Dir CoE Innovation

In this role, you will be at the forefront of driving DHL Supply Chain's (DSC) digitalization and innovation endeavors across North America. This key leadership role is instrumental in the development and execution of DSC’s digitalization and innovation strategy across North America, shaping both near-term priorities and long-term direction to improve supply chain performance.

• Identify and build strategic partnerships with vendors to develop and manage innovative digital technology solutions.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including Solutions Design as well as business unit Operations and Innovation team members to train, educate, and support Accelerated Digitalization technologies.
• Drive regional innovation programs across research, proof of concept, pilots, and full-scale implementation.
• Provide expertise in processes, tools, and facilitation to support both regional innovation objectives and the broader global digitalization agenda.

• Partner closely with sector, regional, and global leadership to align priorities and support successful delivery of Accelerated Digitalization initiatives.
• Manage key vendor relationships across North America, ensuring strong collaboration, clear communication, and continued progress on innovation priorities.

The Director COE Innovation role has a national salary range of $104,000- $198,000. DHL Supply Chain offers multiple benefits including Medical, Dental, Vision, Prescription, Discounted Stock Purchase, General Bonus Plan and a generous PTO policy.

Would you like to join the Logistics Company for the World? DHL Supply Chain is just that.

Become an essential part of everyday life, by contributing to an organization that is Connecting People and Improving Lives. If you have a passion for people, a desire to problem-solve, and eagerness to pursue continuous improvement opportunities… we look forward to exploring career possibilities with you!

• Strategic Development: Spearhead the formulation of tools, processes, and organizational structures designed to accelerate operational performance within DHL Supply Chain. This role will play a pivotal part in supporting the region's revenue and profit growth objectives.
• Systematic Process Creation: Lead the design and implementation of a systematic process that encompasses the entire lifecycle of emerging technologies, from idea generation to seamless delivery, ensuring sustained performance improvement.
• Team Leadership: Develop and lead a dedicated team of direct reports who will be instrumental in driving the regional Accelerated Digitalization strategy, fostering a culture of innovation and excellence.
• Stakeholder Communication: Effectively communicate the accelerated digitalization agenda, current status, and achieved results to cross-functional leaders and external vendors, facilitating alignment and collaboration.
• Organizational Collaboration: Collaborate closely with both regional and global teams, collectively steering the accelerated digitalization agenda for DHL Supply Chain, ensuring cohesive progress towards shared goals.
• Vendor Relationships: Establish and maintain strong relationships with external vendors, fostering mutually beneficial partnerships that contribute to the advancement of digitalization strategies.
• Emerging Technologies: Stay at the forefront of technological advancements, identifying emerging technologies that hold the potential to address critical use cases and drive regional performance enhancements.
• Guidance and Implementation: Provide expert guidance to both regional and sector teams, ensuring the successful implementation of accelerated digitalization strategies across various operational domains.
• Progress Monitoring: Oversee the strategic progress within the region, actively monitoring the advancement towards targeted objectives, and proactively facilitating successful outcomes

• Undergraduate degree in Industrial Engineering, Supply Chain, Logistics or related field required
• MBA Preferred
• 7-10+ years of experience in Industrial Engineering/Solutions Design/Consulting in the supply chain industry required
• 5+ years of progressive experience in at least one of the following: strategy development and implementation, operations management, or organization design and implementation required
• Experience as a management consultant or working in a strategic role in supply chain function preferred
• Intellectual Horsepower: Intelligent, sharp, comfortable with concepts, complexity required
• Business and Commercial Acumen: knows how business and underlying business model works, knowledgeable of future trends, competition, how strategies/tactics work in the marketplace required
• Strategic Agility: Demonstrated strategic and analytic leadership. Sees ahead clearly, future-oriented, broad knowledge and perspective, anticipates trends and consequences accurately, pragmatic and fact based in approach. Good constructive challenger required
• Interpersonal Savvy: Relates well to all kinds of people, comfortable at all levels, tactful, builds rapport and constructive effective relationships required
• Motivates Others: strong ability to influence others, creates climate in which teams and individuals want to achieve, invites input, shares ownership, shares visibility and credit required
• Communication skills: strong, active patient listening ability, efficient and effective writer, practiced presenter, thinks well on feet required
• Integrity, self-directed, drive for results, organizational agility, process management, dealing with ambiguity required
• Financial Expertise: Financial background, expertise in analyzing financial statements, performing valuation analyses, detailed operational/financial modeling required
• Active in professional associations preferred

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.

• Vendor Relationships: Establish and maintain strong relationships with external vendors, fostering mutually beneficial partnerships that contribute to the advancement of digitalization strategies.

• Team Leadership: Develop and lead a dedicated team of direct reports who will be instrumental in driving the regional Accelerated Digitalization strategy, fostering a culture of innovation and excellence.
• Guide Implementation: Provide expert guidance to both regional and sector teams, ensuring the successful implementation of accelerated digitalization strategies across various operational domains.
• Stakeholder Communication: Effectively communicate the Accelerated Digitalization agenda, current status, and achieved results to cross-functional leaders and external vendors, facilitating alignment and collaboration.
• Progress Monitoring: Oversee the strategic progress within the region, actively monitoring the advancement towards targeted objectives, and proactively facilitating successful outcomes.
• Emerging Technologies: Stay at the forefront of technological advancements, identifying emerging technologies that hold the potential to address critical use cases and drive regional performance enhancements.

• Strategic Development: Spearhead the formulation of tools, processes, and organizational structures designed to accelerate operational performance within DHL Supply Chain. This role will play a pivotal part in supporting the region's revenue and profit growth objectives.