Job description

Job Description

Purpose:
The Innovation Commercialization Manager will join the fast-paced and exciting Brand, Innovation and Growth team! The candidate will enable DFC to achieve the growth and innovation vision, accelerate its speed to market, and actively participate in MVP commercialization launches. This position will identify, assess and on-board new suppliers and partners while improving the capabilities of the company’s current and future vendor base. Perform the search in identifying potential partners, completing a preliminary evaluation of vital capabilities and quality systems, negotiating terms, conditions and contracts, and working closely with cross functional teams throughout onboarding and validation, then ending with a successful product launch. Strong understanding of creating a vendor foundation, performing searches, quick evaluations and selecting high quality vendors and partners that meet our new technology, cost, quality and performance needs is essential.

Responsibilities:

• Create, develop and maintain a strong relationship and foundation with vendors and partners to support Growth & Innovation vision.
• Lead commercial negotiations with new vendors, partners, and sources of supply.
• Minimize risk and ensure protection for DFC by developing and implementing operating agreements to protect the company, support sustainability of supply chain and enable cost improvement/containment. Agreements cover areas such as confidentiality, IP ownership, payment terms, along with other terms and conditions required for sustained collaboration (JDA, NDA, LOU, LOI, Supply Agreements…)
• Assist in source assessment of supplier’s financial stability, management capability, strategy alignment, manufacturing & quality system capabilities as well as other areas as needed.
• Develop strategies to support accelerated Growth & Innovation and transition learning to Growth & Strategy and Core business

Education & Experience:

• Bachelor's degree and experience in supporting commercialization or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Strong negotiation, creative problem-solving and analytical skills with proven results.
• Demonstrated ability to lead strategic sourcing direction for new technologies cross-functionally
• Ability to build, maintain and use relationships and communicate effectively at all levels of an organization

Diversity & Inclusion:
At Delta Faucet Company, we view diversity as a mosaic of thoughts and perspectives that come from people’s varied cultural backgrounds, experiences, education, career paths and other influences that make each of us unique. For us, inclusion means welcoming differing opinions, collaborating, allowing people to come to work as who they are and recognizing everyone’s contributions. We know that in a diverse, inclusive company, ideas flow freely, all voices are heard and all perspectives are valued. Delta Faucet Company continuously strives to be this kind of organization. Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) supports our inherent values, makes us more relevant to customers and consumers and inspires innovation. It is not a goal or a program; it is a vital ingredient in our formula for success and a key to our future growth.

Full time

Delta Faucet Company (the “Company”) is an equal opportunity employer and we want to have the best available persons in every job. The Company makes employment decisions only based on merit. It is the Company’s policy to prohibit discrimination in any employment opportunity (including but not limited to recruitment, employment, promotion, salary increases, benefits, termination and all other terms and conditions of employment) based on race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, pregnancy, religious creed, national origin, ancestry, age, physical/mental disability, medical condition, marital/domestic partner status, military and veteran status, height, weight or any other such characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. The Company is committed to complying with all applicable laws providing equal employment opportunities. This commitment applies to all persons involved in the operations of the Company regardless of where the employee is located and prohibits unlawful discrimination by any employee of the Company.

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Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $85,000.00 - $100,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Supplemental pay types:

• Bonus pay

Experience:

• Microsoft Excel: 1 year (Preferred)
• Supply chain: 2 years (Required)
• Innovation and Commercialization: 2 years (Preferred)

Work Location: Remote

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