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Cencora · 2 days ago

Director – Strategic Initiatives

United, PA

Full-time

Onsite

Director/Executive

$101K/yr - $155K/yr

10+ years exp

Cencora is an innovative company focused on creating healthier futures. The Director of Strategic Initiatives is responsible for developing and improving commercial processes, collaborating across departments to enhance organizational performance and customer experience.

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Responsibilities

Manages assigned internal projects targeting improved performance, expanded relevance and delivery of organizational goals and commitments

Participates and supports external business development and customer development initiatives as needed

Key owner for ensuring effective information exchange and workflows exist across departments and functions ensuring targeted timelines and milestones are consistently met

Leads or collaborates on efforts to explore and implement streamlined and/or automated workflows and processes between sales and other departments; striving to improve efficiency, productivity and overall responsiveness

Supports the planning and management of business pilots and proof of concepts as part of Sales' growth strategy

Needs to be able to understand and apply industry-wide trends; including regulatory, technology, and distribution channel, and modify plans and actions accordingly

Identifies and implements continuous improvement efforts to aid improving the quality of sales effectiveness and consistency of sales execution efforts

Coordinates with other departments and functions to ensure Sales has the right tools, technology and strategy to achieve targeted goals

May serve on cross functional projects as requested to lead in the representation of the business unit

Acts as a Key Subject Matter Expert (SME) as it relates to interacting with other departments and business units; assisting in educating other teams regarding the unique nuances of assigned business unit

Performs related duties as assigned

Qualification

SAPSalesforce.comProject ManagementAnalytical SkillsBusiness PrinciplesLeadershipCollaboration SkillsProblem-SolvingCommunication SkillsTeamwork

Required

Requires broad based experience in large complex organizations with responsibility for key functional operations such as business administration, accounting, sales, marketing, computer sciences or similar vocations generally obtained through completion of a four-year bachelor's degree program

Requires a minimum of ten (10) years of progressive responsibility in the areas of sales, support and/or operations; and demonstrated ability to effectively manage medium to large-scale change and improvement initiatives

Ability to exercise independent judgment and creative problem-solving techniques in a complex highly matrixed environment

Strong leadership, influencing, and collaboration skills necessary to navigate broadly across a multitude of internal departments and organizational levels

Thorough knowledge and understanding of business principles, processes and technology

Ability to define, implement, and maintain processes, protocols, and standards to drive performance and execution

Excellent organizational skills; attention to detail, and strong project management skills

Ability to execute sizeable projects from vision through implementation

Thorough knowledge of the end-to-end commercial process; including both internal and customer key priorities and critical success factors

Strong analytical, conceptual and problem-solving skills to evaluate business problems and apply knowledge to identify appropriate solutions

Solid teamwork and interpersonal skills

Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing

Thorough knowledge of ABC policies, programs & services; solid understanding of ABCs business segments - retail, health systems, alternate care and group purchasing organizations