Principal IT Business Partner, Ag Retail, Distribution and Transportation Specialist

5 days ago

Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota, United States CHS Inc Full time
Job Summary

CHS Inc. is a leading global agribusiness owned by farmers, ranchers, and cooperatives across the United States that provides grain, food, and energy resources to businesses and consumers worldwide. We serve agriculture customers and consumers across the United States and globally. Our 10,000 employees are primarily based in the United States, but we have a presence in 19 countries. At CHS, we are creating connections to empower agriculture.

Key Responsibilities
  • Strategic Collaboration
    • Partner closely with functional leaders to support, promote, and execute Ag Retail, Distribution, and Transportation strategies, even in areas of ambiguity across multiple product lines.
    • Lead Ag Retail, Distribution, and Transportation on its digital journey, driving process digitization and automation.
    • Act as an IT trusted advisor and strategic member of the Functional leadership team.
  • Business Capability Definition
    • Leverage business architecture principles to define and maintain key business capabilities enabled by technology.
    • Manage the end-to-end process from business strategy to digital capabilities and technology strategies and roadmaps.
    • Possess solid knowledge about the industry and the different frameworks of organizational models, how to build a strategy, and evaluate what capabilities are needed.
  • IT Roadmaps and Investment Profiles
    • Optimize Ag Retail, Distribution, and Transportation's technology investments to align with business goals and strategies.
    • Translate business and functional requirements into comprehensive IT roadmaps.
    • Develop long-term IT investment profiles for Ag Retail, Distribution, and Transportation technology solutions.
    • Foster alignment and buy-in across lines of business and IT product teams.
  • Innovative IT Solutions
    • Collaborate with IT and functional leaders to deliver innovative, high-quality IT solutions.
    • Act as the principal technology advisor, driving the adoption of cutting-edge solutions.
    • Coordinate IT transformation efforts with Business Readiness and Organizational Change Management teams.
  • Business Capability Roadmaps and Measuring Value
    • Discover opportunities by continuously stimulating and shaping demand to increase organizational value.
    • Work with key stakeholders, portfolio managers, product managers, and enterprise architecture to create multi-year business capability roadmaps.
    • Ensure these roadmaps drive tangible business value.
    • Provide a holistic, systems-thinking perspective on measuring, validating, and communicating realized business value to functional leadership.
  • Relationship Building
    • Develop a deep understanding of the Ag Retail, Distribution, and Transportation function.
    • Build effective relationships both horizontally and vertically within the organization. Foster a culture of trusting, authentic, and meaningful relationships throughout the organization.
  • Liaison and Communication
    • Act as a liaison between Ag Retail, Distribution, and Transportation and IT.
    • Facilitate communication and understanding of the business model with stakeholders.
    • Educate functional partners about IT processes, roles, products, policies, and capabilities.
  • Project Execution and Risk Management
    • Ensure project, roadmap, and initiative execution progress.
    • Manage escalations and mitigate risks.
    • Keep key stakeholders informed about program issues, risks, and major incidents.
Requirements
  • Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, business administration, or related discipline (or equivalent years of work experience, education, and/or training).
  • 10+ years of IT business partnering experience, demonstrating effective influence and collaboration across a matrixed organization with BU/Functional leaders to include:
    • Effective leadership of a team of IT and/or business professionals with a successful track record of effectively driving change and innovation
    • Demonstrated ability to effectively navigate and drive results in a matrixed organization often with ambiguous goals
    • Understand how to drive positive change and impact to the organization through persuasion, influence, connection, and action
    • Overseeing IT projects or programs, with a focus on defining, tracking, and delivering business value
    • Managing and translating business requirements into technical solutions
    • Project, Portfolio, and/or Product Management, including developing balanced scorecards and metrics
    • Experience developing and executing business technology strategies and roadmaps
    • Experience with Waterfall and Agile methodologies, SDLC, and Information Security
    • Strong understanding of and experience with IT/Business governance
Preferred Qualifications
  • Agriculture, Distribution, and Transportation experience is highly preferred
  • Business architecture experience
  • Strategy development and strong business acumen
  • Strong relationship management skills
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • LEAN Portfolio Management/SAFe experience
  • Business Analyst or Continuous Improvement degree or certification
  • ITIL/Project Management (PMP) certification
  • Business Relationship Management Professional (BRMP)
  • Certified Business Relationship Manager (CBRM)

CHS offers a competitive total rewards package. Compensation includes base wage and, depending upon position, may include other earnings such as bonus, incentives, and commissions. Actual pay offered will vary based on multiple factors which may include, without limitation, experience, education, training, specialized skills, and certifications.

Benefits include medical, dental, vision, wellness programs, life insurance, health and dependent care spending accounts, paid time off, 401(k), pension, profit sharing, short- and long-term disability, tuition reimbursement, and adoption assistance, subject to the eligibility requirements for each benefit plan.

CHS is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disability.

Please note that any communication from a CHS recruiter would be sent using a chsinc.com email address. In addition, a CHS recruiter will not ask for confidential information over the phone or in an email, or request money from a candidate involved in an offer process. If you have questions regarding an employment opportunity, please reach out to chscareers@chsinc.com; to verify that the communication is from CHS.

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