Job Description
The Director Business Development will lead the growth initiatives and the all channel initiatives for the Off-price Banner.
The Director of Corporate Strategy will have the opportunity to be involved with all phase of the new initiative project lifecycle from inception, to evaluation, to planning to rollout and management. The initiatives planned in this area are the biggest growth initiatives of the banner and given the unique representation of 50% of sales in digital and 50% of sales in B&M the initiatives have the potential to be on the forefront of all channel commerce.
Responsibilities include managing all aspects of the initiatives, including project plans, project budgets, deadlines, task member assignment, tasks/responsibility delegation, project evaluation, problem resolution, resource management, analytics, and developing and presenting results to senior management. This person will lead cross-functional and cross-channel teams, will develop/support project relationships, and act as the point person for project execution and coordination.
This is a high visibility role and will work closely with senior leadership from Hudson’s Bay Company and the Off-price banner.
Responsibilities:
Demonstrate ownership, accountability and proactive project management, through disciplined and effective planning, documentation, tracking, assessment, and communication
Defining business cases, evaluating, communicating and championing major .com and all channel initiatives that will drive out-sized growth 1-2 years out
Work with the digital cross functional and store operations team to define execution and new processes, roll-out and track progress on new initiatives and new functionality (like Buy Online Pick up in Store, In-store Technology)
Provide thought leadership on an array of management issues directly relating to primary projects as well as larger company priorities outside of the immediate primary responsibilities
Create project plans (includes tasks, resources, and timeframes) and required project documentation by gaining input from appropriate parties and obtaining management sign-off and commitment. Provide status reports and project progress updates
Effective execution of assigned project within deadline
Rollout of new initiatives and out-sized impact of these initiatives on growth
Qualifications
Requirements:
MBA preferred; BS will be considered if the candidate has significant experience in consulting at the Manager level
Related Work Experience: 3-5 years of post-graduate (MBA) or 2-3+ years at a highly regarded consulting firm
Education in business / commerce / econ or related field
Frame approach and managing all facets of work streams – from launch to delivery
Demonstrated skills in analyzing results, and synthesizing all outputs for final presentation to internal clients
Ability to apply complete understanding of theories and concepts from one's
Maintain, track, report and understand variances in the integrated project
Create final project deliverables and presenting to internal clients / Executive Leadership team
Experience in identifying strategic, process, operational, and change management issues and recommending and implementing solutions to resolve problems
Extensive experience with structuring advanced PowerPoint presentations to communicate ideas, solutions, and findings
Education and/or experience in managing technical/systems implementations
Possess very strong project management expertise (planning, organizing and managing resources to bring about the successful completion of specific project goals and objectives)
Strong analytical skills – financial analysis and quantitative methods
Strong Communication skills, written & verbal
Strong relationship management skills (team building and leadership)
Highly competent with PowerPoint, Word, Excel,
Experience in creating project management frameworks (Issue/Action logs, Status reports/Scorecards, etc)
Strong influencing skills: proven ability to get things done without formal authority; ability to build and maintain support and buy-in at all levels within the business
Ability to exercise independent, sound judgment
Team player with self-confidence, assertiveness and personal motivation
Ability to multi-task / manage multiple projects with concurrent deadlines
Meeting facilitation and consensus building skills