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Job Description

The role of the Sr. Director, Central Team Global Services Partner –Distribution, Logistics and Procurement is to own executive level relationship of Distribution, Logistics and Procurement Leadership Team.  The primary focus is to serve as the strategic thought partner accountable for enabling the projects and priorities of the BD Central Teams – Distribution, Logistics and Procurement through the Technology and Global Services (TGS) organization. This role will stimulate, surface and shape demand for capabilities, processes and assets in addition to ensuring that the potential business value from those capabilities, processes and assets are captured, optimized and recognized. In addition, this individual will align and partner with the other TGS Business Partners and Center of Excellence (COE) leads to ensure awareness is raised, and dots are connected across the enterprise. This is a great opportunity for someone to facilitate bringing technology and process together to simplify the underlying critical work that is enabled by Global Functions across a large global enterprise.

This senior leadership position reports directly to the Vice President, Busimess Partner – Central Teams.

The objective of this role is to actively partner with Distribution, Logistics and Procurement Leadership to understand their strategic priorities and work to identify ways that TGS can support and advance those objectives. Primary responsibilities will include:

• Develop a deep knowledge of the function including key driver goals, short and long term functional roadmaps, key personnel, etc.
• Establish and earn value-adding, strategic partner relationship maturity for yourself and for the entire TGS function
• Partner with Distribution, Logistics and Procurement leadership to plan new joint initiatives, evaluate proposals, and determine how they fit into functional capability roadmaps and priorities
• Think strategically by identifying function opportunities and the best-suited position for the function’s adoption within the organization
• Build and manage the TGS partner team to ensure convergence and strategic partnering with each functional partner team
• Align with TGS COEs to ensure functional capability roadmaps are informed by, and are integrated with, the core platform enterprise architecture
• Ensure project and initiative progress, including consistent and effective communication. This includes managing escalation and avoiding risk
• Measure and communicate value realized with the functional partner on a periodic basis through defined and agreed upon metrics and supporting analysis
• Serve as a continuous connector. Energized by a role that is focused on partnership and facilitation. Operates through the lens of what can we do to simplify and improve things

The ideal candidate will bring a combination of strategic understanding, both functional and business experience, exceptional relationship building skills and solution-oriented mindset together.

In addition, this person should also possess:

• 10+ years of experience in a business including functional departments
• Ability to influence and break down silos within an organization as well across organizations
• Ability to map joint organizational vision and long-term thinking, imagination, and idea generation
• Ability to communicate complex business / technical challenges in a simplified manner
• Must be a leader who can influence stakeholders in written and oral communications
• Must have experience and knowledge of change management principles and methodologies and have the ability to formulate new programs to generate excitement and engagement
• Familiarity with continuous improvement and project management approaches, tools, and phases 
• Exceptional ability to lead change using positive and collaborative methods
• Highly collaborative work style which includes working effectively across all organizational levels
• Experience working in a highly matrixed organization and in overcoming ambiguity
• Leading by example, mentoring, and motivating others all around you
• Superior analytical, evaluative, and problem-solving abilities
• Excellent judgment and decision-making
• Able to align and work with diverse global stakeholders
• Strong humility, listening, creativity, and negotiation skills
• Accept ownership

Bachelor’s degree in business or a related field is strongly preferred. Master’s degree highly desirable. Educational certificate or training in a process methodology is a plus.

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