associate product manager, Beverage
Summary
An associate product manager at the Starbucks Support Center in Seattle supporting the refreshment beverage category: coordinating seasonal promotions, launch readiness and documentation across Marketing, Supply Chain, Operations and Finance, plus building KPI reporting and performance readouts to inform portfolio decisions.
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From the beginning, Starbucks set out to be a different kind of company. One that not only celebrated coffee and the rich tradition, but that also brought a feeling of connection. We are known for developing extraordinary leaders who share this passion and are guided by their service to others. With every cup, with every conversation, with every community – we nurture the limitless possibilities of human connection.
As an associate product manager, Beverage, you will be part of a dynamic and entrepreneurial team responsible for the handcrafted refreshment beverages that are served in our retail coffeehouses. This role enables disciplined execution across promotions, categories and product performance. You will support promotional readiness, project management, reporting and cross-functional coordination while helping the team build repeatable ways to evaluate performance and inform future portfolio decisions. We are looking for a candidate who is nimble, proactive, analytical, able to multitask and enjoys problem-solving with a focus on the customer. Bring your relentless curiosity, strategic expertise, attention to detail and passion for retail.
As an associate product manager, Beverage, you will…
Business Management
- Support and provide recommendations regarding product objectives and strategy (e.g. launch timing, placement, pricing, assortment and promotional cadence) within our Refreshment beverage category and seasonal promotions
- Assist in researching customer, category, competitive and operational signals and translate data and insights into logical, compelling recommendations.
- Represent Beverage in cross-functional forums, including Marketing, Planning, Operations, Sourcing, Supply Chain and Finance.
Product Commercialization and Beverage Support
- Support the beverage commercialization process for refreshment category and seasonal promotions from concept to launch working closely with cross-functional partners through feasibility, operations, product development, planning and forecasting and launch-readiness reviews.
- Provide primary day-to-day execution support for refreshment beverage category and seasonal promotions, including assortment inputs, product and launch documentation, systems management and cross-functional communication.
- Assist in writing and developing creative briefs with a lens on customer need-states, category opportunity, operational feasibility and business potential.
Go-To-Market and Promotional Readiness
- Support delivery of products for each promotional window, including product direction, launch documentation and inputs into supply chain requirements.
- Maintain cross-functional workback plans, launch trackers, milestone schedules, decision logs and recap documents.
- Support team with readiness tracking, issue escalation, and launch documentation by promotion and category.
- Manage promotional inputs and multiple reviews for in-store signage and coffeehouse product communications.
Performance Management and Execution Enablement
- Build and maintain standardized KPI templates, reporting inputs, meeting cadences and team operating routines.
- Assist in compiling promotional and category performance readouts
- Synthesize inputs across functions into clear status updates, risks, decisions required and recommended next steps.
- Help capture portfolio learnings to clarify what to scale, what to iterate, what to stop, and what should inform future pipeline development.