director, New Product Introduction, Supply Chain Management - SSC - Seattle, WA - (Seattle, WA)

Description Primary Location: US-WA-Seattle-Starbucks Support Center Starbucks - Commercialization Position details and Mission The new product launch director is responsible for planning, developing, directing and coordinating new product commercialization, ensuring product launch excellence and delivering timeline, cost, asset utilization and revenue/market growth targets. As director new product introduction, will be responsible for driving end to end supply chain solutions and project management ability for new product launches aligning capabilities and processes to the company's strategic vision, goals and plans, and influencing the go-to-market strategy. Also identifies emerging trends and relevant innovation to Starbucks's strategic product goals, and integrates them into the end to end new product launch process and systems (like stage gate review), developing best in class standards, tools and training. Models and acts in accordance with Starbucks guiding principles.