IT Program / Portfolio Manager

Take your career further with McLane! McLane teammates, the driving force behind our success, are diverse professionals who work together seamlessly to keep our operations running smoothly. As a teammate, you will pair your dedication, expertise, and collaborative spirit with your fellow teammates to serve America's most beloved brands. McLane leaders think long‑term, act with purpose, and inspire high performance. They lead with accountability, communicate clearly, and drive results through collaboration, innovation, and continuous growth. They empower each teammate to learn from industry leaders, develop their skills, and build lasting connections nationwide. Join McLane Company as a Portfolio Manager and launch your career with a stable, industry‑leading organization. Responsible for driving strategic alignment, investment optimization, and value delivery across a multiyear portfolio. Serve as a critical connector between enterprise strategy and execution—ensuring technology investments are prioritized, sequenced, funded, and delivered to maximize business outcomes, operational agility, and measurable value. Provide end‑to‑end portfolio leadership including translating business strategy into actionable roadmaps, governing investment decisions, enabling predictable delivery, and providing executive‑level transparency into performance, risks, and value realization. This is a hybrid position which will require the candidate to report and work from the office at least three days a week. Therefore, interested candidates should be within a 50‑minute radius from Temple, TX. Benefits you can count on: Day 1 Benefits: medical, dental, and vision insurance, FSA/HSA, and company‑paid life insurance Paid time off begins day one. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan after 90 days. Additional benefits: pet insurance, maternity/paternity leave, employee assistance programs, discount programs, tuition reimbursement program, and more! What You'll Do: Translate enterprise and supply chain strategies into an integrated, multiyear digital portfolio of initiatives, platforms, and capabilities aligned to strategic priorities and transformation goals. Partner with senior business and technology leaders to define strategic themes, "North Star" outcomes, and measurable objectives (OKRs) tied to business value. Ensure portfolio alignment across growth, modernization, innovation, and run‑the‑business investments. Lead portfolio planning, sequencing, and scenario modeling to balance demand, capacity, and funding while optimizing flow and throughput. Facilitate portfolio governance forums, steering committees, and investment review boards; enable data‑driven decision‑making around priorities, tradeoffs, and risks. Partner closely with Finance to manage portfolio budgets, forecast spend, track variance, and support capital versus expense planning. Ensure compliance with governance standards, including business cases, ROI assumptions, funding gates, KPIs, and value realization plans. Provide portfolio‑level oversight across programs and products to ensure delivery against committed scope, timeline, budget, and outcomes. Establish and maintain portfolio health metrics, dashboards, and executive reporting across financial, operational, and customer dimensions. Track and communicate value realization, benefits delivery, and outcome attainment throughout the lifecycle of initiatives. Identify systemic delivery risks, cross‑team dependencies, and bottlenecks; proactively drive mitigation, escalation, and alignment. Develop executive‑ready materials that clearly communicate portfolio status, investment performance, risks, and strategic insights. Serve as a trusted advisor to VP+ leaders, enabling clarity, confidence, and alignment in portfolio decisions. Act as a bridge between strategy and execution—ensuring leadership decisions translate into clear priorities and actions for delivery teams. Champion modern delivery and portfolio practices, including Lean Portfolio Management, Agile and product‑centric delivery, and OKRs. Apply strategy acceleration techniques to decompose complex initiatives into actionable roadmaps with measurable milestones. Lead portfolio retrospectives and maturity assessments to institutionalize learning and improve delivery effectiveness. Continuously evolve portfolio processes, governance mechanisms, and reporting to improve transparency, speed, and decision quality. What We're Looking For: Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain, Technology, or related field preferred. Eight or more years of experience in portfolio management, program management, product management, strategy consulting, or enterprise PMO leadership. Demonstrated experience supporting or leading large‑scale digital transformation and enterprise technology portfolios. Strong expertise in portfolio governance, financial planning, investment management, capacity modeling, and value measurement. Proven ability to influence and align senior executives and cross‑functional stakeholders in complex, matrixed organizations. Ability to synthesize enterprise strategy into actionable portfolios, roadmaps, and measurable outcomes. Experience within supply chain domains such as planning, S&OP/IBP, procurement, manufacturing, logistics, or fulfillment. Familiarity with Lean Portfolio Management and Agile frameworks (e.g., SAFe, Scrum, Kanban) and OKR methodologies. Working knowledge of enterprise and supply chain platforms (e.g., ERP/SAP, WMS, TMS, data platforms, workflow systems). Exceptional executive communication and storytelling skills, with experience presenting to VP+ audiences. This position requires the ability to read, write, and understand English at a level sufficient to perform job‑related tasks effectively and safely. This includes understanding work instructions, safety protocols, and communications essential to the role. The requirement is directly related to the nature of the job and ensures compliance with workplace safety and operational standards. Why Join Us? Gain hands portfolio management experience with mentorship from senior professionals Build your career with a stable, growth‑oriented organization Be part of a collaborative team that values accuracy, accountability, and continuous improvement Fit the following? We want you here! Teamwork oriented Organized Problem solver Detailed Our roadmap. Our story. We've been forging our path as a leader in the distribution industry since 1894. Building an expansive nationwide network of team members for 130+ years has allowed us to stay agile for our clients across the restaurant, retail, and e‑commerce industries. We look to the future and are ready to continue making industry‑defining moves by embracing the newest technology into our practices, continuing team member training, and emphasizing our people‑centered culture. Candidates may be subject to a background check and drug screen, in accordance with applicable laws. All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran. For our complete EEO and Pay Transparency statement, please visit #J-18808-Ljbffr McLane Company, Inc