National Field Production Lead

Chobani; Minneota (MN); On-site; USD 85,000 - 134,000; Full time

Job summary

Chobani is seeking a Field Production Manager to bring best-in-class consumer activations across the United States. This hands-on leadership role covers planning, logistics, warehousing, setup, execution, and post-event reporting for sampling programs and brand experiences.

The ideal candidate will travel up to 75% and collaborate with Activation, Field Operations, Brand, Sales, and warehouse partners. Strong production, budgeting, and vendor-management skills are required for success in

Qualifications

• 5+ years of progressive experience in experiential production, mobile marketing, event operations, field logistics, or large-scale consumer activation.
• At least three years as primary production or operational lead for complex programs.
• Experience leading production crews, vendors, drivers, warehouse partners, field teams, and concurrent workstreams.
• Strong project-management, financial, communication, organizational, problem-solving, and documentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead onsite execution of sampling programs, mobile tours, retail activations, and national events.
• Develop production plans, schedules, site maps, equipment lists, packing lists, and readiness checklists.
• Assess venue requirements including access, storage, refrigeration, power, parking, security, and consumer flow.
• Oversee load-in, setup, event operations, breakdown, and load-out.
• Serve as the primary onsite production lead, resolving safety, timing, budget, product quality, and consumer experience issues.
• Coordinate 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 field teams to receive, store, stage, deploy, and return activation materials.
• Maintain 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, branded, and deployment-ready.
• Coordinate cleaning, repairs, preventive maintenance, rewrapping, replacement, and redeployment of field assets.
• Develop contingency plans for weather, incidents, power loss, and equipment issues.
• Work with manager to develop and manage budgets across production, transportation, warehousing, equipment, labor, and travel.
• Review estimates, negotiate rates, track purchase orders and invoices, and reconcile expenses.
• Identify cost efficiencies through improved routing, inventory controls, asset utilization, and standardized processes.
• Develop clear vendor scopes covering deliverables, schedules, staffing, equipment, responsibilities, and costs.
• Manage vendors and partners against quality, safety, service, timing, and budget.

Skills

Field production management

Project management

Budget management

Vendor management

Logistics coordination

Job description

Chobani is seeking a Field Production Manager to bring best-in-class consumer activations across the United States. This hands-on leadership role covers planning, logistics, warehousing, setup, execution, and post-event reporting for sampling programs and brand experiences.

The ideal candidate will travel up to 75% and collaborate with Activation, Field Operations, Brand, Sales, and warehouse partners. Strong production, budgeting, and vendor-management skills are required for success in