Director, Operations & Process Excellence

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The Director, Operations & Process Excellence is a senior leadership role within the Business Improvement Office responsible for defining and driving the strategic direction, execution priorities, and performance outcomes across the TMS Business Unit.

This role sets the operational strategy and portfolio vision, ensuring alignment with enterprise objectives and long-term growth ambitions. The Director serves as a trusted advisor to BU and enterprise leadership, shaping critical decisions, driving cross-functional alignment at scale, and ensuring disciplined execution of initiatives that materially impact business performance.

The position has end-to-end accountability for the strategic initiative portfolio, including prioritization, governance, resource alignment, and value realization. It requires a leader who can translate enterprise strategy into actionable roadmaps, influence at the executive level, and lead through complexity and ambiguity.

The ideal candidate is a strategic enterprise leader with strong business acumen, capable of setting direction, mobilizing organizations, and delivering measurable business outcomes across a diverse portfolio of initiatives.

Key Accountabilities

Strategic Leadership & Business Direction

• Define and set the operational strategy and long-term roadmap for the TMS Business Unit in alignment with enterprise priorities
• Lead annual and multi-year strategic planning processes, ensuring clear priorities, investment focus, and measurable outcomes
• Serve as a key advisor to BU and senior executive leadership, shaping business direction, growth strategies, and transformation agendas
• Own evaluation and prioritization of strategic investments, including business development, partnerships, and M&A opportunities
• Provide forward-looking, enterprise-level insights on performance, market dynamics, and competitive positioning

Portfolio Oversight & Governance

• Own and lead the end-to-end strategic initiative portfolio, ensuring alignment with enterprise goals and delivery of measurable business value
• Establish and enforce governance frameworks, decision rights, and operating cadence across initiatives
• Drive prioritization, trade-off decisions, and resource allocation across competing initiatives at the BU level
• Ensure clear accountability, execution rigor, and value realization across all strategic initiatives
• Provide regular executive-level reporting and insights on portfolio performance, risks, and opportunities

Decision Support & Executive Advisory

• Act as a trusted advisor and thought partner to executive leadership, shaping high-impact decisions
• Lead executive forums and decision-making processes, ensuring alignment, clarity, and timely outcomes
• Deliver insight-driven recommendations supported by rigorous analysis and financial evaluation