelines.
• Prioritize multiple—and at times conflicting—project deliverables. Identify and mitigate risks, resolve issues, and drive decision-making to keep projects on track.
• Manage all Supply Chain Planning development and integration activities across multiple projects simultaneously.
• Communicate project status, risks, and milestones to senior leadership and key stakeholders.

Process Improvement & Governance

• Contribute to the development and continuous improvement of project management methodologies, tools, and templates.
• Champion best practices in project governance, documentation, and reporting.
• Support portfolio management activities including resource planning, prioritization, and performance tracking.
• Use project management tools to monitor progress and performance. Generate regular status reports and present findings to senior management.
• Maintain and update tracking and reporting tools to ensure accuracy and on-time execution of project deliverables.

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Benefits:

Our people are the heart of our business, which is why we offer robust benefits to support your health and wellness as well as your personal and financial well-being. We also provide employee programs designed to enhance your professional growth and development while ensuring you feel valued, inspired and appreciated.

• Bachelor’s degree Information Systems, Business Administration, Supply-Chain Management or related field preferred, MBA desirable
• Advanced certifications such as PMP (Project Management Professional) or PgMP (Program Management Professional) are preferred
• 7+ years of project management experience, including 2+ years in a senior or leadership role.
• Proven ability to manage multiple, complex, cross-functional projects simultaneously
• Strong communication, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Proficiency in common knowledge-worker tools (Windows, Office Professional, Visio, etc.) and specialized project/program management software (MS Project, Smartsheet, etc.)
• Planview or other project portfolio management (PPM) applications experience/skills desirable

Keurig Dr Pepper (NASDAQ: KDP) is a leading beverage company in North America, with a portfolio of more than 125 owned, licensed and partners brands and powerful distribution capabilities to provide a beverage for every need, anytime, anywhere. We operate with a differentiated business model and world-class brand portfolio, powered by a talented and engaged team that is anchored in our values. We work with big, exciting beverage brands and the #1 single-serve coffee brewing system in North America at KDP, and we have fun doing it!

Together, we have built a leading beverage company in North America offering hot and cold beverages together at scale. Whatever your area of expertise, at KDP you can be a part of a team that’s proud of its brands, partnerships, innovation, and growth. Will you join us?

We strive to be an employer of choice, providing a culture and opportunities that empower our team of ~29,000 employees to grow and develop.  We offer robust benefits to support your health and wellness as well as your personal and financial well-being. We also provide employee programs designed to enhance your professional growth and development, while ensuring you feel valued, inspired and appreciated at work.

Keurig Dr Pepper is an equal opportunity employer and affirmatively seeks diversity in its workforce. Keurig Dr Pepper recruits qualified applicants and advances in employment its employees without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, disability or association with a person with a disability, medical condition, genetic information, ethnic or national origin, marital status, veteran status, or any other status protected by law.