Director of Business Transformation, Great Britain, Scarborough
Client: mccainfood
Location: Scarborough, United Kingdom
Job Category: Other
EU work permit required: Yes
Job Reference: e50ed0a909cb
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Posted: 20.02.2025
Expiry Date: 06.04.2025
Job Description:
Position Title: Director of Business Transformation, Great Britain
Position Type: Regular - Full-Time
Position Location: Scarborough
Requisition ID: 34661
At McCain, we believe in meaningful technology – using digital technology not just for innovation, but to make a difference globally. Join a team where innovation drives purpose and technology shapes the future. This is your chance to develop sought-after expertise, work on exciting, high-impact projects, and create solutions that truly make a difference. If you're ready to push boundaries, tackle purposeful challenges, and build a career that matters, we want you on our team.
This individual will lead and oversee the deployment and integration of the implementation of SAP S/4 HANA, ensuring alignment with McCain Foods' business objectives and sustainable growth. This role will work closely with cross-functional teams, stakeholders, and third-party vendors to ensure the smooth implementation, integration, and optimization of the S/4 HANA solution to support our global digital transformation strategy. The ideal candidate will have a strong background and demonstrated capability in leading large scale projects, process improvement, and change management.
Accountabilities:
1. Work closely with key stakeholders (business, IT, and vendors) to ensure integration requirements align with business objectives.
2. Engage stakeholders across all levels, functions and regions to understand concerns, gather feedback, and secure buy-in for the implementation.
3. Partner with business process owners, digital technology teams, and external partners to define and validate integration requirements.
4. Act as a liaison between technical and non-technical teams to ensure clear communication and understanding of integration goals and outcomes.
5. Lead the integration and deployment plan, ensuring milestones are met within scope, on time, and within budget.
6. Proactively manage risks and issues related to integration activities, developing mitigation strategies as needed.
Qualifications:
1. Bachelors in Business Administration, Information Technology or related field.
2. 10+ years of experience leading change initiatives.
3. Experience supporting large scale, cross-functional programs.
Skills:
1. Proven communication skills with an ability to engage both executive-level management and operational teams effectively.
2. Results-driven and process improvement-focused with a strong propensity for excellence.
3. In-depth industry knowledge within the context of food production and technology implementation and stays current with industry trends and new capabilities.
4. Stakeholder Management: communicates with global and regional process owners and manages stakeholders from both the business and IT teams, ensuring alignment to the process, the solution, its benefits, and their role in its execution.
5. Able to approach conflict resolution and negotiation with confidence and tact.
6. Passion for innovation and continuous improvement, with a willingness to challenge the status quo.
7. Leadership capability in coaching and mentoring, fostering a culture of growth and learning.
8. Leverages influence, knowledge, and analytical prowess to make well-informed strategic decisions and to dynamically allocate resources.
About the team:
Reporting to the Global Head of Business Transformation, the successful candidate will be responsible for overseeing the integration efforts within a large-scale transformation program for Great Britain. The Business Transformation Director, GB Region will be responsible for ensuring seamless alignment between various systems, platforms, and business processes in support of our digital transformation. This individual will work closely with the PMO, technical teams, business stakeholders, and vendors to ensure the successful integration of S/4 HANA and updated business processes. The role requires strong leadership, a deep understanding of business processes (order to cash, procure to pay, record to report etc.), and the ability to manage complex projects across multiple teams.
About McCain:
At McCain, we’re feeding the world: from French fries to cakes, we contribute to the important role food plays in people's lives. That’s why we’re dedicated to ensuring our core values—Family, Authentic, Trusted, and Quality—shine through every day. As a privately owned family company with over 60 years of experience, a presence in more than 160 countries, and a global team of 22,000 people, our values and culture are at the heart of everything we do. We believe that we can work together, along with our business and community partners, to bring sustainable growth and positive change today, tomorrow, and for generations to come. Join us and see how you can MAKE IT at McCain!
Job Family: Finance; Supply Chain & Logistics
Division: Global Finance
Department: Business Transformation
Location(s): GB - United Kingdom : England : Scarborough
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