Kettle Cuisine
At the heart of our company is a deep passion for creating fresh, healthy, and artisan-quality food that brings people together. We honor the craft of artisan cooking—using scratch-made stocks, hand-chopped herbs, and only the highest-quality ingredients—complemented by cutting-edge technology. This allows us to deliver consistently safe, exceptional products on a large scale.
But it’s not just about the food. Our culture is built on principles that shape how we grow, both as individuals and as a team. One of our core values, Honoring Development, guides us to actively seek out, celebrate, and nurture one another’s talents, strengths, and interests. By fostering each other’s growth, we strengthen our relationships and capabilities, driving both personal and professional success.
We also believe in Honoring Each Other. We surround ourselves with passionate people who share our love for great food. Through mutual respect and collaboration, we create an environment where employees are empowered to thrive, building trusting, and rewarding relationships with our clients, partners, and one another.
If you're looking for a place where your skills, passion, and ideas can flourish, we invite you to explore the opportunities available within our dynamic and supportive team.
Job Summary
We’re looking for a proactive, highly organized Project Coordinator to support change management initiatives that improve how we work and commercialization processes which influence new product launch success. You’ll be an integral part of a highly collaborative cross-functional team, manage timelines and deliverables, and maintain Asana setups so teams can run projects more consistently and efficiently. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys fast-paced projects, communicating clearly with internal partners, and translating plans into smooth execution and measurable adoption. Duties and Responsibilities
Maintain and update project plans, timelines and milestone trackers for multiple concurrent projects. Support change-management projects: create Asana projects including tasks and milestones, track task completion and project status, follow up with internal stakeholders to keep projects moving along, and report on program health. Migrate and organize task data, maintain project classification and naming conventions, manage permissions, and work with integrations to streamline workflows. Attend cross-functional meetings (product, culinary, packaging, quality, operations, procurement, marketing) and capture clear meeting notes and action items. Track project deliverables, assign owners, follow up on progress and escalate risks or delays as needed. Prepare concise project status reports and dashboards for managers and stakeholders. Support product launch activities including handoffs to operations, documentation for manufacturing, and coordination of pilot runs or validation testing. Drive continuous improvement in project management processes, governance, and Asana best practices across teams. Required Skills
1-3 years of experience supporting projects in a stage-gate process (food manufacturing and/or product development exposure preferred). Hands-on experience with Asana (or another modern PM tool) including setting up projects, templates, custom fields, dashboards and basic automations. Asana admin/implementation experience is a strong plus. Strong organizational skills and an ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines. Excellent verbal and written communication; able to coordinate across teams and present project status clearly. Comfortable working with spreadsheets and project tools (Excel, Google Sheets, and one or more PM tools such as Asana, Smartsheet, or Jira). Detail oriented with good problem-solving instincts and an ability to follow processes consistently. Team player attitude and a hands-on approach to getting things done. Desired Skills
Bachelor’s degree in Business, Food Science, Engineering, or similar field (or equivalent experience). Experience leading or supporting change management initiatives with examples of stakeholder engagement, communications, training, and measuring adoption. Experience in food manufacturing operations, packaging, or product development. Experience with ERP systems, costing tools, or supplier portals. Proactive engagement with cross-functional team members, initiates conversations, follows up promptly on tasks. Working Conditions
Office-based with occasional site/plant visits as required. Standard business hours with occasional flexibility around launches or critical milestones. Americans with Disabilities Act
Kettle Cuisine complies with all aspects of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and state disability laws. This means we will not discriminate against qualified individuals with a disability in any phase of the employment relationship including application for employment, hiring, promotions and/or advancement opportunities, termination, compensation, training and any other conditions or privileges of employment. Core Values
Kettle Cuisine takes the utmost pride in its people, products and reputation. Each employee is expected to understand and live our Core Values every day. Honor Food
– We create and produce the best tasting, safest, all natural recipes that strive for perfection in every batch, from bench to kettle Honor Each Other
– We seek to develop trusting, respectful and mutually rewarding relationships with all our team members and business partners Honor Development
– We recognize and nurture each other’s talents, strengths and interests in order to further strengthen and grow our team Honor Innovation
– We continually strive for creative and sustainable ways to achieve excellence Pay Range for Project Coordinator
The Project Coordinator base pay range$50,000 - 60,000/annually.The listed salary range represents Kettle Cuisine’s good faith estimate for this position and represents the minimum and maximum fornew hire salaries for the Lynn, MA location only. Ranges will be reviewed on a regular basis. An employee’srate of pay within the range is determined by their qualifications, relevant experience, and demonstrated performance over time.In addition to those factors, we believe in the importance of pay equity and consider internal equity of our current team membersas a part of any final offer. Hiring at the maximum of the range would not be typical to allow for future and continued salary growth.The Project Coordinator position is eligible for our comprehensive benefits package and is eligible for the annual discretionarybonus program up to 10%. Kettle Cuisine and all its legal entities comply with all federal, state,and local minimum wage laws.
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We’re looking for a proactive, highly organized Project Coordinator to support change management initiatives that improve how we work and commercialization processes which influence new product launch success. You’ll be an integral part of a highly collaborative cross-functional team, manage timelines and deliverables, and maintain Asana setups so teams can run projects more consistently and efficiently. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys fast-paced projects, communicating clearly with internal partners, and translating plans into smooth execution and measurable adoption. Duties and Responsibilities
Maintain and update project plans, timelines and milestone trackers for multiple concurrent projects. Support change-management projects: create Asana projects including tasks and milestones, track task completion and project status, follow up with internal stakeholders to keep projects moving along, and report on program health. Migrate and organize task data, maintain project classification and naming conventions, manage permissions, and work with integrations to streamline workflows. Attend cross-functional meetings (product, culinary, packaging, quality, operations, procurement, marketing) and capture clear meeting notes and action items. Track project deliverables, assign owners, follow up on progress and escalate risks or delays as needed. Prepare concise project status reports and dashboards for managers and stakeholders. Support product launch activities including handoffs to operations, documentation for manufacturing, and coordination of pilot runs or validation testing. Drive continuous improvement in project management processes, governance, and Asana best practices across teams. Required Skills
1-3 years of experience supporting projects in a stage-gate process (food manufacturing and/or product development exposure preferred). Hands-on experience with Asana (or another modern PM tool) including setting up projects, templates, custom fields, dashboards and basic automations. Asana admin/implementation experience is a strong plus. Strong organizational skills and an ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines. Excellent verbal and written communication; able to coordinate across teams and present project status clearly. Comfortable working with spreadsheets and project tools (Excel, Google Sheets, and one or more PM tools such as Asana, Smartsheet, or Jira). Detail oriented with good problem-solving instincts and an ability to follow processes consistently. Team player attitude and a hands-on approach to getting things done. Desired Skills
Bachelor’s degree in Business, Food Science, Engineering, or similar field (or equivalent experience). Experience leading or supporting change management initiatives with examples of stakeholder engagement, communications, training, and measuring adoption. Experience in food manufacturing operations, packaging, or product development. Experience with ERP systems, costing tools, or supplier portals. Proactive engagement with cross-functional team members, initiates conversations, follows up promptly on tasks. Working Conditions
Office-based with occasional site/plant visits as required. Standard business hours with occasional flexibility around launches or critical milestones. Americans with Disabilities Act
Kettle Cuisine complies with all aspects of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and state disability laws. This means we will not discriminate against qualified individuals with a disability in any phase of the employment relationship including application for employment, hiring, promotions and/or advancement opportunities, termination, compensation, training and any other conditions or privileges of employment. Core Values
Kettle Cuisine takes the utmost pride in its people, products and reputation. Each employee is expected to understand and live our Core Values every day. Honor Food
– We create and produce the best tasting, safest, all natural recipes that strive for perfection in every batch, from bench to kettle Honor Each Other
– We seek to develop trusting, respectful and mutually rewarding relationships with all our team members and business partners Honor Development
– We recognize and nurture each other’s talents, strengths and interests in order to further strengthen and grow our team Honor Innovation
– We continually strive for creative and sustainable ways to achieve excellence Pay Range for Project Coordinator
The Project Coordinator base pay range$50,000 - 60,000/annually.The listed salary range represents Kettle Cuisine’s good faith estimate for this position and represents the minimum and maximum fornew hire salaries for the Lynn, MA location only. Ranges will be reviewed on a regular basis. An employee’srate of pay within the range is determined by their qualifications, relevant experience, and demonstrated performance over time.In addition to those factors, we believe in the importance of pay equity and consider internal equity of our current team membersas a part of any final offer. Hiring at the maximum of the range would not be typical to allow for future and continued salary growth.The Project Coordinator position is eligible for our comprehensive benefits package and is eligible for the annual discretionarybonus program up to 10%. Kettle Cuisine and all its legal entities comply with all federal, state,and local minimum wage laws.
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