Associate Project Manager, Sales

Golden West Food Group; Irving (TX); In loco; USD 72.000 - 82.000; Tempo pieno

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Holiday Pay

Paid Time Off

Health Insurance

Vision Insurance

Life Insurance

Flexible Spending Account (FSA)

401k

Descrizione del lavoro

Golden West Food Group in Irving, TX is seeking an organized Associate Project Manager, Sales to support our growing CPG division. You will coordinate projects across Sales and cross-functional teams, track timelines and deliverables, and help move initiatives from opportunity through execution.

The ideal candidate will have 1–3 years of experience in project coordination or related fields, with strong communication and organizational skills. CPG experience is a plus, and travel is occasional.

Competenze

• Bachelor’s degree preferred, but equivalent professional experience will be considered.
• 1–3 years of project coordination, sales support, account management, customer service, marketing, operations, or related field preferred.
• CPG, food, retail, or manufacturing experience is a plus, but not required.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong organizational and time-management skills.
• Comfortable working with multiple stakeholders and competing priorities.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, particularly Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Teams.
• Experience with project management or task-tracking tools is a plus, particularly Smartsheet.
• Ability to travel occasionally for sales meetings, or other business needs.

Mansioni

• Coordinate sales-related projects from request through completion with clear milestones, owners, and deadlines.
• Maintain timelines, trackers, action items, and status updates across initiatives.
• Follow up with project owners to ensure commitments and deadlines stay on track.
• Identify risks, delays, or missing information and elevate issues as needed.
• Support customer-specific initiatives, new item opportunities, and commercialization projects.
• Maintain the CRM tool in Smartsheet.
• Serve as a liaison between Sales and Marketing, R&D, Operations, and Supply Chain.
• Coordinate meetings, prepare agendas, document decisions, and distribute action items.
• Help ensure customer requirements and sales expectations are communicated to internal teams.
• Build strong relationships across departments and levels.
• Assist Sales with customer meetings, presentations, samples, launches, and other initiatives.
• Track customer requests and ensure internal deliverables are on time.
• Organize information for customer presentations and internal reviews.
• Support Sales leadership with reporting and status summaries.
• Maintain organized project documentation.
• Other duties as assigned.

Conoscenze

Excellent communication

Organizational skills

Stakeholder management

Multi-tasking

Self-motivated

Written and verbal skills

Formazione

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Strumenti

Smartsheet

Excel

PowerPoint

Outlook

Teams

Descrizione del lavoro

Job Position: Associate Project Manager, Sales

Target Pay Range: $72,000 – $82,000/year, depending on level of relevant experience and qualifications

Employment Classification: Full-Time

Position Location: Onsite; Irving, TX

Travel: Occasional travel may be required

Headquartered in Vernon, CA, we are a premium full spectrum manufacturer and distributor of fine food products. Family owned and operated since 1977, our Company offers more than 4,000 products to a variety of customers in both the foodservice and retail channels. We are committed to providing the highest quality food products with an unrelenting commitment to fresh, nutritious ingredients and promotion of eco-friendly business practices.

We’re looking for an organized, energetic, and people-oriented Associate Project Manager to support our growing CPG division in Irving, TX. This individual will coordinate projects across Sales and cross-functional teams, track timelines and deliverables, support customer initiatives, and help ensure projects move from opportunity through execution. CPG experience is a plus, but we welcome candidates from other industries who bring strong communication, organization, follow-through, and relationship-building skills.

Position Summary

We are seeking a highly organized, self-motivated Associate Project Manager to support sales-related projects and initiatives within a large, fast-paced CPG food organization.

This role will serve as a key connector between Sales and cross-functional teams, helping keep customer initiatives, new product opportunities, commercialization activities, samples, timelines, and deliverables moving forward.

The ideal candidate is an excellent communicator who enjoys working with people, can manage multiple priorities at once, and takes ownership without needing constant direction. Previous CPG experience is helpful but not required. We are open to candidates from other industries who have demonstrated strong project coordination, relationship management, organizational, and problem-solving skills.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Coordinate sales-related projects and tasks from initial request through completion, ensuring key milestones, owners, and deadlines are clearly identified.
• Maintain project timelines, trackers, action items, and status updates across multiple customer and sales initiatives.
• Follow up with project owners to ensure commitments and deadlines remain on track.
• Identify potential risks, delays, or missing information and proactively elevate issues when necessary.
• Support customer-specific initiatives, new item opportunities, product changes, and commercialization projects.
• Maintain the customer relationship management (CRM) tool in Smartsheet
• Cross-Functional Coordination
• Serve as a liaison between Sales and teams such as Marketing, R&D, Operations, and Supply Chain.
• Coordinate meetings, prepare agendas, document decisions, and distribute clear action items and next steps.
• Help ensure customer requirements and sales expectations are clearly communicated to internal teams.
• Build strong working relationships across different departments and levels of the organization.
• Assist the Sales team with preparation and coordination for customer meetings, presentations, samples, product launches, and other sales initiatives.
• Track customer requests and ensure internal deliverables are completed on time.
• Help organize information needed for customer presentations, internal reviews, and project updates.
• Support Sales leadership with reporting, project status summaries, and follow-up activities.
• Maintain organized and accurate project documentation.
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree preferred, but equivalent professional experience will be considered.
• Approximately 1–3 years of professional experience in project coordination, sales support, account management, customer service, marketing, operations, supply chain, or a related field preferred.
• CPG, food, retail, or manufacturing experience is a plus, but not required.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong organizational and time-management skills.
• Comfortable working with multiple stakeholders and competing priorities.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, particularly Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Teams.
• Experience with project management or task-tracking tools is a plus, particularly Smartsheet
• Ability to travel occasionally for sales meetings, or other business needs.
• Highly organized: Able to manage multiple projects, deadlines, meetings, and follow-ups simultaneously.
• Excellent with people: Comfortable building relationships and communicating with individuals across different functions and levels.
• Self-motivated: Identifies next steps, takes initiative, and follows through on commitments.
• A strong communicator: Able to clearly communicate project status, expectations, risks, and next steps verbally and in writing.
• Detail-oriented: Notices missing information, conflicting dates, incomplete action items, and potential issues before they become larger problems.
• Accountable: Takes ownership of assigned projects and consistently follows through on commitments.
• Adaptable: Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment where priorities may change quickly.
• Solutions-oriented: Willing to ask questions, investigate issues, and work with others to find a path forward.
• Comfortable influencing without authority: Able to respectfully follow up with cross-functional partners and keep projects moving even when those individuals do not report directly to them.

Within the first 6–12 months, this person should be able to:

• Independently manage smaller sales projects and customer initiatives.
• Provide clear visibility to Sales on project status, timing, risks, and next steps.
• Build trusted relationships with Sales and cross-functional partners.
• Consistently keep timelines, deliverables, and follow-ups organized.
• Anticipate issues instead of only reacting to them.
• Reduce the amount of time Sales spends chasing internal updates.
• Become known as the person who keeps things moving and closes the loop

Benefits Overview:

• Holiday Pay
• Paid Time Off
• Health Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Life Insurance
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• 401k

We are an equal opportunity employer and do not tolerate discrimination of any kind. Diversity, equity, and inclusion are core to our mission. We believe diverse perspectives make us stronger, and we are committed to creating a workplace where everyone can thrive.

Note: The statements herein are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified.