Global Innovation Project Manager (Food Ingredients)

Mykelly; Mount Pleasant (WI); On-site; USD 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Kelly Science & Clinical is seeking a Project Manager – Innovation (Global/US) to lead customer-driven innovation projects in the natural colors/food ingredients industry. You will manage projects from product development through commercialization, coordinating cross-functional teams across technical, commercial, supply chain, and operations.

The ideal candidate has 7–10 years of project management experience in B2B food ingredients or related industries and PMP certification or equivalent

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field.
• 7–10 years of project management experience, preferably in food ingredients or related B2B.
• Proven experience leading cross-functional and multi-region projects.
• Experience managing customer projects from development through commercialization.
• Strong stakeholder management across technical, commercial, and operational functions.
• PMP certification or equivalent preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end project management for global customer and innovation projects.
• Set scope, objectives, timelines, milestones, and success criteria.
• Develop plans and critical paths across Sales, Applications, Product Development, Regulatory, Sourcing, Supply Chain, and Operations.
• Lead project kickoffs and define roles and decision processes.
• Identify risks, dependencies, resource constraints, and roadblocks.
• Facilitate cross-functional and cross-regional issue resolution.
• Maintain visibility into the global Innovation project portfolio.
• Establish standardized PM processes, governance, and stage-gate practices.
• Ensure alignment with customer expectations and global strategy.

Skills

Project management

Cross-functional leadership

Stakeholder management

B2B/food ingredients understanding

PMP certification

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Project Management, Engineering, Food Science, Chemistry, Business, or a related field

Job description

Kelly Science & Clinical is seeking a Project Manager – Innovation (Global/US) to lead customer-driven innovation projects in the natural colors/food ingredients industry. You will manage projects from product development through commercialization, coordinating cross-functional teams across technical, commercial, supply chain, and operations.

The ideal candidate has 7–10 years of project management experience in B2B food ingredients or related industries and PMP certification or equivalent