Head of Projects and Insights

Sysco International are recruiting for a Head of Projects & Insight, who will report to the Director of International Merchandising. The purpose of this role is to lead the International team of Project Managers and Insight Analysts, including the coordination of project plans that will deliver the execution of International Merchandising initiatives across Procurement, Merchandising, Category Management and Commercial sales teams among other functions as needed. You’ll be responsible for the delivery of global projects offering better buying and selling solutions.

This role will also lead the Insight Analytics team by designing, building, maintaining, and improving detailed reporting, analytical dashboards, and metrics to create powerful data reports and analysis. This will allow colleagues to commercialise the data to identify opportunities, create leverage, improve profit margins and make growth decisions across a range of categories, increasing Sysco’s revenue stream.

We are offering a home-based contract on a full-time permanent basis.

Accountabilities

• Manage and lead a team of Project Managers and Insights Analysts to drive both functions.
  
• Work in partnership with the Head of Commercial Activists as part of the greater team to ensure analytics and project management resource work effectively alongside the Activist function as one partner team.
  
• Act as lead project manager and own projects from initial opportunity analysis to implementation.
  
• Partner with International teams and in-country resources to turn priorities and goals into strategies, structured plans, and roadmaps with actionable initiatives.
  
• Identify resources, assign work, and mobilise resources within the team effectively, prioritising as needed and launch projects.
  
• Maintain, build, and improve reporting dashboards to provide powerful data analysis in an easy and quickly accessible way to category teams, commercial teams, and suppliers.
  
• Lead the creation of solutions to allow future revenue to be driven from the data analysis / dashboards, such as through commercialising the data analysis with vendors.
  
• Lead in the development, maintenance and enhancement/optimization of reports and tools to support critical projects within the commercial teams such as: sourcing events, “PGM waves” or tenders, lotting, commercial sales opportunity analysis, supply chain / route to market optimisation analysis, Category and Assortment (range) Management / SKU rationalisation – both locally in-country and at a region level. Consider "what if" scenarios.Prepare and structure projects within the team: define objectives, projects, initiatives, contributors, detailed roadmap, change management, etc.
  
• Improve usability of Sysco's data sources and lead / drive long-term growth both for Sysco’s internal data management and the effective analysis of that data centrally and in-country.
  
• Identify and implement opportunities to further leverage 3rd party tools.
  
• Oversee, develop, and deploy new tools and technologies as needed to support the role.
  
• Collaborate with Sysco’s global PGM* and project management teams and resources to share best practices for implementation across International Merchandising teams.

Knowledge, Skills and Competencies

You’ll have extensive experience driving forward growth strategy initiatives across a large International / FMCG or food service organisation, with a key focus and history in Project Management and Insight Analysis. This is a senior position with line management and business improvement responsibility, so experience of creating and managing large projects is essential. We are looking for someone who holds excellent organisational and time management skills as you will lead on multiple concurrently running project workstreams and priorities by creating project plans that can be communicated and easily understood by stakeholders Internationally. This role will ensure that the Insight team are building accurate, useful, powerful and easy to use dashboards, utilising key data analysis for the Merchandising team to build category strategies, which will drive a healthy revenue stream.

Previous experience using project manager 3rd party tools, IT software and MS Office are essential to facilitate effective project management. A strong understanding of Insight Analysis tools is required to support with accurate reporting dashboards. An FMCG or foodservice organisation background is desirable.

• The Head of Projects & Insight role is a critical-enabler position within Sysco’s “Partnership Growth Management” (PGM) project across our international markets. PGM is a key initiative designed to improve Sysco’s margin and facilitate growth for Sysco and is a project running concurrently across multiple international markets requiring detailed organisation and coordination. Within PGM we aim to make 100% data-based / fact-based decisions so this role is key to support that.

Sysco International was formed in January 2021, and comprises of Sysco’s foodservice operations outside the US, with operating companies in the UK (Brakes & Fresh Direct, kff & Medina), France, Ireland, Sweden, the Bahamas and Latin America, as well as Sysco’s export business, International Food Group. Sales through our International segment in the most recently reported quarter were $3.3 billion, driving significant profit growth.

At Sysco International everyone is welcome. We don’t want you to ‘fit our culture’ we want you to help define it and we actively celebrate the unique talents of each and every colleague. We don’t just look at your CV, we’re more focused on who you are and your potential. As part of our values, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive culture where everyone has a voice, is appreciated and has the same opportunities. We work hard to ensure that everyone feels part of our business, as we care for one another and connect the world through food and trusted partnerships. Our ultimate goal is to ensure that everyone belongs and thrives at Sysco and we recognise that Sysco can only thrive when everyone feels they belong. We'll do everything we can to support you during your application. If you need us to make any adjustments to our recruitment process, speak to our resourcing team who will be happy to support you.