Senior Field Production Lead – Experiential Events

Chobani; Rhode Island; On-site; USD 85,000 - 134,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision coverage

Disability insurance

HSA

FSA

Tuition reimbursement

401k match

Fertility and childcare assistance

Parental leave

Wellness program

PTO 120 hrs

Holidays 11

Volunteer time off

Job summary

Chobani is seeking a Field Production Manager to bring best-in-class activations to life across the United States. You will lead planning, logistics, warehousing, setup, execution, and post-event reporting for consumer sampling programs and brand experiences.

The role requires extensive travel (up to 75%), strong production leadership, and the ability to anticipate operational needs in fast-paced field environments. You will coordinate cross-functional teams and ensure premium brand execution.

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.
• Experience with refrigerated products, cold-chain logistics, food safety, and third-party warehouse operations.
• Experience managing branded vehicles, trailers, mobile sampling units, generators, refrigeration, and commercial event equipment.

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.
• Coordinate cleaning, repairs, preventive maintenance, rewrapping, replacement, and redeployment of field assets.
• Develop contingency plans for weather, medical incidents, power loss, refrigeration failure, and equipment issues.

Skills

Production leadership

Logistics planning

Event operations

Budget management

Safety compliance

Vendor management

Travel readiness

Tools

DOT requirements

Inventory systems

Asset-management programs

Job description

Chobani is seeking a Field Production Manager to bring best-in-class activations to life across the United States. You will lead planning, logistics, warehousing, setup, execution, and post-event reporting for consumer sampling programs and brand experiences.

The role requires extensive travel (up to 75%), strong production leadership, and the ability to anticipate operational needs in fast-paced field environments. You will coordinate cross-functional teams and ensure premium brand execution.