RYZE

Account Manager

• Build and own the pipeline from high-potential TikTok Shop affiliate to signed, negotiated top-tier partner.
• Grow the top-tier creator roster to 100+ consistently productive creators.
• Set investment-tier criteria using performance data and build the business case for each deal.
• Negotiate commission structures, retainer fees, bonuses, exclusivity terms, and usage rights.
• Draft and maintain partnership contracts through renewal or expiration.
• Own budget allocation across top-tier partnerships and adjust spend based on ROI.
• Work with legal and finance to document and execute contract terms, payment structures, and deliverables.
• Drive creator-driven TikTok Shop GMV, impressions, and content views.
• Improve seeding, activation, and campaign execution speed.
• Grow renewal and repeat-partnership rates; flag underperforming partnerships for renegotiation or exit.
• Build and deliver regular performance reporting.
• Provide high-touch support covering product shipments, content approvals, live shopping support, and promo calendar coordination.
• Resolve escalations while protecting creator relationships and brand reputation.
• Represent RYZE at creator events, TikTok Shop summits, and brand activations, including occasional travel.
• Align top-tier strategy with the broader affiliate program.
• Build co-branded campaigns, launches, and exclusive content moments with Marketing and PR.

Creator Partnerships & Growth Manager

Creative Strategist

• Own creative and messaging strategy for paid media and search-driven campaigns, emphasizing static ad formats
• Develop campaign concepts, creative frameworks, and testing roadmaps aligned to acquisition and revenue goals
• Analyze performance using CTR, CAC, CPA, ROAS, and campaign-level KPIs
• Translate performance data into actionable insights and recommendations
• Deliver regular reporting and performance updates to marketing leadership
• Optimize creative assets, messaging, and formats based on performance trends and audience behavior
• Lead A/B testing and structured creative experimentation programs
• Identify winning creative patterns and scale high-performing concepts
• Lead and manage designers and QA support teams
• Set creative priorities and oversee workflows, timelines, quality, accuracy, brand consistency, and asset delivery
• Collaborate with media buying, performance marketing, CRO, and analytics teams
• Develop and optimize creative assets for Amazon, Target, and other digital retail platforms
• Collaborate on advertorials, listicles, and content-led landing experiences to improve conversion rates and funnel efficiency
• Support multi-channel campaign planning, rollout strategies, testing plans, and launches
• Analyze market trends, audience insights, competitor activity, performance data, and platform data
• Evaluate emerging creative formats, advertising technologies, and performance tools
• Oversee creative concepts, mockups, and prototypes for paid media and e-commerce

Creative Strategist, Paid Media

Manager

• Own and continuously improve the raw material and packaging supplier audit and qualification program, covering ingredient suppliers, packaging vendors, and third-party warehouses
• Lead onboarding and qualification of new raw material and packaging suppliers, including remote and on-site audits against cGMP, FSMA, GFSI, and internal standards
• Design a raw material standard requirement and KPI measurement, in parallel to the Ryze Above standard, to drive raw material visits and performance
• Own raw material specifications and technical documentation, driving best-in-class standards for spec format and the quality and completeness of Certificates of Analysis (COAs)
• Ensure RYZE's own standard for specifications is rolled out and maintained
• Build and maintain the raw material risk assessment process and audit schedule, covering food safety, allergens, country of origin, financial and other risk factors
• Manage raw material deviations and non-conformances, leading root cause analysis and CAPA to close out recurring supplier issues
• Own supplier quality agreements and Supplier Quality Questionnaires (SQQs), keeping documentation current and audit-ready
• Develop and maintain KPIs for raw material supplier performance and audit outcomes, feeding the wider Quality data and reporting cadence
• Partner cross-functionally with Procurement, NPD, and the Senior Quality Manager on new supplier approvals, product changes, and new launches
• Report to the VP of Quality

Raw Material Quality Manager

Sales

• Develop and execute the long-term commercial strategy for RYZE’s Target business
• Build relationships with buyer, category management, replenishment, supply chain, and senior-level Target stakeholders
• Lead annual Joint Business Planning, customer negotiations, assortment decisions, promotional planning, and pricing strategy
• Build and execute the 4P strategy for RYZE at Target
• Expand distribution, improve assortment, and accelerate category and market share growth
• Own total account P&L performance, including volume, net sales, gross margin, trade spend, deductions, and profitability
• Lead Revenue Growth Management, including pricing strategy, promotional optimization, trade spend ROI, and channel/mix management
• Own S&OP forecasting and planning, aligning forecasts, shipments, inventory targets, promotional lifts, and replenishment needs
• Drive omnichannel growth at Target across in-store execution, modular planning, digital commerce, Target.com, and Roundel media investment
• Translate food and wellness CPG trends and consumer insights into assortment and innovation recommendations
• Lead line reviews, modular planning, assortment optimization, new item launches, and feature/display planning
• Use POS and syndicated data to build selling stories, business reviews, assortment recommendations, and corrective action plans
• Manage distributor and broker partners, including UNFI and KeHE
• Partner with Marketing, Category Management, Finance, Supply Chain, and Demand Planning on customer growth initiatives and execution
• Lead internal and customer-facing business reviews and resolve pricing, supply, deductions, replenishment, and compliance issues
• Represent RYZE at top-to-tops, line reviews, and vendor summits

Sales Director, Mass

• Report to the VP of Quality.
• Own the systems, data, and compliance backbone behind RYZE's manufacturing and co-manufacturer network.
• Rebuild and simplify core quality processes across DTC, mass retail, and the planned cross-category launch.
• Review system gaps and provide simple, efficient, operationally focused quality solutions; champion process utilization.
• Own the product launch quality system and build a finished-good specification framework covering blend controls, ingredient order, quality checks, sensory panels, packaging, and testing.
• Cross-check co-manufacturer Quality Manager KPIs and support quarterly senior co-manufacturer visits with the VP of Quality.
• Own the monthly Quality performance report, including CPMU, NCRs, and other core metrics, and act as the department's data lead.
• Own relationships with regulatory authorities, retailers, and raw material senior teams, ensuring compliance with FSMA and applicable FDA and state regulations.
• Review the existing Qualio system and lead simplification of Quality and Process, including support for co-manufacturer Quality Managers through the process and regulatory team.
• Own and lead the Crisis/Incident Management plan and coordinate quality incidents through timely, structured resolution.
• Own sign-off and oversight of change control for formulation changes and label modifications, ensuring risk assessment and cross-functional communication.
• Partner with the Raw Material Manager to assess raw material risk, build the audit schedule, and improve specifications, COAs, and supplier quality questionnaires.

Senior Quality Manager

• Own all quality data analytics and processing, using complaint data to build CPMU insights that drive department decision-making
• Lead the design of key data trending, including foreign body drivers by type and site, allergens, serious complaints, and quality complaints
• Lead data trending on non-conformances, tracking closure against agreed timeframes and escalating any at risk
• Drive corrective action and site focus, giving Quality Managers clear direction on priority investigations and actions
• Own and produce the data behind weekly and monthly quality reporting, and lead the complaints analytical meeting
• Support quality system improvements, including the ongoing use of systems, keeping it simple and effective
• Lead and develop RYZE's finished good specification format, rebuilding it to be practical and enforceable across the co-manufacturer network
• Build core product controls into every spec, including ingredient order, blend time and speed by machine, product testing details, and label controls and approval

Quality Data and Finished Goods Specification Manager

• Establish upstream process controls, ingredient acceptance criteria, and pre-production validation protocols
• Design and implement FMEA, HACCP-aligned risk frameworks, and pre-production readiness checklists
• Partner with R&D to translate formulation requirements into manufacturing-ready specifications and tolerances
• Serve as the primary technical liaison to co-manufacturing partners
• Lead technical due diligence and onboarding for new co-manufacturers
• Evaluate equipment capabilities, production infrastructure, and quality systems, and close capability gaps
• Drive sustained CAPAs and engineering changes
• Benchmark co-manufacturer performance and identify systemic risks
• Analyze and optimize blending, conveying, filling, and packaging processes for powders
• Diagnose deviations using 5-Why, Fishbone, DOE, and Barrier Analysis methods
• Implement SPC, control charts, capability studies, and enforceable process windows
• Oversee line trials, first production runs, and process validations at co-manufacturing sites
• Evaluate powder characteristics and improve mixing strategies and equipment selection
• Support development of Ryze’s internal lab in Santa Ana, including equipment needs, testing protocols, and lab SOPs
• Collaborate on stability testing, sensory calibration panels, reference standards, and specification frameworks
• Conduct manufacturability assessments for new formulas, packaging formats, and BOM changes
• Build production instructions and process controls for new SKU launches
• Attend trial runs, collect data, and sign off on manufacturing readiness before scale-up
• Partner with Supply Chain on traceability, sourcing quality risk, recall readiness, and capacity evaluations
• Work with QA/regulatory and Operations on technical capabilities, manufacturing efficiency, and scrap/rework reduction