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Lead Portfolio Strategist

2 months ago

Chicago, Illinois, United States Grainger Full time


As a prominent industrial distributor with operations primarily in North America, Japan, and the United Kingdom, we are dedicated to keeping the world functioning by serving over 4.5 million customers globally with products delivered through innovative technology and strong customer relationships.

With substantial sales, we are committed to delivering value for our customers, nurturing an engaging culture for our team members, and driving robust financial outcomes.

Our inclusive workplace allows you to learn, grow, and make a significant impact by ensuring businesses operate smoothly and their personnel remain safe.

Recognized as a Best Place to Work, we are seeking passionate individuals to join our team as we continue to lead the industry into the future.


Position Overview:
At Grainger, we are developing systems to extend our market leadership for the coming decades. While many organizations discuss 'digital transformations' or 'enhanced experiences', we focus on creating solutions that truly matter.

Our expertise stems from a deep understanding of our customers and their needs, and how our products and services provide value to them.

We thrive on tackling complexity and scalability challenges that few companies are fortunate enough to experience. We are in search of Senior

Portfolio Managers to guide and navigate the direction of Grainger's enterprise systems and application development, ensuring Grainger remains the preferred choice for our customers.

You will hold the primary responsibility for assisting IT leadership and the organization in managing the complete lifecycle of IT investments and programs to meet enterprise objectives.

Your role will involve managing intricate projects that enable Grainger to enhance the customer experience across various digital channels.

This role will intersect with numerous IT and business teams, necessitating orchestration and influence. You will serve as the main point of contact for all team member inquiries and issues related to IT projects.

You will gain insights into business functions, including objectives and strategies, industry trends, strategic partner relationships, executives and decision-makers, and competitive positioning in the marketplace.

You will report to the Portfolio Director.

Your Responsibilities:
Oversee portfolio management processes throughout the lifecycle, including demand management, resource allocation, execution, and financial oversight. There is a strong emphasis on identifying and quantifying the impact of decisions necessary to accommodate new demands.

Comprehend project tasks, gather requirements and definitions, and delve into the root causes of the problems being addressed, including processes and potential business enhancements, ensuring all initial project stages are fulfilled (requirements, design, funding).

Ensure project delivery, including coordination of ceremonies and resolution of issues. Manage communication with all groups, including your team, peripheral teams, and executive sponsors.

Achieve financial objectives by obtaining approvals from business and IT partners through constructing a business case, illustrating value creation, submitting accurate forecasts, managing the budget through forecasting requirements, analyzing variances, and initiating corrective actions.

Collaborate with global, senior-level leaders to translate business strategies into technical project execution - operating at both the strategic level to manage team member expectations and perceptions.

Interpret challenges and recommend best practices to enhance products, processes, or services. Lead teams in identifying innovative solutions. Collaborate with Order to Cash stakeholders and the Customer Order Preferences Product team to develop a comprehensive roadmap.

Articulate the value of projects through the creation of financial business cases or other mediums and ensure tracking to confirm value was realized upon project completion.

Contribute to achieving customer, operational, project, or service goals; work is guided by functional policies.

Your Qualifications:

You will possess an IT and business background with financial acumen that enables you to guide engagements and interact at the highest levels of the enterprise.

You will have the technical depth, business experience, and financial understanding to effectively communicate the benefits of your work. You will be familiar with the development process and understand how integrating value and economic discussions can accelerate plans. A BA/BS in Computer Science or a related field or equivalent experience is required. 8+ years in IT product or portfolio management or project management is essential. Experience managing large IT projects from ideation through delivery is necessary. Familiarity with agile/waterfall/hybrid methodologies is expected. Experience in Supply Chain and knowledge of Order to Cash concepts, practices, and solutions is advantageous. Ability to translate technical jargon into easily understandable language for non-technical audiences is crucial. Navigate complex concepts and encourage others to adopt alternative perspectives. Oversee dependencies across programs within the portfolio; identify and mitigate risks or promote escalation when necessary.

Rewards and Benefits:
With benefits commencing on day one, Grainger is dedicated to your safety, health, and well-being. Our programs offer choices to meet the individual needs of our team members. Explore some of the rewards available to you at Grainger.

Paid time off (PTO) days and company holidays per year. Benefits starting on day one, including medical, dental, vision, and life insurance. 6% 401(k) company contribution each pay period with no personal contribution required. Employee discounts, parental leave, tuition reimbursement, student loan refinancing, free access to financial counseling, education, and more.

We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, or veteran status.

We take pride in being an equal opportunity workplace.

We are committed to fostering an inclusive, accessible environment that includes providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities during the application and hiring process as well as throughout the course of one's employment.

If you require a reasonable accommodation during the application and selection process, please inform us so that we can provide appropriate assistance.