Director, IT Business Partner - COI

Colonial Group, Inc. is a multigenerational, family-owned parent company overseeing a diverse portfolio of subsidiaries. Through our strategic infrastructure, logistics expertise, and a broad range of products and services, we create significant value for our customers while driving innovation and operational excellence.

POSITION SUMMARY
The Director, IT Business Partner will work with business stakeholders to prioritize and deliver initiatives that drive excellence in product, process, and technology. The role will work in close collaboration with IT’s COE’s to implement/improve business capabilities that achieve business objectives. As part of technology leadership team, the position will be involved in setting the strategic direction for business capabilities enabled by technology. This role is also responsible for overseeing IT-driven enhancements, managing system implementations, and optimizing our technology portfolio to drive operational efficiency and business growth.

JOB EXPECTATIONS/DUTIES

• Lead strategic and operational planning for the focusing on meeting business needs and requirements.
• Coordinate and facilitate consultation with stakeholders from the business and other sources to define business and process requirements for new technology.
• Partner with business leaders to understand existing business processes, gather requirements, evaluate vendors, and execute system implementations.
• Identify and analyze emerging technologies, trends, and opportunities for their potential to disrupt existing capabilities, digital and transformation strategies.
• Formulate an operating and engagement model for driving demand management, prioritization, delivery, and communications with senior management and key stakeholders.
• Lead the implementation, maintenance, and continuous improvement of our supply chain management systems, including ERP, WMS, TMS, and other related technologies.
• Partner with cross-functional IT teams to ensure seamless system integrations and data flow between discrete operational systems and other enterprise applications.
• Guide optimal approach on how to achieve the required capability and the sequence of the build (in response to prioritization) including build vs buy
• Monitor system performance and work with IT support teams to resolve issues and optimize functionality.
• Ensure IT projects align with compliance requirements, cybersecurity standards, and best practices.
• Provide training and support to end-users to enhance system adoption and utilization.

QUALIFICATIONS/REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor’s degree or a combination of relevant education, experience, and training
• PMP, Product Lifecycle Development certification. Agile/Scrum certification preferred.
• ERP knowledge of PDI Enterprise, JDEdwards Enterprise 1, or other enterprise ERP’s.
• Experience in logistics, wholesale distribution, manufacturing or supply chain (techno-functional)
• 10 years of program or project management experience implementing software systems.
• Knowledge of project planning tools, such as Smartsheet, Jira or Microsoft Project with evidence of practical application.
• Strong organizational skills, able to manage several projects at once.
• Skilled communicator with experience forming alliances and bringing together multiple stakeholders to execute on a common mission
• Successful delivery of several business technology platforms.
• Skilled in platform management, product management, architecture, analytics, a structured and data-driven thinker with excellent interpersonal skills.

Physical Requirements:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand, walk, and may occasionally lift and/or move up to 20 pounds.

Eligibility Requirements: Hiring is contingent upon eligibility to work in the United States.

Colonial Group, Inc. is committed to creating an environment that values and supports diversity and inclusiveness across our organizations. We encourage applications from qualified individuals who will help us achieve this mission. Colonial Group, Inc. prohibits discrimination of and will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, veteran status, marital status, or any other legally protected status.