Vice President Information Technology

Vice President Information Technology - Transportation

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The Vice President of Information Technology Transportation will help shape and execute the long-term IT strategy for DHL Supply Chains North America Transportation business unit. This role is pivotal in driving digital transformation, enhancing service offerings, and positioning DHL as an industry leader through innovative technology solutions. As a key member of both the transportation business unit and IT Executive Teams, you will lead a high-performing IT organization dedicated to enabling sustainable growth and profitability.

Job Description

Leads long-term IT priorities for DHL Supply Chains North America Transportation Business Unit (BU), ensuring IT strategy aligns with BU objectives to drive sustainable growth and profitability.

Possesses deep expertise in transportation management IT solutions supporting lead logistics providers, transportation fleets, and brokerage operations.

Demonstrated experience implementing transportation management systems and collaborating with global IT support and development teams.

Proven ability to lead teams deploying transportation technology platforms such as Oracle Transportation Management, MercuryGate, Blue Yonder, and Ortec.

Serves as a key member of the BU executive team, actively participating in strategic planning and providing insights on technology trends that enhance the BUs competitive position.

Functions as a leader within the IT executive team, coordinating with regional and global IT to develop BU IT strategies aligned with corporate architecture, policies, and standards.

Accountable for customer-facing IT services, including pre-sales support: defining requirements, designing IT solutions, articulating value, collaborating with pursuit workstream owners, and supporting customer presentations.

Responsible for IT project delivery within the BU, encompassing new implementations, version upgrades, and operational enhancements. Ensures compliance with global project management methodology and use of standard delivery tools and documentation.

Ensures adherence to DHL Group Information Security policies in all integration design, configuration, development, and deployment activities.

Analyzes complex IT challenges and drives innovation to improve productivity, efficiency, revenue, and profitability through technology solutions.

Responsibilities

IT project implementations in the support of BU new business pursuits and existing BU operations improvements

The BU IT teams project delivery performance against project expectations budget, schedule, scope and quality, using DHL Supply Chain and DHL Group technical standards and architecture, solution products while using DHL Group standard project methodology

Serve as the IT lead for any M&A due diligence activities

Collaborating with the DHL Supply Chain North America IT executive team for enhancing the North America IT function services and performance

Resource planning using demand forecasting for new business and technology trends, developing BU IT staffing plans and budget including Business Unit specific strategy and investments for roles, skills and competency. Planning for recruiting, hiring and onboarding new roles as well as developing current staff/team to meet the demands for the future

BU IT team development, mentoring and skills development

BU IT budget planning and IT P&L management

Coordinates the preparation of IT roadmaps for applications and services in use by the BU and aligned with DHL Supply Chain products and Center of Excellence strategy

Customers, Suppliers & Stakeholders

Reaches agreement with external parties and others within the organization to accept proposals and programs where there may be little interest in cooperating or participating

Negotiates critical targets and objectives where concepts and ideas need to be sold to others

Negotiates agreements and contracts and has the mandate/authority to sign them, slightly changing T&Cs

Initiates cross-Managed Assigned North America Sector activities to improve efficiency and effectiveness of IT services

Approves all major BU IT projects including integration projects at the regional level

Oversees the delivery of agreed programs and projects within time, cost and quality constraints, within the BU

Recruits and develops the members of the BUs IT leadership team; keeps them motivated and oversees their project and priority assignments

Approves key personnel decisions for the BU IT function

Generates commitment, motivation and enthusiasm for the company, division and BU

Leads and manages team; determines team structure, roles and performance targets in co-operation with general management

Evaluates performance and proposes performance-based compensation for direct reports

Required Education and Experience

Minimum 10 years of relevant experience in IT functions with leadership responsibility, required

Minimum 10 years of relevant supply chain, 3PL, logistics experience in IT functions with leadership responsibility, required

Manages and leads teams through expertise in all areas of the IT function, required

Our organization has a business casual environment and focuses on teamwork, associate development, training, and continuous improvement. We offer competitive wages, excellent affordable insurance benefits (including health, dental, vision and life), 401K plan, paid vacation and holidays.

Our organization is an equal opportunity employer.