Welcome To The Traegerhood:
Our business is BBQ, and business tastes good. Traeger invented the wood pellet grill over 30 years ago, and we’ve been revolutionizing outdoor cooking ever since. We’re a team of disruptors, innovators, problem solvers, and food fanatics who are dedicated to bringing people together to create a more flavorful world. From our headquarters in Salt Lake City and beyond, we work tirelessly to provide a world-class experience to our customers, retailers, and especially our employees. If you’re a team player who’s dedicated to delivering top-quality results every day, then we want you to come cook with us!
What You'll Do:
Traeger is seeking a R&D Operations Manager to join our APRD team based at our Salt Lake City, UT HQ. Traeger was built on bringing new to the world innovation to consumers and making it a more flavorful world. Traeger continues to grow as the premium and innovative leader in our category, consequently, Traeger must develop true innovation that justifies the premium and brand promises to our consumers.
In this role you will be responsible for managing the operations of the APRD (Advanced Platform Research & Development) team and contributing to the Discovery phase of the Product Department’s work. This role requires administrative, strategic planning, project management, resource management, performance monitoring and reporting skills to be successful. Ensuring quality and efficiency in managing APRD’s physical, digital, knowledge, and talent assets is a critical attribute towards the department’s success.
Additionally, this role will require that you can effectively communicate and execute on tasks/projects associated with the operations of the team. A successful candidate will be detail oriented, professional, and enthusiastic about winning. This role will take direction from the VP of R&D within the Product group at Traeger. Our APRD team is passionate and excited about building innovative products and a world class team. The right candidate will also be passionate about the mission and enable the team to deliver innovation to our consumers. Ultimately as our R&D Operations Manager, you will ensure our department meets its goals and objectives.
How You'll Help Us Win:
- Supports strategic planning and facilitation against the team’s long- and short-term goals.
- Supports partner management with partner companies and higher education institutions. i.e. consultants, contractors, internships programs, and joint ventures.
- RFQ, SOW, and invoice creation/management.
- Manage contractual agreements with vendors and suppliers.
- Supports VP with budget planning, tracking, and reporting.
- Physical and digital asset management; workspaces, labs, software, hardware, tools, consumables, licenses, etc.
- Facilitation of workshops, team/corporate idea harvesting, and research events.
- Supports development and execution of our FEID process (Front End Innovation Domain) for the Discovery Phase.
- Facilitation of project management strategies i.e., waterfall/Agile/Sprint etc.
- Team KPI and status tracking and reporting.
- Project/program planning and scheduling.
- Facilitation of team building and development.
- Driving company culture and accountability.
- Foster and build a creative and effective working environment.
- Tracking of Project Hopper and WIP.
- Organization and management of APRD’s data.
What You'll Need to Bring:
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in operations management, business administration or similar
- Experienced in Microsoft applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project)
- Initiative, and a wide degree of creativity is required
- Highly self-motivated and self-directed with the ability to work with teams cross functionally
- Ability to communicate ideas and information verbally and in written form
- Strong attention to detail and high level of organizational skill
- Multiple years of budget and accounting experience
Why You Will Love To Work Here:
- Be part of the most disruptive force in outdoor cooking
- Join a true team working towards a common goal
- Culture of risk-taking, innovation & quality
- So. Much. Food.
- Have an outdoor lover’s paradise in your backyard
- Full medical/dental/vision packages to fit your needs
- 401K to help you plan for the future
- Tuition reimbursement
- Individual professional development programs & initiatives to help you grow professionally
- Great discounts on all things Traeger
- Did we mention all the food?
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What We Do
Since its humble start in Oregon in the 1990's, Traeger Wood Pellet Grills have been the outdoor cooking choice of food enthusiasts. For years, the grills were offered in limited quantities and geographic areas. However, as people began to taste the food cooked on a Traeger, word spread about the unique flavors only Traeger natural wood pellets can provide.
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