National Field Production Lead – Experiential Activations

Chobani; Little Rock (AR); On-site; USD 85,000 - 134,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental & Vision

401k match

Tuition reimbursement

Parental leave

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, execution, and post-event reporting for sampling programs and brand experiences.

The role requires extensive travel, including early mornings, nights, weekends, and holidays, and you will coordinate with activation, field operations, brand, sales, and vendors while ensuring safety and quality at all times.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in experiential production, mobile marketing, event operations, field logistics, or large-scale activations.
• At least 3 years leading production or operations for complex programs.
• Experience managing activations from scoping and budgeting through production, execution, breakdown and reporting.
• Experience leading production crews, vendors, drivers, warehouse partners, field teams, and overlapping workstreams.
• Strong project-management, financial, communication, organizational, problem-solving, and documentation skills.
• Valid driver’s license and driving record meeting company requirements.

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—access, storage, refrigeration, power, parking, security, and consumer flow.
• Oversee load-in, setup, operations, breakdown, and load-out for premium brand execution.
• Serve as primary onsite production lead, resolving issues related to safety, timing, budget, product quality, and experience.
• Coordinate movement of product, vehicles, equipment, and branded assets between warehouses, markets, and events.
• Manage carriers, drivers, delivery schedules, shipment tracking, refrigerated transport, and venue needs.
• Maintain cold-chain integrity and oversee product handling, storage, replenishment, rotation, and disposition.
• Reconcile product, equipment, supplies, shrink, and waste after each activation.
• Partner with field teams to receive, store, stage, deploy, and return activation materials.
• Maintain accurate inventory and asset records including location and maintenance needs.
• Standardize packing, labeling, storage, check-in/check-out, and event-kit processes.
• Conduct quality-control inspections to ensure assets are clean, functional, branded, and deployment-ready.
• Coordinate cleaning, repairs, preventive maintenance, rewrapping, replacement, and redeployment of field assets.

Skills

Experiential production

Field logistics

Vendor management

Project management

Communication

Problem solving

Documentation

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, execution, and post-event reporting for sampling programs and brand experiences.

The role requires extensive travel, including early mornings, nights, weekends, and holidays, and you will coordinate with activation, field operations, brand, sales, and vendors while ensuring safety and quality at all times.