Director, Elevate Analytics

Builders FirstSource•Irving, TX

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The Director, Delivery Lead is a leadership role responsible for leading the successful delivery of cross-functional activities within the Project Elevate-SAP implementation. This leader owns accountability for business process transformation, stakeholder alignment, and value realization across all functional domains impacted by Project Elevate. Leads Business and IT leads across multiple towers, Sales & Distribution, Integrated Supply Chain, Record to Report, and Legacy ERP. This role is the primary bridge between business Functional leads and the Project Leadership Team (PLT) owning the successful delivery of the ERP implementation.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in business, information systems, project management or related field; project management and/or business management, or equivalent related experience.
Must possess a minimum of 10 years of experience, including project lead roles especially large-scale projects with increasing leadership responsibilities.
10 plus years of experience in the Building Material Industry or an equivalent distribution/manufacturing-based business.
Experience applying project management frameworks.
Experience with Digital Transformation and customer experience improvement initiatives.
Demonstrated experience in managing "upward" among senior leadership.
Demonstrated history of talent development and successful onboarding
Experience in end-to-end organizational change management with proven experience in transformational initiatives preferred.
Solid project management methodology understanding ranging from waterfall to Agile and the PMO governance framework that supports them.
Understanding and management experience in program/project management, devising strategy and managing program effectiveness.
Facilitating any number and/or level of meetings and workshops with all levels of the organization.
Team resource and capacity management experience with ability to identify constraints and navigate approaches to successful delivery.
Escalation management experience supporting, troubleshooting, and resolving issues requiring escalation.
Strong knowledge and understanding of business needs, with the ability to establish and maintain a high level of customer trust and confidence.
Demonstrated experience in seeking process improvement opportunities.
Exceptional verbal and written communication skills; expertise in setting and managing customer expectations (internal and external).
Awareness of project and change management best practices, processes, and functionalities.
Experience in change management such as leadership coaching and engagement, resistance management, communications, training, and support.
Familiar with project management methodologies and knowledge of project planning tools.
Strong planning, negotiating, and influencing skillset.
Exceptional collaboration and relationship building skills.
Excellent critical listening, systematic thinking, and decision making/problem solving skills.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Established strategic and critical analysis skills.
Customer service oriented
Effective team leader with a proven ability to influence, motivate and manage direct reports.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree preferred.

Responsibilities

Own alignment within the Function on the Enterprise Process
Create Key Decision Document (KDD) and partner with Functional Owners; escalate through governance model when required
Lead effort with other Functional Leads to create cross-functional KDDs and other decisions
Own and validate Change Impacts
Lead Stakeholder alignment
Forward thinking and able to proactively identify risks, and weigh resulting impacts
Champion the project solution and frame changes in a way that engages and excites the end user community
Serves as first point of escalation for Capability Leads
Drive change, gaining consensus across multiple parties with conflicting views
Review/Approve Increment Planning outputs and prioritization.
Plan and roadmap the objectives of future increments
Drive completion of readiness and deployment tasks for function
Participate in Testing, verifying delivered Capabilities against Sprint/Increment goals
Lead process improvement initiatives with a strong focus on data analytics, ensuring insights drive operational efficiency and decision-making
Support data governance activities, including the setup and standardization of Project Elevate sites
Analyze SAP S/4HANA processes and translate system activities into actionable business insights for end users
Drive alignment across manufacturing sites to ensure production output is accurately reflected and maintained within ERP product configurations
Partner with Business Process teams to ensure standards, workflows, and system processes align with both user needs and project objectives
Validate, support, and facilitate the rollout of SAP Signavio within Project Elevate, enabling process transparency and optimization
Ensure that process changes translate into measurable financial outcomes (e.g., reduced close cycle cost, working capital improvements, inventory reductions), not just system adoption.
Builds and frames financial insights for the Project Sponsor to communicate to the CFO, CEO, and Board how SAP enabled process improvements directly support the company’s financial strategy across growth, cost structure, resilience, and scalability.
Supervises assigned employees including staff selection and training; planning, assigning, and directing work; conducting performance reviews; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.