Product Line Lead - Sales & Distribution Director

Director, Product Line Lead Sales & Distribution Job duties: Serve as IT Architect and lead multiple product teams for Order to Cash & Transportation Management Solutions Design, build and deliver technical solutions aligned with the Product technology evolution roadmap. Develop and maintain an excellent understanding of the IT product roadmap by working closely with business stakeholders, evaluating user feedback/needs and looking at technology trends. Source additional insight and best practices to design, plan, and scope optimal product functionality. Build the strategy and vision for Business Planning and Consolidation Product Line products that will enable the tools that will improve business efficiencies. Serve as Product Line lead with the presence to present ideas with supporting data to align the technical team, leadership, and stakeholders to the same compelling vision for product success. Work closely with relevant business functions to develop/test new ideas and propositions for product development influence and obtain buy-in. Identify business value in alignment with strategic priorities, financial benefits, and stakeholder needs. Articulate the value of the product through usage, standard/automated operational metrics, and financial performance metrics. Maintain knowledge of technology innovation and develop and maintain IT product strategy and vision. Translate product strategy into a product roadmap, identifying and generating new ideas that drive business value and improve user experience. Work closely with other IT Architects and development teams to understand the technology enablers/constraints for new product ideas. Engage with other software technologies and vendors to understand the new capabilities and functionality for potential enhancements. Build funding model/business case for new product development. Collect and analyze data to drive innovation and decision making. Work closely with the Product Owners to ensure they have a good understanding of the new features/epics allowing them to develop user stories that will deliver what is needed. Support Product Owners in prioritizing the product backlog for development. Act as IT subject matter expert for development teams providing additional product insight as needed/requested by Product Owners. Work collaboratively with other IT Product Line leads to refine and prioritize the overall product roadmap and identify dependencies. Set goals for product outcomes and metrics, then closely track solutions to ensure they achieve expected results. Communicate critical business-impacting incidents to leaders in a timely manner and ensure they are communicated in business language; provide cross-functional team coordination to remediate critical issues and ensure ongoing status is communicated and contingency options that best support the business are provided. Ensure effective leadership and management of the team and individuals; maintain a continuous learning environment, set clear objectives to ensure there is clarity on what needs to be achieved for any given initiative. Work with HR to develop upskilling/training opportunities to build and maintain a high level of skills proficiency in the team. Build an effective and motivational team environment, aligning behaviors, values and performance expectations across the team to deliver exceptional results. Function as a communication bridge between users located in Mexico, USA, Italy, and New Zealand. Supervise Product Managers. Job Requirements: 10 years of relevant experience. Experience must include: Working in corporate and IT Consulting environments with multiple disciplines to deliver projects in line with Business strategic goals. SAP Order to Cash and SAP TMS. Working in the international Food and Beverage industries. Managing on-site and remote multi-disciplinary teams. Mexican beverage alcohol regulatory requirements relating to tax, customs, pricing, reporting and related documentation requirements. Managing multiple complex projects at a global level. Sales and Distribution areas (Order Management, ATP, Invoicing, Pricing and Compliance, Digital Invoice Mexico). Delivering IT solutions in an Agile based product management framework. Managing SAP (On-Prem/Cloud) & TMS Solutions. May telecommute and report as needed to headquarters in Rochester, NY. Salary for this position is $195,000. Location: Rochester, New York Additional Locations: Job Type: Full time Job Area: Information Technology Equal Opportunity: Constellation Brands is committed to a continuing program of equal employment opportunity. All persons have equal employment opportunities with Constellation Brands, regardless of their sex, race, color, age, religion, creed, sexual orientation, national origin or citizenship, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition (cancer or genetic characteristics), marital status, gender (including gender identity or gender expression), familial status, military or veteran status, genetic information, pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related conditions (or any other group or category within the framework of the applicable discrimination laws and regulations).