Sr Director Demand Fulfillment Product Delivery Lead (remote) - Remote Eligible

Sr. Director, Demand Fulfillment Product Delivery Lead

Join Our Community of Food People! At US Foods®, innovation and technology is our superpower. We're delivering technology that empowers our customers and simplifies business. As we transform the digital landscape of the foodservice industry, we're outpacing our competitors faster than ever before. We believe diversity is the cornerstone of creativity and innovation—and we foster an open, inclusive, flexible work environment that supports our transformation.

The Sr. Director, Demand Fulfillment Product Delivery Lead will be responsible for transforming our forecasting and freighting technology stack to meet this challenge by creating a future-proof vision and rallying agile product teams to bring it to life. In partnership with Supply Chain leadership, assessing and selecting new technology, managing vendor relationships, defining release priorities are critical to ensure achievement of business outcomes and results through technology enablement.

Responsibilities

• Improve demand accuracy through toll tuning and implementation (Blue Yonder Forecasting)
• Make and meet business value commitments through innovative advising and thoughtful execution
• Assess future state Transportation Management System needs, develop a multi-year roadmap for transformation, and drive leadership approval
• Support product and freight buyer satisfaction and engagement through intuitive and data-connected technology solutions
• Monitor and analyze key performance indicators (KPIs) to drive continuous improvement. Establish action plans when needed.
• Partner with enterprise planning efforts to transition to a package purchase order generation model
• Build effective partnerships with Supply Chain leadership in corporate functions and distribution centers
• Ensure customer satisfactory by maintaining high standards of IT product delivery and service
• Manage department budget for operating expense and capital expenditures within business as usual and project portfolio
• Other duties as assigned

Supervision

• 10 direct and indirect reports, in addition to contractors

Relationships

• Internal: Executive leadership, Sr. Leadership Team; Supply Chain; Digital & Technology; Transformation office; HR; Finance; Legal
• External: Technology Vendors; consulting firms; industry organizations

Work Environment

• Remote: This role is fully remote, and the associate is expected to perform assigned responsibilities from a home-based environment.

Minimum Qualifications

• 10 years' experience in software development and implementation including 5 years management experience; end-to-end delivery of a Transportation Management System from RFP to completion preferred
• Must possess multiple years of experience in IT leadership and/or governance or other relevant areas
• Experience developing an innovation and future-proof agenda preferred
• Experience owning a product throughout its lifecycle preferred
• Experience leading large-scale projects ($5m+) preferred
• Demonstrated capability to:
  • Build relationships and manage satisfaction of internal customers
  • Create, sell, and attain project and department budgets
  • Manage, capacitive, and adjust organization headcount
  • Persist and deliver on-time, on-budget, on-quality, on-fit service or product
  • Coach performance, behavior, and quality of direct and indirect team talent
  • Manage partner service level, performance, cost predictability, education, alignment, and reputation
  • Develop business acumen at function level
  • Anticipate, mitigate, and chaperone escalations
  • Functional / technical expertise relevant to role
  • Communication, change management, persistence, and influence skills needed to own the message, create transparency and alignment, and deliver through and despite obstacles

Education

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Business, or related field or equivalent experience

This role will also receive annual incentive plan bonus.

Benefits for this role may include health insurance, pre-tax spending accounts, retirement benefits, paid time off, short-term and long-term disability, employee stock purchase plan, and life insurance.

Compensation depends on relevant experience and/or education, specific skills, function, geographic location, and other factors as applicable by law (for example: state minimum wage thresholds). The expected base rate for this role is between $125,000 - $215,000.

***EOE – Race/Color/Religion/Sex/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/National Origin/Age/Genetic Information /Protected Veteran/Disability Status***