ODM Project Coordinator

At Bestway USA, our passions and innovations come to life thanks to the people who work here. We value diversity and believe that different backgrounds, ideas, and perspectives help us spread happiness and create a culture of positivity. We embrace flexibility and many of our positions offer a hybrid work-from-home schedule. Bestway USA was selected as one of the top companies to work for in Arizona for 5 consecutive years, most recently in 2025! We generously start all employees with at least 20 days of paid time off annually and at least 14 paid holidays. We are a hard-working, casual, dog-friendly company (yes, your polite and playful pup is always welcome at our office!). We invest in our employees' - and their families - health; we believe this is part of your total compensation, so we strive to keep employee costs low and contribute thousands each year to every plan's premium. Our Core Values of Respect, Recognition, Accountability, Leadership, and Communication guide our decision making, how we engage with others, and how we lead our teams.

The ODM Project Coordinator is responsible for product execution throughout the product lifecycle; including facilitating custom client needs, working closely with overseas research and development, internal design, sales, and creative services to ensure project and client goals are met.  

 Essential Functions: Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Review and approve project requests from Bestway US sales account managers 
• Coordinate project workload among ODM design team resources
• Launch and manage projects with assistance as needed from relevant NPD product managers
• Coordinate with sales account managers on the confirmation of samples, specs, and costs
• Coordinate with creative services to ensure that all photo, packaging, and other creative assets for ODM projects are executed within the required timelines and parameters
• Provide regularly scheduled project status updates to sales account managers 
• Assist ODM Project Manager to provide end of season performance data to sales and PD teams
• Assist ODM Project Manager to develop and implement processes focused on continuous improvement and efficiency enhancement for ODM project management
• Accompany sales account managers to key product presentations and meetings

Competencies: 

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to influence cross-functional teams without formal authority
• Strong project management skills with ability to plan tasks, manage progress, and resolve conflict across multiple projects concurrently
• Exceptional attention to detail 
• Comfortable with international travel, especially to China
• Curiosity, flexibility, positivity, and a good sense of humor 
• Direct experience working within the consumer goods industry
• Experience working with licensors

Required Education and Experience:

• BS degree in Business, Marketing, or related field
• Minimum of 3 years in a CPG project management position
• Experience working directly with manufacturing operations overseas
• Experience working with licensors 
• Microsoft Office Suite, especially Planner, Excel, and PowerPoint with intermediate to advanced knowledge

Travel: Some travel required including international. 

Bestway (USA) Inc. is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All employment decisions at Bestway will be based on merit, qualifications, and abilities. We do not discriminate upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.