Director Business Engineering
McCain Foods
- Oakbrook Terrace, IL
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Lead processes (Optioneering, Strategic Front-End Loading, Capital Strategy & Execution Reviews with Senior Leadership) to develop and prioritize applicable capital projects/programs consistent with business strategy
- Ensure key capital proposals are consistent with business strategy and the scope, justification, and timing are reasonable, achievable, and aligned with business objectives
- Provide leadership on project steering teams and engineering readiness assessments; Engage with the Capital Center of Competency and subject matter experts to support and reinforce Capital Process Best Practices
- Engage with business and technology teams to drive business objectives and ensure quality Basis of Design, and associated documents are completed
- Pull together Business & Engineering Alignment Meeting (BEAM) content and facilitate BEAM sessions with critical decision makers
- Responsible for effective socialization of Engineering and technical element of scope options across multiple functions
- Able to effectively communicate benefits and detriments of various options tied to strategic network concepts
- Support pre-engineering processes such as asset footprinting, site selection, and Technology Selection
- Provide and maintain internal benchmarks, while monitoring external benchmarks/metrics, for capital and non-capital related activities to effectively gauge scheduling and cost estimate performance/competitiveness and promote continuous improvement
- Develop, maintain, and improve systems, historical data, and competency required for cost and schedule targeting, escalation & normalization, estimating & validating costs
- Provide coaching and performance management for all Regional Project Managers, Plant Engineering Managers, and Plant Engineers as it relates to Project Controls (Estimating, Scheduling, Cost Control, and Risk & Opportunity)
- Project Management:
- Ensures adherence to the McCain Capital Project Process
- Project Controls
- Able to coach/train Project Managers in Estimating, Cost Control, Scheduling, and Risk & Opportunity analyses
- Change Management:
- Agile thinker that can pivot quickly as concepts change in rapidly evolving markets.
- Facilitations Skills:
- Able to engage all manner of personalities, driving insights that result in direction.
- Ability to think quickly and leverage wealth of past experiences.
- Stakeholder Management:
- Ability to work with all levels within the organization including Presidents, VPs and Directors
- Able to influence key stakeholders through factual data and an understanding of people, constraints, markets, asset conditions, etc.
- Ability to utilize experience and technical understanding to develop and maintain trust with Commercial and Finance leaders.
- Time Management:
- Ability to prioritize strategic options in a manner that removes ones not delivering business objectives, allowing focus on the concepts requiring in-depth analysis.
- Proven Leadership through influencing others; Ability to drive results through cross-functional teams
- Ability to understand key business strategic elements and translate those into effective capital plans
- In-depth understanding of business unit manufacturing and technology
- Thorough knowledge and understanding of the capital project process from ideation through commercial operation
- Extensive project leadership experience
- Understanding of Finance capital and noncapital funding policies and practices, appropriation request rules and practices, and project cost control techniques
- Understanding and application of Business and Capital project financials and key cost elements
- Outstanding written and oral communication skills
- Strong teamwork and influential management skills, and ability to work with people of many levels and across many functions
- Ability to identify and deploy resources to early investment development efforts
- Bachelor of Science degree in an Engineering or Technical field is required; Master of Business Administration (MBA) or equivalent degree is a plus
Division: NA Operations
Department: Engineering NA
Location(s): US - United States of America : Illinois : Oakbrook TerraceCompany: McCain Foods USA, Inc.