Restaurant Supply Chain Solutions, LLC, a Yum! Brands Co-op, is currently seeking a Senior Director, IT, PMO, to join the Business Technology team.
Position Overview:
This position leads project management, business analysis, ERP administration, and ERP development. The ideal candidate is a detail-oriented person who adapts quickly and earns credibility and trust by building relationships and collaborating with leaders and delivers projects on time/budget.
Fabulous Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, Retirement, Vacation, Holidays, Floating Holidays, Life Insurance, Free lunch on Wednesday, and much more
Hybrid Schedule: 3 days in the office, 2 days remote
Essential Functions
• Lead and manage projects in support of applications and systems.
• Support information collection from all supply chain partners to deliver on supply chain visibility objectives.
• Work with IS and Departmental leadership and IS functional committees to identify and lead IT initiatives /
projects.
• Lead ERP administration and development team, working with business partners in the equipment and accounting
teams to understand their needs and develop and/or implement solutions that meet their objectives.
• Work with internal clients and team members to deliver results on-time/ on-budget.
• Work with Vice President, Business Technology, to forecast needs, requirements, and future technology
plan/roadmap.
• Collaborates with Vice President, Business Technology and Department heads to approve, prioritize, budget, and
schedule projects.
• Use project management principles and methodologies to projects that span multiple functional departments.
• Works directly with senior leadership to manage all phases of the project lifecycle, including planning,
design, configuration, testing, implementation, documentation, training, and closure.
• Monitors project status, while adhering to established project management policies and procedures, including
meeting project budgets, accurate documentation, status reports, and following change management procedures.
• Creates and updates detailed project plans that outline specific tasks that need to be accomplished to ensure
successfully deployed initiatives.
• Determines resource requirements and ensures that the project achieves the expected results on time/budget.
• Coordinates project tasks and manages resources from start to completion, documenting significant variations
from originally estimated timeline and costs.
• Provides leadership and support by working with project sponsors and SMEs to analyze information, document
critical processes, and identify improvement opportunities.
• Identifies areas of risk, escalates and communicates as appropriate, develops risk mitigation strategies, and
implements mitigation actions for the risks identified.
• Meets with and presents to key executives and managers to coordinate meetings, assignments, and deadlines.
• Facilitates complex team meetings involving business and technical resources.
• Demonstrates credibility to ensure business and technology decisions are reached to support business goals and
objectives.
• Recommend process improvements that result in more efficient, cost-saving procedures for future projects.
• Document, maintain and update system-level customizations as well as training documentation.
• Assists with data cleansing, deduplication, and data maintenance efforts.
• Test program release upgrades.
• Establishes responsible deadlines and personal work plans.
• Accept other like responsibilities as assigned.
Education, Experience and Skills:
• Bachelor’s degree required.
• 10+ years of IT/IS-related project management, business analyst experience.
• Leading multiple projects simultaneously as a team lead or project manager implementing large-scale systems,
with experience developing project plans and delegating and tracking tasks based on the plan.
• 3+ years in a leadership role
• Experience managing large projects (resources and budget)
• Strong technical knowledge and supply chain understanding/experience
• PMP certification completed or desire to pursue PMP certification.
• Experience in using project management tools and methodologies, and a proven ability to develop successful
collaborative working relationships.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions – excellent analysis
skills using scientific methods.
• Must be able to proactively solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in
situations where only limited standardization exists.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office/365 Suite
• ERP, Data Warehouse/Business Intelligence Tools experience a plus
• 2+ years of development experience (ex: light programming, scripting, querying)
• Experience leading ERP administration (Netsuite, SAP, etc.)
• Agile Methodology Knowledge of C# or VB .NET, ASP.NET MVC, ASP.NET Web API, ORMs such as Entity Framework, and
Forms Applications
• Experience with Data Warehouse / Business Intelligence Tools
• Experience with MS SharePoint Online
• Experience with third-party tool integration
Key Competencies for the Position
• Excellent communication skills at all levels of the organization
• Excellent management skills
• Motivated self-starter with a positive attitude
• Excellent listening skills
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite
• Experience in Supply Chain / Food Service / Restaurant Technology Industry
Key Interfaces
• Information Systems Technology and Supply Chain Functions
• RSCS Leadership Team
• Yum! Brands Team Members
Required Skills
Required Experience