Job Description

Job Location: Adams Group HQ - Sacramento, CA 95833
Position Type: Full Time
Salary Range: $72,000.00 - $85,000.00 SalaryAbout Us
With over a century of expertise, Adam’s Group is a fifth-generation family-owned company providing global solutions to the food industry. As a leading supplier of organic and non-GMO bulk and specialty oils, lecithin, and grains, we serve B2B customers in the natural and organic space, including food manufacturers, infant nutrition brands, and industrial processors. We are committed to delivering high-quality, sustainably sourced ingredients that support innovation and clean-label formulations.

Our Core Values
At Adams Group, we live by five core values that guide everything we do:
- Quality in all we do
- Doing the right thing
- Building relationships for shared success
- Adapting to change
- Leaving the world better than we found it

Position Summary:
The Commercialization Coordinator supports the successful execution of commercialization activities across Adams Group’s ingredient and retail portfolios. This role is responsible for coordinating timelines, documentation, cross-functional inputs, and launch readiness activities to ensure products move efficiently from development through launch.
Reporting to the Director of Commercialization, the Coordinator serves as a central execution and communication hub, enabling consistent processes, on-time deliverables, and operational readiness in partnership with Marketing, R&D, Quality, Operations, and Supply Chain.
Key Responsibilities:
Commercialization Execution & Coordination
- Support commercialization activities for new and existing products across retail and ingredient channels.
- Coordinate stage-gate deliverables and timelines in partnership with Marketing/Brand Strategy and the Director of Commercialization.
- Maintain commercialization project plans, launch trackers, and readiness checklists.
- Ensure accurate and timely collection of required documentation (formulas, specifications, packaging, regulatory, and customer requirements).
- Assist in translating customer and market requirements into actionable execution tasks.
Cross-Functional Coordination
- Act as a liaison between Commercialization and cross-functional teams including R&D, Food Safety/Quality, Operations, Supply Chain, and Marketing/Brand Strategy.
- Schedule and document cross-functional meetings, action items, and decisions related to product launches.
- Support alignment of formulation, packaging, claims, and regulatory requirements with internal standards and external expectations.
- Provide structured communication and alignment between ingredient and retail functions.
- Coordinate production readiness inputs, including raw material availability, packaging components, and production timelines.
Process & Continuous Improvement
- Support development and maintenance of commercialization playbooks, tools, and templates.
- Track risks, dependencies, and bottlenecks, escalating issues to the Director of Commercialization as needed.
- Assist with post-launch reviews by compiling performance data, issues, and learnings.
- Track post-launch performance and share learnings to improve future launches.
- Support standardization and documentation of repeatable commercialization processes.

QualificationsEducation & Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in business, Food Science, Supply Chain, Marketing, or related field.
- 2–5 years of experience in project coordination, commercialization support, product development, or operations within food manufacturing, CPG, or ingredient industries.
- Exposure to cross-functional product launch processes preferred.
Skills & Competencies
- Strong organizational and project coordination skills with high attention to detail.
- Ability to manage multiple timelines and priorities in a fast-paced environment.
- Clear, professional written and verbal communication skills.
- Working knowledge of food/CPG commercialization processes, including regulatory and supply chain considerations.
- Strong collaborator who thrives in a family-owned, growth-oriented environment.
- Collaborative, proactive, and execution-oriented mindset.
Working Conditions:
- Office-based environment, manufacturing environment.
- Willingness to travel (up to 50%) to company facilities, customer sites, partner facilities.
- May require occasional work outside standard business hours during critical order or production periods.