Senior Manager, Corporate Services Business Solution Group - Sales/Marketing at Sonoco

You will like working for us as we have amazing people and a highly collaborative culture.   Global success hasn’t changed our tight-knit feel – we’ve simply grown into a larger, more diverse family.   We have thousands of jobs around the globe and encourage all of our associates to chase their dreams without having to find them in another company – it truly is a special place.

You will be responsible to align technology strategies and solutions with business processes and strategic initiatives. You will have a strategic leadership role in overseeing, managing and leveraging the entire lifecycle of IT investment for Sales/Marketing across business units.  You will be directly responsible for developing the application strategy aligned with the functional business needs, develops and deploys technology-enabled strategic initiatives, and leverages best practices across the Sonoco enterprise.  You must be a creative and strategic business/technology thinker who has the vision to look beyond the present and lead the development of the future IT strategy for the Sales/Marketing areas.  You will align priorities across the various business units and regions and ensure that investments are aligned to the overall business objectives and IT strategies.  In addition, you will be responsible for the successful implementation of enterprise applications and to ensure the achievement of the committed business case

• Develop strong relationships with business functional leaders by demonstrating proactive leadership, exhibiting deep understanding of business objectives and strategy, and delivering innovative IT solutions to achieve business goals and objectives
• Create and communicate the vision for how technology will shape and enable the transformation of the Sales/Marketing business areas
• Identify and lead the selection of the required technology to support the transformation of the Sales/Marketing business areas
• Responsible to develop and maintain overall Sales/Marketing IT strategic plan with the business partners across all Sonoco businesses and regions, identifying opportunities to leverage investments
• Ensures alignment of the solution portfolio and roadmap via facilitation of a governance process with the Sales/Marketing departments
• Provide thought-leadership to the Sales/Marketing leadership in the areas of process automation, data analytics, enterprise applications, and shared service operations
• Develop 3-5 year solution roadmap of required business capabilities and associated application roadmaps and technology investments
• Provide leadership, direction and communication to the Sales/Marketing Business Solution Group; build and develop a highly motivated, competent, and innovative IT team.
• Develop and maintain a proactive awareness of domain specific technology advancements via development of technology roadmaps. Incorporate emerging technology into IT strategic plan in alignment with business strategy, as appropriate.
• Directs advanced planning function responsible for consulting and ideation of business solutions, application R&D and IT strategy of respective domain. Includes business process mapping and redesign, project metrics and development of concept and statement of requirements in capital project preparation phase.
• Directs the planning, implementations, and execution of leveraged technology initiatives maintaining sound program management processes for successful execution.
• Facilitates the efficient transition of new solutions to ongoing application management
• Maintains and supports in-use business applications, ensuring achievement of service-level objectives
• Identify and facilitate implementation of required system characteristics, including availability, performance, and resiliency
• Develop and maintain relationships with strategic technology vendor partners and industry peers
• Active involvement and support of IT continuous improvement initiatives of our operating processes and methods. Active support of common software and architecture standards selection and implementation.
• Responsible to develop and manage to IT budget and financial forecasts including support and tracking of IT cost reduction and improvement initiatives.

This position is location flexible although a location close to our Global Corporate Headquarters in Hartsville, South Carolina or Charlotte, NC office is preferred.

• Bachelor’s Degree in MIS or related discipline; Masters Preferred
• Highly proficient in communicating and driving information technology solutions that aggressively supports business objectives.
• Proven experience in leading and directing applied technology in Sales/Marketing field
• Program/Project management experience of implementation of complex and integrated business applications in a complex global environment
• Understanding of Sales/Marketing application systems and processes
• Strong knowledge of CRM and digital marketing technology, including Dynamics CRM, Hubspot, and LinkedIn Sales Navigator.
• Strong understanding of data analytics and modern analytic solutions (eg., Power BI, Qlik, Tableu, etc.)

We care about the health and wellness of you and your family.  That’s why we offer a comprehensive benefits package that makes it easier to manage your health and provide financial security for you and your family.   In addition, we offer competitive wages and retirement plans. 

Apply today and help us grow stronger.

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