Senior Director – Application Delivery
| Company | Smithfield Foods |
|---|---|
| Location | Newport News, VA, USA |
| Salary | $Not Provided – $Not Provided |
| Type | Full-Time |
| Degrees | Bachelor’s |
| Experience Level | Senior, Expert or higher |
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited four-year college or university in Business, Information Technology, Computer Science or related field and 12+ years of experience in IT; or equivalent combination of education and experience, required.
- 5+ years of demonstrated experience in team management/development is required.
- In depth experience in SAP and/or JDEdwards.
- Experience with different SDLC and technology change management models/practices.
- People management and development experience.
- Ability to work with vendors and corporate partners on delivery execution and providing cost effective solutions.
- Extensive experience partnering with all levels of the organization.
- Solid analytical skills, experience solving practical issues and engaging cross functional teams of multiple process partners to gain consensus.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to effectively communicate with peers and executive leadership.
- Strong leadership and management skills that align with the Smithfield culture. Specific skills include facilitating change, driving operational excellence, and striving for continuous improvement.
- Ability to work well with others in fast paced, dynamic environment.
- Ability to be respectful, approachable and team oriented while building strong working relationships and a positive work.
Responsibilities
- Provides Technical leadership for solutioning/support of solutions related to various functional groups.
- Works with IT leaders to ensure cross functional execution of strategy, projects and support efforts.
- Serves as the escalation point for issues within assigned functional groups.
- Delivers IT innovation to all of areas of Smithfield within assigned functional groups.
- Has oversight of the development/configuration/coding and/or technical design of applications.
- Responsible for ensuring appropriate risk management and control execution through the development lifecycle.
- Communicates decisions, priorities and relevant project information to appropriate levels of staff regarding business unit requests, projects and initiatives.
- Proactively identifies opportunities (to leverage technology) to create business values or reduce costs.
- Drives technology and business process innovation within and across the global organization ensuring continuity.
- Develops strategic initiatives and plans, proactive, anticipatory, and driving in nature and provides significant value-solution to the business.
- Manages business relationships and projects across teams, vendors, and 3rd party providers.
- Drives CI approach to instill proactive culture within the IT organization.
- Manages strategic vendor partnerships and contracts in collaboration with Strategic Sourcing.
Preferred Qualifications
- Broad business applications experience, preferably in the Consumer Products, Food Manufacturing and /or Agribusiness, preferred.