Women of the Vine & Spirits ยท 2 months ago
Vice President, North America IT Solutions
Pernod Ricard is a global premium spirits and wine company seeking a Vice President for North America IT Solutions. This role is accountable for aligning local business needs with global product strategy, managing deployment of tech solutions, and leading a team to enhance efficiency and innovation within the organization.
Food & Beverages
Responsibilities
Market relevancy of Tech strategy and roadmap: Understand business priorities, technological landscape and global mandate in order to fuel the definition of Tech strategy and the three-year roadmap for its scope of countries / affiliates. Agree with Product Domain Leads on Tech priorities, raising needs from the affiliates
Business engagement at Management entity level: Act as a single point of contact for the Management entity for all Tech related topics, participate in the different business Codis on Tech Agenda. Articulate the three-year Tech roadmap, engaging CEOs at ME level to agree upon it
Funding and value realization: Manage budget and related costs (payroll...), consolidate budget needs for its scope. Monitor consolidated value delivered by products on its regional scope
Local deployment and adoption: Anticipate the level of transformation at the affiliate level and oversee change management activities and adoption KPIs on global Tech solutions and processes locally. Raise Tech maturity, promoting global Tech solutions and processes, ensuring they are applied locally to drive convergence. Manage required resources to deliver the roadmap
Animation and management of proximity teams: Animate and coordinate proximity teams overseeing product agenda. Lead and manage its team of Business Engagement Leads and Domain Proximity Leads providing direction, coaching, and support to help them achieve their objectives
Manage the Local application portfolio to assure Business Continuity. Together with Product Teams, organize the transition of Local Applications to the different Capability Teams
Qualification
Required
Strong knowledge of the function
Strong knowledge of other business areas when relevant
Intermediate knowledge of competitors/market when relevant
Expertise in the market/region scope with a deep understanding of business challenges in the region
Strategy thinking & value-driven mindset
Strong financial skills
Experience in driving change management
Team Management
Understanding of agile principles, technical foundation, and knowledge of the application landscape
Experience in managing relationships with internal business stakeholders at C-level
Diverse multicultural skills and effective communication/animation skills
Collaborative mindset and experience in remote management of teams
Strong Business Knowledge in Sales, Finance and Supply Chain
Benefits
Flexible work policy
Hybrid option with flexibility to work remotely 2 days a week
Company
Women of the Vine & Spirits
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