Senior Business Technical Consultant

Ahold Delhaize USA, a division of global food retailer Ahold Delhaize, is part of the U.S. family of brands, which also includes five leading omnichannel grocery brands &ndash; Food Lion, Giant Food, The GIANT Company, Hannaford and Stop &amp; Shop. Ahold Delhaize USA associates support the brands with a wide range of services, including Finance, Legal, Sustainability, Commercial, Digital and E-commerce, Technology and more.<br /><br />Learn More About Our Benefits - <a href="https://www.adusa.com/static-files/97cb0930-e276-4188-87a9-bad4e8151713" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Click Here</a>

Mauldin, SC

Ahold Delhaize USA

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Full Time - Hybrid

Req No: 410572

Overview: The Business Consultant (BC) acts as a liaison between Business owners and IT teams. They work with the business to manage a portfolio of short-, medium-, and long-term business needs and advise on how technology enables those goals. When there is a technology solution ready to be enabled, the BC will perform intake and initiation of a new IT project, including gathering requirements and helping to determine initial budget. In addition, this associate acts as a liaison with other IT towers which may need to be involved to deliver new solutions.
Responsibilities: <br /> <ul><li>Builds relationships to become trusted advisor, based on Business-IT knowledge and competence.</li><li>Identifies and captures short-, medium-, and long-term business goals and opportunities into a portfolio, utilizing business and technology best practices.</li><li>Works to identify where technology solutions can support business processes' while fitting into the overall business and IT strategies.</li><li>Identifies, understands, and prioritizes business needs and challenges and set more detailed scope of projects. </li><li>Aligns scope and timelines of the proposed IT projects with the Business and other IT functions.</li><li>During planning phase, acts as a liaison with other IT teams who may be needed to deliver solutions.</li><li>Develops and obtains approval for investment proposals in conjunction with business and other IT functions.</li><li>Work with the business and with IT to translate the business' needs into detailed IT requirements.</li><li>Ensures business requirements are translated into functionality of existing or new IT systems.</li><li>Works with Project Managers and Project Accountants to ensure requirements are developed into solutions, and supports any changes to scope or budget.</li><li>Assists the business in judging how additional features in IT-systems can be used to further improve the business.</li><li>Ensures the right IT functionality was delivered in order to enable ADUSA's business strategy.</li></ul> <br />
Requirements: <ul> <li>Masters Degree in Computer Science or related Technical field and Masters Degree in Technology and/or Business related field; equivalent education/certifications/experience equivalency will be considered</li> <li>8 or more years of equivalent experience in relevant job or field of technology.</li> <li>5 or more years of equivalent experience in an advanced role or technical capacity, leading teams directly or indirectly</li> <li>5 or more years of experience directly responsible for leading a team of technical team members in relevant technologies, capabilities or skills</li> <li>Sound judgment and risk mitigation capabilities</li> <li>Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, to interact with vendors and internal stakeholders effectively coupled with a keen ability to influence others toward a common goal</li> <li>Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with strong attention to detail</li> <li>Experience handling competing priorities with strict deadlines. Ability to prioritize and plan work of the team to meet time-based deliverables.</li> <li>Experience supporting corporate applications in 3 or more of the following areas: Asset Protection, Risk Management, Legal, Food Safety, Sustainable Retailing, Store Development, Store Maintenance, Energy, Facilities Services, Lease Management, Lease Admin Accounting, Competitive Intelligence, Aviation</li> <li>Experience with Microsoft Office 365 Suite (Outlook, Excel, Word, Powerpoint) and Sharepoint</li> </ul> <strong>Preferred Qualifications:</strong> <br /> <ul> <li>Post graduate degree advanced training and or certifications in relevant field/s of study</li> <li>In-depth knowledge of all development and delivery phases of complex technology projects and programs (e.g., discovery, estimation, initiation, planning, design, execution, release)</li> <li>Business Development experience with product solutioning and client engagement in a highly technical environment</li> <li>Experience leading projects related to modernization and re-platforming of large-scale solutions</li> <li>Experience in retail or grocery preferred.</li> <li>Experience with Agile teams and Product/Platform based operating model.</li> </ul>