Director IT & Data, Business Partner – Danone Canada

Job title: Director IT & Data, Business Partner – Danone Canada

Job description: Director IT & Data, Business Partner – Danone Canada

The Director IT & Data Business Partner will be the key strategic liaison between the business and IT & Data for all technology needs in Canada. This individual will be responsible for understanding the business and its strategic goals, requirements and objectives. This role will drive prioritization of business technology projects and support in the prioritization of work throughout the business. This role will work closely with local and global IT product groups to identify solutions to fulfill the demands that align with both the business strategy and the global technology strategy. The Business Partner will also work to ensure successful delivery and support of the IT and Data applications that enable business value.

This role will support End to End business processes but will focus on specific priority areas of Data & Analytics, Supply Chain, Finance, Ecommerce and other cross-functional topics.

The position can be based in our office in Boucherville, Québec or Toronto, Ontario.

More specifically:

Business Strategy / Strategic Vision

• Act as main point of contact between business and IT & Data function to align on strategic priorities, roadmaps and connects with the right IT & Data expert to solve and implement data & IT needs for the business.
• Ensure related priorities are clearly and consistently communicated to business and IT & Data organization
• Identify business technology needs and strategies and develop a strategic roadmap of products and services to enable growth, developing business cases to secure commitment for delivery
• Manages transversal business topics, including transversal overview of IT performance

Value Creation and Leadership

• Optimizes Business interactions with IT & Data, providing more efficiency and quality to delivery
• Manage business continuity and reliability by ensuring IT & Data operations are performing and delivering without disruption. Engage and manage escalations as required.

• Works closely to business stakeholders throughout multiple areas under his/her responsibility, coordinates IT strategy within Product Group Leaders and connects with Product Owners
• Lead teams (including external partners) to manage the delivery and execution of key strategic initiatives.

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About You:

• Bachelor’s degree in IT, Business Systems or Data and Analytics
• A minimum of 10 years of experience in the technology field, previous customer facing role a plus.
• Bilingual (French and English) is an asset
• Strong knowledge on customer satisfaction & business partnering
• Broad understanding in IT & Data business model
• Proven experience delivering and implementing solutions in technology as Business Partner
• Solid communication & influencing skills
• Ability to manage very high intensity problems
• Mastery of practical/technical knowledge
• Experience in product management and agile delivery models

Danone Canada is a business unit of Danone and operates from headquarter offices in Boucherville, Quebec, and Toronto, Ontario. Danone Canada is the country’s largest consumer-facing B Corporation, demonstrating that the company meets the highest standards of social and environmental performance, accountability, and transparency. We have 500+ employees across Canada engaged and energized to deliver Danone’s mission: Bringing health through to food to as many people as possible, by working on strong brands such as Activia, Oikos, Danone, Silk, International Delight and many others Come join our movement for a healthier world: One Planet. One Health BY YOU.

Danone Canada doesn’t just welcome what makes you unique, we value it. We’re proud to provide equal opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to cultural background, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression or age. Faithful to our values of openness and humanism, all of our employees share in the commitment to engage one another with dignity and respect.

Danone Inc. is committed to complying with its obligations under the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act and the Ontario Human Rights Code. Danone Inc. will make reasonable efforts to provide accommodation throughout its recruitment process, to the point of undue hardship, and will work with applicants requesting accommodation at any stage of this process. Questions concerning the availability of accommodation in the recruitment process may be forwarded to INFORMATION@danone.com

Please note that this posting has been written in the masculine form solely to shorten the text. We promote diversity and encourage all people with the skills mentioned in this posting to apply for this position.

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