Field Activation Production Lead

Chobani; Yuma (AZ); On-site; USD 85,000 - 134,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision coverage

Disability insurance

Health savings account

Flexible spending accounts

Tuition reimbursement

401k match

Fertility and childcare assistance

Parental leave

Wellness resources

Paid time off

Holidays

Paid volunteer time off

Job summary

Chobani is seeking a Field Production Manager to bring best-in-class consumer activations to life across the United States. You will lead planning, logistics, warehousing, setup, and execution of sampling programs and brand experiences, collaborating with activation, field operations, sales, and vendors.

This role requires extensive travel and readiness for early mornings, nights, weekends, and holidays. You will oversee production plans, onsite operations, budget management, vendor

Qualifications

• 5+ years of progressive experience in experiential production, mobile marketing, event operations, field logistics, or large-scale consumer activation.
• At least three years of experience serving as the primary production or operational lead for complex programs.
• Experience leading production crews, vendors, drivers, warehouse partners, field teams, and concurrent operational workstreams.
• Strong project-management, financial, communication, organizational, problem-solving, and documentation skills.
• Experience within CPG, food and beverage, consumer sampling, or experiential marketing.
• Experience managing national tours, sporting events, festivals, retail activations, or cultural tentpoles.

Responsibilities

• Develop production plans, schedules, site maps, equipment lists, packing lists, and readiness checklists.
• Oversee load-in, setup, event operations, breakdown, and load-out to ensure premium brand execution.
• Serve as the primary onsite production lead, resolving issues related to safety, timing, budget, product quality, and consumer experience.
• Coordinate the movement of product, vehicles, equipment, and branded assets between warehouses, markets, and events.
• Manage carriers, drivers, delivery schedules, shipment tracking, refrigerated transportation, and venue requirements.
• Maintain cold-chain integrity and oversee product handling, storage, replenishment, rotation, and disposition.
• Reconcile product, equipment, supplies, shrink, and waste following each activation.
• Partner with the field teams to receive, store, stage, deploy, and return activation materials.
• Maintain accurate inventory and asset records, including location, condition, assignment, and maintenance needs.
• Standardize packing, labeling, storage, check-in/check-out, and event-kit processes.
• Conduct quality-control inspections to confirm assets are clean, functional, properly branded, and deployment-ready.

Skills

Project management

Operations leadership

Logistics planning

Vendor management

CPG experience

Food safety knowledge

Job description

Chobani is seeking a Field Production Manager to bring best-in-class consumer activations to life across the United States. You will lead planning, logistics, warehousing, setup, and execution of sampling programs and brand experiences, collaborating with activation, field operations, sales, and vendors.

This role requires extensive travel and readiness for early mornings, nights, weekends, and holidays. You will oversee production plans, onsite operations, budget management, vendor