Associate Product Portfolio and Innovation Analyst

Title: Associate Product Portfolio and Innovation Analyst


Location: Richland, WA


Job Requisition ID: Req-260657


Time Type: Full time

About Lamb Weston

You've probably enjoyed our fries without even knowing it! As a leading manufacturer in our industry, and public Fortune 500 company, we inspire and bring people together with foods they love and trust. Our customer base includes international food service providers, restaurants, and households in over 100 countries around the world.

A highly innovative global corporation with a start-up mindset, we empower every individual to make a genuine difference. You'll gain access to hands-on training to fuel your growth and success, explore opportunities for new solutions, and you'll join a winning team of 10,000+ people all dedicated to raising the bar - together.

If you have a strong drive for results, a desire to help us bring the world together through our fries, and are ready for a fresh challenge, we want to hear from you.

Job Description Summary

Aid in Innovation Pipeline, Product Portfolio Health and Product Life Cycle Management efforts to maximize revenues and realize profitable growth.

Job Description

Portfolio & Innovation Analytics

• Support innovation pipeline management, product portfolio health assessment, and product life cycle management efforts to maximize revenue and profitable growth.
  
  

• Analyze product performance data to identify trends, risks, and opportunities, recommending actions to improve portfolio health.
  
  

• Conduct in-depth new product introduction (NPI) retrospectives and performance benchmarking.
  
  

• Develop data-driven product discontinuation recommendations and support execution tracking and reporting.
  
  

Reporting & Decision Support

• Utilize metrics and data visualization to report on innovation pipeline and portfolio performance, enabling transparency and informed decision-making.
  
  

• Prepare and present portfolio reviews for S&OP Step 1, synthesizing insights.
  
  

• Organize and document Innovation Funnel calls, ensuring clarity on decisions, actions, and next steps.
  
  

Cross - Functional Collaboration

• Work cross-functionally with Category, Insights, and Marketing teams to ensure balanced perspectives and actionable recommendations.
  
  

• Build deep understanding of product attributes and specifications to support effective portfolio optimization.
  
  

• Research and assess product portfolio management best practices across the food and beverage industry, applying relevant learnings to drive continuous improvement.
  
  

Tools, Data & Process Support

• Serve as Data Custodian for key Material Master data elements, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and governance.
  
  

• Partner with business and technical stakeholders to maintain and enhance Cloud Coach functionality aligned to project management needs and reporting requirements.
  
  

• Provide day-to-day support for Innovation PMO technologies, dashboards, and reporting.
  
  

• Develop training materials, end-user training strategies, and ongoing support for Innovation PMO users.
  
  

Basic & Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in economics, marketing, finance or related field preferred.
  
  

• 2 years' experience preferred.
  
  

• Excel proficiency required.
  
  

• Power BI experience preferred.
  
  

• Cloud Coach or Salesforce experience preferred.
  
  

• Experience in project and product management preferred.
  
  

Industry-Competitive Benefits

Coupled with our compensation and bonus incentive programs, our benefits deliver rewards that are market competitive. Some of the most attractive elements of our benefit programs include:

• Health Insurance Benefits - Medical, Dental, Vision
  
• Flexible Spending Accounts for Health and Dependent Care, and Health Reimbursement Accounts
  
• Well-being programs including companywide events and a wellness incentive program
  
• Paid Time Off
  
• Financial Wellness - Industry leading 401(k) plan with generous company contributions, Financial Planning Services, Employee Stock purchase program, and Health Savings Accounts, Life and Accident insurance
  
• Family-Friendly Employee events
  
• Employee Assistance Program services - mental health and other concierge type services
  

Benefits may vary based on location, job role/level, job status, and/or the terms of any applicable collective bargaining agreements.

Anticipated Close Date
The anticipated close date is a good faith estimate for when this job will be closed. Some jobs may be unposted or filled earlier or later than the Anticipated Close Date depending on interview processes and business needs.


Anticipated Close Date: 07/05/2026

Pay Transparency
In compliance with applicable state and local laws, Lamb Weston has opted to include a reasonable estimate of the compensation for this role. This compensation is specific to this position and takes into account a number of variables. Actual compensation may be higher or lower in the range posted based on various factors, including, but not limited to, job duties, experience and expertise. A candidate's work location could also impact the actual compensation being outside of the range to reflect local cost of labor. A reasonable annual estimate of the range for this role is listed below.


Pay Rate or Range: $59,010.00 - $88,510.00

Equal Opportunity Employer

Lamb Weston is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, disability, veteran status or any other protected factor under federal, state or local law