Director - Strategic Initiatives

Responsible for supporting the pull through of key enterprise initiatives throughout the year to the USPAH organization, helping to ensure seamless implementation across the commercial and supply chain organizations. In addition, this role would support the successful launch of top USPAH cross-cutting initiatives and support tracking and reporting on key milestones. Team member would also be responsible for the development and improvement of commercial processes and support affecting both internal and external initiatives as S&CE leadership. This role develops, implements, improves and maintains policies, processes, workflows and escalation protocols to ensure consistent, high-quality execution of all USPAH top activities. Expected to collaborate with multiple cross-functional departments and associates in addition to commercial leaders, their chiefs of staff and relevant sales leaders.

• Manages assigned internal projects targeting improved performance, expanded relevance and delivery of organizational goals and commitments.
• Key owner for ensuring effective information exchange and workflows exist across departments and functions ensuring targeted timelines and milestones are consistently met.
• Leads or collaborates on efforts to explore and implement streamlined and/or automated workflows and processes between USPAH and other departments, striving to improve efficiency, productivity and overall responsiveness.
• Supports the planning and management of key enterprise initiatives and annual processes (e.g., financial planning, strategy planning, IT planning, etc.)
• Support the successful launch and tracking of key cross-cutting initiatives across USPAH.
• Identifies and implements continuous improvement efforts to aid improving the quality of strategic operations.
• Coordinates with other departments and functions to ensure S&CE, commercial teams and supply chain leaders have the right tools, technology and strategy to achieve targeted goals.
• May serve on cross functional projects or emerging issues as requested to lead in the representation of the business unit.
• Acts as a Key Subject Matter Expert (SME) as it relates to interacting with other departments and business units, assisting in educating other teams regarding the unique nuances of USPAH.
• Performs related duties as assigned.

Requirements:

Requires broad based experience in large complex organizations with responsibility for key functional operations such as business administration, accounting, sales, marketing, computer sciences or similar vocations generally obtained through completion of a four-year bachelor's degree program; MBA preferred. Requires a minimum of ten (10) years of progressive responsibility in the areas of sales, support and/or operations; and demonstrated ability to effectively manage medium to large-scale change and improvement initiatives. SAP and Salesforce.com experience strongly preferred.

• Ability to exercise independent judgment and creative problem-solving techniques in a complex highly matrixed environment
• Strong leadership, influencing, and collaboration skills necessary to navigate broadly across a multitude of internal departments and organizational levels
• Thorough knowledge and understanding of business principles, processes and technology
• Ability to define, implement, and maintain processes, protocols, and standards to drive performance and execution
• Excellent organizational skills; attention to detail, and strong project management skills
• Ability to execute sizeable projects from vision through implementation
• Thorough knowledge of the end-to-end Commercial process; including both internal and Customer key priorities and critical success factors
• Strong analytical, conceptual and problem-solving skills to evaluate business problems and apply knowledge to identify appropriate solutions
• Solid teamwork and interpersonal skills
• Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing
• Thorough knowledge of Cencora policies, programs & services; solid understanding of Cencora's business segments - retail, health systems, alternate care and group purchasing organizations

We provide compensation, benefits, and resources that enable a highly inclusive culture and support our team members' ability to live with purpose every day. In addition to traditional offerings like medical, dental, and vision care, we also provide a comprehensive suite of benefits that focus on the physical, emotional, financial, and social aspects of wellness. This encompasses support for working families, which may include backup dependent care, adoption assistance, infertility coverage, family building support, behavioral health solutions, paid parental leave, and paid caregiver leave. To encourage your personal growth, we also offer a variety of training programs, professional development resources, and opportunities to participate in mentorship programs, employee resource groups, volunteer activities, and much more. For details, visit https://www.virtualfairhub.com/cencora

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