Senior Manager, Strategic Transformation

The Opportunity

Reporting directly to the Vice President Transformation & Focus Project the Senior Manager Strategic Transformation will be accountable for creating a framework to assess and optimize the allocation of time and resources to transformation initiatives across the organization including those leveraging Artificial Intelligence (AI). The successful candidate will ensure alignment with a topdown enterprisewide approach and gain alignment between the Transformation Office Information Services (IS) Corporate Functions and the Business Units.

What youll do

• Develop and lead a Transformation strategy roadmap with a 35year timeframe ensuring alignment with the Focus framework and balancing interdependencies between inflight initiatives the SAP S4/Hana upgrade ongoing operating model/integration work and IS projects including the enterprisewide AI strategy.

• Provide leadership and strategic direction to a team of professionals to develop and execute the Transformation strategy roadmap and enable the success of topdown enterprisewide initiatives.

• Oversee the strategic portfolio review process to prioritize and rank transformation projects ensuring optimal alignment of time and resource allocation while integrating project development and review processes effectively.

• Assess and refine value prioritization models across various areas ensuring alignment with enterprisewide strategic goals and create a unified value prioritization framework for Transformation initiatives.

• Monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of transformation initiatives making adjustments as necessary to ensure optimal outcomes.

• Foster collaboration across the organization including IS Corporate Functions and the Business Units to ensure cohesive and aligned transformation efforts leveraging existing frameworks and/or implementing improved processes for value realization.

• Provide strategic insights and recommendations to senior leadership on the allocation of resources to highimpact transformation initiatives.

• Influence and advise others through technical expertise and effective stakeholder collaboration to ensure alignment and buyin for strategic transformation initiatives.

• Demonstrate a high level of cultural leadership (Safety in every step Personal accountability One team Active learning).

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Business Administration Strategy or a related field; MBA or advanced degree preferred.

• 10 years of proven experience in strategic planning portfolio management/optimization and transformation initiatives.

• Experience within other functional organizations is considered an asset (Engineering Operations Projects etc.).

• Proven record of delivering complex crossfunctional projects on time and within budget.

• Strong analytical and problemsolving skills with the ability to assess complex value prioritization models.

• Experience with AI and technologydriven transformation initiatives is highly desirable.

• Ability to work collaboratively across functions and business units to drive strategic alignment and transformation.

• Adaptable to changing conditions knowledgeable in application of continuous improvement techniques with the ability to interface effectively at all levels of the organization.

• Outstanding negotiation and dispute resolutions skills with the ability to drive optimal outcomes between stakeholders with differing opinions.

• Demonstrated leadership capability and ability to provide business guidance to staff with strong coaching and mentoring skills.

• Ability to think strategically and creatively to establish as well as emulate and implement best practices.

• Proven track record of monitoring emerging transformation and continuous improvement trends and leveraging strong industry relationships to inform and elevate organizational initiatives.

To remain competitive support our highperformance culture and allow for more flexibility in the way we work we offer a hybrid work model and flexible dress code for our eligible officebased workforce in Canada the U.S. and Mexico.