Stage Gate Coordinator

Who We Are:

Nutrabolt is a fast-growing, global active health and wellness company with a portfolio of market leading performance-oriented brands that energize and fuel active lifestyles. The company’s disruptive and innovative products compete in the Functional Beverage and Active Nutrition segments, under three consumer-loved brands: C4® (one of the fastest-growing energy drink brands in the United States and the #1 selling global pre-workout brand), XTEND® (the #1 post-workout recovery brand in the United States), and Cellucor® (an award-winning sports nutrition brand created in 2002).

Since its founding 20 years ago, Nutrabolt has set out to meet the discerning needs of performance athletes and fitness enthusiasts, while appealing beyond this core group to include consumers around the globe who are making healthy, active living a daily priority.

As a Certified Great Place to Work, Top Workplaces USA honoree, Fortune Best Workplace in Texas, and more – Nutrabolt cares deeply about our people, planet, and the communities we serve. Here, our teammates are united by our mission, and take ownership in creating a healthy workplace environment that promotes strong bodies, clear minds, and a culture of respect and belonging for all.

 

Note to applicants: This role is located in Austin, TX.

Who You Are:

The Stage Gate Coordinator will play a critical role in the rebuilding and ongoing execution of the company’s New Product Stage Gate process (internally known as ICE / Innovation Creation Engine). This role serves as the final gatekeeper to ensure projects are fully approved when transitioning gates and provides the analytics and reporting necessary to drive better execution and returns on our New Product investments. This is an individual contributor role that reports to the Supply Chain Commercialization manager. There will be minimal travel expectations for this role.

What You're Good At:

• Serves as the final “Gatekeeper”; engaging directly with the ICE SteerCo to ensure full compliance to our Gate Approval Process, and that resource expenditure is gated behind those approvals. 
• Ensures Gate Approval candidates have all required documentation to make informed decisions. 
• Builds out and manages the tracking mechanisms for a full-scope view of our project slate, standardizing inputs, tracking performance against established project plans, and assigning root causes to project delays.
• Leads the formal ICE (Ideas, Concerns, Expectations) Communication Process, publishing weekly “single source of truth” email communication to broad cross-functional audience, facilitating the Weekly ICE Steerco meeting, and helping to lead the quarterly ICE Organizational Update.
• Provides thoughtful analytical insights and reporting of Nutrabolt’s stage gate execution performance and post-mortem project review process.   Success measured in the effectiveness of this reporting in driving organizational behavior towards faster, more profitable NPD execution.
• Executes the Post-Mortem Project review, partnering with Finance and Commercial to provide thoughtful analyses of the success of our NPD investments. 
• Leads the scoping and recruitment of a 3^rd party technology solution tentatively schedule for implementation in 2027.

What You Contribute: 

• BA degree in Supply Chain, Operations, or related field.
• 4+ years of experience in project coordination, product development operations, or process management, preferably in an environment that uses stage gate or phase-gate methodologies.
• Experience in a food, beverage, and/or drug CPG preferred
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including formulas, pivot tables, conditional formatting, and data analysis tools
• Exceptional organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities, deadlines, and stakeholders in a fast-moving environment
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy in managing data, documentation, and communications
• Proven ability to work independently and proactively in a dynamic, high-volume setting
• Experience collecting and consolidating large data sets
• Success in driving process automation and standardization  
• Strong communication skills, both written and oral
• Strong sense of urgency and results orientation
• Willing and able to travel up to 15%

Why Nutrabolt?

Wellness Benefits

Nutrabolt cares about our teammates’ physical, mental, and financial wellness by providing benefits like: competitive health insurance, life insurance, mental wellness programs, 401K matching, and a Lifestyle Spending Account.

Lifestyle Perks

We offer unlimited vacation paid time off and volunteer time off. You’ll get discounts on C4 Energy, Cellucor, and XTEND products, too!

Family Support 

We want you to reach your full potential at work by taking care of all loved ones at home. We provide paid parental leave, in addition to reimbursement for expenses related to childcare, fertility treatments, legal fees, and more through our Lifestyle Spending Account.

Employment Type: Full-time

Work Environment: Hybrid

 

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